[Comic Book Review] STRAYED #1 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of STRAYED #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Available Wednesday, August 21st, the creative team for this issue features writing from Carlos Giffoni, art/colors from Juan Doe, and lettering from Matt Krotzer. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… STRAYED #1 Written by Carlos Giffoni Art by Juan Doe Colors by Juan Doe Letters by Matt Krotzer Cover Artists: Cover A: Juan Doe Cover B: Dustin Nguyen Most cats have nine lives, but the fates of billions rest on this feline. In the far future, a military-industrial complex reigns over all humanity and actively destroys distant alien worlds.

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[A-to-Z] Lesser-Known Villains of Batman: Anarky | Black Spider

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Supervillains are as well-known in comics and mainstream media as their heroic counterparts. Joker, Lex Luthor, Red Skull, Thanos, all these names can be sounded off and any person on the street is bound to know one or all of them. But what about the villains that everyone else doesn’t know about? The bad guys and girls who often fly under the radar, either because they don’t last very long or because they don’t generate quite the exciting stories that their peers in super-crime do. This year marks the 80th birthday of the Batman. 80 years of the Dark Knight

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[Movie Review] Reptile’s Random Reviews: ‘Batman vs. Two-Face’

A flashback in time all the way back to 1966…well, 2017. Batman vs. Two-Face is a fitting final appearance of our beloved campy 1966 Batman. DC Animation did a great job of capturing the corny, campy version of Batman that made him a highly-anticipated, weekly primetime show back in the day.  When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to see the next episode and how Batman and Robin were going to escape whatever dastardly plan their archenemies had in store for them. In this animated film, DC not only brought back many of the original 1966 villains, but also

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[Video Interview] SDCC 2019: Phillip Sevy of Dark Horse Comics’ TRIAGE – The Sci-Fi Epic Arrives This September

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PopCultHQ made an appearance for a couple of days at this year’s 50th Annual Comic Con International: San Diego 2019. Knowing our time was limited, we knew we couldn’t spread ourselves too thin by conducting interviews from multiple publishers. Between the huge layout and the packed aisles with fans, rushing around the convention floor didn’t make much sense as we also tried to enjoy the event a little. So the decision was made to streamline the interviews we were going to conduct at SDCC by focusing on one publisher. From our previous enjoyable experience at NYCC 2017, it was a

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[Interview] SDCC 2019: Aubrey Sitterson & Fico Ossio of Dark Horse Comics’ NO ONE LEFT TO FIGHT

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PopCultHQ made an appearance for a couple of days at this year’s 50th Annual Comic Con International: San Diego 2019. Knowing our time was limited, we knew we couldn’t spread ourselves too thin by conducting interviews from multiple publishers. Between the huge layout and the packed aisles with fans, rushing around the convention floor didn’t make much sense as we also tried to enjoy the event a little. So the decision was made to streamline the interviews we were going to conduct at SDCC by focusing on one publisher. From our previous enjoyable experience at NYCC 2017, it was a

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[Interview] SDCC 2019: Jeff Lemire & Michael Walsh of Dark Horse Comics’ BLACK HAMMER/JUSTICE LEAGUE: Hammer of Justice!

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PopCultHQ made an appearance for a couple of days at this year’s 50th Annual Comic Con International: San Diego 2019. Knowing our time was limited, we knew we couldn’t spread ourselves too thin by conducting interviews from multiple publishers. Between the huge layout and the packed aisles with fans, rushing around the convention floor didn’t make much sense as we also tried to enjoy the event a little. So the decision was made to streamline the interviews we were going to conduct at SDCC by focusing on one publisher. From our previous enjoyable experience at NYCC 2017, it was a

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[Comic Book Review] CANTO #2 from IDW Publishing

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of CANTO #2 from IDW Publishing. Available July 31st, 2019, the creative team for this issue features writing from David M. Booher, art from Drew Zucker, colors by Vittorio Astone, and letters by Deron Bennett. Here’s PopCultHQ’s Spoiler-Free Review of… Canto #2 (of 6) Writer: David M. Booher Artist: Drew Zucker Colorist: Vittorio Astone Letterer: Deron Bennett Cover Artist: Cover A: Drew Zucker & Vittorio Astone Retailer Incentive Variant A: Morgan Beem FC • 32 pages • $3.99 Lions and tigers and… Malorex, oh my! Canto slips out of captivity only to find a herd of vicious

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Reptile’s Random Reviews: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’

I’m a little behind on this one I know; there are a lot of Disney fans and Netflix fans out there (Props to my Peeps!). But let me save you a little effort if you have not seen the new Mary Poppins Returns movie, which is featured on Netflix this month…don’t waste your time. I tried to watch it last night and couldn’t even make it through the whole movie. About two thirds the way through, my viewing companion looks at me and says “turn something else on if you want” and she is a huge Disney & Mary Poppins

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[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘Marque of Caine’

It’s been two years since Caine Riordan was relieved of his command for following both his orders and his conscience. Now he’s finally received the message he’s been waiting for: a summons to visit the ancient and enigmatic Dornaani. And this time, making direct contact is not just professional, but personal: the Dornaani still have his mortally-wounded love, Elena Corcoran, in their unthinkably advanced medical facilities. But instead of arranging a swift reunion, Riordan’s new Dornaani hosts are not only disinterested in human affairs, but are in such social disarray that they have lost track of Elena’s surgical cryocell. Riordan

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Reptile’s Random Reviews: Spider-Man: Far from Home

Spider-Man, Spider-Man,your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man! PLEASE NOTE:Minor Spoilers Ahead! (Ed. Note: Spoilers only detail some of the premise & plot, nothing major.) I’m sure by now the “True Believers” have already seen Spider-Man: Far from Home. “Nuff Said.” Not true. What I can say about this movie is it’s an action-packed adventure with a great balance of story, young romance with some comedy thrown in, in all the right places. The story is set with Peter Parker and his classmates going on a summer vacation school trip to Europe. I don’t know about you and what school you went to,

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