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Douglas Adams signed at Forbidden Planet enough times So why not celebrate their forty-second birthday? Even if it has to be online? On Saturday, August 29th, ForbiddenPlanet.com will be hosting ForbiddenPlanet42, with a huge range of celebrity interviews, as alumni from the worlds of science fiction, comics & popular culture come together to help the[...]

I found a very large line outside Forbidden Planet that grew and grew I talked to a few people in the line I went past Orbital – still closed but should be open in a week's time I'll go back for that I went to Gosh Comics and had a wander round too Obviously I[...]

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the future of Forbidden Planet in the UK, especially the London Megastore I have cycled past it a couple of times, but a lack of posting on social media and the websites closing for maintenance has led to a fair amount of panic, and someone even setting[...]

But it appears that at least one UK store chain, Forbidden Planet, may have a few more than that. While the US will see Diamond US return to shipping comics, with the April 1st week in stores for sale on May 20th, US stores can also order DC Comics titles from new distributors UCS and Lunar[...]

Photo Credit: Tyler Roberts Furloughed Funko, DC Comics packaging and Forbidden Planet fundraising – the 10 Most-Read Stories yesterday Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, as Funko furloughs its own Pops, DC Comics arrive wrapped in plastic and Forbidden Planet continue to appeal for help – Klaus Janson just donated a thousand dollars[...]

With Marvel making Civil War a negatively priced commodity like oil and New York's Forbidden Planet fighting for its life, it's a very strange time Welcome all, 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[...]

With Marvel making Civil War a negatively priced commodity like oil and New York's  Forbidden Planet fighting for its life, it's a very strange time Welcome all, 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[...]

Jeff Ayers of the Forbidden Planet store in Manhattan, New York, is running a fundraiser on GoFundMe in order to stop from going under A longstanding spinoff of the UK comic book chain, Forbidden Planet NYC is one of the oldest and biggest comic book stores in New York City The store has currently raised[...]

Forbidden Planet is the largest chain of comic book stores, albeit one that is split in twain into two rival organisations But today, in a rare voice of unison, Forbidden Planet and forbidden Planet International announced they were closing all their stores at the end of the day The New York store already closed last[...]

As Manhattan reaches levels of post-apocalyptic zombie movies, Forbidden Planet NYC issued the following statement to their customers. Dear Friends of Forbidden Planet NYC, In the best interests of our staff and customers we will be closed for at least a period of one week It is our hope that we will re-open on Monday, March 23rd,[...]

This afternoon, Forbidden Planet Megastore in London was host to a signing for the new Death's Head original series collection that was a real murderer's row Death's Head creators Simon Furman and Geoff Senior were there, also pushing their self-published series To The Death, with an early release of its final tenth issue But also Watchmen (and[...]

Walmarts are getting these awesome Iron Giant and Forbidden Planet walking electronic robots for only $20! #gallery-10 { margin: auto; } #gallery-10 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-10 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-10 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ What looks like it will be the final wave of Rise of the TMNT figures is hitting pegs now,[...]

Available from all good UK comic book stores (and a few lucky US ones) or direct from this website – and all issues are still available. Also, Simon Furman and Geoff Senior will be joining Bryan Hitch, John Higgins, Lee Sullivan and Simon Williams are signing at Forbidden Planet Megastore on Shaftesbury Avenue on the 29th February[...]

Today, in Forbidden Planet Megastore on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, Doctor Who/Sherlock/Dracula producer Sue Vertue popped by with her husband and writer/showrunner of all those shows, Steven Moffat, to do a little signing of Titan Comics' Sherlock manga publications, that adapt the original scripts of the show in excruciating detail for manga readers in Japan,[...]

38 Comics & Storytelling + Figure Proportions & Actions 101, 6.30-8pm. Thursday, December 5th New Year's Evil Event, Join Ram V, Casper Wijngaard and Dan Watters signing copies of New Year's Evil #1, Forbidden Planet London Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, 6pm. Troopers, Guests only. Vanni: A Family's Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict – a book discussion with speakers Benjamin[...]

And we're now getting a fun update of those original books for a modern audience Colin Baker, Vinay Patel, Beverly Sanford, and Joy Wilkinson will be signing Doctor Who: The Target Storybook at Forbidden Planet Megastore on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, today from 6 to 7pm. A collection of all-new stories spinning off from some of your favourite Doctor Who[...]

We have a little look at the new Forbidden Planet comic book store opening in Glasgow ahead of its official launch tomorrow The store has moved not too far from its current position at 168 Buchannan St to its new digs at 122-126 Sauchiehall Street. It opens at 9 am tomorrow and will be having a[...]

But today Forbidden Planet Cardiff is celebrating its 30th birthday with giveaways, cosplay competitions and raffle prizes. Sitting proud on 5 Duke Street in Cardiff city centre, Forbidden Planet Cardiff first opened its doors in 1989 Like its 14 sister shops around the country, it occupies a hallowed place in the hearts of local fans: although the[...]

  Three Forbidden Planet comic book stores in the UK have got rather special window displays, featuring actual puppets from the Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance TV series currently streaming on Netflix As well as lots of… stuff. In Forbidden Planet Birmingham: Aughra's attendant, Podling and Fizzgig In Forbidden Planet Bristol: Brea and Rian In Forbidden Planet Cambridge: Deet,[...]

Here's an exclusive look at some Exclusives… retailer variant cover from Forbidden Planet in the UK and from Jetpack Comcis in the US, with UK price and print runs for collectors who are into this sort of thing… DCeased #5 Ben Oliver Forbidden Planet Variant £9.99 3000 Copies  Blade Runner #3 Forbidden Planet Ben Oliver Exclusive Variant[...]

$10 Forbidden Planet Vinimates Retro Robby Vinyl Figure Robby the Robot gets a new paint job in this new exclusive Vinimates vinyl figure! Sporting a classic red-and-blue color scheme inspired by the tin toys of yesteryear, this 4-inch vinyl toy comes in a full-color window box Limited to 250 pieces $10     Invader Zim Vinimates Extra Doom Vinyl Figure[...]

And we took the chance to go on a walk through London from Gosh Comics to Forbidden Planet to Orbital Comics, by way of a Detective Pikachu pop-up and the Harry Potter stage play. Fancy taking a walk with us? We mostly managed to avoid the bad weather Hail would come later… highlights are probably the[...]

Superstar artist Jock has revealed his Action Comics #1000 retailer exclusive variant cover, available in limited quantities and in several purchasing options from Forbidden Planet Jock posted the cover on Twitter. My cover for the landmark ACTION COMICS #1000 #Superman pic.twitter.com/jIvtYWzT2r — jock (@Jock4twenty) February 27, 2018 Jock also revealed the original sketch: Original sketch #ActionComics1000 pic.twitter.com/i9cfy8mrDW — jock (@Jock4twenty) February[...]

Baristas by day and crime-solving sleuths by night, and the only ones there to help the world from an influx of paranormal activity. And now, the fifth issue in the series is coming out! Containing two stories, Tales of the Night Watchman#5 has the penultimate chapter in the ongoing mystery, and a second story sees the characters[...]

A day in which comic stores can join in to receive exclusive variant editions and collections of comic books for sale only in participating stores at premium prices. I went to Forbidden Planet and Orbital Comics, two of the very few participants in the UK and metres from each other. Forbidden Planet opened at 10am, I turned[...]

There are two comic stores participating in the Local Comic Shop Day promotion in the UK. Forbidden Planet (not Forbidden Planet International) with shops in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Coventry, Croydon, Liverpool, London, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Southampton. And then Orbital Comics in London. There's also Big Bang Comics in Dublin as well. That's it for the British Isles – and Europe as a whole. Given that Local Comic Shop Day is gearing up[...]

Recently free speech comic book charity, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, ran a recruitment drive amongst comic book retailers. It saw them either sign up or get renewals from over 471 stores, raising an extra $66,100 in the process. And they'd like to honour five retailers for gaining Champion level memberships after giving $1000 each towards Forbidden Planet, The Big Bang Comic Shop, Green Brain Comics, The[...]

6-7pm.   Comics Gosh!p: Gosh Comics Monthly Reading Group this month featuring – 'The End of Summer' by Tillie Walden & 'A Quiet Disaster' by Alex Potts Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards signing This Damned Band and Doctor Who: The Four Doctors at Forbidden Planet 6-7pm Jay Faeber signing Copperhead at Orbital Comics, 6-7.30pm Thursday, August 13th Superheroes, Ages 8-12, 11am-1pm, Cartoon Museum The[...]

The truly runaway success of a comic We Can Never Go Home from Black Mask Studios could never stay in stock for long at Forbidden Planet in London, and that turned out to be true everywhere. First printings of the comic, as well as con variants of #1 are hovering around 60 dollars and upwards (as[...]

They are famous for having all the comics you want in depth but you will have to wait to get them… Let's make it move…. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UQ-QUtutw[/youtube] Forbidden Planet also had a long line but they were able to disperse them by handing out pre-selected bags of free comics to all and sundry fast, fast fast which gave the[...]