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She recently turned 75, but Wonder Woman – the ever-youthful Amazon princess who wields her super powers in “man’s world” to fight for justice and gender equality – remains one of the most iconic and inspiring comic book superheroes ever.

It has been 49 years since Marvel Comics introduced a villain who was a deadly gamesmaster, almost three decades before Saw brought Jigsaw to the world. Arcade is a hitman in Marvel Comics who doesn’t kill people in one-on-one battles. Instead, he is a gamesmaster who creates Murderworlds that serve as giant death traps. He…

Akira and Ghost In The Shell can keep cyberpunk. Those more interested in the Gothic, gory romance of Bram Stoker have their own definitive anime classic: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s impossibly picturesque upgrade of Toyoo Ashida’s more classically cartoony 1985 take on the material first screened in American theaters in 2001, where it…

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, the long-awaited anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s blockbuster shonen manga, ends with the same heightened hallmarks that made Bleach a phenomenon in 2004. The Calamity, Pierrot Films’ fourth and final cour, delivers gorgeous animation, larger-than-life battles, and storytelling that can be as invigorating as it is convoluted. Bringing those qualities together, Thousand-Year Blood War‘s series finale…