A Spider-Verse superstar swings into her own series, Batman turns to the bad guys to beat the Joker and a hit sci-fi show spawns a new comic book. All that and more in this week’s top 5 comic books picks of the week:
All-New X-Men #38
The cosmic crossover co-starring Guardians of the Galaxy continues. Heroes have given in the the Black Vortex’s temptation. Heroes have been captured by Mr. Knife. Can they be saved? Who will Star-Lord recruit to stop Mr. Knife and the son of Thanos Continue reading Comics Picks for February 25, 2015
When universes end, Battleworld begins but there are still cops in the chaos.
Marvel announced Thors, a Secret Wars tie-in series by Jason Aaron and Chris Sprouse.
When Aaron took over Thor, he conjured an epic with Thors from 3 time periods. Then he replaced the Odinson. Now he’s got a multiverse of Thunder Gods and Goddesses at his command.
Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters) is soaring back to television in Supergirl.
Flockhart has been cast as Cat Grant in the CBS pilot according to Variety. The role is described as a “self-made media mogul and founder of CatCo, where Kara Zor-El works as her assistant. Cat started her career as a reporter and has built her company into a global powerhouse.”
Melissa Benoist is playing Kara/Supergirl in the series from Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash) and Ali Adler.
Emerald City Comicon announced the final celebrity guest announcement and it’s a huge addition to their stellar lineup.
Hayley Atwell will be appearing Friday only at the pop culture event in Seattle.
Atwell played Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The popular character got her own ABC television series. The Marvel’s Agent Carter season finale is this Tuesday on ABC. Continue reading HAYLEY ATWELL at EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015
Old Man Logan is making a comeback as part of Marvel Comics Secret Wars this summer. Hugh Jackman may keep playing Wolverine until he’s the right age to play that future version of the X-Man.
It’s been a long agonizing month waiting for Batman #39 after last issue’s shocking cliffhanger.
Bruce Wayne is always portrayed as always one step ahead of his enemies but Batman (and the rest of us) are perplexed by Scott Snyder’s “final” Joker epic.
Endgame is a thrilling mind game taking us to the unexpected.
