https://www.popnakaro.com/features daily 1.0 2026-07-10 https://www.popnakaro.com/features/mayhem-in-munchkinland monthly 0.5 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/5c9912aa-b385-4be1-8e0f-921b4045b3cd/OZ_01.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland Caliber Comics' Oz #1 marked the beginning of a darker journey through Baum's world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3e700fad-80db-4e85-b603-d9e8d7f828d7/OZ_02.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out The trade paperback Mayhem in Munchkinland became my gateway into Caliber Comics' expansive Oz saga, revealing there were still unexplored roads beyond the Emerald City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/4fa1c6d4-3ddb-4052-a36b-b8d4e3e5b587/OZ_03.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out Character studies from Oz #1 reveal Bill Bryan's early designs for the Tin Woodman and one of the Nome King's armored soldiers. Long before the war for Oz unfolded on the page, the series' darker visual identity was already taking shape in Bryan's sketchbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/9a364dbc-2133-408a-af65-8e07b98029ec/OZ_04.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out Caliber Comics may have reintroduced me to Oz, but Baum's original novels kept me there. Three decades later, there's still another road waiting beyond the Emerald City. 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, the 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 comic adaptation 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 impact of Batman reached far beyond American store shelves. Imported pieces like this Japanese Kabaya model kit reflect the film's worldwide popularity. 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 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, representing one of the defining action figure lines inspired by the film. 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/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 an appreciation 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 purchases after beginning his engineering career. Today it serves as a reminder of the childhood dream that eventually led him into engineering. 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 ask his father, "What do you call the people who build robots?" 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 Marty McFly and Doc Brown stand among the characters that followed Marco from childhood television into adulthood, each representing another story that helped shape his collection. 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 Growing up in Peru, Marco watched these G1 Transformers on television long before he had the opportunity to own them himself. 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. 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/21339483-46b5-4ed4-a0e5-0a0eb5dff1d8/Shooter_08.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Four of the five comics I brought to Jim Shooter pictured: Solar, Man of the Atom #1, Rai #1, Rai #0 and the Magnus Robot Fighter #5/Rai flipbook. Together, they represent the early Valiant Universe that first taught me to follow the names in the credits as closely as the heroes on the cover. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/encounter-at-farpoint monthly 0.5 2026-07-10 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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