Salkowitz looks at new superhero characters, California's autograph law, and Wizard's horror show.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the future of retail.

This week’s home entertainment releases include xXx: The Return of Xander Cage starring Vin Diesel, the final film in the horror/survival series Resident Evil , the teen drama The Space Between Us , and a gritty Japanese anime series.

James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 brushed aside an expensive challenger and cruised to an easy second consecutive victory at the weekend box office.

This week, Bennett discusses the media reaction to Free Comic Book Day offerings and offers thoughts about why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has done so well at the box office.

This week, Thorne looks at ways publishers use packaging or POP materials to stimulate sales.

While the summer box office season kicks into high gear this week, there’s relatively little happening on the home entertainment front save for the release of the latest seasons of Orange Is the New Black , and Inside Amy Schumer , plus a new Blu-ray of the 2012 Simon Pegg horror/comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything , as well as the first anime feature film ever, a Disney-influenced 74 minute exercise in anthropomorphic propaganda.

James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 got the official summer movie season off to a solid start with a $145 million debut, which along with Beauty and the Beast, gives Disney the top two openers of 2017 so far.

This week, Bennett weighs in on the Captain America Secret Empire storyline, the new movie based on ‘Superman Vs. the KKK,’ and possible plans for a Star-Blossom comic from Gail Simone and Colleen Doran.

There’s another chilling aspect to this story for fans of nerd culture events and conventions.

This week, Thorne shares some observations on International Tabletop Day, held on Saturday.

It’s not a great week for home entertainment releases, but there are some offerings of wildly varying quality including an unjustly maligned movie with a major appeal to dog owners, the third movie in the Ring horror film franchise, a low-price edition of the science fiction series The 4400 , and a wonderful, wordless animated film The Red Turtle , which was co-produced by Studio Ghibli.