Fantastic Forum

This week on Fantastic Forum, we are swinging into high-stakes action and street-level brutality with two Marvel releases. First up is Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (2026), written by Saladin Ahmed and Joe Kelly with art by Federico Vicentini. In this oversized annual Peter Parker teams up with a new speedster named Rapid as chaos erupts across New York, and a live-streaming threat named Screwball turns the city into a digital battleground. Do Ahmed and Kelly bring their sharp character work to our resident web-head in this yearly outing? We'll let you know tonight!? Then we take a deep dive into Punisher: Red Band, the five-issue limited series from Benjamin Percy and Julius Ohta with covers by Marco Checchetto. In this gritty, visceral revival of Frank Castle, the Punisher returns with no memories and a full clip, ready to rain down vengeance on the criminal underworld. We'll tell you if blood, bullets, and brutal justice truly define this Red Band run as Percy and Ohta try to push the limits of what Punishe