Standoff
By: Shawn Warner
It’s event season and the big brains over at The House of Ideas have wasted no time getting things started, in fact Marvel has hit the ground running with an Avengers-centric, multi-title crossover called Standoff and unless you have been living in a cave in the DCU, you already knew that. Continue reading
By Shawn Warner
With the release of the much clamored for Deadpool movie just days away Marvel has been whetting our collective appetites for all things Deadpool for quite some time now. There has been a deluge of mini-series, one-shots, on-goings, variant covers and team-ups all featuring the Merc with the Mouth hitting the racks consistently since well before the idea of a Deadpool movie was ever considered even the most remote possibility; now that it is a reality, Marvel has ramped up the frequency of seeing Deadpool in multiple books on the weekly basis by tenfold. Continue reading
2015: The All-New All-Different Year in Marvel Comics
2015 saw the end of the ambitious Marvel Now wave of titles and the beginning of the even more ambitious All-New All-Different Marvel Universe. The result of the universe shattering Secret Wars, this new and different Marvel Universe has something for everyone but is far from universally accepted, especially by longtime Marvel readers, in fact many of them feel as though they have lost characters integral to the foundation of any universe bold enough to be called Marvel. Continue reading
Greetings True Believers and welcome to this special report on the state of the All New All Different Marvel Universe or as I lovingly refer to it, A.N.A.D.U. Things have definitely picked up speed story-wise as many of the debut titles are now into their second issues and already some of these titles are proving their worth while others performances have been lackluster at best. Normally two issues wouldn’t be my cut-off point for a slow starting series but in the era of the $3.99 cover price I have become a bit quicker when it comes to swinging that scythe and separating the chaff from the wheat. I am happy to report, however that the gems outnumber the duds significantly; having said that, let’s start with one of the brightest gems in Marvel’s A.N.A.D.U, Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo. Continue reading
An All New All Different Marvel Universe Begins
By: Shawn Warner
October has been a busy month for The House of Ideas, the maverick masterminds at Marvel has turned out a multitude of new number ones over the past two weeks; perhaps the biggest of these is the Marvel Point One which serves as an introductory to the narrative that will run through several of these new books. Continue reading
The November solicitations have been released and the All-New All-Different Marvel Universe is in full swing. Continue reading
By: Shawn Warner
The machines of war grind on this week with three new number ones including the much anticipated Guardians of Knowhere by the dynamic duo of Brian Bendis and Mike Deodato, Continue reading
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Writers- Kelly Sue DeConnick & Kelly Thompson
Artist-David Lopez
Letterer VC’s Joe Caramanga
There is no disputing the fact that Carol Danvers has one heck of a loyal following and that is in large part due to the amazing character work done by long time Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick. Continue reading
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Writer-Jonathan Hickman
Artist-Esad Ribic
Colors-Ive Svorcina
Letterer-Chris Eliopoulos
Greetings True Believers and welcome to Battleworld where the future of the Marvel universe is being formed right now. Continue reading
Written by Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson
Art by Jorge Molina and Laura Martin
A-Force #1 is easily one of the most high profile books to come out of the Secret Wars event if for no other reason than to quiet the lingering criticisms that Marvel is not female friendly enough in terms of publishing titles with female led teams or lead female characters. Continue reading
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribic
The second chapter of Secret Wars begins to examine the effects of the incursion event in greater detail than ever before. Continue reading
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribic
Begun the Secret Wars have. Sorry, I couldn’t resist, but hey it is true. I guess Marvel’s huge universe ending event actually began on FCBD with Secret Wars 0 issue in which Valeria Richards breaks it down and tells it like it is. Continue reading
Written by Jeff Loveness
Art by Ryan Lee
This second one-shot in a series of three comprising the “Inhuman Error” story picks up where the Amazing Spider-Man Special left off, with Spidey throwing in with the current Inhuman leader, Continue reading
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, Various
Art by Mike Hawthorne, Various
Inks by Terry Pallot
Colors by Jordie Bellaire
Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn have spent their entire run bringing us the comedy and the drama that have been Deadpool’s existence in the Marvel Universe for the past 44 issues or so, give or take an annual or a digital first limited series, Continue reading
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Charles Soule
Pencils by Steve McNiven
Inks by Jay Leisten
Color Artwork by Justin Ponsor
Long live the king! Blackagar Boltagon is back! In a big way as this new Inhumans series kicks off in extremely exciting fashion. Continue reading
By: Shawn Warner
Greetings once again True Believers, it’s time to check in with the masterminds at the House of Ideas for another installment of SMU. Continue reading
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Ales Kot
Art by Marco Rudy and Langoon Foss
Ales Kot has become something of a modern day Ian Fleming in that much of his work has featured savvy spy types facing villains bent on world domination in espionage filled narratives containing tons of the tried and true spy thriller tropes. Continue reading
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Joe Quinones
Admittedly Howard the Duck #1 was not a book I was even sure I was going to pick up; right up to the very second I was at the counter purchasing my usual absurd amount of NCBD offerings this week I could hear that still small voice in the back of my head urging me to give this feathery foul tempered fowl a fair chance. Continue reading
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Arthur Adams
Colors by Paul Mounts
Not only does this title team up two of Marvel’s most popular properties, The Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers, but it also boasts one of the greatest creative team ups in recent memory, that being the pairing of prolific scribe Brian Michael Bendis (aka BMB, aaka The BoMB) with the quasi-reclusive artistic genius, Arthur Adams.
(Marvel Comics, 2015)
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Ramon Perez
If there was a less enviable assignment in all of the comic book industry than following Matt Fraction, David Aja and Annie Wu’s stellar run on Hawkeye I am certainly not aware of its existence; fortunately for us however there arose from the swirling mists a bold duo who proved to be more than up for the task, the creative team of Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez. Continue reading