The Toxic Avenger 4K Box Set Oozes into Pre-Orders

HE WAS 98 POUNDS OF SOLID NERD UNTIL HE BECAME… THE TOXIC AVENGER, THE FIRST SUPERHUMAN-HERO FROM NEW JERSEY!

Tromaville, New Jersey has a monstrous new hero! The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin (Mark Torgl, The First Turn-On) falls into a vat of toxic waste after being relentlessly bullied by the jerks in the health club where he works. Now Toxie is here to serve and protect the people of Tromaville from evildoers out to destroy him and the town!

Meet the New Arachnids of Across the Spider-Verse

We return to the Marvel Universe and a dimension where the walls are so thin, a street-level superhero might meet their doppelganger at any moment!! The new installment of the animated Spider-Man series, Across the Spider-Verse, hits this coming week with our favorite wall-crawler, Miles Morales, taking center stage alongside enough alternate-universe Spider-People to populate a whole soccer team. While some of these co-stars are returning players, others are known in comics but have yet to get their moment on the big screen, and others may be new to nearly everyone! Today, we'll take a look at the more obscure characters that are popping up in the toy aisles, announcing their oncoming screen debut. We'll also look at some toys.... like we do!

Alligator Loki Thrashes Into the Comic Pages

Alligator Loki will star in his very own comic book this September! After making his debut in Marvel Studios’ Loki on Disney+, the reptilian God of Mischief headlined his very own Infinity Comic series on the Marvel Unlimited app. Now, this iconic and adorable troublemaker will grace the stands of your local comic shop for the very first time in September! An extra-sized one-shot, ALLIGATOR LOKI #1 will collect the entirety of Alyssa Wong and Bob Quinn’s hit Infinity Comic series as well as an all-new adventure from the life of everyone’s favorite swamp-dwelling scamp!

Bow down to the reptile in a helm who has enraptured the Ten Realms…with his cuteness! First Alligator Loki chomped down on Mjolnir, and then he chomped his way into our hearts. Now, the beloved Alligator of Mischief finds – and makes – trouble all across the Marvel Universe!

New Barbie Trailer Introduces The Horror of... FLAT FEET

It's time. THE NEW BARBIE TRAILER IS HERE!!!! You'll laugh..you'll cry...you'll then realize this is a trailer for a Barbie movie and wonder why the Fast and the Furious movies can't have just a liiiiitle more depth. (SUPPORT YOUR WRITERS!!) The July 21st release date is quickly approaching and with it, every shade of pastel and day-glow you could possibly imagine. Also, John Cena plays a Ken. Sold.

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place.  Unless you have a full-on existential crisis.  Or you’re a Ken.

WEDNESDAY: Season 1 - Music from the Netflix Series

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman have been creating surreal stories together for nearly four decades, and it was only a matter of time before they met the Addams Family. Alongside composer Chris Bacon and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, they delivered an instantly iconic take on our favorite goth big sis.

The Mondo Record Shop is excited to unveil their exclusive color variant for Lakeshore Records’ vinyl release of WEDNESDAY: Season 1 - Music from the Netflix Series. Stock is extremely limited (edition of just 500) and strictly 1 per customer. Mondo's “Enid’s Pink Sweater” color variant will be available on Wednesday at 12 NOON CST only at The Record Shop. 

Tickets On Sale Today for Monster High Live

Family Entertainment Live and Mattel today announced more than 15 dates and venues for the highly anticipated Monster High Live stage production North American tour. Tickets for stops through December 2023 are on sale today; additional cities and on sale dates to be announced soon. The schedule for the tour that begins in September 2023 at Peoria Civic Center can be found at MonsterHighLive.com.

Produced by Family Entertainment Live and Full Stop Productions in association with Mattel, Monster High Live features fan-favorite monsters from the groundbreaking franchise in an all-new live show with electrifying music, clawesome dancing and friendship that never ends. In a fang-tastic storyline, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein get ready for the school's annual Monster Ball. Audiences will howl, clap, stomp and sing along to screamium tunes as these ghouls learn that the best fright of the year will be more spooktacular and fierce when they embrace their differences and all work together.

Martial Arts-Focused Media Company, OOSS Media, Launches With “This Is The Time I Fought Jackie Chan” Video

Ben Conrad (co-founder, Donut Media, the fastest growing automotive channel in the U.S.), Gilbert Galon (producer, TigerBelly, the top Asian podcast) and Jeremy Marinas (director, John Wick: Chapter 4 action designer and 87Eleven Action Design member) today announced the official launch of a new martial arts-focused media company, OOSS Media. Dedicated to the next generation of martial arts fans, OOSS Media seeks to entertain, educate and illuminate audiences on a wide range of martial arts topics at the intersection of movies, pop culture, combat sports, health & wellness and internet culture. The company kicked off with an exclusive interview with key players from John Wick: Chapter 4, and fight coordinator Marinas, along with actors Scott Adkins (the Undisputed franchise) and Marko Zaror (Undisputed III: Redemption), discussing all of the behind-the-scenes action. 

New Art for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

You saw the figures first and said OH WHAT THE HELL??!! Then you saw the teasers and the heart bubbles started rising. The bottom line is, animation is art, and if we pigeonhole these artists into making the same sort of art for every project, this world will be VERY FRIKKEN BORING!! And so, Miles Morales and his Spider-Verse kicked open the door to a world of color and energy we'd sorely been missing. 

NOW, to celebrate WORLD TURTLE DAY (i like turtles), Paramount Pictures and Nicklelodeon bring us NEW poster art to fill your eye holes and get you hyped up for a NEW movie trailer, set to drop Wednesday, May 31st at 6am PT. 

Coming in 2024: The Matrix, The Last Ronin and More from Diamond Select

It’s almost June, which means the June issue of Previews is on its way to your door! In that catalog, you’ll find the newest products from Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD, including their first product based on The Matrix, new items from Marvel and Star Wars, plus the Iron Giant, the Last Ronin, the Muppets and Avatar the Last Airbender! It’s the best of all worlds! Find a store near you at comicshoplocator.com and pre-order there, or order online at Diamondselecttoys.com or gentlegiantltd.com!

ROM, The Greatest of Space Knights, Returns

Marvel Comics is thrilled to announce an exciting new collaboration with Hasbro, a global leader in play, that will result in brand-new collections and reprints of Rom’s original comic book adventures!

The popular toy-turned comic book superstar headlined his very own solo series throughout the 80s, igniting readers’ imaginations for 75 issues. Set in the main Marvel Comics universe, Rom was a full-fledged Marvel icon who had memorable team-ups with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, and even battled bravely against the likes of Galactus and the Skrulls! These incredible stories by industry legends Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, along with various Rom guest appearances, will be reprinted for the first time ever in ROM: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1, on sale January 2024. In addition to this long-awaited collection, fans can pick up a facsimile edition of Rom’s comic book debut, 1979’s ROM #1, this September!