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NEW AVENGERS: The Beginning of The End

New Avengers #6 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers #6 courtesy Marvel

As we count down until the end of the Marvel Universe and the beginning of Secret Wars…see how it all began.

The beginning of Jonathan Hickman’s epic is collected in a new hardcover. The Illuminati is Marvel’s secret squad whose covert missions saved the universe.

Black Panther reassembles the Illuminati (Iron Man, Namor, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, Mister Fantastic and new recruits Captain America and Beast) to stand against incursions from parallel Earths.

The team discovers the only way to save our world is destroy others. Covert agendas, flat out lies and bitter old wounds complicate the mission leading to an unthinkable betrayal against Steve Rogers and a brutal war between Atlantis and Wakanda. Continue reading NEW AVENGERS: The Beginning of The End

STARFIRE Sneak Peek

Starfire courtesy DC Comics
Starfire courtesy DC Comics

Starfire ditches the Outlaws and soars south for her own solo book this summer. It’s one of 24 new titles following Convergence.

Harley Quinn co-writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti takes Kori to Florida Keys and tell DCComics.com it’s a very different direction for the alien.

“I think so. It’s also going to have more of a light tone to it. We’re moving her down to Key West, where I think being orange just gets chalked up to taking too many of those tanning pills, and it’s about her dealing with and being dealt with by regular people like us. How do you deal with a six-foot tall, gorgeous, orange alien in your midst? How do you assimilate her into your world?” said Conner. Continue reading STARFIRE Sneak Peek

GAY SUPERHERO on TV? 4 For Your Consideration

Midnighter courtesy DC Comics
Midnighter courtesy DC Comics

The casts and crews of Arrow and The Flash including Grant Gustin are saying it’s time for a gay superhero on television in a new story on The Advocate.

The Flash recently introduced openly gay villain Pied Piper and Sara Lance/Black Canary was bisexual (in love with Nyssa Al Ghul) on Arrow. Sara died this season but the actress who played her will appear in an Arrow/Flash spinoff featuring a team of heroes. Detective Renee Montoya (who became the Question in comics) is part of Gotham.

Which GLBT hero could join the small screen lineup or headline their own show? Let’s keep it to DC heroes who could join the expanding DC Universe on television: Continue reading GAY SUPERHERO on TV? 4 For Your Consideration

ANGEL In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

All-New X-Men #29 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #29 courtesy Marvel

A new version of an original X-Man in X-Men: Apocalypse?

Ben Hardy (EastEnders) will play Warren Worthington aka Angel in the sequel according to Jeff Sneider of The Wrap via Screen Rant.

Ben Foster played Worthington in X-Men: The Last Stand. This Angel was the son of the biotech billionaire whose company developed a mutant cure. But the board is clear (to borrow inspiration from Xavier and Magneto’s chess games) since X-Men: Days of Future Past reset the timeline for a fresh start.

In comics Warren was one of the original X-Men who would later be transformed by Apocalypse into Archangel – one of his Horsemen. In battle, Warren had his wings cut but En Sabah Nur gave him metal wings which he could shoot knives and a blue skin as the Angel of Death. Continue reading ANGEL In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

BATMAN V SUPERMAN, HARLEY QUINN, Hero In CONVERGENCE #1

Convergence #1 courtesy DC Comics, a CBR exclusive
Convergence #1 courtesy DC Comics, a CBR exclusive

Convergence #0 arrived this week with a tale of multiple Supermen, Brainiacs and a major new villain unleashing multiversal chaos.

Brainiac has been keeping forgotten worlds in bottled cities but now they’re all open in an all-0ut war as past, present and future collide.

DC revealed a look at Convergence #1 via Comic Book Resources.

“This is it! The entire DC Universe, from the dawn of time through The New 52, must fight to survive against a threat that bends the Multiverse to its will. Your favorite characters from every era and every forgotten series are all here! But are you going to say hello again just to say goodbye forever? The stakes have never been higher as the heroes of Crisis, Zero Hour, Elseworlds, and more are brought together for Convergence!” Continue reading BATMAN V SUPERMAN, HARLEY QUINN, Hero In CONVERGENCE #1

Four Wishes BATMAN ETERNAL Finale Aftermath

Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics

Batman Eternal #52 is here wrapping up the year-long epic covering every corner of Gotham City and featuring nearly every member of the extended Bat-cast.

Ambitious, sprawling and packed with characters and twists – the final chapter resolved the questions left after issue 50’s what the? moment that revealed the mystery villain from issue one but not the real mastermind of the downfall of Bruce Wayne.

Here are four wishes for the Bat office now that we’re reached the end and anxiously wait for the impact of Batman: Endgame finale: Continue reading Four Wishes BATMAN ETERNAL Finale Aftermath

AGENTS OF SHIELD vs. SHIELD

Adrianne Palicki on Agents of SHIELD courtesy Marvel
Adrianne Palicki on Agents of SHIELD courtesy Marvel

Melinda May vs. Mockingbird, Skye meets the Eyeless Mystery Man and the secret origin of the real S.H.I.E.L.D. revealed.

An action and back story packed Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hit this week.

Oh I did I mention MAY VS. MOCKINGBIRD!!!

Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Mack (Henry Simmons) have been working for “the real S.H.I.E.L.D.” under Robert Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos) but what’s the real story?

The spy vs. spy game reached a big moment.

Producers opened up classified dossiers but what did we learn? Continue reading AGENTS OF SHIELD vs. SHIELD