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DC Comics’ Absolute line is taking off because readers are starving for comics with vision — not corporate spin-offs, Scott Snyder says
Scott Snyder says what we’re all thinking about the success of DC’s Absolute line
November 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
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WATCH: Tubi presents Breaking Bear, starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, and Elizabeth Hurley, at NYCC 2025
Before they star in Tubi's newest animated adult comedy, Breaking Bear, Fraser, Gellar, Murphy, and Hurley were at New York Comic Con 2025 to tell fans all about it. Popverse was there too, and we were filming
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dispatch game devs say fan distrust of Blonde Blazer shows how cynical modern superhero stories have become
What Dispatch and Superman say about our increasingly cynical world.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How the Dispatch season 1 ending was changed at the last second to call players out for their romance choices
Dispatch devs reveal the hilarious late-game twist they added after players tried romancing everyone.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The hidden hardware hack that made the original Legend of Zelda a breakthrough for the NES and all game systems
Being able to save your game seems totally normal now, but Nintendo had to work around the limitations of the NES cartridges to make it happen.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game
Bhimani, who plays Bathsheba in the game where you get to... well, Date Everything, figures she probably got a similar call to all of the other Critical Role and Dimension 20 stars that are in the dating sim
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters
Miss Marvel star Anjali Bhimani isn't worried about getting in trouble for spoiling her many, many voice acting projects. I guess that's a benefit of being able to "Men in Black" yourself
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it)
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the longrunning 5e campaign that's been core to the Dungeon Dudes' YouTube channel, is officially coming to Critical Role's D&D rival. And apparently, it's got a lot to do with the fear factor
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Dungeon Dudes' Kelly McLaughlin has already run a cozy TTRPG campaign in D&D's Forgotten Realms - you'll just never see it
The Dungeon Dudes' next campaign, Seasons of Silence, will start their characters in a cozy, Shire-like setting. And for McLaughlin, that won't be an unfamiliar place at all
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Tales from Woodcreek creators want a bigger, bolder season 2... if the show can secure a budget for it
Dungeon Dudes Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin would love to team up with Deborah Ann Woll for another adventure in Woodcreek, but even a high Charisma modifier won't change real-world production expenses
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Superman's optimism, the possibility of Dispatch season 2, and the Matt Mercer effect - What the Dispatch developers say about the hit superhero game
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
November 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The 1987 Justice League reboot that made superheroes weird, hilarious, and unexpectedly human
If you've ever thought DC's Justice League was a bunch of buttoned-up superheroes who never have any fun, Justice League International would like a word
November 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Dispatch ending explained: How to get the Hero, Antihero, and Everyman endings
There is no right or wrong way to play Dispatch, but AdHoc Studio gave us plenty of options to make the ending perfect for you.
November 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Inside the chaotic rise and fall of The Lost Boys TV series that never made it to air
From the creator of Veronica Mars and the director of the first Twilight film - The CW almost reimagined cult hit The Lost Boys for the small screen. Here's what went wrong
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator producers killed Shane Black’s character because he was too busy acting beside Arnold Schwarzenegger to rewrite the screenplay
That is, they killed Rick Hawkins, Shane Black's role in the OG Predator movie, who wasn't so much a victim of Yautja bloodthirstiness as he was studio necessity
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Trek: The Next Generation is iconic now, but few were impressed when it first debuted
The initial critical and fan response to the second Star Trek television series was not a good one, based on the reviews for its 1987 pilot episode
November 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Why Captain America quit: The political crisis that reshaped Marvel’s most iconic patriotic symbol
Steve Rogers quit being Captain America to show the US hero doesn't always agree with the US government
November 25, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How NBC panicked after Diane left Cheers — and why Kirstie Alley’s casting sparked a quiet battle inside the hit show
Inside the chaos Shelley Long’s departure unleashed on Cheers, from cast tensions to a secret finale.
November 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The surprising low-tech genius behind the original Predator movie's shimmering camouflage reveal
The Predator filmmakers wanted to give their titular monster an 'almost invisible' power, leaving the audience just a bit more cued in that Arnold Schwarzenegger and the gang. Hynek explains how they pulled it off
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Inside Spider-Man’s chaotic 1987 bachelor party that Marvel turned into a real-life spectacle
The unbelievable true story of Spider-Man’s 1987 bachelor party, from zingers to Green Goblin mayhem.
November 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Why Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Running Man feels shockingly accurate — and even more disturbing — in 2025
The Running Man’s dystopian satire hits harder than ever in today’s reality-TV obsessed America.
November 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How Stranger Things season 5 could be waking up in an American Chernobyl for the town of Hawkins, Indiana
The end of Stranger Things season 4 featured ominous imagery reminiscent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
November 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Bob's Burgers team - H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Dan Mintz, Larry Murphy and creator Loren Bouchard - grill up memories at NYCC 2025
The Belchers - that is Bob (Benjamin), Linda (Roberts), Louise (Schaal), Gene (Mirman), Tina (Mintz), and pal Teddy (Murphy) - joined creator Loren Bouchard at New York Comic Con 2025 to talk about what's coming to Bob's Burgers, and Popverse was there too, hungry for more
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why the Princess Bride’s iconic duel is an even better swordfight than you remember
How the Princess Bride’s cliffside duel became a masterclass in movie swordfighting.
November 24, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Made in '87: Rewinding to the movies, comics, games, and TV shows that define pop culture to this day
Why 1987 became one of pop culture’s most important years across movies, games, TV, and comics.
November 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
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How anime’s punk era in the US 1980s set the stage for today’s global fandom
Before anime went mainstream, it survived as underground punk — and one producer saw its future first.
November 24, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Getting inside Calliope Games' Tsuro 20th Anniversary Edition and new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big
Calliope Games' art director Nicki Wiehrs joined Popverse backstage at PAX Unplugged and talked about the new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big, and the highly anticipated 20th anniversary edition of their flagship game, Tsuro.
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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A board game for cat lovers is here in Purrramid, and we got an early demo at PAX Unplugged
Got a cat lover in your life (or are you one yourself)? Lucky Duck Games has a new board game that'll be catnip for many of us in 2026 called Purrramid.
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The iconic game Catan has a new look with the classic playstyle we love, and we played it at PAX Unplugged 2025
Catan fans: there's a new edition, with new art and more!
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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GET OVER HERE and watch the Mortal Kombat II panel from NYCC 2025, featuring Adeline Rudolph, Ed Boon, Jeremy Slater, Karl Urban, Martyn Ford, Simon McQuoid, and Tati Gabrielle!
Kitana (Rudolph), Johnny Cage (Urban), Shao Kahn (Ford), and Jade (Gabrielle) joined writers Boon and Slater and director McQuoid at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film the action
November 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The people crave a new Berserk anime but the story's bizarre structure makes that nearly impossible [Popverse Jump]
I love the Golden Age arc as much as anyone but there is so much more to Berserk that should be in an anime adaptation.
November 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Cross-eyed: Watch Prime Video's hit detective series investigate NYCC 2025
As the team is hard at work on Cross season 2, the creatives behind the series were at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there with a camera
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Heal your inner child by watching longtime Blue's Clues host Steve Burns at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Laughter, memories, and more than a few tears were all there for Steve Burns legendary ECCC '22 spotlight panel. And now, you can relive the heartwarming moments for yourself
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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All the Stranger Things melee weapons ranked using Dungeons & Dragons rules
The characters in Netflix's Stranger Things have used all kinds of weapons to fight monsters. Which one is the best melee weapon?
November 20, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How young Boba Fett actor Daniel Logan tried to warm up to Christopher Lee by trying to make a love connection with his Nana
In a true Boba Fett move, Daniel Logan told Christopher Lee that he was old
November 19, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How DC is embracing the darkness of the "space weirdo" Green Lantern Hal Jordan in its Absolute Universe
In Absolute Green Lantern, writer Al Ewing is putting Hal Jordan through the wringer
November 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Star Trek Universe panel celebrate Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy at NYCC 2025!
Space may be the final frontier, but Popverse knows you ain't done exploring. Watch our footage of the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con 2025 right here
November 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Karl Urban really drove that boat in The Boys season 3... and he really made Jack Quaid puke
The cast of The Boys has done some wild things, but making Jack Quaid puke during filming is a memorable one.
November 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Sadie Sink's Max Mayfield Is the True Hero of Stranger Things — And could be the heart of the show’s series finale
Sadie Sink's character, Max, is Stranger Things's most heroic character, because of her fight against Vecna in season 4
November 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How to write Marvel & DC Comics like you make pottery, according to Al Ewing
For Al Ewing, each series he writes for Marvel and DC Comics "suggests a vibe"
November 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch The official Vampire Lestat, Talamasca & Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel from NYCC 2025
Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches are making their return to AMC quite soon, along with the debut of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Popverse was at New York Comic Con 2025's Anne Rice panel to snatch up all the secrets the creatives were there to tease
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss could be eyeing an Earth-based spinoff — here’s what Brandon Rogers thinks it could be about
Vivienne Medrano has gone on record hinting at WHERE third Hellaverse series could be set. And now Brandon Rogers, star and cowriter of Helluva Boss, is talking about WHO he could see it being about
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How The Office co-star Jenna Fischer helped James Gunn build his DC Universe
One of James Gunn’s biggest supporters is his first wife, The Office’s Jenna Fischer
November 18, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel writer Ben Percy shows off the Wolverine claws he always keeps "within arm's reach" [Popversations]
Longtime Wolverine writer Benjamin Percy dishes on his love of Predator and his upcoming collaboration with Stephen King
November 17, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Prime Video's official Invincible panel from NYCC 2025, with Steven Yeun, Gillian Jacobs, Robert Kirkman, and Lee Pace
Yeun (Mark Grayson), Jacobs (Sam Wilkins), and co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer Kirkman turned up the violence at New York Comic Con 2025 (well, in an animated sense), with an unmissable Invincible showcase
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The surprising story of Christopher Reeve’s abandoned lead role in Running Man — and how Arnold Schwarzenegger changed everything
When Christopher Reeve was signed on to star in The Running Man, the story was more dour than the Arnold Schwarzenegger film
November 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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From Bryce Tankthrust to Blitzo: Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel star Brandon Rogers breaks down his leap from live YouTube comedy to animation
"You're not selling it with your body or your gestures or your costumes or your hair," says Rogers, who's on Helluva's sister show Hazbin Hotel as Katie Killjoy
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Moreso than even Dragon Ball, Chrono Trigger represents the best work of Akira Toriyama [Gamify My Life]
The JRPG classic Chrono Trigger came out when Akira Toriyama had spent more than a decade creating Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump.
November 17, 2025
Trent Cannon
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What to Watch December 2025: Stranger Things, Fallout, and Percy Jackson are decking the halls this streaming season
Take a peak underneath the tree to see what's coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+ and more as 2025 finally winds down
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Before Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin remembers being fan number one at the very first New York comic con
The Game of Thrones author talks about meeting Steve Ditko, the sudden growth of New York Comic Con, and compares it to the wild ride that the current show is.
November 14, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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The Green Lantern reboot in Absolute DC is built on one thing: we don't know who the Green Lanterns are
The writer of Absolute Green Lantern, Al Ewing, unpacked what makes the Absolute Universe's version of the character different
November 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch The Walking Dead's Daryl Dixon stars and producers - Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Scott M. Gimple, David Zabel, and Greg Nicotero - infect the Big Apple at NYCC 2025
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon continues to slice through hordes of the undead on AMC, but at New York Comic Con 2025, Reedus (Daryl), Melissa McBride (Carol), and producers Scott M. Gimple, David Zabel, and Greg Nicotero took a minute to sit down and chat
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spy x Family season 3 and My Hero Academia return strong, but new Fall 2025 anime like Gnosia are the real surprises [Popverse Jump]
The Fall anime season has the best mix of returning shows, with more Spy x Family, the final season of My Hero Academia, and May I Ask for One Final Thing? all capturing my heart.
November 14, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Helluva Boss finds new life on Amazon Prime — and Brandon Rogers says it’s restored his faith in mainstream media
Rogers, who both plays titular Helluva Boss Blitzo and cowrites the series, said the move reminded him "good art can still go big." Not to mention, the actor feels his family can now enjoy his work "on a more frequent level"
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How the Joker and DC's Absolute villains' cadre are upsetting the balance of what a DC superhero universe 'should' be
The heroes aren't banding together in the Absolute Universe, but the villains are, says Absolute Evil writer Al Ewing
November 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Helluva Boss is getting to be its most honest, craziest, goriest, and horny self with Prime Video
Helluva Boss's Brandon Rogers says new streamer Prime Video is totally "mitts off" when it comes to creative control
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: Out of The Adventure Zone and into Emerald City Comic Con: The McElroys on nerding out, audible art, and of course, family
Clint, Justin, Travis, Teresa, Griffin, and Rachel McElroy were all at ECCC '21 for a special event called The First Family of Podcasting. And thanks to Popverse, you can watch it here now
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Toei Animation present the cast and creatives of One Piece - series director Wataru Matsumi, producer Ryuta Koike, and English voice actors Ian Sinclair and Madeleine Morris - at NYCC 2025
Matsumi, Koike, and Sinclair and Morris (who play Brook and Lilith, respectively) took time out of their busy pirating schedule to be at New York comic Con 2025. And obviously, we weren't gonna miss it
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Even George R.R. Martin is frustrated with Marvel retconning Spider-Man and Mary Jane's wedding
George R. R. Martin says Spider-Man’s erased marriage still “annoys the hell” out of him.
November 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Before DC Studios' Lanterns: The lost Green Lantern HBO Max TV series that almost was
In 2019, Warner Bros. was developing "a multi-generational two-timeline space epic" called Green Lantern for HBO Max. Here's what it was, what happened, and what went wrong.
November 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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X-Men star Magik teams with brother Colossus for healing, horror, and halva in new 2026 Marvel Comics series
Feast your eyes upon the cover of Magik and Colossus #1 from Marvel Comics - and a word with writer Ashley Allen!
November 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How DC plans to out-Lost the Lost TV series with Absolute Green Lantern
Absolute Green Lantern is one of the more mysterious books within DC Comics' Absolute Universe, and that's by design, says writer Al Ewing
November 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Why Helluva Boss re-wrote its own origin story for its Prime Video debut, according to co-writer/star Brandon Rogers (AKA Blitzo)
When Helluva Boss came to Prime Video, it brought along a new prequel episode called Mission Zero. Now, the show's lead and cowriter, comedian Brandon Rogers, is explaining why
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin spotlight panel from NYCC 2025
Ahead of even more Game of Thrones coming to HBO, Westeros mastermind George R.R. Martin was at New York Comic Con 2025 for an unmissable panel for all fantasy readers
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why Star Wars: The High Republic is the closest thing we’ll get to Star Wars: Legends returning
What’s the difference between writing for Star Wars before and after Disney? John Jackson Miller explains the complicated answer
November 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Inside Spider-Man’s ‘Brand New Day’: The bold creative gamble that reinvented the Marvel flagship character
Faced with falling sales and a fractured lineup, Marvel bet big on a radical idea — one book, three times a month, and a whole team of storytellers shaping Peter Parker’s world together.
November 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss's Brandon Rogers talks Katie Killjoy, Mission Zero, and the switch to Prime Video
We got to chat with YouTube icon Brandon Rogers about Helluva Boss’s Prime Video glow-up, Hazbin Hotel’s big moment, and finding family in the Hellaverse.
November 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How the Thor-centric event War of the Realms got me out of my "bunker" of old comics and re-engage with modern Marvel Comics
Jason Aaron says that his goal is to make every comic book story accessible for newbies, and his War of the Realms event freed me from a bunker of my own
November 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The oral history of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man 'Brand New Day' era [Marvel Matters]
In 2008, Marvel turned its flagship book Amazing Spider-Man into a TV-style experiment, with rotating writers, weekly issues, and the creative chaos that defined a new era of Marvel storytelling
November 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Watch Shang-Chi's Simu Liu and Meng'er Zhang basically prove they're siblings in real life at NYCC 2025
Shang-Chi (Liu) and Xu Xialing (Zhang) came to New York Comic Con 2025 to give behind-the-scenes-secrets, tease future projects like Avengers: Doomsday, and - most importantly - mercilessly tease each other
November 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Everything you need to know about Chicago's C2E2 2026: Guests, Artists Alley, Deadlines, and more
C2E2 2026 preview: Everything you need to know before Chicago’s biggest pop culture event
November 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Oscar Isaac has been hesitant to do more with Disney, Star Wars, and Marvel... years before the Jimmy Kimmel Live debacle made him worry about them "succumb[ing] to fascism"
How Oscar Isaac's possible boycotting of his Star Wars return brings up his deep reservations on doing anything more with Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, and any Disney franchises.
November 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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What time do new Stranger Things episodes come out? Here's the Season 5 schedule
Ahead of the fifth and final chapter of Netflix's Stranger Things, Popverse is getting into the nitty-gritty of the season 5 episodes, from their release times to their order to their (still incomplete!) titles
November 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC's reboot of Hawkman for the Absolute Universe is "probably" the most thought-out revamp in all of Absolute DC
Absolute Evil writer Al Ewing dishes on what went into designing the look of Absolute Hawkman for DC Comics
November 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Seattle, ECCC returns this spring and here's all the guests, panels, booths, and more
From Critical Role to X-Men writer Chris Claremont and more, here's everything coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle.
November 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Watch Paramount Present NCIS: Tony & Ziva at NYCC 2025!
Paramount's latest NCIS spinoff was keeping the fanbase, the romance, and all the innocent civilians alive at New York Comic Con 2025, and we were there to film it
November 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Dispatch episodic release schedule makes the new game from AdHoc Studios and Critical Role even better, not worse [Gamify My Life]
Dispatch is a great superhero TV show and it needs to be enjoyed an hour at a time.
November 10, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How I found the heart of Critical Role at New York Comic Con
In this enormous and accepting fantasy world that Critical Role has created, I found the messy human realities make these fantasy worlds fantastic.
November 10, 2025
Jim McDermott
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SpoilersHBO's IT: Welcome to Derry exhumes the creepy criminal case of the Bradley Gang - and we're here to explain it [Lore Corner]
Stephen King's own Capone wannabes play a big role in this week's episode of IT: Welcome to Derry - here's who the Bradley Gang are, and why they matter
November 10, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The two key differences in writing for the franchises, from someone who has been doing both for over a decade
Science fiction author John Jackson Miller explains how editors and authors approach Star Trek books differently than Star Wars
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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From EA to Nintendo to SNK, here is every major game company and eSports event the Saudi Arabian government owns
Savvy Games Group has pushed the Saudi government's investments in the gaming industry hard over the past four years.
November 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The best X-Men stories Marvel Comics has ever published
Looking to get started on X-Men comics? Here are the 10 greatest X-Men stories Marvel has ever published
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How to write a great ending to any story, according to Joe Hill (and how sequels, prequels and spinoffs can ruin it)
Stephen King and his wife Tabitha read J.R.R. Tolkien to their kids as bedtime stories.
November 07, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Al Ewing on reinventing Green Lantern as cosmic horror — and why the Absolute Universe isn’t afraid of the dark
‘No rings, no lanterns, no fear’: Al Ewing explains the terrifying vision behind DC’s Absolute Green Lantern.
November 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the sneak peek at Chris Pratt's new movie Mercy with Pratt, director Timur Bekmambetov, and more from NYCC 2025
Ahead of its debut in theaters, Mercy came to New York Comic Con 2025, and stars Pratt and Reis joined director Bekmambetov to open the case on this upcoming police thriller
November 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The surprising simple design philosophy of Final Fantasy VII Remake, according to director Naoki Hamaguchi
Square Enix sees Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth as a reunion both for their characters and fans returning to the series.
November 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Spy x Family’s ambiguous timeline is its secret weapon — and why the series refuses to pick a decade [Popverse Jump]
Which decade does Spy x Family take place in? It doesn't really matter.
November 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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DC Studios' Supergirl embodies a messiness we haven't seen in DC movies yet, and moves beyond all women being Wonder Woman-esque
In her Superman cameo, Milly Alcock's Supergirl is a messy young woman who isn't afraid to swear like a sailor
November 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the My Hero Academia panel from ECCC '21, featuring Justin Briner, Lucy Christian, Clifford Chapin, David Matranga, and Monica Rial
The voices of Izuku Midorya (Briner), Ochako Uraraka (Christian), Katsuki Bakugo (Chapin), Shoto Todoroki (Matranga) and Tsuyu Asui (Rial) took the stage to discuss one of anime's most popular offerings just as the series was ramping up
November 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Capcom tell NYCC 2025 how they've kept up the fight for over 45 years
With four decades plus of experience publishing the most-talked about games, Capcom had a lot to tell New York Comic Con 2025. And Popverse was there to listen
November 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Everyone involved in Final Fantasy VII Remake, from the actors to the directors, wanted to show more layers to the characters
Both Aerith and Barret get more depth thanks to the advances in voice acting since the original Final Fantasy VII came out.
November 06, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Boys ending explained: What happens to Butcher, Homelander, and everyone else in Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson's original comic series
The Boys: Who lives, who dies, and what happens in the comic book finale
November 06, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Watch the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of Seven Kingdoms official panel from New York Comic Con 2025 with George R.R. Martin and more
Westeros creator Martin joined Dunk and Egg themselves (Ansell and Claffrey) plus writer Parker to welcome New York Comic Con 2025 into a whole new Game of Thrones saga - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
November 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Imagine NBC's Friends had a extra season, but it's horror instead of comedy... and that's Joe Hill's new novel King Sorrow
Horror writer Joe Hill shared stories of his new novel King Sorrow at New York Comic Con
November 03, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Why I switched from Silksong to Hades 2 - I wanted a challenge I could do [Gamify My Life]
Sure, I'm going to die repeatedly and brutally in both games, but Hades 2 has felt like a manageable challenge while Silksong has felt like a punishment.
November 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Watch GUNDAM Showcase - featuring Iron-Blooded Orphans, Hathaway, and the Future of Gundam from NYCC 2025
It was the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans at New York Comic Con 2025, but tat didn't mean fans didn't get a glimpse of Gundam's future too
November 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 2 dives deeper into Stephen King's Shining transplant - Here's what's next for Dick Hallorann [Lore Corner]
Famously psychic Dick Hallorann (played by Chris Chalk) has a long road ahead before he nabs the job at the Overlook Hotel. We're investigating what his arc on the King-inspired IT: Welcome to Derry might be ahead of that
November 01, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson