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BATMAN ETERNAL Preview With TYNION & SEELEY

Batman Eternal #1 arrived this week with a shocking look at the future of Bruce Wayne and Gotham City. Now fans will have to follow the weekly year-long series to see how Bruce ended up in the horrific scenario at the mercy of a ruthless villain who has seemingly taken Batman’s world apart bit by bit.

Scott Snyder and James Tynion revealed at Emerald City Comicon that they wrote the skeleton and ending of the story but a team of writers will weave multiple stories leading up to the big finale. The writers promised to show nearly every friend and foe in Batman’s gallery and show every corner of Gotham City. Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL Preview With TYNION & SEELEY

X-MEN COSPLAYERS of EMERALD CITY COMICON

Emerald City Comicon photo by ComicsBlend.com

Pacific Northwest cosplayers help make Emerald City Comicon such a geek-tacular experience.

The Seattle celebration always marks a reunion with new friends you see online and in person (often in costume) at the con. As big at ECCC is growing you can still run into your favorite cosplayers, collectors and fellow fans.

I met Ryan and Lauren a few years ago at the Jet City Comic Book Show (also produced by the team behind ECCC) dressed as my favorite Marvel couple: Kitty Pryde and Colossus. Continue reading X-MEN COSPLAYERS of EMERALD CITY COMICON

BATMAN ETERNAL #1 Review

Batman Eternal #1 begins with a shocking first page that tells you how this will all end. The thrill ride is how did Bruce get in this horrific state.

As part of the Dark Knight’s 75th Anniversary DC comics kicks off this year-long epic that will shatter the status quo of Batman and Gotham City. Batman #28 showed us major changes 6 months in the future including Selena Kyle ruling the Gotham underworld and holding Stephanie Brown hostage, Harper Row as new sidekick Bluebird, a medical crisis gripping the city and Alfred…where’s Alfred? Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL #1 Review

ORIGINAL SIN Art Preview

Jason Aaron is plotting a cosmic level murder mystery this summer affecting the entire Marvel Universe. Who killed the Watcher is the burning question at the heart of Original Sin.
Uatu will be found dead on the moon with his eyes cut out and all his secrets stolen.

Marvel shared art from the prologue Original Sin #0 by Mark Waid and Jim Cheung in which we see the ancient alien interacting with Nova. You may remember Sam Alexander met The Watcher in the Avengers vs. X-Men prologue when the Phoenix Force was on a course for Earth again. Continue reading ORIGINAL SIN Art Preview

The After CAPTAIN AMERICA THE WINTER SOLDIER AGENTS OF SHIELD Shocker

Producers promised events in Captain America: The Winter Soldier would have a game-changing impact on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The post-movie episode is a game-shattering chapter that messes with your head, heart and you have no idea which side certain characters are on!
Before I begin here’s a major SPOILER WARNING! Continue reading The After CAPTAIN AMERICA THE WINTER SOLDIER AGENTS OF SHIELD Shocker

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Star-Lord’s Escape Clip

Guardians of the Galaxy one-sheet courtesy Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy blasts off this August. The next Marvel movie takes us into deep space with a rogue team of anti-heroes directed by James Gunn.

MTV shared this first clip of the upcoming Marvel film as Chris Pratt declares himself to be Star-Lord.

After a sci-fi Indiana Jones style escape – the clips shows the rest of Star-Lord’s crew.

Take a look: Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Star-Lord’s Escape Clip

DEADPOOL WEDDING Issue

The Merc With a Mouth is getting hitched this week. The ceremony is the main event in Deadpool #27.

Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn and Mike Hawthorne share the wedding story while Marvel has rounded up every writer who’s worked on Deadpool for this massive issue. Continue reading DEADPOOL WEDDING Issue

IRON FIST #1 Kicks In

Iron Fist: The Living Weapon courtesy Marvel

IRON FIST is kicking his way into a major comeback.

Danny Rand’s solo series by Kaare Andrews begins this week and the martial arts master will star in a new Marvel/Netflix series.

Andrews calls Iron Fist: The Living Weapon a “bloody revenge-fueled martial arts epic” setting the stage for the upcoming television series in an new interview with The Hero Complex. Continue reading IRON FIST #1 Kicks In

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