September is Superhero Showdown Month!
In this corner…DC Comics brings on the bad guys with Villains Month and Forever Evil!
And in this corner…Marvel Comics unleashes X-Men from past, present and future in X-Men Battle of the Atom!
The main event is event vs. event! Who will win? Time will tell but here are the top 5 picks of the week:
Forever Evil #1 The Justice League is dead. Evil takes over with DC Comics Villains Month! Continue reading Top 5 Comic Books for September 4, 2013
DC’s ultimate collection of villains, rogues, crooks, despots and just plain psychos all in one big sinister mega-series!
In the aftermath of Trinity War, the Justice League is dead and the bad guys steal the spotlight in Forever Evil #1 out this week.
All your favorite DC Comics villains star in this new series by Geoff Johns and David Finch. The fan favorite artist hints at Lex Luthor’s role in the event. Continue reading Lex Luthor FOREVER EVIL #1 Preview
X-Men: Battle of the Atom kicks off this week with a special issue by Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho then continues in All-New X-Men #16.
Strange X-Men from the future arrive in the present with orders to make the original students go back to their past.
“I can tell you that nothing in this event is what it seems,” teases Bendis. “The X-Men franchise has never taken an idea this far.”
Here’s a first look at All-New X-Men #16 by Bendis and Stuart Immonen with cover by Arthur Adams. Marvel is teasing a Wolverine vs. Future X-Men fight and Young Jean and Young Scott go on the run in order to stay in the present.
The Battle begins Wednesday.
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Spider-Men united! Will they collaborate or clash?
Otto Octavius encounters a truly Superior Spider-Man. Miguel O’Hara aka Spider-Man 2099 guest stars in a 3-part epic kicking off in Superior Spider-Man #17.
Writer Dan Slott explaining the difference between the three men behind the masks on Marvel.com: Continue reading Superior Spider-Man #17 Preview
The battle begins this Wednesday! For the X-Men’s 50th Anniversary Marvel is using a tried and true formula to celebrate the mutants. X-Men history is packed with time travel tales but X-Men: Battle of the Atom appears to be an epic in the making with daring new twists on concept.
When Brian Michael Bendis launched All-New X-Men, Beast brought Professor Xavier’s original five students into the present in order to stop Scott’s mutant revolution. Now X-Men from the future arrive in the present on a mission to force the past X-Men to go back.
Here’s a look inside X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 by Bendis and Frank Cho. As you’ll see it’s not just X-Men from past, present and future but Sentinels from various eras are fighting the Children of the Atom: Continue reading Inside X-MEN BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1
Forever Evil #1 arrives this week after a shocking revelation in Justice League #23. DC’s greatest heroes have been at war with each other and we thought the Secret Society was behind the conflict but now we know the real truth and the secret of Pandora’s Box!
But before we continue here’s a
SPOILER WARNING: Continue reading Big Secret of TRINITY WAR
Get ready for a blast from the future past! Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara) enters the Marvel Now in Superior Spider-Man #17 this Wednesday.
In the 1990’s Marvel launched an entire line of comics starring reimagined heroes (Ghost Rider, X-Men, Doom, Punisher) set in the future.
Spider-Man 2099 was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi. Miguel was a brilliant scientist attempting to recreate the powers of the original Spidey in others. An accident caused O’Hara’s DNA to be rewritten with spider genetic code. This reimagined hero of Marvel’s future was the first Latino Spider-Man. Continue reading Spider-Man 2099 Returns
The inmates aren’t just running the asylum…they’re ruling the DC Universe!
In the aftermath of Trinity War – the Justice League is dead and the rogues are taking advantage!
DC Comics celebrates the second anniversary of The New 52 with Villains Month.
Classic and new foes steal the spotlight and take over each of the “hero” books with stand-alone origin stories:
The first week of Villains Month kicks off with: Continue reading VILLAINS MONTH Begins