Category: Books

MAGNETO RULES AGAIN IN HOUSE OF M

House of M courtesy Marvel via Hero Complex
House of M courtesy Marvel via Hero Complex

All hail the House of M with a Magnus family reunion as part of the Secret Wars event.

Scarlet Witch went mad and created a new reality where Magneto ruled over a planet with mutants in power in the epic by Brian Michael Bendis.

Using the power of Professor X, Wanda went into everyone’s minds to give them the wishes of their deepest dreams. Wolverine finally got all his memories back and that made him realize everything was wrong. War ensued.

When House of M ended, Wanda declared, “No More Mutants,” and wiped out the powers of millions of mutants and erased the gene.

What if Magneto was still in power and look who’s serving him on this cover. Continue reading MAGNETO RULES AGAIN IN HOUSE OF M

KILLER CROC in SUICIDE SQUAD?

The Joker's Asylum: Killer Croc courtesy DC Comics
The Joker’s Asylum: Killer Croc courtesy DC Comics

Producers of Suicide Squad are recruiting another Batman villain for the big screen.

Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje has been cast as Killer Croc according to The Wrap.

Croc (real name Waylon Jones)  was born with a weird medical condition giving him reptilian traitrs including hardened scale skin, sharp teeth and claws, superstrength and a healing factor. Killer Croc was created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton in Batman.

The Lost veteran played Kurse in Thor: The Dark World. Continue reading KILLER CROC in SUICIDE SQUAD?

NEW X-MEN COMEBACKS Updated

E is For Extinction #1 courtesy Marvel, a Comic Vine first
E is For Extinction #1 courtesy Marvel, a Comic Vine first

Updated

The New X-Men are new again?

Negasonic Teenage Warhead is appearing in the Deadpool movie.

E is For Extinction is a Secret Wars Warzone book coming this summer from Chris Burnham and Ramon Villalobos.

When Grant Morrison took over the Children of the Atom, he brought an incredible edge to the franchise, putting them in black leather, started a telepathic love triangle and co-created some strange new mutants in the New X-Men era and let’s not forget…Xorn and killing Jean Grey…again. Continue reading NEW X-MEN COMEBACKS Updated

Top New Comics April 1, 2015

Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel
Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel

Avengers: Rage of Ultron

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in a fight with Ultron like you’ve never seen before. The evil A.I. finds a new world to conquer and triggers the wrath of Thanos. A long-lost Avenger returns in this original graphic novel by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena.

 

Batman Eternal #52

The final chapter of the year long weekly epic is here. The mystery villain exposed. The master plan revealed. And then one last shocker. The finale takes Bruce back to where it all started in The New 52. Continue reading Top New Comics April 1, 2015

RIP HUNTER & HAWKGIRL In ARROW/FLASH Spinoff

Hawkgirl Returns cover courtesy DC Comics
Hawkgirl Returns cover courtesy DC Comics

Updated at 6:00pm:

We may know which superheroes will be joining the Arrow/Flash spinoff.

Ciara Renee has been cast as Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl according to Deadline.

According to the report, this version of Hawkgirl is a young woman “who is just beginning to learn she’s been reincarnated over the centuries. When provoked, her ancient warrior persona manifests itself, along with wings that grow out of her back.”

Shayera Hall is another version of the character and crimefighting partner/lover of Hawkman of Thanagar.

UPDATE: Producers of the Arrow/Flash spinoff recruit a Doctor Who veteran to a play a time traveling DC Comics hero. Continue reading RIP HUNTER & HAWKGIRL In ARROW/FLASH Spinoff

DEADPOOL Casts Teen as Obscure Mutant

Astonishing X-Men #15 courtesy Marvel
Astonishing X-Men #15 courtesy Marvel

Negasonic Teenage Warhead?

Say that again?

Deadpool producers have cast newcomer Brianna Hildebrand as a very obscure character from the X-Men comics canon according to The Hollywood Reporter.

So obscure she was only seen alive for moments before she was killed off.

Grant Morrison created Negasonic Teenage Warhead during his New X-Men run. Ellie Phimister (her real name) was a telepath with precognitive abilities studying under Emma Frost in Genosha. Ellie has a vision of the population being exterminated moments before a squadron of “Wild” Sentinels attack the island nation killing six million people on the mutant haven. Continue reading DEADPOOL Casts Teen as Obscure Mutant

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE in FOUR BIG BOOKS

Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 courtesy Marvel

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take over the global box office next month but they’re dominating the comic book shelves this week with multiple books.

There are books featuring classic and future versions of Avengers as you can see by this page from by the legendary Alan Davis.

The heroes battle Hydra, Ultron, Thanos, the timestream and the inevitable end of the Marvel Universe in four big books!

Here’s the hit list: Continue reading AVENGERS ASSEMBLE in FOUR BIG BOOKS

“EXTRAORDINARY” X-MEN After SECRET WARS? UPDATED

Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel

Update: June 29th, 2015:

Here’s the link to news about the Extraordinary X-Men book by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos you are looking for.

The story below is from last March when “extraordinary” was how the Marvel Editor-In-Chief described what’s next for the X-Men.

UPDATE: This story was updated after Marvel’s Editor-In-Chief clarified his comments here.

The Marvel Universe after Secret Wars is the great unknown for many of the publisher’s major franchises.

After seeing the All-New, All-Different Avengers and the Uncanny Inhumans lineups, fans are still wondering what about the mutants?

There’s been speculation and rumors over the future of the X-books. Brian Michael Bendis is leaving the franchise with Uncanny X-Men #600 in the same month as Secret Wars #1. While there are plenty of X-Men Battleworld books based on past events, what about the future?

Marvel Editor In Chief Axel Alonso gave us a hint at what’s to come for the Children of the Atom on Comic Book Resources weekly Axel-In-Charge feature after a fan’s question: Continue reading “EXTRAORDINARY” X-MEN After SECRET WARS? UPDATED