New DAZZLER Revealed By Bendis

courtesy Bendis! via Tumblr
courtesy Bendis! via Tumblr

Brian Michael Bendis put Dazzler through hell and back in Uncanny X-Men. Alison Blaire was recruited to be an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., then became a victim of Mystique.

 

Now she’s getting a major makeover from artist Kris Anka.

 

Today Bendis revealed the cover of Uncanny X-Men #24 via Tumblr with the greeting, “ladies and gentlemen, the new Dazzler.” Continue reading New DAZZLER Revealed By Bendis

JOHN ROMITA, JR On Drawing SUPERMAN & DC HEROES

Superman #32 courtesy DC Comics
Superman #32 courtesy DC Comics

John Romita, Jr is taking on the Man of Steel. The Marvel mainstay joins Geoff Johns as the new creative team on Superman #32.

 

What is like for the award winning artist to draw DC comics most powerful hero?

 

“The size [and scope] of the character—to be able to have him doing amazing things, gigantic things, lifting certain things, beating up certain things. There’s that larger-than-life image. There’s a strength and weight that Continue reading JOHN ROMITA, JR On Drawing SUPERMAN & DC HEROES

Gay in the All-New Marvel Now: Pride 2014 Update

Astonishing X-Men #50 courtesy Marvel
Astonishing X-Men #50 courtesy Marvel

As part of Pride Month 2014 (in which we celebrate gay visibility in part) where are the GLBT characters in the All-New Marvel Now

 

Young Avengers won a GLAAD Media Award earlier this year. The Astonishing X-Men issue featuring Northstar’s wedding was a big seller. Those are the most high-profile gay heroes of the Marvel heroes.

 

Northstar (Jean-Paul Baubier) married Kyle Jinadu 2 years ago. After Astonishing X-Men came to an end, Northstar returned to the Jean Grey School in Amazing X-Men to join the Quest for Nightcrawler.  We haven’t really seen Kyle so we must assume he’s running Jean-Paul’s businesses while Northstar helps Wolverine, Storm and Beast battle demons, monsters and anti-mutant hate groups. The new creative team and storyline took Logan back to Canada (Northstar’s home, too) so we might expect to see Jean-Paul stay in the action as the X-Men team up with Alpha Flight.

Continue reading Gay in the All-New Marvel Now: Pride 2014 Update

UNCANNY X-MEN PROFESSOR X’s LAST WILL Preview

Uncanny X-Men #22 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #22 courtesy Marvel

Uncanny X-Men #22 is packed with big moments as Brian Michael Bendis brings the X-Men vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. war to a head.

 

Beast and Cyclops learn the mastermind behind the Sentinels of S.H.I.E.L.D. attacking mutants. Magneto returns to the school with news about the fate of a lost X-Man and one of Mystique’s most twisted schemes.

 

It’s an extremely satisfying conclusion to many plot threads since the birth of Cyclops’s revolution team before what might be the biggest X-Men stories of the year: The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier. Continue reading UNCANNY X-MEN PROFESSOR X’s LAST WILL Preview

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Final Trailer

courtesy 20th Century Fox
courtesy 20th Century Fox

Apes vs. Humans in future ravaged by a man manufactured virus.

 

Fox revealed the final trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

 

Andy Serkis is Caesar, the genetically modified Ape building an ape civilization in the woods.

 

Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Trilogy) leads human survivors in the wreckage of a ruined city.

 

Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) is a human hoping to keep the peace but factions on both sides could make war inevitable.

 

Watch: Continue reading DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Final Trailer

X-MEN GAY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Astonishing X-Men #51 courtesy Marvel
Astonishing X-Men #51 courtesy Marvel

Evil mutants, Age of Apocalypse X-Men, journeys to Hell and book cancellations can’t stop this marriage.

 

It’s GLBT Pride Month, a time to celebrate victories and visibility of gay, lesbian and transgender. When it comes to visibility – an X-Man getting married to a man in New York City and on the cover of a major Marvel comic is big.

 

Pride 2014 is a time to celebrate the second wedding Anniversary of Northstar and Kyle Jinadu! It was nearly two years ago the X-Man married in Astonishing X-Men #51. Continue reading X-MEN GAY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY