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Nintendo Switch Online may not be the first service one thinks of when Halloween rolls around but the platform is doing its best to get into the spirit by offering subscribers some of the N64's creepiest games. Nintendo has usually championed itself as a family-friendly company with a catalog of titles that appeal to both adults and children. The N64 was an odd time for Nintendo as it attempted to retain its established reputation while slowly bringing in darker titles to compete with the PlayStation One.

Announced on X (formerly Twitter), Nintendo revealed that Shadow Man and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil are now available to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion subscribers.

Settle in for a retro Halloween with these new additions to the #Nintendo64 #NintendoSwitchOnline Mature app! Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Shadow ManBoth games are available now with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. pic.twitter.com/ZLLH8vk...

A different version of David Bowie’s cover of the Who’s “I Can’t Explain,” recorded roughly a year before the take the late icon put out on Pin Ups, has been unearthed for Rock ’N’ Roll Star!, an upcoming box set focusing on Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust era.

Even before putting the Who classic on his 1973 covers LP Pin Ups, Bowie was experimenting with the track during the recording sessions between 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and 1973’s Aladdin Sane,...

Valiant Comics' upcoming Valiant Hero Universe Origins series of trade paperbacks are the perfect introductions to these iconic characters. The series highlights Valiant's biggest and best stories from the past decade. Valiant Hero Universe Origins comes just as the publisher is poised for a major comeback.

Valiant Comics and Alien Books have announced Valiant Hero Universe Origins, a new series of trades collecting some of the publisher’s biggest stories over the past decade. Valiant’s 2012 relaunch rocked the comics world, bringing the venerable publisher back into the spotlight. Now, on the eve of Valiant’s big comeback, the publisher is looking back on their history with Valiant Hero Universe Origins.

Valiant Comics got their start publishing comic books based on Nintendo characters, such as Mario Brothers and Zelda and Link.

In total, there will be 12 volumes in the Valiant Hero Universe Origins series, and will be released throughout...

Warning: contains potential spoilers for X-o Manowar: Unconquered #1!Valiant Comics' flagship character returnS with a bloody vengeance in X-o Manowar: Unconquered. The past year has seen Valiant rejuvenate its line with successful relaunches of Shadowman and Bloodshot Unleashed, and now it is X-o Manowar’s turn - with a title that looks back to his barbarian past and forward to his bloody future. With a fast-paced script from Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad and gorgeous art from Liam Sharp, X-o Manowar: Unconquered #1 is the perfect jumping-on point for new readers.

In his new series, a threat from the hero's past threatens his future. The issue opens in style, with Aric laying waste to his opponents; readers learn this is but a vision of a mysterious seer, who foretells a dark fate for X-o Manowar. Meanwhile, the real X-o Manowar is trying to divert a comet away from Earth.

Related: Bloodshot...

We’re at the point where there are dozens of Marvel movies, dozens of DC movies, and a couple Dark Horse ones sprinkled here and there. With the release of Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot, we’re getting our first attempt at a movie adapting Valiant Comics. As it is, Valiant has only been represented outside of the comic page via several video games in the ’90s and a web series from a couple years ago centering around the character Ninjak.

If Bloodshot ends up driving enough interest, we might get another Valiant property on the silver screen to maybe push for a Valiant Cinematic Universe. At the very least, there should be some people interested in reading Bloodshot stories and maybe stretching into the wider comic universe.

So what is the Valiant Universe? Sure, it’s a world of superheroes, but there’s more to a connected comic universe than...