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This article contains major Watchmen spoilers. The first episode of Watchmen focused primarily on establishing the 2019 of its world, and making certain new characters got sufficient introductions, and as unencumbered by the legacy elements of the comic as they could possibly be. But with each episode that follows, the larger history of this universe starts to get

Denys Cowan is a living legend. He pencilled the original run of The Question with Dennis O’Neill, laying the groundwork for that character to become a fan favorite for three decades. He co-founded Milestone Media and gave the world Static and Hardware and all the other characters that make you shout in delight when they

The culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has arrived with Avengers: Endgame, where the greatest Marvel superheroes tangle with Thanos the Mad Titan, following up on the events of Avengers: Infinity War. Since showing up at the end of the first Avengers movie, it’s been pretty apparent that Thanos would be scouring the cosmos for the

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a comic that hates the internet quite as much as Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, and I’m 100% on board. In fact, it’s where a good chunk of the magic of this delightful book comes from.  Turning Jimmy into a dickhead Youtube streamer is Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber’s EXTREMELY

This article contains Watchmen spoilers. Since early in its first episode, HBO’s Watchmen has kept the catastrophic tragedy that concludes the book just within view of the audience. The events of Nov. 2, 1985, when New York City was seemingly attacked by an enormous squid from another dimention that emitted a psychic shockwave so powerful

This His Dark Materials Episode 3 review contains spoilers. It originally appeared on Den of Geek UK. His Dark Materials Episode 3 In material terms, His Dark Materials Episode 3 didn’t move us very far forward. Like a docked boat, Lyra’s journey stalled in one place while other characters were frustrated in their various searches. By

This episode contains Watchmen episode 5 spoilers. About halfway through Watchmen episode 5 ”Little Fear of Lightning,” you should know that we’ve officially hit and surpassed the midpoint of the series. HBO’s Watchmen only consists of nine episodes (not twelve), so it’s time for the pieces to start falling into place and for some mysteries to

For all of the high profile storm clouds gathering on the horizon of the DC Universe between Year of the Villain, some decidedly Crisis-y vibes in Justice League, and the fact that the Batman Who Laughs gets his jollies by turning the heroes of the DC Universe into evil versions of themselves, you might think

With The Mandalorian exploring a lawless corner of the galaxy far, far away, bounty hunters — the scum of the galaxy — are now at the forefront of the Star Wars universe. Certainly, it’s been a long time for fans of the most famous bounty hunter of all, Boba Fett. But, as the famous scene

Fox’s upcoming adaptation of Cullen Bunn’s horror comic book series The Empty Man has been gestating as a project for quite a long time. The film was first announced in early 2016 and now it is finally set to see the light of day. The 2014 six-issue story of The Empty Man was written by the dementedly

Gary Oldman is joining the ever-expanding small screen cavalcade of stars of the tech-giant-generated streaming platform, Apple TV+, set to headline a spy series titled Slow Horses. The television series will serve as an onscreen adaptation of author Mick Herron’s novel series, collectively called “The Slough House,” which focus on the espionage exploits of a

As we all know, Shazam is really Bally Batson, the young orphan boy who is pure of heart and worthy of the power of six mythological champions. But Billy isn’t the only mortal who was able to tap into the power of Shazam. There were a number of other Shazam family members, but today we

Among many surprise introductions in the pages of Young Justice, bringing back Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, was one of the best. The character has been around for nearly 40 years, but has mostly been a supporting character for story arcs. That changes in February. Back in October, DC announced plans to put her front and center in

From author of the Sea Witch series Sarah Henning comes a new YA fantasy novel inspired by The Princess Bride, specifically for anyone who wanted to see Buttercup save herself and Westley and maybe a few other people along the way. It’s called The Princess Will Save You, and we’re excited to give a first look

Joshua Williamson’s The Flash is all coming to a head, 80+ issues in, and DC announced another big milestone for the Scarlet Speedster coming up in his run. This one is the celebration of 750 issues of Flash comics, coming in February. The Flash #750 launches a new story arc in Williamson’s run: “The Flash Age.” Williamson pens

This His Dark Materials article contains spoilers through Episode 2. You can check out our His Dark Materials spoiler-free review here.  His Dark Materials is a fantasy novel and now TV show set in another world, which gives its setting a slightly out-of-time, or even period, quality. However, as we learn from “The Idea of the North,” the

This article contains Watchmen spoilers. HBO’s Watchmen is the best kind of prestige revival – one that doesn’t try to recreate the success of the original property, but which, instead, builds on its legacy in new and interesting ways. In doing so, the series must also confront the failings of that original, of which Watchmen

This His Dark Materials article contains spoilers through Episode 2. “I feel like Mrs Coulter is a bit of a control freak,” says Ruth Wilson on stage at the London premiere of His Dark Materials. “She needs to be in control, and that’s in her look as much as everything else.” Mrs. Coulter’s look in the

This article contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 3 and the book. Watchmen episode 3, “She was Killed by Space Junk,” introduces two major characters from the original book in the form of Jean Smart’s FBI Agent Laurie Blake (formerly known as Laurie Juspeczyk, the Silk Spectre) and Jeremy Irons’ Adrian Veidt (formerly known as the

The most impressive thing about what Joshua Williamson and his creative collaborators have pulled off in The Flash is making one continuous four year run feel like one long story. We’re about to be 82 issues plus several annuals in, and the last few issues have been notable in how they’re pulling together threads from far

This article contains Watchmen episode 4 spoilers. HBO’s Watchmen did most of its comic book referencing, additional worldbuilding, and character introductions in its first three episodes. So you would think that by the time we got to Watchmen episode 4, they’d be done mining the book for little flourishes of backstory to reference or use

The Expanse has been one of the most popular topics over the years on our long-running genre television podcast, Sci Fi Fidelity. Going back to our first discussion of the show in season 1 as well as our interviews with showrunner Naren Shankar and lead actor Dominique Tipper, we’ve always been fans of the show

This interview with Annalee Newitz was part of my research for “Are You Afraid of the Darkness: A Guide to Hopepunk,” a feature written for Den of Geek’s New York Comic Con print magazine that delved into the hopepunk term. I recommend beginning with that article before diving into this full interview transcript. To hear more of Newitz’s

The Power Rangers comics are on fire right now. Both Go Go Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are the best they’ve ever been and it looks like they’ll only get better from here! Below we have an exclusive look at several pages from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #45, coming November 27 from BOOM! Studios. 

Once they managed to get McDonald’s to reproduce the Szechuan sauce first produced in 1998 for the release of Mulan, Rick and Morty established itself as part of the television furniture. As every struggling creative knows, however, success like this doesn’t come overnight. In the beginning (during the Earth year 2006), Justin Roiland created a short

The trans-Atlantic slave trade has formed so many facets of modern cultural relationships, it’s hard to understate the impact of that in human industry. In Queen of the Conquered, Kacen Callendar reimagines the Caribbean in the era of slavery, setting it far closer to its European neighbors and infusing it with magic. In The Deep,

This feature originally appeared in Den of Geek’s NYCC 2019 print magazine. When author Alexandra Rowland (A Choir of Lies) first posted to Tumblr in 2017, “The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. Pass it on,” she had no idea how intensely that sentiment would resonate with the platform’s community and beyond. “Initially, I was just vaguely bemused

This article is sponsored by Tor Books. All views expressed in the article reflect those of the writer. Coined by academic Joseph Campbell and made more famous by George Lucas’ use of the template in Star Wars: A New Hope, The Hero’s Journey is a classic structure for fantasy stories. The Hero’s Journey is comprised

This interview with Ferrett Steinmetz was part of my research for “Are You Afraid of the Darkness: A Guide to Hopepunk,” a feature written for Den of Geek’s New York Comic Con print magazine that delved into the hopepunk term. I recommend beginning with that article before diving into this full interview transcript. Den of Geek: When

This interview with Uncanny Magazine editors Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damien Thomas was part of my research for “Are You Afraid of the Darkness: A Guide to Hopepunk,” a feature written for Den of Geek’s New York Comic Con print magazine that delved into the hopepunk term. I recommend beginning with that article before diving into this full