Strange Tales #113 shows the Human Torch starting to develop a world of his own, with recurring characters and villains.

Ani DiFranco’s debut is an intimate, restless album about relationships, independence, sexuality and figuring out how to remain yourself in a world that keeps trying to define you.

Fantastic Four #19 introduces Rama-Tut, but the bigger story is how far Marvel has already moved beyond its early anthology-style adventures. The Fantastic Four isn’t just expanding its own world—it’s...

Unabomber follows two timelines, connecting Ted Kaczynski’s time at Harvard with the FBI investigation years later.

Squadron Supreme #11 explores what we’re willing to compromise, and what methods we’re willing to adopt, when fighting for something we believe in.

A lighthearted story about staying true to yourself.

Planet Cheat Code’s Humans Capable of Hurting is a smart, strange and catchy mix of indie rock, folk, psychedelic pop and electronic music exploring the anxieties of being alive in 2026.

Amazing Spider-Man #5 shows Lee and Ditko turning Spider-Man into something distinctly his own, with a growing supporting cast, continuing Marvel continuity, and Peter Parker’s personal life woven int...

An exhilarating, wildly ambitious album that shows just how much Living Colour can do without ever losing what makes them Living Colour.

Reacher is uncomplicated, fun television. It's loud, ridiculous, full of action, and just requires that you don't think too hard about what's happening.

A strange, dreamlike Western that stretches a simple journey into something existential, ambiguous, and difficult to shake.

Michigander delivers a ridiculously catchy blend of indie rock and pop on Over Before You Know It, with huge hooks, gorgeous guitars and songs that demand to be sung along with.

Tales to Astonish #48 shows the Ant-Man feature evolving into something distinctly its own, with the Wasp bringing a romantic-comedy dynamic and, surprisingly for 1963, something close to equal billin...

The Zutons blend indie rock, funk, soul, disco, psychedelic pop and 70s pop into a wildly fun album full of catchy hooks, dreamy grooves and unexpected turns.

Supergirl is a flawed but fairly entertaining comic-book movie with some fun world-building and a very good Milly Alcock.

Cheekface blends sharp wit, political satire and ridiculously catchy grooves on Podium, their funkiest and most musically adventurous album yet.

The Squadron is trying to create a world without imperfection. But imperfection is part of what makes us human.

The Twilight Zone finds a little hope in a story about a man who has lost his way.

X-Men #1 introduces Marvel’s newest superhero team, with many of the pieces already in place—even if Lee and Kirby haven’t quite discovered what those pieces can become.

Mormon Toasterhead buries catchy hooks, guitar riffs and dreamy harmonies beneath the hiss, fuzz and distortion of A Different Letter.

21 minutes of loose, ridiculously catchy punk, power pop and indie rock that gets in, finds the riff, hammers the hook and gets out.

throwback blockbuster that was completely satisfying from beginning to end.

Journey into Mystery #96 finds Marvel moving forward while Thor remains stuck in anthology-style adventures, this time battling a resurrected Merlin.

Issue #9 reveals a problem at the heart of the Utopia Program. The Squadron keeps finding ways to solve the immediate problem without addressing its root cause.

A love potion gives a desperate man exactly what he thinks he wants in a darkly comic twist on the Faustian bargain.

Season two returns with heavier themes, higher stakes, and another complicated web of suspects, secrets and false leads for Pip to unravel.

Fantastic Four Annual #1 turns Atlantis from a piece of Namor’s past into an entire world as Marvel shows us where it’s been—and where it’s going.

SO MUCH HAS CHANGED is a gentle pop album about getting older and realizing that sometimes what changes most is the way you see love, loss and yourself.

Avengers #1 brings Marvel’s heroes together as nearly two years of world-building gives Lee and Kirby a universe they can finally play in.

Tales of Suspense #45 finally gives Iron Man a world of his own with the debut of Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, Jack Frost, and some very fast roller skates.

A warped trip through decades of rock and pop, as The Lampreys twist catchy melodies, familiar sounds and electronic beats into strange and unpredictable shapes.

The Squadron’s solutions are starting to create problems of their own. Squadron Supreme #8 explores the unintended consequences of the Utopia Program as every new attempt at control leads to another p...

Excerpt The Drama is funny, tense, romantic, deeply uncomfortable, and unlike just about anything else I’ve seen.

Lo-fi indie folk, power-pop hooks and psychedelic touches fill an emotionally raw album about old relationships, new love and the difficult, uneven process of letting go.

Gorgeous folk and country textures carry an album about grief, loss, resistance and renewal, and the scars we carry with us as we continue to grow.

An exhausted advertising executive dreams of escaping the pressures of corporate America for a simpler life in a mysterious town called Willoughby.

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! is a funny, affectionate celebration of an extraordinary career that unexpectedly became something much more personal for me.

Beautifully layered indie pop about relationships, change, and the difficult balance between holding onto what shaped you and allowing yourself to keep growing.

Strange Tales #112 brings Golden Age superhero storytelling into the Marvel Age as Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel takes a turn writing the Human Torch.

The Beast in Me has a compelling psychological thriller at its center, but too many unnecessary complications keep pulling attention away from the characters who make it work.

Fuzzy, distorted indie rock collides with huge power-pop hooks on an album about loneliness, self-doubt, and knowing something needs to change even when you can’t quite make it happen.

Squadron Supreme #7 embraces the classic evil-twin trope to explore free will, consent and the complicated difference between doing what’s right and getting the outcome you want.

A strange little girl, a buried childhood memory, and a woman increasingly unsure whether she’s being haunted by the past or by her own mind.

Amazing Spider-Man #4 introduces Sandman as Lee and Ditko continue building an enduring rogues’ gallery while showing just how completely they already understand Peter Parker and his world.

Tales to Astonish #47 arrives as Marvel’s superhero universe is rapidly expanding, but Ant-Man remains stuck in anthology-style adventures involving magic trumpets, giant robots, and one very heroic f...

The Beast in Me is a tense psychological mystery built around two complicated characters, terrific performances, and enough ambiguity to keep me questioning who and what to believe.

The Dink is a fun, old-school sports comedy with a few good laughs, a likable cast, and just enough heart to keep things moving.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 may not be better than the original, but clearer motivations, plenty of laughs, and a different side of Miranda made me enjoy it more.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a marvelous film to witness and one to think about long after it ends.

Journey into Mystery #95 shows Marvel is close to understanding what works about Thor, even as Don Blake gets stuck in another anything-goes science-fiction adventure.