Comics

Oh my was there an awesome lot of toys in the DC Direct booth at this year’s Toy Fair. The company’s Batman animated series is exploding with new offerings (and a Batmobile!) and their new 6″ line will make you beam if you were a fan of Mattel’s defunct DCUC …

Every Ghost Rider you can think of (and more than a few that you can’t) will be starring in Marvel Comics’ latest Battleworld book, Ghost Racers.

You might be familiar with Square Enix’ very cool line of DC Comics characters, and there’s more to love on that front from last week’s Toy Fair, but there’s plenty more too with some cool gaming figures and the debut of their new Marvel Comics series.

The companion set of ‘ends for the company’s recently announced Batman bookends, the new Superman set should add a little Krypton to your books, movies, or both.

Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is 21 this year so I guess a celebratory drink kind of is in order. And what better than one named after his mighty Right Hand of Doom.

Not a bad week for some of the biggest characters in comics. The Amazo Virus arc comes to a close in Justice League, while The Valiant tosses almost envy hero that the Valiant U has at the Immortal Enemy.

Yes, there were new Minimates galore (which were all great) and some super-cool new Marvel Select toys on display at the Diamond Select booth at Toy Fair, but seeing the all-new Ghostbusters Select figures? That was one of the highlights of the entire show.

Dark Horse put in an impressive showing at this Toy Fair, with a heavy emphasis on everybody’s favorite gritty and gruesome medieval fantasy TV show- Game of Thrones.

Lots to like in this preview of what’s on tap for NECA in 2015 including a pretty massive expansion of the 8bit classics line, a quarter scale Christopher Reeve Superman, and tons more. 

Okay, so maybe this new set of Batman bookends won’t terrify bad guys, but they are pretty awesome.

A Soviet cosmonaut is about to find out what makes a man into a god, and the Valiant Universe is going to have to deal with the repercussions of the dawn of maybe it’s most powerful character.

The classic X-Men tale plays out in a part of Battleworld where the team failed to protect Manhattan from the demon hordes and the Goblin Queen. Welcome to the ruins of Manhattan, now ablaze with fire and brimstone. Five years ago, a band of demons rose out of the fiery …

The latest announced Secret Wars crossover, Where Monsters Dwell is set to be a five-part series from writer Garth Ennis. Warning: this one’s going to be weird.

Imperium is a team of villains, but the guys they’re up against aren’t exactly angels either.

Marvel’s ongoing series starring one of the greatest villains of all time arrives with Darth Vader #1. And while one sci-fi comic book saga is just getting started, Dark Horse’s massive Alien/Predator/Prometheus crossover comes to a definitive close.

Marvel’s movies are about to get a dose of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man thanks to a deal that’ll see Marvel and Sony working together on Spidey’s appearances.