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MARVEL SUPER SWAPS

Invincible Iron Man #4 courtesy Marvel
Invincible Iron Man #4 courtesy Marvel

Mary Jane Watson leaving Spider-Man for Tony Stark?

MJ will join Stark’s supporting cast in Invincible Iron Man #4.

What is Spider-Man’s longtime love doing in the Armored Avenger’s book? Remember this is coming from Brian Michael Bendis who made us rethink who should be an Avenger (Spidey, Wolverine, Luke Cage, The Sentry, Jessica Drew) and made fans love the change.

Mary Jane is going to work for Team Stark. It doesn’t mean that MJ and Tony will become an item but it does bring up a look back at when Marvel made major switches between icons of different franchises. Continue reading MARVEL SUPER SWAPS

ALL-NEW X-MEN Rebels On the Road

All-New X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

The youngest X-Men are breaking away from the old guard when the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now begins.

While Storm’s Extraordinary X-Men are fighting a new threat that’s killing mutants, the All-New X-Men are on the road trying to be heroes.

The “new” All-New X-Men by Dennis Hopeless and Mark Bagley are the time-lost young Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman with Oya, Evan Genesis and Laura Kinney (the former X-23 and new Wolverine.)

As the cover shows, the kids literally are on the road in a VW. The writer explains why the rookies are breaking away from the other teams. Continue reading ALL-NEW X-MEN Rebels On the Road

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos is the new flagship X-book as the All-New, All-Different Marvel launches November 3rd. The cover and teaser raise a ton of burning questions about the new status of mutants after Secret Wars.

Lemire teased Extraordinary X-Men forms as a result of a conflict with the Inhumans. The Terrigenesis that transformed humans into new Inhumans is now a deadly affecting on mutant DNA.

As Storm says in the preview “The Terrigen Mists aren’t just killing us…they’ve sterilized us as well.”

While a ton of answers will likely come with Uncanny X-Men #600 in October, here are our top burning questions: Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

New Comics Picks for September 16, 2015

Captain America: White #1 courtesy Marvel
Captain America: White #1 courtesy Marvel

Lost tales of Captain America and Agent Carter, Beauty obsession and technology addiction in two new sci-fi books and more in this week’s new comics picks of the week:

Captain America: White #1 The Sentinel of Liberty’s greatest World War II missions finally revealed. Steve, Bucky and the Howling Commandos in a tale by the Eisner winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. The next story in the Loeb/Sale color series (Hulk: Gray, Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow)

Black Canary #4 Dinah’s rock and roll mystery tour takes a detour as tracks her kidnapped band mate. Pia Guerra (Y: The Last Man) joins writer Brenden Fletcher for the next arc which reveals what happened to the band’s former lead singer and her plot to make a vengeful comeback. Continue reading New Comics Picks for September 16, 2015

BANE Is Back in BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL

Batman and Robin Eternal #9 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin Eternal #9 courtesy DC Comics

It’s your favorite Batman family of heroes teaming up in a global race.

DC Comics share a first look at the third month of chapters in the epic BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL new weekly series by an all-star team.

It’s a big month as the Dark Knight’s family epic continues and Robin War breaks out this December, too.

Here’s the official description for this month’s chapters classic and new villains: Continue reading BANE Is Back in BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL

ROBIN WAR Breaks Out This December

Robin War #1 courtesy DC Comics
Robin War #1 courtesy DC Comics

Robins vs. Robin, Batman vs. Robin and the dramatic return of the Court of Owls!

DC Comics shared first looks and details of the massive ROBIN WAR crossover in the extended Batman family of books coming in December:

ROBIN WAR #1
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
THE ROBINS FACE THE COURT OF OWLS!
In part 1 of this new epic, it’s Robins vs. cops! Robins vs. Robins! Robins vs. Batman! And Robins vs. the Court of Owls?!
Damian Wayne returns to Gotham City, and he is not happy. There are kids all over the city calling themselves Robin, Bruce Wayne is no longer Batman and the GCPD, led by the new, armored-up Batman, is cracking down on anybody wearing the “R.” And things only get worse when Red Hood, Red Robin and Grayson all come back to Gotham City… Continue reading ROBIN WAR Breaks Out This December

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE Begins

Captain America: White courtesy Marvel
Captain America: White courtesy Marvel

An all-new story of Captain America and Bucky Barnes.

Captain America: White #1 marks the long-awaited reunion of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale and the duo’s “Color” books.

The project was first previewed nearly seven years ago. The first chapter arrives this week.

The duo’s previous classic books: Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Gray, Daredevil: Yellow were unique defining, emotional stories of each hero from their past.

Sale talked about what they will explore with Steve Rogers in their latest collaboration: Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE Begins