Category: Books

Valiant’s August Books Preview!

courtesy Valiant
courtesy Valiant

The Harbinger Wars aftermath, Bloodshot’s origins and the return of The Eternal Warrior highlight Valiant’s August offerings:

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courtesy Valiant

BLOODSHOT #0 Written by MATT KINDT Art by CHRISCROSS
Discover the declassified secret history of Project Rising Spirit’s Bloodshot program and its most successful soldier. From the darkest days of World War II and Korea, and through the hell of Vietnam and Afghanistan, Bloodshot’s origin leaves a bloody trail of discarded lives and forgotten families. But which memories are real? Which families? Which children? Is Bloodshot many men…or no man at all? Is he simply a soulless killing machine or something more? Who is responsible? And why have they engineered the most dangerous weapon ever conceived by man? This issue holds Continue reading Valiant’s August Books Preview!

Angela Powers Up Guardians of the Galaxy #5

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #5 courtesy Marvel

The Age of Ultron finale will unleash a powerful new force into the Marvel Universe. Angela (a co-creation of Neil Gaiman in Todd McFarlane’s Spawn series) will be introduced in Age of Ultron #10.

Gaiman joins Brian Michael Bendis on Guardians of the Galaxy #5 which picks up Angela’s adventures in the Marvel Universe. Earlier we saw Joe Quesada’s redesign of Angela and now Marvel is sharing Sara Pichelli’s cover to Guardians of the Galaxy #5 which arrives July 24th.

Will Angela be an ally or enemy of Star-Lord and his crew? Will Angela have a role in Infinity?

Stay tuned!

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Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisoff on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

photo by Josh Lewis, courtesy KOMONews.com
photo by Josh Lewis, courtesy KOMONews.com

Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker and Clark Gregg helped kick off the Seattle International Film Festival. Whedon followed up Marvel’s The Avengers with his modern take on Shakespeare‘s Much Ado About Nothing.

photo by Josh Lewis, courtesy KOMONews.com
photo by Josh Lewis, courtesy KOMONews.com

While I work on my interviews with Fillion, Acker and Gregg (yes, I asked about Agents of SHIELD!) here’s Continue reading Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisoff on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Batman Zero Year Preview

Batman #21 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #21 courtesy DC Comics

We’re getting a first look inside the epic that reveals how Bruce Wayne became the Dark Knight! Batman #21 kicks off Zero Year – an eleven issue arc revealing Bruce’s early days as a crime fighter in the New 42. DC Comics shared this first look at Greg Capullo’s art from Batman #21 and writer Scott Snyder talks about the origin of Batman arc: Continue reading Batman Zero Year Preview

INFINITY #1 Variant: Avengers in Space!

Infinity #1 courtesy Marvel
Infinity #1 courtesy Marvel

An eclectic unit of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes star on this Infinity #1 variant cover by the one and only Arthur Adams. Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, Spider-Woman and new recruits Manifold and Shang-Chi in this outer space themed cover.

When the Avengers must head into deep space, who will protect Earth from the forces of Thanos! In this preview Marvel revealed the key to protecting the Universe from the Mad God is hidden on our planet and the only hero who may be able to protect us is Black Bolt, leader of the Inhumans!

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Avengers: Enemy Within #1

Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 courtesy Marvel

Comic book to watch!

Did you pick up Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 this week?

This one-shot kicks off a crossover with Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble all written by Kelly Sue DeConnick.

Carol Danvers was soaring as the new Captain Marvel until she was grounded by a mysterious medical condition.

Now Carol is being haunted by visions of her past but are the threats real or just in her head? Spider-Woman may be the only person who can help her. I really loved how DeConnick wrote the interaction between Carol and Jessica Drew with the enemies that could be real or just phantoms in the Captain’s brain!

There’s no guarantee but I’m hoping Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel may appear on the big screen in a future Avengers movie. Scott Hepburn has a cool style that reminds me of Joe Madureira and Skottie Young. This crossover kicked off with a strong start, action and great development between two of Marvel’s most iconic female heroes.

Comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick will appear at GeekGirlCon 2013 celebrating contributions of women to geek culture in comics, science, gaming, film and more.


Continue reading Avengers: Enemy Within #1

Terry Dodson & David Lopez Join X-MEN

X-Men #4 by Terry Dodson courtesy Marvel
X-Men #4 by Terry Dodson courtesy Marvel

The women starring in the brand new X-Men series are getting serious attention from some high caliber, fan favorite artists! Olivier Coipel draws X-Men #1. Today Marvel revealed David Lopez will reunite with writer Brian Wood on X-Men #4 with Terry Dodson joining the rotation.

X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel

The book stars Storm, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Psylocke and Jubilee. Storm assembles this team when Jubilee comes back to the school with an orphan with mysterious potential. One of the mutants’ old enemies arrives asking for help from a bigger threat.

Wood and Lopez were an incredible team on the last volume of X-Men. This creative team delivered the BEST depiction of Storm in decades. I’ve been a huge Terry Dodson fan for years – you may best remember his Uncanny X-Men run with Matt Fraction.

X-Men #1 arrives May 29th.

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Marvel Characters Wanted for AGENTS OF SHIELD

Clark Gregg in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC
Clark Gregg in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC

The Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD television series hits ABC this Fall! Set in the world of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) leads an elite team of agents in the new world of Gods, monsters, aliens and heroes as seen in The Avengers. The pilot was written and directed by Joss Whedon.

Now that we’ve seen the full trailer featuring a character that many speculate (and hope) could be Luke Cage (aka Power Man) played by J. August Richards (Angel) let’s start the wish list of Marvel characters we hope to see in the new series:

Daredevil #509 featuring Iron Fist & Luke Cage courtesy Marvel
Daredevil #509 featuring Iron Fist & Luke Cage courtesy Marvel

Danny Rand (Iron Fist) The billionaire Continue reading Marvel Characters Wanted for AGENTS OF SHIELD