Batman was co-created by Bill Finger. But it's Batman's fingers that are currently up for discussion. Well., The Batman Who Laughs anyway. As well as a certain misprinted Marvel and/or DC comic book that is racing up the eBay charts. Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before […]

WrestleMania 36 comes to a close with the WWE Championship match. Drew McIntyre, the winner of this past January's Royal Rumble, takes on maybe the most dominant title holder of all-time, Brock Lesnar. Much has been made of how McIntyre is not worthy of this opportunity by Lesnar's advocate, Paul Heyman. The two have traded […]

While many of us have been at home playing different video games in self-quarantine, chances are a lot of gamers have been indulging in Animal Crossing. Nintendo, not just by creating a game people wanted for years, but out of the luck of the world's current state of health, ended up with one of the […]

X-Men #9 was written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Leinil Francis Yu and Sunny Gho, plus lettering from Clayton Cowles. It's the last issue of X-Men published by Marvel Comics before the industry shutdown. With the state of the comics industry uncertain for the near future, the release date of X-Men #10 is still in […]

Mr. WrestleMania John Cena and Bray Wyatt, have a history. Now at WWE WrestleMania 36, their story comes to a conclusion – and a conclusion that none of us could've seen coming. As Cena enters the ring, Firefly Fun House cuts in in epic fashion. As a confused Cena stands in the funhouse, Ramblin Rabbit […]

Funko Soda has been an absolute delight for Funko collectors. These new vinyl figures are not as popular as their iconic Pop series but they are getting there. They have released a nice variety of characters from a large list of franchises like DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, and Ad Icons. We have covered quite a few […]

Welcome back to another episode of Diving Into the Comic Vault. We're still exploring the early issues of Pep Comics, with today's focus on Pep Comics #6. This cover is yet another impressive WWII themed cover of Pep Comics by Irv Novick, showcasing The Shield fighting the Axis Powers. This issue has Shield — in […]

When AMC's The Walking Dead announced that Lauren Cohan's Maggie was returning to the long-running series, speculation began about how she would be brought back. Of course, some at the show wanted us to believe that we wouldn't see her until at least the eleventh season. Thankfully, we know that they tend to (and we […]

Ubisoft had a bit of a surprise for fans of Rocksmith Remastered this past week as the company released a new DLC pack, but sadly, it will be the last. Back on Friday, the San Francisco team quietly released a brand new notice to fans letting them know about the future of the game. Unfortunately, […]

With social distancing measures in place, businesses and individuals alike have turned to video conferencing software for a more personal way to connect with each other. Some software, like Zoom, allows users to display virtual backgrounds, transforming their drab office or messy bedroom into a gorgeous environment. But why settle for real locations when you […]

The SmackDown Women's Championship was defended in a Fatal Five-Way match at WrestleMania 36. It's the conflict between Sasha Banks and Bayley that's at the heart of the story here though. Earlier in the night, Bayley preached unity, but Sasha wants to win this title, friendship be damned. Sasha Banks made her way to the […]

If you believe the latest rumor mills stories, it sounds like Capcom may be on the verge of revealing Resident Evil 8 later this month. The last original Resident Evil game to come out was over three years ago when Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was released back in January 2017. It was an amazing return to […]

Mile High Comics is the longest-running, best known mail-order seller of comic books. Owned by Chuck Rozanski, as MyComicShop shuts down from selling online, they are ramping up. They are giving 65% off their standard back-issue prices. A well as free shipping for $60 in the USA and $150 internationally. You just have to use […]

Like dozens of other productions across the pop culture landscape, AMC's The Walking Dead found itself in a tough situation heading into its tenth season finale. Originally, Beta's (Ryan Hurst) final move against our heroes was meant to take place on April 12 with "A Certain Doom" which means this week's episode "The Tower" was […]

A good portion of there world is stuck at home right now and looking for something to help keep them entertained. Are you getting tired of streaming or playing on your phone all day? Maybe you want something else to stimulate your brain. We hear you, and we understand; puzzles are a great way to […]

Grant Perkins and Eva Perkins are regular faces on the British comic convention scene. Grant is a comic book artist known for his work on 2000AD, Doctor Who, Penguins Of Madagascar and his own Dwayne Hickenbottom comics and novels. Eva helps run his comic con tables, and both present a very entertaining united front. However, […]

DC's Birds of Prey was the only major comic book film to see a theatrical release in 2020 so far. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Warner Bros moved up its home release. Despite opening at a more modest $33.3 million in February, some painted the film as a box office disappointment even with strong positive […]

This episode we're talking with Menna van Praag, author of the new book The Sisters Grimm from HarperVoyager. The publisher says about the author: Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge, England and studied Modern History at Oxford University. Her first novella – an autobiographical tale about a waitress who aspires to be a writer […]

Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest is just the thing you, or your kids, need. The double digests are classic Archie fun, and they're always a feel-good read. This romp into the classic Archie universe is just what we need right now! Readers get a lot in this double digest. We open with Betty and […]

WrestleMania 36 features three tag team title matches this year. The first two were on night one, seeing The Miz and John Morrison retaining the SmackDown titles over The Usos and The New Day. The other saw new Women's Tag Team champions crowned, as Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated Asuka and Kairi Sane. On […]

Niantic knows you might be feeling cooped up, so in order to help get you out of the house a little, they've revealed new spotlight hours for Pokémon GO. The company took a ton of feedback from players about both the Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour over the past month or so and applied […]

MyComicShop is one of the largest online comic book stores in the world. But it is not just bricks and mortar stores that have been closing with the current situation. MyComicShop has announced that it too will be suspending all new orders, as a result of shutdown orders in the state of Texas. Their front […]

This "Last Man Standing" match between Edge and Randy Orton at WrestleMania 36 was years in the making. After being gone from in ring action for 9 years, Edge made his triumphant return during this year's Royal Rumble. From there WWE gave us a passionate and ongoing storyline between Edge and his one time friend […]

Something that was in the works a lot of people didn't know was happening is that Levi's is collaborating with Nintendo for a new line of clothing. It's true! Announced on Mario Day (Mar. 10), the company revealed they would be producing a new line of clothing with a Super Mario theme to it. As […]

A scabbard without a sword inspires few legends and has never led to the murder of an unprepared archaeologist. Most would brush off the tragic end to a man lost in a senseless crime; thefts and their fallout are nothing new to the 24-hour news cycle. One grandmother knows better, however, and once she hears […]

In the third match of the second night of WrestleMania 36, Otis gets his hands on Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler came to the ring with an unrepentant Sonya Deville first. Otis came out second, charging the ring as Ziggler hastily retreated. Michael Cole and JBL provided commentary for the match. Wrestlemania 36: Dolph Ziggler (w/ Sonya […]

In Massachusetts, GameStop has officially ceased all of its business following a state-mandated shutdown of all non-essential businesses due to the Coronavirus. GameStop has been trying to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of different ways – from claiming that their business as a retail chain was "essential" to running a curbside […]

AWA, or Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc, is a new New York-based comic book publisher. It's headed up by former Marvel publisher Bill Jemas and former Marvel EIC Axel Alonso. The months of April and May were meant to be its launch period. However, the current situation has stymied that plan. However, it does appear […]

WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2 is underway, and in the second bout of the night, Aleister Black and Bobby Lashley squared off. The build for this match in the last couple weeks is mostly centered around how this is their first meeting. Sometimes that is enough, but going into the match it doesn't feel like […]

The Overwatch League's Boston Uprising has officially released Walid "Mouffin" Bassal over the weekend after allegations of sexual misconduct. This story goes back to late March where Twitch streamer KhaleesiBB took to Twitter to post a TwitLonger message about Mouffin. In the post, she alleged that he had a history of soliciting women and sending […]

At the conclusion of the original Dark Nights: Metal series by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, The Batman Who Laughs lost his fingers. The Joker chopped off the fingers of the interloper, leaving him with a bloody stump. However, when The Batman Who Laughs returned in the series by Scott Snyder and Jock, his fingers […]

Th second night of WrestleMania 36 started with The Queen, Charlotte Flair, against The Nightmare Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship. This has been a fun storyline to follow since Flair decided to go for the NXT title. Ripley and Flair are pretty evenly matched, though it can be fair to say that Flair […]

Rockstar Games is working hard to do its part to help reduce the effects of the novel coronavirus, at least when it comes to monetary contributions. The Red Dead Redemption II developer announced that it would be donating five percent of its in-game transactions in Red Dead Online and Grand Theft Auto Online to small […]

When you pick up a DC comic book, you expect to find a DC comic book inside. Sometimes, when there have been printing errors, you may find a different DC comic book inside than is on the cover. Finding a Marvel comic inside a much rarer phenomenon. So when it happens, you should put it […]

Natalya and Liv Morgan kicked off the second night of WrestleMania 36 with a pre-show match. Can Natalya's experience and wrestling pedigree overcome Morgan's hunger and crazy side? That's the first of many questions tonight's epic show will answer. Tom Phillips provided commentary for the match. Natalya made her way to the ring first, looking […]

Chucklefish's upcoming magical adventure Witchbrook just went undergone an aesthetic transformation. The colorful cross between what appears to be the worlds of Harry Potter and Stardew Valley is still in active development, but it's only recently taken on a different look in terms of its overall art style. Not long ago, in early March, its […]

People love to read about John Byrne and Wolverine – more than read about Scott Lobdell and X-Men – for now at least. Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. John Byrne, […]

The WWE Hall of Fame is generally held the night before WrestleMania, but recent events have had an effect on dozens of shows and events – including WrestleMania 36. Once scheduled to be in Tampa, FL, WWE effectively moved all television across the way to their performance center in Orlando and held matches without a […]

Naughty Dog's hotly-anticipated The Last of Us Part II has officially been delayed indefinitely. The post-apocalyptic adventure is the latest casualty to have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to publisher Sony, who also made the "difficult decision" to delay Marvel's Iron Man VR in addition to The Last of Us Part II. The […]

The second act of a trilogy of issues, this fantasy tale of conflicts between rival sovereigns has all the basic elements of a good TTRPG campaign — a missing king with a number of secrets, a repentant and charismatic executioner, even adventurous maidens with agency and motivations. Unfortunately, aside from said executioner and a single […]

Call Me By Your Name was released to wide acclaim in 2017, on its way to being nominated for four Academy Awards. The film was based on the novel of the same name, which also has a sequel titled Find Me. Director Luca Guadagnino will be returning to direct that film, and in a new […]

Xbox has launched a new option on its menu for gamers to be more proactive with coronavirus aid with a donation option to the CDC Foundation. The company has added a new app, which you can see in the image below, where players in the U.S. can donate to the Centers for Disease Control and […]

With sweeping, sumptuous imagery and sword and sorcery set in a well-developed interplanetary milieu, Sera the Royal Stars #7 matches the fantasy work being churned out by bigger companies' sword for sword and spell for spell. Honestly, this visually surpasses a lot of that effort from licensed properties and the like. Unfortunately, with this huge […]

ABC's Modern Family countdown continues and the heartbreak we've been feeling is imminent, and this episode was a good segue to start leading into what will be a final double feature next week to go out with a bang. It starts giving us a look into what the future holds in store without having to […]

Behaviour Interactive had some good news to share this week about Dead By Daylight Mobile, as the game has racked up 500k pre-registered players. The game is set to launch on April 16th, but before that, the developers threw down the gauntlet on pre-registration. If they get enough players at certain goals, they will unlock […]

The extraordinary element of extraordinary power that made the last issue sparkle fell to the wayside in this second issue. The two teens with the mysterious ability to fire energy from their titular hand gestures had less chance to wield their ability, literally misfiring in both moments of crisis and ones without stress at pivotal […]

Black Widow will now release on November 6th, but all of the press hyping the original May 1st date is still coming out. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is making the interview rounds talking all things Black Widow, including an interview for a cover story with Total Film. In that interview, the MCU architect teased […]

MSI revealed a new set of laptops this week that all contain the 10th Generation Intel Core i9 processor, with the GS66 Stealth, GE66 Raider, and Creator 17. All of these were revealed this week along with other company's selections, as many of the tech conventions at this time have been canceled. The company has […]

Welcome back to another episode of Diving Into the Comics Vault! We're now five issues into MLJ's flagship title, Pep Comics. This issue of Pep Comics features a rather striking cover. The Shield is underwater, fighting enemy subs. Artist Irv Novick did an exceptional job with making Shield look like he really was fighting underwater. […]

Even though this week's episode of AMC's The Walking Dead isn't the official season finale, you wouldn't be able to tell from the previews for "The Tower." Paola Lazaro's Princess looks to impress Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), and Ezekiel (Khary Payton) but we're not so sure it's going well. Meanwhile, Beta (Ryan Hurst) […]

ITV created something new in the wake of the coronavirus this weekend as they presented the Virtual Grand National, a virtual horse racing event. With the UK under lockdown and all sporting events on hiatus until its safe to go back out again, people are looking online and on TV for solutions. ITV decided that […]

Midtown Comics of New York is running a ninety-nine cent sale, offering prices online for 95% off their cover price.

BBC America and AMC's Killing Eve is bringing back Sandra Oh's Eve and Jodie Comer's Villanelle a little earlier than expected, as you might've heard. Originally set for April 26, the new season will now see the light of day on Sunday, April 12, and not a moment too soon. With only a week left […]

XM Studios continues to roll out the red carpet for its ongoing Marvel Comics statue line. We have already seen Red Hulk and Thanos get some amazingly crafted pieces this year and there is even more up their sleeve. This time the God of Thunder himself, Thor, has arrived with a 499 limited edition statue. […]

Jean Grey's Phoenix costume is one of the most easily-recognizable in comics, but it almost looked a lot different. Marvel executive Tom Brevoort has been passing the time amidst the industry shutdown by posting ancient Marvel artwork on Twitter. His latest tweet shows off early Dave Cockrum design concepts for Jean's Phoenix costume, some of […]

Freeform's mermaid fantasy Siren brought the residents of Bristol Cove back to our screens with a two-part, two episode third season opener that wasted no time deep-diving into the drama. Mermaid and new mom Ryn (Eline Powell) finds her bond with Ben (Alex Roe) and Maddie (Fola Evans-Akingbola) being pulled in a number of directions. […]

Curve Digital and Muse Games announced a new game this week as their firefighting multiplayer "unsimulator" Embr is headed to PC this year. This is basically what happens when you try to create a fire-fighting game and decide midway through to just have fun with it. There's no way to take this one seriously, which […]

Scott Snyder has been talking about Death Metal, Doomsday Clock, 5G - and what he is planning to follow it all.

In The Heights was taken off the schedule this week by Warner Bros. Not surprising in this new theatrical release landscape, but it was one of the only films not given a new release date. The adaptation of the Lin Manuel-Miranda musical was one of the more anticipated films releasing this summer, so it was […]

Team17 and Seattle-based developer Aggro Crab Games announced this week their new game Going Under will be coming out in Q3 2020. The game is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of several failed tech startups. Which, considering the time and place we are in the world, is pretty spot-on. You will […]