Category: Books

CAPTAIN MARVEL Rocks With X-MEN Guest Star

Captain Marvel #9 courtesy Marvel
Captain Marvel #9 courtesy Marvel

Captain Marvel welcomes a long-lost favorite character from the X-Men universe this week.

Carol Danvers rocks out with Lila Cheney, intergalactic rock and roll diva and the mutant who once tried to steal the Earth!

The fan-favorite Avenger has been on patrol in outer space in her latest volume by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez.

Space is big but Carol’s X-Men connection is close so her solo series is a fun way to introduce the Carol Corps to this unique anti-hero. Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL Rocks With X-MEN Guest Star

SUPERIOR IRON MAN Begins

Superior Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Superior Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Tony Stark soars to San Francisco in silver armor and a new agenda in Superior Iron Man #1 this week.

 

Is this “Superior” Tony Stark is not the fan-favorite Avenger you know and love or has Tony become an “Inverted” Iron Man.

 

The brand new series picks up after events in AXIS #4 in which Stark reveals his Extremis app for the citizens of his home.

 

Marvel newcomers Tom Taylor and Yildiray Cinar take on the iconic Avenger following Kieron Gillen’s huge Iron Man run. Continue reading SUPERIOR IRON MAN Begins

Top Comics for November 12, 2014

All-New Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel

All-New Captain America #1

A bold new chapter for the Star-Spangled Avenger as Sam Wilson takes flight as the new Captain America. The new Nomad joins Wilson and he’ll need all the help he can get against a united rogues gallery and Hydra. Rick Remender is joined by All-New X-Men artist Stuart Immonen.

 

Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #1

It’s a double dose for my first pick to celebrate Wilson’s promotion to Captain America! Spinning out of AXIS, Wilson gives his team a new mission but can they hold it together in the Inverted new world? Will Luke Cage and Jessica seek revenge against the wrong Spider-Man? Al Ewing and Luke Ross relaunch the heroes of the people in the crazy new AXIS reality. Continue reading Top Comics for November 12, 2014

Major Changes To DOCTOR DOOM in FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

Doctor Doom courtesy Marvel
Doctor Doom courtesy Marvel

Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot is diverting from comic book canon.

Fans are still debating the casting of the actors playing Marvel’s First Family but what will we think about a radical reworking of one of Marvel’s most iconic villains?

Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Wrath of the Titans) is playing Doom in director Josh Trank’s film.

Is the scientific genius, master of dark arts and ruthless dictator of Latveria going to be a hacker in the reboot? Continue reading Major Changes To DOCTOR DOOM in FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

SUPERMAN vs. BATMAN #36 Preview

Batman #36 courtesy courtesy DC Comics, a BuzzFeed exclusive first
Batman #36 courtesy courtesy DC Comics, a BuzzFeed exclusive first

Who would win a fight between Batman and Superman?

It’s an age-old question we may get the answer to in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016.

We may get the answer even sooner in Batman #36 this week!

But this battle has a toxic twist:

The Man of Steel is under the influence of the Joker in this Endgame, Part Two preview courtesy BuzzFeed. Continue reading SUPERMAN vs. BATMAN #36 Preview

BATGIRL #36 Preview

Batgirl #36 courtesy DC Comics
Batgirl #36 courtesy DC Comics

The new creative team keeping revving up the new direction for Barbara Gordon.

DC Comics shared a preview of BATGIRL #36

“Batgirl’s new life is off to a rousing start when her first day of graduate school is interrupted – by twin sister assassins on motorcycles! What kind of motorcycles, you ask? They happen to be the same prototype motorcycles that were stolen out of the Robotics Lab! Robotic engines, intelligent chassis, jet boosters – that kind of thing. Will Barbara ever find time to actually do her research? And even if the twins on two wheels weren’t tearing the campus apart, Continue reading BATGIRL #36 Preview