https://www.popnakaro.com/features daily 1.0 2026-07-10 https://www.popnakaro.com/features/five-comics-and-a-conversation monthly 0.5 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/2e344b76-d1ec-4ab1-90b7-4ea9644fd109/Shooter_02.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation Jim Shooter speaks during a panel discussion at Showcase Comic Con in Slidell, Louisiana. The longtime Marvel Editor-in-Chief and Valiant founder shared stories from a career that helped shape modern comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/964e8dab-a041-4b87-b359-012090b40f49/Shooter_03.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Jim Shooter signs Rai #0 during Showcase Comic Con in Slidell, Louisiana. The issue became one of five carefully chosen comics that captured different chapters of his career and the conversation that followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/80785ff1-f875-42f7-9db7-c891cbec5c0c/Shooter_04.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Secret Wars #8 features the signatures of writer Jim Shooter and artist Mike Zeck, reuniting the creative team behind one of Marvel's most influential stories and the comic that introduced Spider-Man's black costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/532565b0-0452-47a1-815f-4a0f39ab1e1f/Shooter_07.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Tim San Fillippo and Jim Shooter talk during Showcase Comic Con in Slidell, Louisiana. What began as a simple autograph request turned into an hour-long conversation about comics, publishing, entrepreneurship and the creative process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0c95e82a-1c72-469a-8c88-ebfae03d631b/Shooter_06.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Three signed Rai issues helped tell Jim Shooter's Valiant story at Showcase Comic Con. Together, they trace the introduction of Rai, the evolution of Valiant's original heroes and one of the publisher's defining early characters. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-engineer-and-his-robots monthly 0.5 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e9c0cc5b-a110-46b1-86ae-89ba817f122b/Tim_Marco.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots Tim San Fillippo (left) and Marco Lopez have shared a passion for science fiction, movies and collecting since meeting at the University of New Orleans more than three decades ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/452bb6e8-bba2-4cf3-875d-ad60455bb8b2/Marco_01.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out The VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross became one of Marco's first major collectibles after he began his engineering career. Today it stands alongside the science fiction heroes that inspired him as a child, reminding him how far that journey has taken him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d6c0e58d-420f-4770-a1ab-3310161af050/Marco_04.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out Mazinger Z and Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts remind Marco of the television series that inspired him to become an engineer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ef02fe3d-ddce-43c8-acfb-485aaea09e60/Marco_03.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out Marco's fascination with time travel began with Back to the Future, making Marty McFly and Doc Brown a natural addition to his display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/caed38c1-7394-429e-ac54-51c948ab78da/Marco_05.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out For years, these G1 Transformers existed only on television. Today they fill the shelves of the display room Marco dreamed about as a child. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-shadow-of-the-bat monthly 0.5 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/68dfbf73-466a-41b6-8edd-1ef48738665c/Batman_89_LP.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat For months, bat symbol was everywhere—on movie posters, T-shirts, lunchboxes and the Batman soundtrack. It became the unmistakable emblem of the summer of 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/4c367ae3-f5fb-4190-8bad-015b5f64d10c/Batman_89_adaption_v2.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out The official Batman ‘89 comic adaptation of Batman captured Tim Burton's blockbuster on the printed page, giving fans another way to relive the film after leaving the theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/160d95a1-c175-449d-ba60-ee2613cc412a/Batman_89_group.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out The success of Batman ‘89 wasn't limited to American store shelves. Imported collectibles like this Japanese Kabaya model kit reflect the film's worldwide cultural impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ce7522c3-25dd-4dbb-95c8-2e2ccbe99998/Batman_89_ERTL.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out ERTL expanded the world of Batman ‘89 beyond the big screen with a line of die-cast vehicles, including the Batmobile and the Joker's van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/87badaee-49e1-4f38-a6fc-c23cd72b7dc9/Batman_89_ToyBiz.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out Nearly four decades later, a carded Toy Biz figure stands alongside its loose European counterpart, a reminder of one of the defining toy lines from the film's merchandising campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/bb23ae56-c6ab-4b4b-9895-6386446defcb/Batman_89_Bilkin.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out Manufactured by Billiken Shokai in Japan, these lithographed tin wind-up Batman and Joker toys offered a distinctly different interpretation of Tim Burton's Dark Knight than anything released in the United States. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/encounter-at-farpoint monthly 0.5 2026-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/29e2fa2b-4a34-4c07-b8e7-7e48dd726faf/TNG_06.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint The bridge crew and alien worlds of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as imagined by Galoob in the late 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ec9cd0b1-524b-4657-b109-4be2e9dad571/TNG_02.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint - Make it stand out One of the earliest Star Trek: The Next Generation promotional giveaways, this plastic logo pin found its way into a junk drawer years before I ever watched the series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e5a57692-b1e8-4a89-8dad-45ecdd9db38d/TNG_05.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint - Make it stand out DC's six-issue Star Trek: The Next Generation miniseries gave fans their first chance to continue the adventures of the Enterprise-D beyond the television screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3a81ac75-95c0-47c0-8216-b9eb3650bfeb/TNG_04.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint - Make it stand out A signed Q-in-Law audiobook by John de Lancie sits alongside the complete Star Trek: The Next Generation DVD collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/6aa26bdd-f8bf-40c7-bdaa-070aac8a6a0a/TNG_03.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint - Make it stand out One of the earliest Star Trek: The Next Generation promotional items, this 1987 General Mills giveaway Enterprise-D offered fans an early glimpse of the adventures that were just beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/dd3e95cd-0e07-4314-b966-9cf62639c3da/TNG_01.jpg Features - Encounter at Farpoint - Make it stand out Every collection has a final chapter. 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