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Ben Sockol

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About Ben Sockol

Ben Sockol has been writing articles for the comics section of Screen Rant since early 2022. Growing up watching a variety of Saturday morning cartoons and then voraciously reading through the comics they were based on, Ben developed a love of the superhero genre from an early age. And upon discovering anime in high school and college he became a manga fanatic as well. After double majoring in Physics and Mathematics at MIT and doing a brief stint as an Analyst at an investment firm, he realized that writing about his nerdy interests was his true calling. When Ben isn’t writing about comic books, he is most likely reading them or engaging in one of his many other hobbies like card magic. Ben has his own YouTube channel YGOFrom0 where he does deep dives into historic formats of the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. You can occasionally find him on Twitter @bsocks8.

Author Details

Ben Sockol has been writing articles for the comics section of Screen Rant since early 2022. When not writing, Ben has his own YouTube channel YGOFrom0 where he does deep dives into historic formats of the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game.

Industry Focus

Ben is a big fan of DC and Marvel Comics but also loves a variety of anime and manga. He is ionate about major series like One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, and My Hero Academia but he also loves writing about many of Shonen Jump's more obscure series without anime adaptations. 

Favorite Media

Ben's favorite manga is One Piece but he also loves other series like Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and Akane-banashi. His favorite anime is Gintama, but he also loves other series like Attack on Titan, Made in Abyss, and Kaguya-Sama: Love is War.

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After being gone for over a hundred chapters, one of Jujutsu Kaisen's strongest and most popular characters Satoru Gojo is finally returning.

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Jujutsu Kaisen has featured a lot of very devastating deaths over the course of the series, but these ten are the most brutal the manga has featured.

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While many Jujutsu Kaisen fans have expected the apparently deceased Nobara to come back, a new character seems to have taken her place.

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Jujutsu Kaisen's Season 2 finale introduced viewers to a lot of important new information and dramatically shifted the series' status quo.

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As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, Yu-Gi-Oh! teased that it may be producing a new anime that is based on the lore from the cards.

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The long running One Piece is well known for having some of the best foreshadowing in manga, but what were its best foreshadowed details?

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The longest manga of all time are an eclectic bunch, featuring iconic Shonen battle and Sports manga alongside slice-of-life and gag series.

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