Month: May 2014

Top 10 Comics for May 7, 2014

Alex + Ada #6 courtesy Image Comics
Alex + Ada #6 courtesy Image Comics

Alex + Ada #6 Alex altered Ada’s programming and now she sees the world very different. What will it mean for the android and the man who discovered his humanity and feeling for a an artificial woman. Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn’s haunting sci-fi romance takes a twist.

 

Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 Learning To Crawl From seeing revenge to accepting responsibility –  is how Peter Parker became Spider-Man. This is the missing chapter from Spidey’s early career from Dan Slott and Ramon Perez. Continue reading Top 10 Comics for May 7, 2014

JASON AARON On ORIGINAL SIN Teams

Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel
Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel

Who killed The Watcher?

 

Who is powerful enough to kill this ancient and powerful alien?

 

Two teams of Marvel’s greatest heroes are on the case because all The Watcher’s secrets are out there in the wrong hands.

 

Kicking off tomorrow – Original Sin #1 is a cosmic level detective story with major implications for the Marvel Universe. Continue reading JASON AARON On ORIGINAL SIN Teams

STAR-LORD’s Secret, NOVA’s Fate In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ORIGINAL SIN

Guardians of the Galaxy #18 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #18 courtesy Marvel

The Watcher is killed and secrets are out in Original Sin #1 this week. The cosmic murder mystery will spill across the Marvel Universe.

 

Marvel revealed Guardians of the Galaxy #18 will tie-in to Original Sin in a huge way: Brian Michael Bendis will reveal how Star-Lord survived the Cancerverse. Superstar Ed McGuinness will be the artist on the big issue. Continue reading STAR-LORD’s Secret, NOVA’s Fate In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ORIGINAL SIN

GREG RUCKA Launches CYCLOPS Ongoing

Cyclops #1 courtesy Marvel
Cyclops #1 courtesy Marvel

Young Scott Summers is blasting off in a new series by Greg Rucka.

 

It was revealed in All-New X-Men #23 that Christopher Summers (aka the space pirate known as Corsair) is alive. Summers was believed to be killed by his own son- Gabriel (aka Vulcan) in the X-Men: The Rise and Fall of the Shiar Empire. Scott left the All-New X-Men to join his father’s adventures in space with the Starjammers.

 

Cyclops #1 this week marks Rucka’s return to Marvel. The acclaimed writer with huge independent, creator-owned successes (Lazarus, Stumptown, Veil) explains the challenge and appeal of writing Scott Summers with  Comic Book Resources: Continue reading GREG RUCKA Launches CYCLOPS Ongoing

JASON AARON On “ORIGINAL SIN” MANHUNT

Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel
Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel’s big event of 2014 begins this week.

 

Original Sin #1-8 is a murder mystery with cosmic level consequences by Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men, Scalped, Southern Bastards) and Mike Deodato (New Avengers.)
Murder on the moon!

 

The Watcher is dead.

Uatu’s eyes are stolen along with his collection of alien technology, artifacts and secrets.

Marvel’s biggest heroes split up to solve the case but the killing of the ancient alien is just the beginning.

 

“It all started with the idea of a murdered Watcher, which would put all of his most treasured secrets up for grabs. Once I grabbed hold of the story, it was up to me to figure out who killed him and why,” Aaron told Marvel.com. Continue reading JASON AARON On “ORIGINAL SIN” MANHUNT

FUTURES END Begins

DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics
DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics goes into the future with a new weekly series by an all-star creative team. The New 52 Futures End by Dan Jurgens, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Brian Azzarello kicked off on Free Comic Book Day with a free zero issue.

 

In an apocalyptic future Bruce Wayne sends Terry McGinnis back in time to prevent the enslavement of the Justice League and most of humanity. The story picks up 5 years from the present as Batman Beyond takes the lead to reshape destiny. This is The New 52 debut of Terry/Batman Beyond.

 

 
“Really, what we’re trying to do with this book is to explore the nature of what a hero is and we’re doing that, obviously by playing with the future of the New 52 timeline,” Lemire told Associated Press . “Past present and future all colliding in this story line.” Continue reading FUTURES END Begins

X-MEN In A World With NO MORE HUMANS

X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel
X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel

Two acclaimed X-Men creators unite for a brand new epic starring the Children of the Atom.

 

Writer Mike Carey teams up with artist Salvador Larroca for X-Men: No More Humans, an original graphic novel out this week.

 

Carey joined the X-Men writing team after the Decimation, when Scarlet Witch utter the words, “No More Mutants” sending homo superior on the road to extinction.

 

The X-Men prevailed but now face a similar moral dilemma in this original story following the events of Battle of the Atom.

 

How will the X-Men react when the human race vanishes – including allies like the Avengers and Fantastic Four? Continue reading X-MEN In A World With NO MORE HUMANS

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

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May the 4th Be With You.

This fan celebration of the Star Wars legacy is especially meaningful after the recent photo showing the cast of Star War VII.

Here’s a gallery with great cosplayers of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia who help us relive our Star Wars fantasies:

 

By Editor