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Thunderbolts* ending explained: What happens, who dies, and what's next after Marvel Studios' latest film
Obviously, some MAJOR spoilers are on the horizon. Don't read this "ending explained" unless you've already seen the MCU's Thunderbolts*, or don't mind the entire thing being spoiled for you
Grant DeArmitt
Spoilers!
The Netflix You season 5 ending was originally very different (and a lot more final for Joe), teases showrunner
The show's final season is on the streamer now, but the Netflix You season 5 ending was once very different. Read to know more, but beware of spoilers
Grant DeArmitt
Exquisite Corpses gets deadlier as Image Comics and Popverse unveil the latest Oak Valley killer from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh's serial killer comic
Meet Nurse Pete, who series co-creator Michael Walsh says is "one of the scariest killers" in Image Comics' Exquisite Corpses
Graeme McMillan
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Hazbin Hotel's Alex Brightman talks Broadway, Beetlejuice, and whether or not he has an extra vocal cord at Emerald City Comic Con!
Alex Brightman walks our staff writer Grant DeArmitt through his illustrious career on Broadway and in animation with shows like Hazbin Hotel
Jules Chin Greene
Without naming Trump's Tariffs as the cause, Microsoft has increased the price of the Xbox consoles, games, and controllers by around 20%
This coupled with Nintendo suddenly charging $80 for their first-party games means that pretty much ever major game company is likely to do the same.
Trent Cannon
Marvel's Thunderbolts* trailers are full of "little moments that aren't in the movie," says star David Harbour
Everyone wanting some deleted scenes from the next Marvel Studios movie, turns out they're already out there (and you've probably seen some on the big screen)
Graeme McMillan
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Magic: The Gathering looks set to escape a tariff price hike, says Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro
Compared to its competitors, Hasbro doesn't believe it will be impacted as much by the astronomical tariffs
Random House tried to buy Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast from Hasbro more than twenty years ago
Random House's Del Rey imprint considered making Magic: The Gathering books in the 1990s
Marvel Studios wanted a second season of Disney+ hit Hawkeye, but didn't want to pay for it, says star Jeremy Renner
The MCU star says that Marvel offered him "half" his season 1 salary to return for a second outing of the Disney+ Hawkeye show
Nnedi Okorafor says her new novel Death of the Author "most personal autobiographical work" yet, while still being her trademark science fiction and fantasy
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Nnedi Okorafor broke down how her new book, Death of the Author, blended elements of her life from a high-achieving Nigerian American family
Ryan Reynolds is working on a Deadpool/X-Men movie treatment, according to reports - but Marvel Studios hasn't signed off yet
Who wants to see a Deadpool team-up with the X-Men? Let's wait and see if Marvel Studios is amongst those sticking their collective hand in the air
Netflix hit Stranger Things originally had a different setting (and title) to honor the series creators' favorite movie: Steven Spielberg's Jaws
Who knew that Montauk, which was almost the title of Stranger Things, was the inspiration for Jaws? And not for nothing, who knew Jaws was the Duffer Bros.' favorite movie?
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie puts the final nail in the coffin for the Joss Whedon-era superhero film
Thunderbolts* has freed the MCU from the prison of Joss Whedon-esque dialogue dating back to 2012's The Avengers
The new Marvel Studios movie asks the existential question, 'What's in a name?' (Or, to Thunderbolts* or not to Thunderbolts*?)
Think of Thunderbolts* as Marvel Studios taking on the Schrödinger's Cat problem for movie titles
What the asterisk in Thunderbolts* means, and where the name comes from (No, it's not the Red Hulk, or any other Marvel Studios connection)
Look, we love Harrison Ford just as much as everybody else, but it turns out that the Thunderbolts' name comes from a very different place (Sorry, Captain America: Brave New World)
Yes, Marvel spoiled a major Thunderbolts* moment in the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement, but hoped no-one would notice
A widely-spread MCU fan-theory regarding who was (and wasn't) in the cast list of Avengers: Doomsday turned out to be 100% on the money
Thunderbolts* resurrects a longstanding Marvel Studios tradition (with a Sentry-inspired twist)
An MCU staple that was missing from Captain America: Brave New World returned for Thunderbolts*, but then it got weird... and dark
The gold standard of a comic book artist for DC & Marvel and more, Jackson 'Butch' Guice dies at age 63
Jackson Guice, who brought the worlds of Superman, Captain America, and the Flash to life for four decades, has passed after a period of ill health, his family has announced
Popverse Jump: A love letter to the Yu Yu Hakusho English dub - the first great dub Funimation made
With a cast that includes Laura Bailey, Christopher Sabat, and Linda Young, Yu Yu Hakusho remains one of the best dubs in anime history and certainly an early example of how good anime voice acting could be.
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* creator credits include special attention to two of the Sentry creators
Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee don't get 'thanked' in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie credits - they get top treatment, and Jenkins got a job out of it.
Livestream all of Boston's PAX East 2025 free with Popverse
Watch the big panels from Magic: The Gathering, Larian Studios, and more with Popverse's PAX East 2025 livestream.
Evil Dead icon Bruce Campbell is "so in" to be on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, despite not exactly knowing what Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is
Hey, you have to give the Evil Dead and Bubba Ho-Tep star points for being up for anything. Even if "anything" includes a Star Trek series that Bruce Campbell has never *technically* heard of
Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto VI release date delayed a year- and goes right after Avengers: Doomsday and Star Wars' Mandalorian & Grogu
If you're the kind of Star Wars and Grand Theft Auto fan who has to experience things as soon as they're available, get ready to make a touch choice - GTA VI is out less than a week before The Mandalorian's next chapter
M3GAN 2.0 release date: The mean girl robot meets her match with a new spy bot this summer
Two years after audiences fell in love with the Britney Spears-loving bodyguard bot gone wrong, M3GAN is back to face off against a spy counterpart in M3GAN 2.0 this June
From Vader to Palpatine, Sam Witwer drew on every villain in the Star Wars universe to find the voice of The Son in The Clone Wars animated series
The character embodies the Dark Side of the Force, so it only makes sense that his voice comes from every character affiliated with the Dark Side in Star Wars.
28 Years Later release date: Horror sequel is ready to eat your brains (and everything else) this June
It's not taken 28 years for the follow-up to 28 Days Later to be made, but it's close - the wait is almost over as 28 Years Later is due in theaters this summer
How to Train Your Dragon release date: Toothless and Hiccup are reborn on the big screen as DreamWorks beloved animated series moves to live-action
Writer/director Dean DeBlois, who was responsible for the animated trilogy, is the man in charge of the live-action reboot of How to Train Your Dragon, headed to theaters this June
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Popverse Jump: A love letter to the Yu Yu Hakusho English dub - the first great dub Funimation made
With a cast that includes Laura Bailey, Christopher Sabat, and Linda Young, Yu Yu Hakusho remains one of the best dubs in anime history and certainly an early example of how good anime voice acting could be.
Trent Cannon
Hazbin Hotel's Alex Brightman talks Broadway, Beetlejuice, and whether or not he has an extra vocal cord at Emerald City Comic Con!
Alex Brightman walks our staff writer Grant DeArmitt through his illustrious career on Broadway and in animation with shows like Hazbin Hotel
Jules Chin Greene
FYC: Before Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, here are some great stories of bad guys turned good
Everyone loves it when a bad guy does the right thing, and we're here to enjoy Clint Eastwood, Kurt Russell, and an entire Suicide Squad doing that very thing in honor of Marvel's Thunderbolts*
Graeme McMillan
PAX East 2025
Livestream all of Boston's PAX East 2025 free with Popverse
Watch the big panels from Magic: The Gathering, Larian Studios, and more with Popverse's PAX East 2025 livestream.
Chris Arrant
A comic con surival kit, from convention experts to you ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and more
Here it is - the ReedPop insider's con survival guide. Accumulated and documented over years of con travel by numerous people here at ReedPop, this isn't the basics - this is the #protip of all pro tips on making your con travels easier.
Chris Arrant
Comic Con Essentials: If you're going to a comic con, you'll need this (and this, and this)
It's dangerous to go alone - take this! A comprehensive guide of things to bring to a comic convention
Lauren Sisselman
The Sentry
What the asterisk in Thunderbolts* means, and where the name comes from (No, it's not the Red Hulk, or any other Marvel Studios connection)
Look, we love Harrison Ford just as much as everybody else, but it turns out that the Thunderbolts' name comes from a very different place (Sorry, Captain America: Brave New World)
Grant DeArmitt
Yes, Marvel spoiled a major Thunderbolts* moment in the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement, but hoped no-one would notice
A widely-spread MCU fan-theory regarding who was (and wasn't) in the cast list of Avengers: Doomsday turned out to be 100% on the money
Grant DeArmitt
Thunderbolts* resurrects a longstanding Marvel Studios tradition (with a Sentry-inspired twist)
An MCU staple that was missing from Captain America: Brave New World returned for Thunderbolts*, but then it got weird... and dark
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* creator credits include special attention to two of the Sentry creators
Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee don't get 'thanked' in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie credits - they get top treatment, and Jenkins got a job out of it.
Chris Arrant
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering looks set to escape a tariff price hike, says Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro
Compared to its competitors, Hasbro doesn't believe it will be impacted as much by the astronomical tariffs
Jules Chin Greene
Random House tried to buy Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast from Hasbro more than twenty years ago
Random House's Del Rey imprint considered making Magic: The Gathering books in the 1990s
Jules Chin Greene
The company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons is dropping a major distributor after 25 years; here's what that means for you
Wizards of the Coast is separating from Alliance Game Distributors as of May 1, but thankfully there are plenty of other options for game stores to choose from
Graeme McMillan
A multi-million dollar fraud involving Magic: The Gathering & D&D just blew up the bankruptcy sale of former comics and gaming distribution giant Diamond, according to a new lawsuit
Alliance Entertainment, which almost made a winning bid for Diamond at a bankruptcy auction, claims the company misled it by hiding the fact that it was about to lose 25% of its business.
Graeme McMillan
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck's biggest regret about his Batman was that what he and Zack Snyder planned was so dark even his son tuned out
The tone of Ben Affleck's appearances in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, and The Flash alienated a core part of superhero audiences, he feels
Jules Chin Greene
Zack Snyder's DC movies "skewed too old" to be successful, says Snyder's own Batman, Ben Affleck
"Even my own son at the time was too scared to watch the movie," Ben Affleck says of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. "When I saw that, I was like... 'we have a problem'."
Graeme McMillan
Batman: Watch every animated movie starring DC's greatest detective in release and chronological order
Batman has a storied history in animation, so let's dive on in with our watch order
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Marvel's Daredevil actors, ranked from Charlie Cox to Ben Affleck and even Rex Smith!
From the most recent Daredevil Charlie Cox, to the most name-recognized Daredevil Ben Affleck, and the most forgettable Daredevil in Rex Smith, we are ranking Marvel's best live-action actors without fear
Chris Arrant
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie puts the final nail in the coffin for the Joss Whedon-era superhero film
Thunderbolts* has freed the MCU from the prison of Joss Whedon-esque dialogue dating back to 2012's The Avengers
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel Matters: After Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, I see Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom assembling his own team with the Cabal
MCU fans have spent all this time speculating on the next Avengers, but we need to think about the villains creating their own Avengers.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Matters: The cursed chalice of Marvel Studios' success, and the broken cinematic universe dreams it gave Hollywood
The Icarus effect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how cost Warner Bros., Sony, Universal Pictures and more billions of dollars.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Matters: What to read ahead of (and after) Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*
Get justice (and a little bit of lightning) with these five best Thunderbolts comics recs ahead of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*.
Chris Arrant