THOR THE DARK WORLD Malekith Unmasked

Christopher Eccleston as Malekith in Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel
Christopher Eccleston as Malekith in Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel

The Asgardian Avenger takes on Malekith the Accursed in Thor: The Dark World this November.

 

Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the God of Thunder and Tom Hiddleston is back as Loki. Christopher Eccleston (28 Days Later, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Doctor Who) plays Malekith, leader of the Dark Elves. We’ve seen very little of the classic Thor villains in the trailer. Continue reading THOR THE DARK WORLD Malekith Unmasked

Greatest X-Men Stories,The Top 5

Uncanny X-Men #135
Uncanny X-Men #135

As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the X-Men and a brand new epic Battle of The Atom let’s look at our picks for the top 5 X-Men storylines of all time:

 

1. The Dark Phoenix Saga Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s operatic epic! Jean Grey’s slow burn seduction erupts into an inferno of cosmic energy threatening to consume the universe.

This extended opus introduced Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde, Dazzler and the Hellfire Club Inner Circle. The X-Men bravely fought for the soul and then the life of their beloved Jean Grey from the darkened halls of a secret society’s ultimate playpen to an alien arena. Continue reading Greatest X-Men Stories,The Top 5

FOREVER EVIL #1 Review

Forever Evil #1 courtesy DC Comics
Forever Evil #1 courtesy DC Comics

The world is belongs to the Crime Syndicate.

 

In the of The Trinity War the Justice League is dead.

 

It’s a recruitment time for the Crime Syndicate’s evil army.

 

Who will stop them?

 

It may take a criminal mind!

 

Forever Evil #1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch is a fast-paced, action-packed showcase of the DC Comics criminal underworld and sinister invaders from another world. Continue reading FOREVER EVIL #1 Review

DIVA, DAMES & DAREDEVILS Preview

DIVAS DAMES & DAREDEVILS CoverIn an age when fans take to social media to save comic books starring female heroes it’s amazing to think back to a time when strong women packed the pages of comics.

 

Divas, Dames and Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics takes you back to an age of extraordinary women fighting evil as reporters, fighter pilots, detectives, masked vigilantes and super-powered goddesses.

 

Mike Madrid (The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy and the History of Comic Book Heroines) devotes a chapter to the different styles of female heroes that populated comics anthologies of the 1940’s. You may know Wonder Woman or Sheena, Queen of the Jungle but Madrid introduces you to other fantastic women of the era. Continue reading DIVA, DAMES & DAREDEVILS Preview

Top 10 X-MEN Stories (10 to 6)

Uncanny X-Men #127 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #127 courtesy Marvel

 

X-Men Battle of the Atom kicks off this week with mutants from the past, present and future in a time twisting tale to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Children of the Atom.

 

After years of reading (the X-Men was my first comic book ever) and a lot of thinking about the great epics of mutant past here are my top ten picks for the best X-Men storylines.

 

Here is our #10-#6: Continue reading Top 10 X-MEN Stories (10 to 6)

Villains Month Darkseid

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

Villains Month is here!

 

It’s the second anniversary of The New 52 and  DC Comics is celebrating the bad guys by letting them take over the hero books.  They even get the 3-D cover treatment.

 

Here’s a look at the Justice League title taken over by DC’s baddest of the bad and the villain behind the first big Justice League story of The New 52:

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1: DARKSEID
by Greg Pak and Paulo Siqueria with a 3-D motion cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.

 

“For Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips, you conform or die. Now born into his realm is an anomaly who looks to challenge that. A trickster, who will go to Continue reading Villains Month Darkseid

Peter Milligan Takes On SHADOWMAN

courtesy Valiant
courtesy Valiant

Shadowman gets a new creative team. Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Statix) and artist Roberto De La Torre (Daredevil, Age of Apocalypse) are taking on Valiant’s dark hero with Shadowman #13.

 

As revealed today in USA Today, Milligan and De La Torre kick off their run all-new story arc “exposing the malignant roots of Shadowman’s superhuman abilities…roots that began in Jack Boniface’s own tortured past…and now extend through the bloodied back-alleys of 21st century New Orleans. Continue reading Peter Milligan Takes On SHADOWMAN