I Am Very Excited for the Wonder Man Show
Marvel revealed the first full Wonder Man trailer at New York Comic-Con this past weekend and I am very excited. I’ve never particularly cared about the character in the comics, but I really, really love the premise of the show. The first trailer gives us a pretty good look at that premise.
So Wonder Man was an old school sci-fi movie in the MCU and it’s getting a modern movie reboot, and the main character of the show wants to play Wonder Man in the movie. That sounds really interesting and neat! I like a good meta show.
The show was created by Destin Daniel Cretton, the guy behind Shang-Chi and, I think, the next Spider-Man movie, so Marvel has a lot of faith in him. And it stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is good in everything. So I’ve got a lot of faith and hope in this one.
I just wish that trailer had given us some kind of hint as to what’s really going on. Is the actor going to get super-powers? Is the director up to something sinister? Or maybe it really is just surface level Hollywood stuff.
We’ll find out when Wonder Man comes to Disney+ on Jan. 27.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 10/11/25
Welcome to a couple of comic book reviews! It’s been a very busy week at work for me, so I wasn’t able to review everything I might have wanted. And actually, it’s a Scott Snyder heavy week, what with DC K.O. Oh, also, New York Comic-Con is this weekend. I’ve been to that in the distant past! Huzzah!
Comic Book of the Week goes to Absolute Batman #13 for the excellent setting up of some hopefully exciting comic bookery.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a 3-day weekend for the holiday so I will finally be cracking into Ghost of Yokei! Can’t wait! Though I’ve also barely scratched the surface of Silksong…perhaps I’ll juggle both. I mostly liked the Peacemaker season 2 finale, but I did not like how it ends on nothing but set-ups and cliffhangers that will probably never get answered for who knows how long. What a weird choice.
Also, this week I’m finally introducing Short Reviews! I read the first issue of Robert Kirkman’s takeover of Transformers and I didn’t care enough to give it a full review. So check out my short review at the bottom of this article!
Comic Reviews: Absolute Batman #13, DC K.O. #1 and Transformers #25.
Read the rest of this entryNYC Comic-Con Trailers Already! Like Game of Thrones and The Mighty Nein!
New York Comic-Con has kicked off and I’m not there. I’ve got work and stuff. But a bunch of trailers have already arrived online, and I’ve compiled them into this nice big blog post. It’s probably not every trailer that’s come out so far, but it’s all the ones that caught my eye, and that’s really what this blog is all about: me!
First up is the first trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, another Gamer of Thrones spin-off. I haven’t seen a single episode of House of the Dragon, but I obviously enjoyed the original and this one looks like fun!
Maybe I’ll give this one a shot. Or maybe I’ll finally watch House of the Dragon. It’s hard to say with me. I watch and don’t watch all sorts of things. But this trailer makes the show look very fun, with solid production values and some good main characters. That’s good enough for me!
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms comes to HBO MAX on Jan. 18.
Next up is a trailer for the second season of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the animated spin-off from the Mutant Mayhem movie.
Looks great! I loved Mutant Mayhem. I loved the first season of Tales. They introduced a fun new mutant I really like: Lee the Eel! And this second season looks to bring in Old Hob from the IDW comics, as well as possibly Tokka and Rahzar! I want this show to use existing mutants! That’s half the fun of seeing new adaptations of the Turtles, to see the new adaptations of classic characters as well! So I’m fully on board.
Season two of Tales of the TMNT comes to Paramount+ in December.
Let’s move on to a trailer for The Mighty Nein, the second campaign from Critical Role. I am not a Critter, which is what I think CR fans are called. I’ve never watched their D&D show, but I’ve seen clips, and all those clips are from The Mighty Nein sessions, so I’m very excited about this new adaptation!
And it looks great! The characters and voice-acting will be the highlights, and I can’t wait to see some of my favorite clips turned into actual animated TV show.
The Mighty Nein comes to Prime Video on Nov. 19, which is soon!
The last trailer to catch my attention is the one for Pluribus, a weird, sci-fi show by Vince Gilligan, the guy behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. I loved both those shows so I’m obviously excited for this new one!
And we should all be excited! Looks sufficiently weird and sufficiently sci-fi. And we know we can trust Vince Gilligan.
Pluribus…or maybe it’s Plur1bus…comes to AppleTV+ on Nov. 7, which is even sooner! Neat!
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Ninja Turtles Mini Sequel Coming in December!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was phenomenal! And the follow up cartoon was also super fun. So as a lifelong Ninja Turtles fan, I am fully on board with the current media status quo. And we’re next going to see these turtle teens in a new short cartoon premiering ahead of an upcoming Spongebob movie on Dec. 19.
Looks good to me! The animation is still awesome. The jokes are cool. The turtles are pretty awesome. I’m glad to see new material since we don’t know when the movie sequel will come out.
Will I go see this Spongebob movie just to see this short? No. I’ll have to figure out some other way to watch. I’m sure it will be fun!
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I Wanted to Recommend Haunted Hotel
I’m a sucker for a good animated show. And while I don’t watch them all, I do try to grab a few here and there. Haunted Hotel came out on Netflix a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed it. The show is only like 8 or 10 episodes, the first season, and it’s solid stuff if you’re looking for an easy, entertaining watch.
Good voice cast, fun writing, clever jokes; the title could use some work and it’s not going to set the world on fire. But the show exists and is on Netflix, and if you’ve still got Netflix, I say confidently that it’s worth a watch. And that’s what this blog should accomplish these days, just me suggesting good media for you readers.
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