Month: September 2013

Top 5 Comics for September 18, 2013

Infinity #3 courtesy Marvel
Infinity #3 courtesy Marvel

Batman and Robin #23.3 Ra’s Al Ghul and the League of Assassins The New 52 origin of the Dark Knight’s immortal enemy! Will the Demon’s Head join the Crime Syndicate of declare war on the Secret Society?

 

Infinity #3 Can anyone stop the relentless Builders? Half the Avengers are captured by the mysterious aliens. Will a daring outer space prison break free the heroes or lead to another stunning defeat? Back on Earth – we know the horrific secret agenda of Thanos. Will the Inhumans fall to stop the Mad God and his Black Order’s plans? Continue reading Top 5 Comics for September 18, 2013

Eclipso Invades Justice League Dark

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

The mysterious Black Diamond lands in the hands of the host it was meant for and the evil entity Eclipso is unleashed as part of The New 52 in Villains Month.

 

The body-snatching force has taken different forms and turned up all over the DC Universe.

 

This week in Justice League Dark #23.2: ECLIPSO “he takes his most dangerous form yet.” Continue reading Eclipso Invades Justice League Dark

Welcome to X-O MANOWAR Nation

X-O Manowar #17 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #17 courtesy Valiant

The road to UNITY continues here with X-O Manowar #17 by Robert Venditti and Lee Garbett.

 

“With the might of a military occupation, X-O Manowar has forged a new nation-state for the Visigoth people inside of modern-day Romania. But his actions will not go unnoticed – or unpunished – by a world on red alert… Continue reading Welcome to X-O MANOWAR Nation

THE WALKING DEAD Spin-Off Series

courtesy AMC
AMC photo by Gene Page courtesy TWD Productions

The zombie outbreak is spreading…into a new television series.

 

AMC announced it’s in the initial stages of developing a companion series to its original drama series The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert are on board as executive producers, with AMC Studios set to produce. The companion series has a target on-air date of 2015. Continue reading THE WALKING DEAD Spin-Off Series

Bronze Tiger on ARROW

Stephen Amell and Michael Jai White in ARROW courtesy The CW and TV Guide
Stephen Amell and Michael Jai White in ARROW courtesy The CW and TV Guide

DC Comics bad guys just keep coming to The CW hit ARROW. Here’s a first look at Bronze Tiger appearing in season two courtesy TV Guide. Michael Jai White (Spawn) joins the cast in episode two.

 

“He’s basically the best of the best, so he has come to Starling City to see if the Hood can give him a challenge,” Continue reading Bronze Tiger on ARROW

WOLVERINE Is a Killable X-Man

Wolverine #10 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine #10 courtesy Marvel

Logan is a dead man running in writer Paul Cornell’s current Wolverine arc. The X-Man has lost his healing factor and is now Killable. This is not the confident cocky X-Man you’re used to and as Cornell tells Marvel.com that’s the idea.

 

“He’s certainly a bit more melancholy, in that he’s been suddenly faced with what most of us have years to get used to: the idea of mortality. He will indeed, over time, start to build a new fighting style, but right now he’s having to rely on what he’s got, and hope it doesn’t get him killed.”

 

Wolverine’s greatest enemies Continue reading WOLVERINE Is a Killable X-Man

Origin of Batman Villain Ra’s Al Ghul

Batman and Robin #23.3 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #23.3 courtesy DC Comics

Batman’s immortal nemesis rises again as DC Comics Villains Month continues.

 

James Tynion IV and Jorge Lucas explore the past of Ra’s Al Ghul in Batman and Robin #23.3 Ra’s Al Ghul and League of Assassins.

 

Grant Morrison gave a hint of what Ra’s Al Ghul’s possible plans may be in his Batman, Incorporated finale. But the Villains Month stand-alone is being hailed as “the origin of Ra’s al Ghul in The New 52.”

 

The story comes at a time when all of the great villains are confronted by the Crime Syndicate who has supposedly killed the Justice League and declared our Earth as their own. Continue reading Origin of Batman Villain Ra’s Al Ghul

Who’s INHUMAN

Inhuman #1 courtesy Marvel
Inhuman #1 courtesy Marvel

Black Bolt and the Inhumans are major players in this year’s Infinity epic. As a result of that storyline Inhumanity will spread across the Marvel Universe with an explosion of the species.

 

Matt Fraction has tackled X-Men, Iron Man and Thor and in 2014 launches Inhuman.  Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso tells Comic Book Resources the scope and importance of the new series:

 

“Inhuman” will weave together two stories. You’ll meet new characters that are suddenly endowed with strange powers that link them to a secret society with a complex and bloody history. Continue reading Who’s INHUMAN