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MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Revealed

 

Marvel 75th Anniversary Special courtesy Marvel
Marvel 75th Anniversary Special courtesy Marvel

Marvel announces an all-star creative roster for a new anthology celebrating 75 years of stories.

 

Legendary and current superstar creators like Stan Lee and Bruce Timm, Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, Len Wein and Paul Gulacy, James Robinson, Tom DeFalco, Stan Goldberg, Scott Hanna, and more will be part of the Marvel 75th Anniversary Special.

 

“I knew that I wanted to do stories that would celebrate Marvel’s long history,” Executive Editor Tom Brevoort told Marvel.com. Continue reading MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Revealed

SAVAGE HULK & X-MEN By ALAN DAVIS

Savage Hulk #1 courtesy Marvel
Savage Hulk #1 courtesy Marvel

It’s a blast into the past as a brand new Hulk  series ongoing smashes into comic book shops this week. Living legend Alan Davis will unleash the Green Goliatch in Savage Hulk #1 in a tale with the original X-Men.

 

“We wanted big names, super stars and break out talent to tell their unique Hulk stories within continuity,” says series editor Mark Paniccia told Marvel.com. “That might be now, or using elements of the past and perhaps even glimpses of the future. It all comes back to the current Hulk mythos while letting the talent cut loose with that Hulk story that they’ve been dying to tell.” Continue reading SAVAGE HULK & X-MEN By ALAN DAVIS

BATMAN 25th Anniversary

It’s the 25th Anniversary of Batman. Director Tim Burton and Warner Brothers changed modern comic book movies with this 1989 film.

 

Michael Keaton was the Dark Knight. Controversial but perfect casting.

 

Jack Nicholson was The Joker. The true wild card of the movie.

 

From the first moment the Dark Knight came on screen to rough up a pair of punks we you could feel the spirit of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.

 

Here’s the trailer to flash us back courtesy DC Comics on YouTube. Continue reading BATMAN 25th Anniversary

POWERLESS CAPTAIN AMERICA Preview

Captain America #22 courtesy Marvel
Captain America #22 courtesy Marvel

It’s a hard year for Marvel icons but it makes for incredible stories. Wolverine lost his mutant healing factor and the Death of Wolverine is coming this fall.

 

Now Captain America is powerless with his most ruthless enemies closing in!

 

Marvel shared a look at the next act of Rick Remender’s ongoing epic for the Star-Spangled Avenger in Captain America #22 with art by Carlos Pacheco. Continue reading POWERLESS CAPTAIN AMERICA Preview

New DAZZLER Revealed By Bendis

courtesy Bendis! via Tumblr
courtesy Bendis! via Tumblr

Brian Michael Bendis put Dazzler through hell and back in Uncanny X-Men. Alison Blaire was recruited to be an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., then became a victim of Mystique.

 

Now she’s getting a major makeover from artist Kris Anka.

 

Today Bendis revealed the cover of Uncanny X-Men #24 via Tumblr with the greeting, “ladies and gentlemen, the new Dazzler.” Continue reading New DAZZLER Revealed By Bendis

JOHN ROMITA, JR On Drawing SUPERMAN & DC HEROES

Superman #32 courtesy DC Comics
Superman #32 courtesy DC Comics

John Romita, Jr is taking on the Man of Steel. The Marvel mainstay joins Geoff Johns as the new creative team on Superman #32.

 

What is like for the award winning artist to draw DC comics most powerful hero?

 

“The size [and scope] of the character—to be able to have him doing amazing things, gigantic things, lifting certain things, beating up certain things. There’s that larger-than-life image. There’s a strength and weight that Continue reading JOHN ROMITA, JR On Drawing SUPERMAN & DC HEROES