Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet The world's largest cult entertainment Megastore, the home and hub of the best geek shopping!
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The largest cult entertainment Megastore in the UK, the home and hub of the best geek shopping! Find us on Instagram and TikTok

We have stores in the following locations:
London Megastore
Birmingham Megastore
Bristol Megastore
Cambridge
Coventry
Croydon
Liverpool
Newcastle Megastore
Southampton Megastore

Soman Chainani joins Laura Jayne Dodd at Forbidden Planet TV to discuss his all-new novel YOUNG WORLD - what would happe...
04/06/2026

Soman Chainani joins Laura Jayne Dodd at Forbidden Planet TV to discuss his all-new novel YOUNG WORLD - what would happen if the US elected a 17 year old as President? Find out in this sizzling, genre-busting YA political thriller from bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil. Watch now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pMnyaDxxZdU?si=gOvPjADAScqsbrIO

Celebrated British screenwriter Andrew Marshall has teamed with Red Dwarf’s late, lamented and much-missed co-creator, t...
04/06/2026

Celebrated British screenwriter Andrew Marshall has teamed with Red Dwarf’s late, lamented and much-missed co-creator, the awesome Rob Grant, to create this unique prequel novel: RED DWARF: TITAN!

Forbidden Planet’s army of devout Dwarfers/Smegheads are proud to welcome Andrew to our flagship store at 179 Shaftesbury Avenue on Thursday July 16th at 5pm, where he’ll be celebrating 38 glorious years of Red Dwarf and signing copies of RED DWARF: TITAN! Tickets on sale now!

SIGNING ANNOUCNEMENT! Stepping into the Forbidden Planet ring is WWE SUPERSTAR NATALYA “NATTIE” NEIDHART! The longest-se...
04/06/2026

SIGNING ANNOUCNEMENT! Stepping into the Forbidden Planet ring is WWE SUPERSTAR NATALYA “NATTIE” NEIDHART! The longest-serving female wrestler in WWE history invites readers inside her extraordinary journey, from her upbringing in the legendary Hart family home through her more than two decades in wrestling in new book THE LAST HART BEATING! Nattie will be signing copies of her new book at our London Megastore from 12pm-2pm on Tuesday 23rd June, and TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!

A massive thank you to JOSHUA SPILLER for coming along to our Camden store this to sign copies of hit horror anthology...
03/06/2026

A massive thank you to JOSHUA SPILLER for coming along to our Camden store this to sign copies of hit horror anthology HELLO DARKNESS ISSUE 21: THE CRIME ISSUE in which his story “Sweet Couple, Sick Society” features and CRUEL UNIVERSE ISSUE 2! Signed copies are now available at our Camden store! Thanks for joining us Josh, and for adding your name to Camden’s awesome Signing Wall!

New York Times best-selling author Daniel Kraus joins Andrew Sumner at Forbidden Planet TV to talk about his unique Tita...
03/06/2026

New York Times best-selling author Daniel Kraus joins Andrew Sumner at Forbidden Planet TV to talk about his unique Titan Books novel ANGEL DOWN, the winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction!
Daniel takes Sumner behind the scenes of creating this immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war. Along the way, he also reminisces about his other Titan novels: Pay The Piper (completed from a manuscript begun by late director George A Romero) and Blood Sugar (a high-octane Halloween horror spree published by Hard Case Crime) NOW LIVE ON YOUTUBE

Our signing with comic book artist extraordinaire LEE GARBETT at MCM’s WRITER’S BLOCK! Lee met with fans and signed copi...
03/06/2026

Our signing with comic book artist extraordinaire LEE GARBETT at MCM’s WRITER’S BLOCK! Lee met with fans and signed copies of our EXCLUSIVE DAREDEVIL ISSUE 1 VARIANT COVER! Huge thanks to our Daredevil CAPTAIN TEMPEST ( ) and the wonderful photographic skills of .photos for the help and these shots! Originally only available at MCM Comic Con, you can now order SIGNED COPIES of our variant at forbiddenplanet.com!

🪦THE DEADMAN POSSESES SHELVES THIS NCBD! 🪦From the craftsmen behind the boundary-pushing, horror anthology ‘Ice Cream Ma...
02/06/2026

🪦THE DEADMAN POSSESES SHELVES THIS NCBD! 🪦

From the craftsmen behind the boundary-pushing, horror anthology ‘Ice Cream Man’ and the stupendous, inventive and madcap ‘Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum’ comes their next mind-bending, expectation-shattering masterclass: THE DEADMAN💀🎪! W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran are breathing new after-life into Boston Brand as his invisible presence on Earth draws in stories of death, but moreso, LIFE! Paranormal and the peculiar ahead! In Forbidden Planet stores and online at forbiddenplanet.com this New Comic Book Day🚀

31/05/2026

JOHNNY RED CAME HOME TO LIVERPOOL yesterday when star creators Garth Ennis & Keith Burns joined a record-breaking crowd at FP Liverpool and signed their epic JOHNNY RED graphic novels and chatted with fans for three hours!

We had TWO amazing comic signings over the last few days across our Forbidden Planet family, kicking off with the awesom...
31/05/2026

We had TWO amazing comic signings over the last few days across our Forbidden Planet family, kicking off with the awesome TIMMY HEAGUE AND JULIA PICCINNO joining us at our London Megastore to sign copies of Lost Fantasy #9, #10 and Fireborn! To have Timmy join us from the States and Julia from Italy to celebrate their incredible work on one of Image Comics’ hottest series was a real treat! Thanks both and to all the wonderful customers who turned up to get books signed! Signed copies of a variety of books will be available online at forbiddenplanet.com! UP NEXT: two comic icons bring a hero back home to LIVERPOOL…stay tuned!

A huge thanks to SARAH A. PARKER for popping into our London Megastore to sign copies of a plethora of her wonderful wor...
28/05/2026

A huge thanks to SARAH A. PARKER for popping into our London Megastore to sign copies of a plethora of her wonderful works!! Signed copies now available at our Forbidden Planet London Megastore will be available soon at forbiddenplanet.com

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