DEADPOOL Sequel In the Works?

Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox
Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox

Fox is betting the Merc With a Mouth with kill it at the box-office.

Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working on a sequel according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tim Miller directed the upcoming film but is not signed on  a follow-up yet according to the story.

The writers, director and star Ryan Reynolds have fought for the film to get made. Now a sequel may already be in the works for the rated R superhero starring the mercenary from the X-Men universe. Continue reading DEADPOOL Sequel In the Works?

New Comic Books Picks for February 10, 2016

Batman #49 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #49 courtesy DC Comics

It’s the final countdown to Valentine’s Day with new comic books to love. Our countdown includes the return of a classic heroine, a major Batman moment and an old Wolverine/young Hulk smashup!

Batman #49

This is the issue fans have been waiting for! Bruce Wayne is going back to the Cave to reclaim his past. Will Jim Gordon give up being the Batman? Is Bruce ready to stop the threat of Mister Bloom and his growing army? Scott Snyder’s Superheavy is building up to the return of the original Batman. Continue reading New Comic Books Picks for February 10, 2016

UNCANNY X-MEN COMEBACKS & MYSTERY MASTERS

Uncanny X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

A double blast from the past in this week’s Uncanny X-Men #3 plus a big new revelation about an X-Man’s allegiance and the mystery villains in Cullen Bunn’s first arc.

Terrigen Mists are creeping across the planet making mutants sick, infertile and dead. Magneto recruited a ruthless squadron of mutants to investigate a corporation profiting from the crisis. The Dark Riders are back and killing mutant healers. Bunn revealed a new Hellfire Club is waiting in the wings but are they pulling the strings of two rogue X-Men?

The hunt for answers and to protect the healers leads to the return of two X-Men of the recent and distant past. We knew Fantomex was joining the cast of the series but not in the way you might have expected. Continue reading UNCANNY X-MEN COMEBACKS & MYSTERY MASTERS

New Comics Picks for February 3, 2016

Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Miles Morales swings solo in the main Marvel Universe, a Birds of Prey reunion, the hunt for the killers of an X-Man and more in this week’s new comics picks of the week:

Spider-Man #1

Miles Morales survived the end of the Ultimate Universe and Marvel’s new friendly neighborhood Spidey in a new beginning by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli.

Midnighter #9

Midnighter…Agent of Spyral? The new mission sends Midnighter on a collision course with Suicide Squad. The former Stormwatch operative is fighting his way to a reunion with Apollo by Steve Orlando and Aco. Continue reading New Comics Picks for February 3, 2016

MORE MARVEL ’90s COMICS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

Thunderbolts #1 courtesy Marvel
Thunderbolts #1 courtesy Marvel

The Thunderbolts are coming back. Cable and Deadpool are headlining a new buddy book again. The Dark Riders are on the attack in the Uncanny X-Men. Is a Nineties resurgence on?

Winter Soldier will be leading the newest volume of the T-Bolts with original members from it’s original incarnation. Is the announcement making you nostalgic for the ’90s?

If the T-bolts can go back to their roots for a comeback, here are four Marvel comics from the era of big guns, big shoulders and gun pouches we would want to see again. Continue reading MORE MARVEL ’90s COMICS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

OLD MAN LOGAN’S MISSION REVEALED

Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel
Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel

A double shot of Old Man Logan by Jeff Lemire in two books this week with one deadly mission revealed.

Old Man Logan lived in a future where the villains banded together to wipe out the heroes and rule the planet. Wolverine was tricked into killing his fellow X-Men but he found refuge and happiness in a desert wasteland until a savage gang of Hulks slaughtered his family.

The Wolverine of Mark Millar’s future tale returned in Secret Wars and is now in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now reality just a few years from the horrific future he escaped.

The former X-Man is part of Storm’s Extraordinary X-Men but he has his own mission of vengeance mixed with redemption in Old Man Logan – both by Jeff Lemire. Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN’S MISSION REVEALED

NORTHWEST PRESS CREATORS and COMICS in SUPERQUEEROES

courtesy Northwest Press
courtesy Northwest Press

The power of gay and lesbian creators and comic characters from a Seattle-based publisher are making an impact in a new way on the other side of the world.

Books and artists from Northwest Press are part of a new queer comics exhibition that just opened at the Schwules Museum in Berlin, Germany called SuperQueeroes.

Justin Hall (No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics) is one of the curators of the exhibit featuring several Northwest Press titles and GLBT heroes from mainstream comics like Northstar of the X-Men.

In an expanding canon of GLBT comics how did the team of curators decide what was important to include: Continue reading NORTHWEST PRESS CREATORS and COMICS in SUPERQUEEROES

A VILLAIN’S POWERS In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Extraordinary X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel

An ancient mutant awakens in X-Men: Apocalypse to unleash his power and horrific vision on the world. En Sabah Nur (translation: the First One) is one of the most relentless villains of the X-Men comics.

The immortal mutant possesses the powers of molecular manipulation, super strength, endurance, energy manipulation, DNA manipulation, transmutation and technopathy.

Oscar Isaac plays the super villain but what kind of abilities will he demonstrate in the next cinematic chapter. Director Bryan Singer reveals the canon-inspired and new abilities Apocalypse will unleash: Continue reading A VILLAIN’S POWERS In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE