With the most popular nerd franchises having existed for decades, what is the role of nostalgia in nerd culture?

If you remember last year, there was a lot of talk about a spin-off from the Agents of SHIELD show. In fact, I was worried enough about it to give some ideas on how to do that show well. But as the fall television schedule came…

I bought my first comic in 1981. I was 7 years old. Although I can't remember the specific issue, it was a Spider-man comic and I got it out of a spinner rack in my local drug store. Over 30 years later I have an old school spinner rack in…

As we look at the upcoming spread of Marvel movies, there are characters that aren’t exactly household names. But we want to make sure that you know about them, because some of them especially are going to be awesome. Case in point: The…