Marvel & Star Wars Hitting Stores from Diamond Select

It’s Wednesday, which means new collectibles are at your local comic shop courtesy of Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD! An animated-style Marvel statue and two Star Wars statues hit stores this week, and you can find a retailer near you at comicshoplocator.com! No store nearby? Pre-order at gentlegiantltd.com!

Marvel Animated-Style Spider-Man (Chimney) Statue

A Diamond Select Toys release! The Web-Slinger returns! Perched atop a metal chimney pipe, Spider-Man crouches and overlooks the city he’s sworn to protect in this mini-statue based on the Young Marvel cover artwork of Marvel Comics. 

Get To Know Brubaker & Phillips' CRIMINAL Before TV Premiere

The bestselling, fan-favorite Criminal series by multiple award-winning team Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Houses of the Unholy, Fatale) will get a glow up this year with trade paperback reprints featuring new cover art and design from Phillips and published by Image Comics.

A television adaptation of this iconic series was in production most of 2024 with Brubaker serving as showrunner, and is coming to Amazon Prime later this year, starring Charlie Hunnam, Luke Evans, and Emilia Clarke. The first season of the TV show will cover the first two story arcs of the comic book series, Criminal, Volume One: Coward and Criminal, Volume Two: Lawless.

Cyberpunk 2077 x Opera GX Hub

Norwegian browser company Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is unveiling the Opera GX hub, a new feature designed to blend the universes of its users’ favorite games directly into the browser. Starting with the Cyberpunk 2077 hub, this new addition to Opera GX brings players closer to their favorite titles than ever before, making it possible for them to use the web while never leaving Night City. They can now browse with the full Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack playing in the background, have webpages displayed in the dystopian Cyberpunk 2077 style, and get direct access to streams, modding guides, news from the game and much more – all within the browser. 

New Clips for Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare: in Theaters 1/13/25-1/15/25 Only

From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the makers of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 1 & 2, comes Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, a new entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe. Written and directed by Scott Chambers, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare arrives in theaters for three days only starting January 13, 2025 until January 15, 2025 only from Iconic Events Releasing.

The newest entry into the Poohniverse follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland. Along the way she meets a twisted Tinkerbell, who is hooked on what she thinks is fairy dust.

NetEase Games Announces April 17 Global Launch for Rusty Rabbit

NetEase Games and Nitroplus Co., Ltd., announced today that Rusty Rabbit, an exciting new 2.5D side scroller, will launch on April 17, 2025 for PlayStation®5, PC (Steam®), and Nintendo Switch. In addition to the updated release timing, NetEase Games has also announced an update to the planned pricing of the game, which is now set at MSRP $19.99 /€19.99/ £15.99. The game will launch simultaneously across PlayStation®5, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with pre-orders for PlayStation®5 and Nintendo Switch starting today.

MESA/Boogie: Iconic Amplifier Returns with Modern Upgrades

MESA/Boogie® is the original boutique Home of Tone, hand-crafting amplifiers of uncompromising quality from the world’s finest materials in Petaluma, California, USA. Today, with reverence and pride, MESA/Boogie is proud to announce the new 90s Dual Rectifier®. A faithful recreation of the tube amp that redefined high gain and provided much of the soundtrack of a generation, this new 90s Dual Rectifier arrives with some welcome upgrades. Own an original icon. The new MESA/Boogie 90s Dual Rectifier amplifiers are built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago, and are now available worldwide at authorized MESA/Boogie dealers and on www.mesaboogie.com.

LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF @ The Bellwether

On Wednesday, January 29th, IHEARTCOMIX, BROWNIES & LEMONADE, ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT & TERAGRAM will present the 7th edition of LA GIVES BACK fundraiser at The Bellwether. This time, LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF will rally the Los Angeles community to raise funds for charities which support victims of the fire, first responders, and animals who need help due to the devastating and fatal Los Angeles wildfires. 100% of the funds raised will go to charity.

Papercutz Unveils Disney Classic Graphic Novel 101 DALMATIANS

Mad Cave’s Papercutz imprint for young readers is delighted to unveil Disney Classic Graphic Novel: 101 Dalmatians [February 25, 2025; HC $14.99 / PB $9.99].

Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita have just become parents to fifteen lovely puppies. Everything is going great until one day wretched Cruella De Vil captures Pongo and Perdita’s puppies, along with all the other Dalmatian pups in London! With the help of the Twilight Bark, and lots of great canine friends, Pongo and Perdita set out on an exciting journey to hunt down the evil pup-napper and rescue their little ones.

Amadeus Arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray & Digital February 25

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the epic historical film’s eight Academy Awards,  Amadeus, from acclaimed director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), will be available for the first time Digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on February 25.

In AMADEUS, a disciplined Italian composer becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

One of the most celebrated films in cinematic history, the theatrical version of Amadeus will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers and available Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home and more.

Marvel Rivals Announces Battle Pass Costume Details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls

Marvel Games and NetEase Games have announced new Battle Pass costume details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls for Marvel Rivals, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter that lets players assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Super Heroes and Super Villains battling with unique powers across a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from across the Marvel Multiverse. The game’s first season begins today and will introduce the Fantastic Four as playable heroes. Players will also discover an all-new Battle Pass, which features over double the content of the Season 0 pass. The Eternal Night Fall Luxury Battle Pass is loaded with 10 stunning costumes and their related content such as sprays and emotes. The price for the Season 1 Luxury Battle Pass is set at 990 Lattice and players will receive 600 Lattice and 600 Units back by completing it. Additionally, the game will be coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now. 

Kodansha Announces WIND BREAKER Starting Monthly Print Releases in July

Kodansha USA Publishing announced today that WIND BREAKER by Satoru Nii—the fan-favorite high school brawler manga that also inspired the anime streaming on Crunchyroll—will see an acceleration in its print schedule to monthly releases starting July 2025.

WIND BREAKER by Satoru Nii is an action-packed high school delinquent manga series that saw its English-language debut as a digital-first release in April 2022. Already reaching fan-favorite status, its popularity only increased as it began publishing in print August 2023. Inspired by the original manga, a hit anime produced by CloverWorks began airing August 2024, and a second season slated for 2025 was immediately announced following the end of the first season in June 2024. Manga fans can currently read up to 17 volumes digitally, and up to 8 volumes in print. The print edition of WIND BREAKER volume 9 will debut February 4, 2025. 

George R.R. Martin's IN THE LOST LANDS Trailer

From the opening music notes, you'll be getting that Resident Evil Movie tingle up and down your spine! That should come as no surprise as the powerhouse action team of Anderson and Jovovich team once more for a tale stacked with wasteland warriors, skeletal monsters, and a heaping helping of supernatural power dripping from the edge of every blade! Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and based on George R.R. Martin’s short story, a queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys (Milla Jovovich) to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power, where the sorceress and her guide, the drifter Boyce (Dave Bautista), must outwit and outfight man and demon. 

Aurvana Ace SXFI: Surround Sound in Your Pocket

Creative Technology proudly unveils the Aurvana Ace SXFI, the latest addition to the acclaimed Aurvana Series. These innovative true wireless earbuds feature solid-state, all-silicon MEMS-based drivers and Super X-Fi (SXFI) technology, delivering an exceptional audio experience that combines high-fidelity sound, stunning clarity, and deep immersion—all at an accessible price point.

"You Will Know Me by My Deeds" Offers Theories to Unsolved Atlanta Child Murders

Author Mike Cobb’s You Will Know Me by My Deeds is a heart-pounding journey of suspense and intrigue that navigates an engrossing chain of sinister events in the quest for truth — before it’s too late.

You Will Know Me by My Deeds is the sequel to Cobb’s The Devil You Knew, beginning where the suspense thriller left off. It’s 1981, and Cynthia Tarwater is convinced she is being followed, despite thinking her traumatic past as a kidnapping victim in 1963 was behind her. After all, the falsely accused suspect of that crime has been exonerated, thanks to her newspaper reporter husband, Billy, and his cop friend, and the real perpetrator is dead.

SHURE Introduces the MV7i Smart Microphone and Interface

Shure have announced the MV7i Smart Microphone and Interface at CES 2025. Featuring a world-first and patented technology, the MV7i sets a new standard of versatility and ease-of-use for podcasters, musicians, and streamers who require two channels of recording. Answering the needs of today’s creators, the MV7i enables users to directly connect a second XLR microphone of their choice or musical instrument (keyboard, guitar, etc.), eliminating the need for an external hardware interface. Designed to simplify the way creators record audio, the MV7i offers the same unmatched audio quality as the award-winning MV7+ – complete with onboard DSP and MOTIV Mix™ desktop and MOTIV mobile app integration.