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George Pérez Tribute: POP's favorites of a comics legend
George Pérez (PEH-rez) got his start in comics in the 1970s, so even though he may not be as well-known or respected among the current generation of comics readers, some…
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Superman & Lois S2E9 REVIEW: suspenseful hiatus cliffhanger focuses on Jordan's rise as a hero
This week’s episode “30 Days and 30 Nights” was about life changes, both good and bad. At the top of the Bad List, was Superman following Ally into the portal to the…
Morbius movie prep: sink your teeth into the Living Vampire's bloody history
By Ian McMurray with Mack Johnson MORBIUS, the long-delayed Sony horror movie about Marvel's Living Vampire, is finally here. Morbius is not a new character, and you may…
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Superman & Lois S2E8 REVIEW: a portal, a showdown, and a betrayal on a very soapy episode
The mystery of the amulet, Ally Allston, and the dark, mirror dimension moves closer to its conclusion in this week’s episode, with the forewarning title “Into…
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The Retro Cover Of The Week is a modern Art Deco masterpiece: The Rocketeer Magazine #1 (1988)
The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #1, 1988, Comico, Cover by Dave Stevens. The POP Retro Cover Of The Week continues its celebration and examination of iconic comic…
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Superman & Lois S2E7 REVIEW: Acts of heroism, sacrifice, & stupidity in brutal, emotional episode
“That is the way to change the worlds.” —Ally Allston, when asked what the amulet is The title of this week’s episode “Anti-Hero” turned out to have lots of different…
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Adam Hughes's clever, pointy shadows win the POP Cover Of The Week for X-Lives of Wolverine #4!
X-Lives of Wolverine #4, Marvel Comics, Variant Cover by Adam Hughes. Every once in a while, a cover comes along that requires the revival of the POP COVER OF THE WEEK…
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Three new Scout titles debut next week: Broken Eye, The Perhapanauts: Triangle, and Soltaic!
Liverpool in the early ‘70s. Seamus Young is a young orphan who works unloading garbage in the docks. But his situation will get worse unexpectedly, when he finds a…
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Superman & Lois S2E6 REVIEW: one super twist after another, and a surprise, shock ending
This literally bizarre season of Superman & Lois continues to surprise even a seasoned Superman fan like me. Just when I think I’ve got things all figured out that a…
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Superman & Lois S2E5 REVIEW: a ruined quinceanera, a roofie, an epic battle, & a Bizarro story
After a brief hiatus to cede the spotlight to the Winter Olympics, Superman & Lois returned this week with “Girl…You’ll Be A Woman, Soon” featuring a quinceanera, a…
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Superman & Lois S2E4 TV REVIEW: Two impressive knock down drag outs
So, now we know the creature in the containment suit in the mines wasn’t Doomsday, despite all the heavy-handed red herrings the writers had been throwing in our path.…
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Superman & Lois S2E3 TV REVIEW: The Thing in the Mines is revealed!
The writers of the first few episodes of season 2 of Superman & Lois have been throwing a lot of not-so-subtle hints about who or what “The Thing in the Mines” is. They…
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Naomi S1E2 TV REVIEW: Is Naomi's "Who am I?" slow burn mystery too slow?
SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: scroll to the end of the review to see spoiler “Who am I?” —Naomi The question Naomi asked at the end of episode one is The Big Question asked by…
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Is the Naomi pilot episode intriguing enough to get viewers to return? TV REVIEW
In 2019, writers Michael Brian Bendis and David F. Walker created the first new DC superhero character in many years: Naomi. In a very unusual move, Naomi made her first…
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WEBTOON REVIEW: 'She Would Never Know'. Will this office romance have a happy ending?
Illustrated by: JINHA, Adapted for Webtoon by: Cafelatte, from the Original Web Novel Senior, Don’t Put On That Lipstick by Elize. In the last year, I have seen so many…
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The Best Comic Book TV + Movies of 2021, in our POPular opinion!
Like the comic book industry, many films and tv series suffered from COVID-related delays this year, but there were still some noteworthy MUST-SEES, including our…
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The Best Comics of 2021: In our POPular opinion!
This past year was another unusual one for the comic book industry, with many titles plagued by lengthy COVID-related delays between issues. But the publishers…
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POP Retro Cover Of The Week: In 1994, the true Marvels were the talents of Alex Ross
Marvels #3 (1994) Cover art by Alex Ross, Marvel Comics. This time the POP Retro Cover Of The Week is from the mid-1990s, when fussy cross-hatching and questionable…
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Scout Comics & Entertainment proudly announces exclusive offerings for 2021 New York Comic Con
October 8, 2021 -- Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. is proud to announce they will be offering multiple NYCC exclusives this year, There's seven full first issues…
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What If? S1E9 REVIEW: A spectacular and satisfying season endgame
Haven’t I earned my Happy Ending? —Captain Carter We should have known. We should have known that Marvel had a plan. That the episodes of What If? weren’t mere…
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Y: The Last Man TV REVIEW: a decent translation, but heavyhanded on politics and sexual identity
Y: The Last Man, the critically-acclaimed Brian K. Vaughn/Pia Guerra comic from 2002-2008, was a post-apocalyptic drama with a different twist: all male mammals were…
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What If? S1E7 REVIEW: "Party Thor" brings some meaningless but much-needed comic relief
So far this first season, every What If? premise has been pretty. damn. dark. But this week’s What If? episode takes a breath, and gives us more than a few laughs to…