WOLVERINE & X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Connection

courtesy 20th Century Fox
courtesy 20th Century Fox

Hugh Jackman returns as the fan favorite X-Man in The Wolverine and will reprise the role again X-Men: Days of Future Past for Bryan Singer. Director James Mangold tells SFX how the films connect:

 

“Bryan and I have talked and he’s seen what we’ve done. Clearly the reality is that we are all trying to work together and make things groove together. But the trick is Continue reading WOLVERINE & X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Connection

THE WAKE #2 Preview

The Wake #2 courtesy DC Comics
The Wake #2 courtesy DC Comics

The Wake is terrifying hybrid of science fiction and horror sure to give fans of The X-Files chills. Acclaimed creators Scott Snyder (Batman, Superman Unchained) and Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) gave us a great heroine, intriguing premise and one shocking cliffhanger in the premiere.

 

DC Comics shared a preview of this week’s second chapter:

 

After arriving at a “Ghost Rig” under the Arctic Circle, marine biologist Lee Archer is confronted with a discovery challenging humanity’s Continue reading THE WAKE #2 Preview

Batman/Superman #1 Preview

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

How did the Man of Steel and Dark Knight become allies?

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1 shows how these two icons first met in the New 52! Clark Kent arrives Gotham City in search of answers regarding a series of murders in Metropolis, he crosses paths with Bruce Wayne.

Superstar creators Greg Pak and Jae Lee takes us from Gotham to Metropolis and beyond showing how two very different heroes became friends.

Keep scrolling for more preview images – including Catwoman’s Continue reading Batman/Superman #1 Preview

X-MEN Break the Bank Week!

I’ve been reading the Children of the Atoms since the glorious Chris Claremont and John Byrne era (and there was just 1 X-book) and the mutant books have never been better! This week is packed with X-books! Here’s a quick snapshot of why you got to get ’em all!

All-New X-Men #13 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #13 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Men #13 The fallout of the young X-Men versus Uncanny Avengers! What is Mystique’s endgame? Is history repeating itself as young Jean Grey continues to lose control of her powers?! Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen are just a dream team.

 

Uncanny X-Force #7 Psylocke and Fantomex’s tragic romance has become a twisted Continue reading X-MEN Break the Bank Week!

AGE OF ULTRON – Hank Pym Aftermath

Age of Ultron #10AI
Age of Ultron #10AI

One of Marvel’s most classic heroes stars in Age of Ultron #10AI by Mark Waid this week.

 

The Marvel Universe is recovering from the final battle with Ultron and is not prepared for what’s been unleashed across the multiverse but a founding Avenger has a new purpose.

 

The Age of Ultron began way back when Hank Pym invented the artificial intelligence. The redemption of Hank Pym begins.

 

“The aftermath focuses heavily on Hank Pym,” said Brevoort at C2E2 earlier this year, “He goes through a fairly transformative experience… given that he’s dead. Age of Ultron #10 AI is a deep dive into Continue reading AGE OF ULTRON – Hank Pym Aftermath

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

The smashing success of Man of Steel could determine the big screen future of a team-up with the Dark Knight or the Justice League but you don’t have to wait too much longer to see Kal and Bruce!

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

DC‘s two most iconic heroes team up in a brand new Batman/Superman series by Greg Pak and Jae Lee out Wednesday. This will be the definitive story of how Bruce and Clark first met in The New 52. Pak reveals the timing of the series:

 

“Our story takes place around the time of Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1. So it takes place when both of these guys are very young and very new to the whole superhero thing,” Pak told MTV GEEK .

 

“We’re going to have this fantastic opportunity to see how these very young guys view each other. Imagine finding out for the first time about some guy who runs around in a bat costume fighting crime or some guy with these insane powers doing the same thing. Each hero’s reaction to the other is going to surprise folks a little bit, because they’re both so new. Their reactions to each other are going to be a lot more dangerous than you’re used to thinking about when you think about Batman and Superman.”

 

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

“There’s a hugely Continue reading BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1

“WORLD WAR Z” Review

World War Z courtesy Paramount Pictures
World War Z courtesy Paramount Pictures

World War Z is a triumph after all and a brilliant new addition to the zombie genre. Brad Pitt plays our tour guide in a new world going to undead hell. Pitt’s hero takes us to the darkest depths where life has been forsaken and pockets of humanity where hope desperately tries to remain alive. Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a United Nations investigator who left behind a career traveling to the world’s most dangerous war zones. When the undead attack the living and multiply at an uncontrollable rate Lane gets his family to safety and gets recruited by his former employers to lead a search for the cause and possible cure to the outbreak.

 

In so many ways this is not a “zombie” movie and certainly different from any zombie movie you’ve seen before. It’s a frantic Continue reading “WORLD WAR Z” Review

VILLAINS MONTH: The Big Book of Evil!

Joker/Batman courtesy DC Comics
Joker/Batman courtesy DC Comics

The bad guys win…at least for one month!

All of DC Comics’ New 52 titles will be replaced by Villains books this September.

Villains Month will spotlight 52 of the DC Universe’s biggest rogues in their own unique one-shots. DC has announced a compilation of these evil issues just in time for Santa’s nice and naughty list!

The DC NEW 52 VILLAINS OMNIBUS will be a complete and comprehensive guide to the huge September event.

“September has always been a big month for us and we look for an opportunity every year in September to do something big that really redefines the line and invites anyone who hasn’t been following comics to step right in,” Continue reading VILLAINS MONTH: The Big Book of Evil!