Category: Books

SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND Begins

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

Serenity soars again.

 

One of my most anticipated comics coming in 2014 breathes new life into this outer space corners of the Whedonverse.

 

Joss Whedon created the short-lived but loved Firefly television series which was reborn as a feature film. Dark Horse Comics picks up the story of Mal Reynolds and his crew in Serenity: Leaves On the Wind.

 

Writer Zach Whedon and artists Georges Jeanty (Buffy, The Vampire Slayer) continue with Mal, a pregnant Zoe, River Tam and the rest of outlaws’ story after the events of the Serenity movie when they exposed the universe to the corrupt government’s crimes against their own people. Continue reading SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND Begins

Friday Flashback: AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE

 

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #9 courtesy Marvel

 

This week’s Friday Flashback is inspired by superstar artist Jim Cheung. As I packed for my first Wizard World Comic Con I was trying to decide which comics by the acclaimed artist I would bring to get autographed.

This one is definitely making the road trip to Portland, Oregon: Avengers: The Children’s Crusade was the final act of Cheung and writer Allan Heinberg’s gorgeous and powerful run with the Young Avengers.

Here’s what I said then after turning the final page and Allan Heinberg’s final thoughts a week after the climax has sunk in: Continue reading Friday Flashback: AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE

ALL-NEW INVADERS #1 Review

All-New Invaders #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New Invaders #1 courtesy Marvel

Writer James Robinson takes Marvel’s oldest superhero team (at least chronologically) and make them exciting, fresh and fun in All-New Invaders #1.

 

Captain America, Bucky, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch fought Nazis and Hitler’s super soldiers in World War II. The heroes have dramatically changed except for Steve Rogers. The enemy is more powerful than the Third Reich but like Hitler – the Kree are looking for lost mythological treasures on Earth. Continue reading ALL-NEW INVADERS #1 Review

BLACK WIDOW #2 Review

Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel
Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel

Black Widow #2 is lean, clean, quick storytelling just like Natasha on a deadly mission.

 

After a killer debut issue – writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Phil Noto knock it out of the park with another adventure starring the fan-favorite Avenger…not being an Avenger.

 

Natasha is taking on missions to make up for the “red” in her ledger. This issue’s mission parallels one from her past when she was an assassin. Continue reading BLACK WIDOW #2 Review

BATMAN VS. BANE Rematch

Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 courtesy DC Comics
Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 courtesy DC Comics

Comic book or big screen – there’s nothing like a fight between the Dark Knight and Bane!

 

Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 is the showdown writer Peter Tomasi and artist Scott Eaton are building up to in the pages of Forever Evil: Arkham War.

 

The Arkham War tie-in limited series is just as fun and thrilling as the main event as the inmates of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison carved up Gotham City without a Batman to stop them. Bane took inspiration from his mortal enemy and became the new Dark Knight to crush his resistance and take complete control. Continue reading BATMAN VS. BANE Rematch

New Teams for DETECTIVE COMICS & THE FLASH

Detective Comics #30 courtesy DC Comics
Detective Comics #30 courtesy DC Comics

Two fan-favorite creative teams take two DC Comics icons into new directions this April.

 

The Flash team speeds over to Gotham City. Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato take on the Dark Knight with Detective Comics #30. Batman is caught up in a new mystery involving a deadly new narcotic that has hit the streets of Gotham City.

Green Lantern creators are taking on the fastest man alive showing the deadly consequences of The Flash’s speed powers. Continue reading New Teams for DETECTIVE COMICS & THE FLASH

ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL

Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel
Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel has unleashed two zombie epics into comic book shops. The legendary director George Romero’s Empire of the Dead and Night of the Living Deadpool by Cullen Bunn.

 

The latest Merc With a Mouth limited series stars Wade Wilson in an undead apocalypse. Bunn tells Comic Book Resources how Romero’s film series and other zombie fiction influenced the new Deadpool story. Continue reading ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL