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Connor Lightbody (he/him) is a Scottish film critic, programmer and writer. He is an avid film festival attendee that you can find sipping aperol on the Venice Lido each year while ranting about how good Magic Mike XXL is.

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Connor Lightbody

(L-R): Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2025 MARVEL.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Marvel Playing Safe With Back to Basics Crowd Pleaser

Ethan Kaye (he/him) is a writer/editor/book hoarder. He is scared of the Loch Ness Monster.

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Ethan Kaye

Comic book issue, Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe #1, being pulled out of a long box.

Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Univers #1

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First Issue Bin: ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’ #1

Austin Gorton is a pop culture writer and critic who can also be found reviewing older issues of X-Men at the Real Gentlemen of Leisure website or posting trading card pics on social media. He lives outside Minneapolis, where sometimes, it is not cold.

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Austin Gorton

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Heist Guide: The All-New, All-Different X-Men

Derek B. Gayle is a RVA-based writer and podcaster. He is a co-founder of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, and currently hosts and produces five queer-centered pop culture analysis shows (Walloping Websnappers, Skreeonk, Gimmicks, Lee Carvallo&#8217;s Podding Challenge, and Falling With Style). In his scant free time, he enjoys sharing obscure tokusatsu, digitizing old VHS tapes, and searching the woods for werewolves.

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Derek B. Gayle

Spider-Man on TVs

Heist Guide: Spider-Man on Television

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Marvel’s Movie Music Tells You Who Their Audience Is

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First Issue Bin: ‘Fantastic Four Fanfare’ #1

Ian Carlos Crawford is an anxious writer and podcaster with MFA in nonfiction writing. He loves Buffy, X-Men, Scream, and pugs. His writing has appeared on sites like GQ, BuzzFeed, NewNowNext, and other random corners of the internet. He hosts the queer pop culture podcast Slayerfest 98 and cohosts the horror podcast My Bloody Judy.

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Ian Carlos Crawford

Yelena Belova, sad and happy and on a ledge

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Yelena Belova

Brett White (he/him) is a pop culture journalist and editor-in-chief of Pop Heist. Prior to this, he was a senior reporter/producer for Decider for seven years. Prior to joining Decider, he covered pop culture for Comic Book Resources, Marvel.com, and MTV News. His areas of expertise include Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Drag Race, classic sitcoms, Sam Neill, unexpected thirst traps, and unlikely menswear icons.
In his spare time, he cohosts the podcast Must Have Seen TV and is writing his first book: a biography of <a href="https://www.haydenrorke.com/">Hayden Rorke</a>.
He also lives out his feminine fantasy as <a href="https://www.barbhardly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barb Hardly</a>, his drag queen alter ego.
His hobbies include spending way too much money on action figures, swimsuits, and fashion accessories. He currently lives in Queens with his handsome husband and two large, orange cats.

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Topics

‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Marvel Playing Safe With Back to Basics Crowd Pleaser

First Issue Bin: ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’ #1

Heist Guide: The All-New, All-Different X-Men

Heist Guide: Spider-Man on Television

Marvel’s Movie Music Tells You Who Their Audience Is

First Issue Bin: ‘Fantastic Four Fanfare’ #1

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Yelena Belova

That ‘Thunderbolts*’ Asterisk Is Marvel’s Best-Kept Secret in Years

Heist Guide: Thunderbolts

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Episode 9 Recap: The American Nightmare

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