In the long history of Marvel's mightiest heroes, few creative shake-ups hit as hard as Brian Michael Bendis's New Avengers launch in late 2004. The book didn't just relaunch a franchise—it d...
It started with a vending machine on an alien planet. In May 1984, Spider-Man stuck his hand into a strange device on Battleworld expecting a new gadget. Instead, a living black organism oozed out,...
A black alien sludge bonds with a disgraced journalist in a prison cell. Months later, a piece of that same sludge slithers into the ear of a serial killer sharing that cell. One symbiote wants to ...
In May 1983, a 27-year-old walked into the Mann's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard and saw it before the marquee even came into focus: Luke Skywalker mid-leap, green lightsaber raised, a coll...
You're standing in a comic shop. Or more likely, you're staring at a Marvel Unlimited subscription page at 1 AM, and somewhere between the 900-plus issues of Amazing Spider-Man , the dozen spinoff ...
From a small office in Everett, Washington to a billion-dollar collectibles empire. The story behind the logo, the big-headed figures, and the brand that turned vinyl into gold.
It cost twelve cents. That's what a kid walking into a newsstand in the late summer of 1963 would hand over to pick up a brand-new comic book with a bold cover: five heroes bunched together, fists ...
How the Nashville-born model with jet-black bangs and a cherry-red smile became one of the most illustrated real-world characters in modern comics — and why collectors are paying $400 for her...
The Skrull dropped his coffee mug when the alarm hit Deck 14. Not because of the noise — he'd heard Klaxons on forty worlds — but because the face looking back at him in the polished st...
A complete guide to Marvel's most unlikely fan-favorite — from throwaway villain to Eisner-winning solo star
From a Japanese magazine contest to a $5.275 million Logan Paul purchase — the full story of Pikachu's rarest card and the collectors who chase it.
On a cold Sunday in December 1937, newspaper readers flipping through their funny pages found something unusual. Where the Silly Symphony strip typically offered loose gag-a-day vignettes tied to D...