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Marvel Enters The Grid With TRON: The Betrayal In October! (07-27-10)
The opening shot from Disney/Marvel looks pretty good...

Comic-Con 2010: Day Four Photo Gallery (07-26-10)
Surviving to the very last day...

Comic-Con 2010 VIDEO: Matt Fraction, "The Batman Dreams of Hieronymus Machines"
A slideshow presentation from Thursday night, Matt Fraction sums up our love of comics...

Comic-Con 2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Inside (07-25-10)
A shot from Hall H, celebrity sightings and a costume or two... for now...

Comic-Con 2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Outside The Center (07-25-10)
It's the Scott Pilgrim Experience! It's the Walking Dead! It's Hot!

Comic-Con 2010: Day Two Photo Gallery (07-24-10)
The day begins at Flynn's Arcade and ends at From Dusk Til Con...

Comic-Con 2010: Day One Photo Gallery (07-23-10)
Angelina Jolie showed up! Brad Pitt did not! But we had fun!

Comic-Con 2010 Video: The Moron Life Preview Night Experience (07-22-10)
The Moron Life boys (Lon, Mike and Dave) wander the floor...

Comic-Con 2010: Preview Night Photo Gallery (07-22-10)
The crowds! The smells! The first up close look at Abin Sur from Green Lantern!

Comic-Con 2010: FROM THE CON! BOOM! Announces Stan Lee Projects! (07-21-10)
Stan Lee creates a brand new bullpen, and the talent is amazing! UPDATED WITH PICS!

Comic-Con 2010: The Women of Comic-Con 2009 by Lon Lopez and David Tapia (07-19-10)
Some of the best costumes from last year to get you hyped up for this year...

Comics Review: Superman #701 by Derek McCaw (07-16-10)
You'll believe a man can walk... and it's still one of the best Superman stories told this year.

Comics Review: Scarlet #1 by Derek McCaw (07-13-10)
Back to what made Bendis great in the first place...

Comics Review: Batman Beyond #1 by Derek McCaw (07-03-10)
Terry McGinnis joins the DC Universe, and it's way past time...

Comics Review: Ghostopolis by Derek McCaw (07-02-10)
Zapped into the afterlife, Garth Hale discovers superpowers, his boy grandfather and hope...

Comics Preview: Scratch 9 #1 by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
Joining the KiZoic line of books, this cat has nine lives, and many more stories to tell...

Comics Review: The Avengers #1 by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
To quote Thor to Captain America, "I don't know you..."

Comics Review: Kill Shakespeare #2 by Derek McCaw (05-18-10)
William Shakespeare meets an action movie? Not as strange as you might think...

Comics Review: The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark by Derek McCaw (05-12-10)
Brave toys venture into a dark realm to save their owner ... you only think you've seen it before.

The DC Universe: It's Just Unconstitutional by Troy Benson (05-06-10)
Why Green Arrow and Brightest Day #0 keep flouting the law for the sake of storytelling...

Iron Man and the Iron Can by Tony Panaccio (05-06-10)
Why are collectibles so much cooler today?

WonderCon 2010 Photo Gallery 1 by Mish'al Samman (04-11-10)
A look at the floor and some of the things that caught Mish'al's attention this year...

Review: Blackest Night #7 by Derek McCaw (03-02-10)
Sure, it's going to end in Brightest Day, but it's sure hard to see from here how...

The Ultimate Digital Comics Reader? by Mario Anima (02-4-10)
Graphic.ly may do everything a comic book should except smell like print...

The Heroic Age Comes To Marvel (01-27-10)
Iron Man! Captain America! Thor! Spider-Man! Gorilla-Man?

Comics: Blackest Night #6 by Derek McCaw (12-30-09)
Just waitin' for the Resurrection Man...

2009 Fanboy Planet Hoiday Gift Guide: The Books by the Staff (11-24-09)
Oh, sure, and now someone will say "how could you leave off...?" Well, let us know!

Comics Review: The Flash: Rebirth #5 by Derek McCaw (11-19-09)
Old-school storytelling that feels fresh, new and...well, you've got to buy it!

2009 Big Apple Con by Deborah J. Draisin (11-08-09)
Forget the con-fighting, how was it to actually BE there?

Comics Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1 by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would never allow...

Comics Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #30 by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would never allow...

Suspended Animation: Wayne Boring by Michael Vance (10-26-09)
The man who shaped the look of Superman...

Suspended Animation: Son Of Superman by Mark Allen (10-16-09)
A look back at a Chaykin and Tischman Elseworlds classic...

Updated Post: Green Lantern Superstar by Troy Benson (10-09-09)
A reader sends in photographic evidence connecting an ancient Church with Green Lantern...

Comics Review: Die Hard Year One #1 by Derek McCaw (09-30-09)
Getting back to the roots of both John McClane and Howard Chaykin...

Suspended Animation: John Byrne's Namor The Sub-Mariner by Mark Allen (09-18-09)
An overlooked Marvel book that may be some of Byrne's best work...

Comics Review: Blackest Night: Batman #2 by Derek McCaw (09-15-09)
Just within the Batfamily, it's amazing how many dead there are to rise...

Suspended Animation: Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures by Mark Allen (08-29-09)
From the mind of Chris Wisnia and now through the grace of Slave Labor Graphics...

Suspended Animation: Conan The Barbarian #1-24 by Mark Allen (08-21-09)
Marvel did it right the first time...

Comics Review: Filthy Rich by Derek McCaw (08-18-09)
Vertigo Crime launches with a loser mixing with the wrong crowd... and the wrong dame...

Comics Review: Ultima Thula by Derek McCaw (08-04-09)
Arcana offers a wild ride to an alien planet where our blood is better than gold!

Comics Review: Billboards by Derek McCaw (08-03-09)
The medium is the message, but what happens when we become the medium?

Comic-Con 2009: The Official "Day Two" (07-29-09)
Many more galleries coming...but this one previews some upcoming stories on Fanboy Planet.

Comic-Con 2009: The Wrath Of Con by Lon Lopez (07-28-09)
Derek and Lon's journey through Comic-Con's hottest party...

Comic-Con 2009: Jeff Smith Announces A Return To Boneville by Derek McCaw (07-27-09)
In addition to next month's Scholastic reprint of Rose, he's got a lot more on the horizon...

Comic-Con 2009: The MoronLife Preview Night Video Blog by Lon Lopez (07-23-09)
Join Lon Lopez for a quick video rundown of Wednesday's highlights...

Comic-Con 2009: Preview Night Gallery #3 (07-23-09)
Costumes and Pros and Ladies, oh my...

Comic-Con 2009: Preview Night Gallery #2 (07-23-09)
Artwork, toys and Avatar ...yep, a look at something from Avatar!

Comic-Con 2009: Preview Night Gallery #1 (07-23-09)
David Tapia and Ric Bretschneider captured the sights, but luckily for you, not the smells...

Comics Review: Doctor Who: Room With A Deja View by Derek McCaw (07-21-09)
Missing David Tennant's Doctor? Try this IDW offering to ease the pain...

Comics Reviewed: Blackest Night #1 by Derek McCaw (07-18-09)
...and I thought it was gross when Cheeks the Toy Wonder came back from the dead...

Web of Spider-Man Relaunch In October (07-14-09)
A brand-new spin on an old title gives us top-notch storytelling and the Spectacular Spider-Girl!

Comics Reviewed: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1 by Derek McCaw (07-14-09)
Philip K. Dick's classic becomes a graphic novel...and a whole new generation gets paranoid...

Comics Reviewed: Green Lantern #43 by Derek McCaw (07-10-09)
Black Hand sure seems different from my Green Lantern Archives vol. 3....

Suspended Animation: Marvel's Ultimatum by Mark Allen (07-10-09)
It's the end of the world as we had just started getting to know it...

Super-Con 2009: Creators and Creations by Ric Bretschneider and Derek McCaw (06-12-09)
The best of Ric's photos from Super-Con 2009 in San Jose!

Review: Batman #687 by Derek McCaw (06-10-09)
If Batman can be reborn, why not our comics coverage?

Super-Con 2009: The Costumes by Lon Lopez and Derek McCaw (06-05-09)
You've heard the interviews, now see the fandom that flocks to San Jose!

A Look Back At Lee and Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man by Mark Vance (06-05-09)
Is it nostalgia, or is it really every bit as good as us old-timers remember?

New York Comic-Con 2009: From The Hero Initiative Booth by Deborah J. Draisin (03-02-09)
What's it like to see your first Comic Convention from the inside?

America's Newest Superhero by Derek McCaw (01-18-09)
Powered only by the audacity of hope...but we're buying it for now...

Sparks Hits The iTunes Store! by Derek McCaw (01-15-09)
Actor Michael Pare plays Catastrophic Comics' Noir Superhero in a new iPhone App...

Comics Reviewed: City of Dust: a Philip Khrome Story #2 by Derek McCaw (11-12-08)
A shiny city can't see what's reflecting up from underneath...

Comics Reviewed From Box Four 11/11/08 by Derek McCaw (11-11-08)
Final Crisis: Resist, Justice Society of America #20, Sandman: The Dreamhunters #1...

Embrace Change by Lon Lopez (09-24-08)
The Skrulls are here...and now sports fans know it, too...

Comics: All-Star Superman #12 by Derek McCaw (09-18-08)
This is the end, my friend, and yet...

Comic-Con 2008: The Berman Photos by Jeffrey Berman (08-19-08)
Fleeting moments from the floor of the San Diego Convention Center...

Comic-Con 2008: A Pack of Jokers (08-03-08)
So, so many clown princes...

Comic-Con 2008: The Lego Collection (08-03-08)
For those about to play well, we salute you...the amazing Lego statues from Comic-Con!

Comic-Con 2008: A Few Celebrity Appearances (08-01-08)
Stephanie Rodriguez roamed the floor and caught some nice candid shots...

Comic-Con 2008: The Kings Panel, Courtesy of NBC (07-25-08)
Retelling the story of King David in modern times...brilliant or just weird? YOU be the judge...

Comic-Con 2008: Thursday Slideshow (07-25-08)
Lon Lopez relives his childhood with 125,000 other people...

Comic-Con 2008: The Knight Rider Panel, Courtesy of NBC (07-25-08)
What cool secrets will be revealed? We don't know. Our hotel internet is too jammed...

Comic-Con 2008: Preview Night Slideshow (07-24-08)
Lon Lopez finds some of the summer's biggest stars...or their Lego facsimiles, anyway...

Comic-Con 2008: The Greatest American Hero Returns! (07-21-08)
Join us at Booth #2109 as we sit with William Katt and Robert Culp -- there's a panel, too!

Comics Review: Rogues' Revenge by Derek McCaw (07-18-08)
A classic Flash team returns for one last excellent capper....

Suspended Animation: Rom, Spaceknight by Mark Allen (06-27-08)
One of the best toys-adapted-to-comics you'll ever find...

Suspended Animation: Tomo by Mark Allen (06-19-08)
Daydreams, aliens and ninjas collide in a top-notch book aimed at girls...

Eternals #1 by Derek McCaw (06-11-08)
While DC kills its New Gods, Marvel finds a way to give them life...

The Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy #1 by Tim Watson (05-28-08)
For those who loved Annihilation, this is the book for you...

Super-Con 2008: Photos From The Floor by Derek McCaw and Clay Robeson (05-22-08)
Jane Wiedlin gave me a piece of cake...

House of Mystery #1 by Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Every mystery has its secrets, but not every secret has a mystery...

Detective Comics #844 by Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Reminding us that no matter how it works, ventriloquist dummies are just plain creepy...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14 by Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Vampires are in danger of getting humdrum. Thank heavens Dracula lives!

The Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Hercules: The Thracian Wars #1 by Tim Watson (05-05-08)
Welcome a new reviewer, this week tackling the flagship offering from Radical Press!

DC Universe #0: A Hero Reborn Of Confusion by Derek McCaw (05-05-08)
Wading through it all, at least we get a flashback...or is that a Flash back?

Countdown To Final Crisis #1: Can We Breathe? by Derek McCaw (04-24-08)
After a year of earth-shattering action, what has really changed?

Titans #1: Haven't We Been Here Before? by Derek McCaw (04-11-08)
They're getting the band back together, and they sound a lot like X-Men...

WonderCon 2008 Gallery 3 by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw (02-26-08)
Strange things that caught our fancy and celebrities, too!

WonderCon 2008 Gallery 2 by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw (02-25-08)
What's a convention without CosPlay?

The Independent Garcia: WonderCon 2008 by Chris Garcia (02-25-08)
Trolling the aisles of Artists' Alley, Garcia finds some treasures...

WonderCon 2008 Gallery 1 by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw (02-25-08)
You say you had money burning a hole in your pocket? Not after WonderCon...

This Week In Marvel 02/20/08 by Derek McCaw (02-20-08)
Reviewing Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death, Hulk #2, Runaways #29 and more...

Comics Review: Popgun Vol. 1 by Caitlin Moriarity (02-18-08)
A graphic mixtape to convince you that Image loves you forever...

Steve Gerber Dies At 60... by Derek McCaw (02-12-08)
It seems only appropriate to give a soft and sad "waaauuggghhh..."

Comics Reviews From Box Four 02/07/08 by Derek McCaw (02-07-08)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #11, Countdown #12, Detective #841, Fables #69 and more...

There's A New Captain America In Town... by Derek McCaw (01-28-08)
A review of Captain America #34...

From Out Of The Shadowline... The Revenant by Derek McCaw (01-24-08)
Image Comics releases pulp-influenced avenger in March...we've got five pages of story here!

Suspended Animation: Growing Old With B.C. by Michael Vance (01-18-08)
Before you close the book on a cartoonist's career, check this one out...

The Twelve Return To Rock by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston revive a dozen heroes from Marvel's past...

One Hulk, Two Hulk, Red Hulk, Boo Hulk by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
Red is the new green...and we care why?

This Week In Marvel 01/03/08 by Derek McCaw (01-03-08)
Reviews of Annihilation Conquest #3, Omega the Unknown #4, Thunderbolts #118 and more..

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