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All-New Avengers & An Avenger Dies?

Are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes about to feel a blast from the past just like the Children of the Atom?

In Marvel’s January previews for Avengers #25 – there All-New Avengers are teased along with this Mike Deodato cover featuring the original roster (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man, Wasp.)

Having the original five students of Xavier brought into the future was an injection of creativity and excitement in All-New X-Men that affected the mutant family. Continue reading All-New Avengers & An Avenger Dies?

AVENGERS #21 Review

Two new tie-in chapters in the space opera Infinity arrived this week. I’ve loved the Avengers and New Avengers tie-ins. Reading them is like experience a director’s cut with extended scenes that enhance the overall story.

After a cheer-inducing (I know I yelled “YEAH!” when Thor hammered the enemy) and decisive victory against the Builders in Infinity #4 the war is far from over. Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu pick up with war against the galaxy: a rebellion among the Kree, references to the Spaceknights and Annihilation as Captain America unleashes a desperate gambit to win the war…and fails. Continue reading AVENGERS #21 Review

Greg Rucka’s VEIL

Greg Rucka is acclaimed for the way he writes female characters (he even led a panel on it at GeekGirlCon) and he’s unleashing his new heroine with Dark Horse Comics. The writer who gave us Tara Chace in the Queen & Country series, Batwoman: Elegy and Lazarus, one of the best new series of this year gives us VEIL.

Here’s how Dark Horse Comics describes the upcoming series: Continue reading Greg Rucka’s VEIL

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL Preview

Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel

Just when you thought Deadpool couldn’t get any darker…the Merc With a Mouth gets a taste of the zombie apocalypse in Night of the Living Deadpool by Cullen Bunn.

The final chapter of Bunn’s Deadpool Killology is coming soon but Wade Wilson will rise again in a new series starting in January. Marvel shared this first look at Night of the Living Deadpool #1.

“After waking up from a pretty epic food coma, our hero finds himself in the middle of the zombie apocalypse! Continue reading NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL Preview

SHE-HULK Easy Being Green!

Avenger.

Fantastic Four (er?)

Attorney.

She’s been savage, sensational and single.

Jennifer Walters is starring in her own new comic book series in 2014.

She-Hulk #1 by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido will showcase jade giant’s adventures in and out of court. Continue reading SHE-HULK Easy Being Green!

Blast Into the Past With DIVAS, DAMES & DAREDEVILS

After your enjoy this week’s brand new comics I encourage you to enjoy a blast into the past with a brand new collection that celebrates rarely seen tales of super women.

Divas, Dames and Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics is packed with high adventure with hard boiled detectives, tough reporters, daring pilots, masked vigilantes and powerhouse champions with extraordinary abilities. Today fans celebrate when a female superhero headlines her own comic book series. This collection takes you back to an era when women ruled the anthology comics.

This is the second book from Mike Madrid. The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy and the History of Comic Book Heroines) celebrated the women we love and how they influenced and were influenced by society. Now Madrid shines the spotlight on forgotten heroines who kicked butt as cops, journalists, spies and goddesses devoting a chapter to the different types of heroines followed by a classic tale not seen in decades. Continue reading Blast Into the Past With DIVAS, DAMES & DAREDEVILS

SUPERMAN & WONDER WOMAN Double Date?

Superman/Wonder Woman #4 courtesy DC Comics

Superman/Wonder Woman #1 was blockbuster mix of romance, suspense and action by Charles Soule and Tony Daniel. Clark and Diana’s clandestine date in the skies turned into a rescue mission.

DC Comics shared a look at Superman/Wonder Woman #4 in which Clark and Diana encounter another power couple. You could call this a double date from hell! Continue reading SUPERMAN & WONDER WOMAN Double Date?

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 16, 2013

Avengers #21 After the blockbuster events of Infinity #4 (tell me you didn’t cheer when Thor “hammered” the arrogant enemy!) how will Earth’s Mightiest Heroes defeat The Builders? What price will Captain America pay for victory?

(I have to include in this pick…)

New Avengers #11 More Infinity #4 fallout! Has Black Bolt fallen? Why are the rest of the Illuminati on a rival Earth while Thanos and the Builders reach our world?

Batman and Robin #24 One of the best Batman books evolves again. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 16, 2013

COMICS BLEND

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