Who is Lockjaw? How much does he eat and can you find a shovel big enough for when nature calls? Here’s a quick breakdown on the most important member of the Inhumans family.

Not everyone can afford to drop what scientists refer to as a “stupid” amount of money on an action figure that quickly becomes an inaction figure when you’re too scared to break the seal on your box. Spending around$250 to $300 on a figure is a bit ludicrous and the highest of ends in that regards. Fortunately, you can still get something comparatively decent and then some with Marvel’s Legends range of action figures.

Situated in a cosy wing of the Cape Town International Convention Center, FanCon played host to the likes of Top Cow big cheese Tom Hawkins, legendary comic book writer Ron Marz, John “Chew” Layman and Eric “Hillbilly” Powell. It built on a tremendous first outing that kicked off in 2016, growing even larger in 2017. FanCon grows even bigger this year, as the dates for the 2018 show have been announced: April 28-29.

Red Son has long since been regarded as one of the finest Elseworlds stories ever told, a saga that would be perfect for an animated adaptation. Or maybe even a live-action film, as discussions have taken place at Warner Bros. over a possible Menshevik of Steel flick.

Back in 2014, Hot Toys revealed the grand kahuna of Iron Man figures: Veronica. Tony Stark’s insurance policy against the Hulk that popped up in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Hulkbuster has been in development for more than two years now. And Hot Toys is finally ready to release it.

Prefer Play Arts Kai to Hot Toys? You’re looking for something more stylised in the art design department probably. Style which the latest Black Panther and Justice League Batman figures from that brand have plenty of.

For anyone sick of superhero comics, let us introduce to Rondel, the witch-fighting, cleaver-swinging, bear-befriending hero of Hillbilly. The latest from The Goon creator, Eric Powell, Hillbilly is Brothers Grimm fairy tale meets Robert E. Howard epic fantasy, with a hefty dollop of rural American idiosyncrasy.

I’ve been trying to make some sense all morning of the current state of Marvel comics, following the weekend reveal of 52 new covers (sort of rings a bell) that will chart the direction of the Marvel Universe in the wake of Secret Empire and the Legacy mini-series that aims to re-establish the status quo of several familiar icons. All I see is creative bankruptcy.