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Forbidden Planet, London Megastore, Covent Garden   Golden Rage Signing With Chrissy Williams & Sofie Dodgson, 6-7pm Perhaps best known in the comics world as the longtime editor on The Wicked + The Divine, Chrissy also edited the excellent Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics Outside of the comics world, her debut poetry collection Bear[...]

Leigh Baulch, Group Operations Director of the Titan Entertainment Group, and the Forbidden Planet comics retail chain, retires today after 36 years of helping build Forbidden Planet from a shopfront in Denmark Street, into one of the top three retailers of comics in the English-speaking world Within the pop culture business, Leigh is primarily known[...]

Forbidden Planet International has opened a new comic book store in the centre of Wolverhampton, in the Wulfrun Shopping Centre, a third of a mile from their previous location in the Mander Centre They've been giving away hundreds of goodie bags with free merchandise from Funko, Hasbro, Bandai, and Konami, to emphasise the move[...]

Showing us Frank Castle seemingly working – indeed, leading – classic Marvel ninja group The Hand, sporting a sai or three, rather than guns as well as a new Devil Horns logo rather than the traditional skull image. On the Forbidden Planet TV podcast talking to Andrew Sumner, Marvel Senior Executive Editor Tom Brevoort has been talking about upcoming[...]

Tickets are limited – please enquire now, by calling Epiphany @ 07541 365250 The Wellness Centre, First Floor, Unit 1040/42, Croydon CR0 1TY. Wednesday, 22nd of December Jock Signing Batman: One Dark Knight, Forbidden Planet Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, 6.30-7.30pm.   Another month, another Things To Do In London If You Like Comics As we are starting to return[...]

Page Six reports a New York Shopping spree for Rihanna on Wednesday, that included visiting Forbidden Planet in New York City The New York Post's celebrity gossip website reports that Rihanna's security guards were said to have walked out with five bags of vintage toys from the shop, under her umbrella No comic books though,[...]

Forbidden Planet has a new retailer exclusive cover from Brian Bolland for Batman: The Detective #1 by Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert, coming in three versions. Set in London, the cover chooses to feature the Liver Building in Liverpool, one of three buildings next to each other known as the Three Graces, and recently used for filming[...]

Forbidden Planet in the UK and Jetpack Comics in New Hampshire, USA share an exclusive variant cover drawn by artist Craig Rousseau for the new Young Hellboy comic book, out from Dark Horse in February. Craig Rousseau's Young Hellboy Cover For Forbidden Planet And Jetpack Mike Mignola, Tom Sniegoski, Craig Rousseau, Clem Robbins, and Dave Stewart will[...]

Today, Ilkley-based comic book artist Adi Granov, posted the following image and commentary on a Forbidden Planet Star Wars #1 variant cover from several years ago A signed CGC version of which just sold for $200 with a raw B&W variant selling for $100 On Facebook today, Granov reminisced about its creation. Adi Granov On Swiping[...]

The other week, Bleeding Cool ran plans for Forbidden Planet launching Click And Collect for the first time, across its range of stores Of course, that's only half the Forbidden Planet stores, as the other half is Forbidden Planet International, a corporate split that goes way back But the other Forbidden Planet chain wanted to[...]

Which is where Forbidden Planet in the UK has come in, making the first two issues available, with their own exclusive covers to boot Which means a few may be shipped back to collectors in the US, with seems to defeat the purpose of the exercise, but there you go. Razorblades #1 can be ordered here,[...]

For the first time, from this Monday, Forbidden Planet Ltd will be offering a curbside service, what they call "Call & Collect" The largest comic book chain in the UK, even when split into two different companies, the last lockdown saw the stores close completely This time, they will stay open so that customers can[...]

Forbidden Planet has commissioned a retailer exclusive cover by Brian Bolland for Rorschach #1, the unauthorised Watchmen sequel by Tom King and Jorge Fornes to be published by DC Comics next month And he is referencing one of his own famous covers to do so The Killing Joke. Brian Bolland Redraws Killing Joke as Rorschach Forbidden[...]

In Garth Ennis' video interview with Titan Comics and Forbidden Planet's Andrew Sumner for the 42nd anniversary of Forbidden Planet, he talked about his upcoming plans for comic books, some he can talk about, some he can't He tells us I've got a new series coming out from Artists Writers and Artisans which is Axel Alonso's[...]

When Jonathan Ross talked with Forbidden Planet about his In Search Of Steve Ditko BBC documentary, Ross revealed one Spider-Man snippet from when he talked to the late Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko that, as far as I can tell has never been shared by anyone before So I thought I'd share it Ross tells us; "I said[...]

As part of Simon Pegg's interview with Andrew Sumner for Forbidden Planet's 42nd birthday, Pegg states that he is "writing something at the moment with Crispian Mills which is a big piece of event TV I can't wait to talk about –  I can't yet sadly As soon as it comes out I won't be[...]

In Mark Millar's video interview with Titan Comics and Forbidden Planet's Andrew Sumner for the 42nd anniversary of Forbidden Planet, Millar talked about his upcoming plans – that would have involved him taking a year off this year, but then everyone else went and did that as well Mark Millar lays out what's coming from[...]

In Alice Cooper's video interview with Titan Comics and Forbidden Planet's Andrew Sumner for the 42nd anniversary of Forbidden Planet, Alice Cooper talked about signing there with Neil Gaiman for their Last Temptation music and comics project with Michael Zulli And suggests there may be something more in the works between Gaiman and Cooper. "Where else[...]

But today for Forbidden Planet's 42nd birthday, they have released around 15 hours of celebrity interviews and a tonne of behind-the-scenes histories behind the iconic comic book store that began in Denmark Street in London That includes fifty minutes of Garth Ennis and Dan Slott, an hour of Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Ross and Kevin Smith[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Alice Cooper has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first a little snippet, comparing Forbidden Planet to the Rolling Stones. "Then I look at Jeff Beck, I look at Paul McCartney, I look at the Stoness[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Simon Pegg has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, when Simon Pegg realised that Forbidden PLanet was… a thing. "I travelled up to London to see Return Of The Jedi for the first time from Gloucestershire and[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Forbidden Planet's Group Operations Director Leigh Baulch has been video-interviewed by colleague Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th – but not about the store, but his own contribution to the designs of Sandman. More designs for Saturday…   "It's smaller than I think most people make[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and  Neil Gaiman has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first a little snippet of nostalgia from thirty-seven years ago. "I know that 1983-ish when I started as a young journalist, writing about comics and things, there was Forbidden Planet[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Sherlock Holmes, Draculs and Doctor Who's Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Steven and Mark talking about their early impressions of the store, and the[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Jonathan Ross has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Jonathan talking about a truly tragic moment and how it is all Forbidden Planet's fault. "I've still got a bone to pick with Forbidden[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and V.E Schwab has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Laura Dodd and Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Victoria, one of FP's all-time favourite fantasy authors (and the creator of the upcoming Extraordinary graphic novel series from Titan),[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Mark Millar has been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, he talked about how he read about Forbidden Planet in the comics long before he actually could go to the place… and we went[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores Dan Slott has conducted a video interview with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday August 29th But first, here he is talking about how, as an American living[...]

Okay, not Cop Rock but I just can't remember the name of that film with Bruce Willis and I am too lazy to go look it up right now. Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores Kevin Smith has conducted a video[...]

Well, that's all changed now, and he publishes as Darryl Makes Comics – and also delivered a special birthday present to one of his favourite comic book stores, Forbidden Planet, which is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday – a very important figure for this Douglas Adams-loving chain of stores. On Saturday, August the 29th, Forbidden[...]