COMICS BLEND

FOUR COOLEST COMIC BOOK SPIES

James Bond is back in SPECTRE. Daniel Craig returns as 007 on a mission against the evil organization we haven’t seen on screen since Sean Connery’s final canon film in the series.

The latest Bond made us peer into the vault to pick four of our favorite spies from comics books.

No costumes. No masks. No problem.

These are the coolest covert operatives in the DC and Marvel Universes:

Grayson

No mask. No code-name. New mission. The man who was once known as Robin and Nightwing is his own man with a covert agenda. Dick Grayson is no longer a sidekick under Batman’s shadow and now operates in the shadow world of the DC Universe. Dick faked his death to infiltrate Spyral, a covert organization plotting against costumed heroes. Dick’s new adventures in Grayson are co-written by Tim Seeley and Tim King, a former CIA counter-intelligence officer. Continue reading FOUR COOLEST COMIC BOOK SPIES

Best JAMES BOND Gadgets, Gear and Rides

The Aston-Martin comes roaring back with other super car action in SPECTRE. The 24th James Bond adventure marks the return of the classic car that dazzled fans in Goldfinger and Thunderball.

Daniel Craig’s latest mission makes nostalgic and look back at our 7 favorite gadgets from the 007 franchise:

Attache Case from From Russia, With Love.

The first proper Bond “gadget” from the second and our favorite film. Q (Major Boothroyd) outfits Bond with this cool case secretly packing ammunition, a sniper rifle, throwing knife, gold sovereigns and a tear gas cartridge. This case was critical in Bond’s Orient Express encounter with the assassin Red Grant (Robert Shaw) one of my favorite henchmen of the series. Continue reading Best JAMES BOND Gadgets, Gear and Rides

WHERE IS THE X-MEN X-HAVEN?

Are the mutants are on a mass exodus?

As revealed in Extraordinary X-Men #1 the Terrigen Cloud that created new Inhumans is killing and sterilizing mutants. To save her race from the new genetic threat Storm recruits a team to save mutants from the Terrigen Cloud and taking them to X-Haven.

The dream of mutants and humans living together in harmony is pulled part like never before as the X-Men isolate mutants until a cure can be found.

The New Charles Xavier School is closed. Is this the of the Jean Grey School or any institution for mutants?

A new threat and a change of scenery will generate exciting new story and character possibilities. X-Men writers have taken the team to dramatic and surprising locales.

Before we speculate on X-Haven, let’s look back at the X-Men’s adventures in real estate. Continue reading WHERE IS THE X-MEN X-HAVEN?

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #1 Review

Silence the critics.

Kill the cancellation conspiracy theories.

Marvel put superstars Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos on the new flagship X-book and the future is Extraordinary.

After reading X-books for decades and seeing everything, Extraordinary X-Men #1 still made me excited and energized for the next evolution of the mutant heroes.

Set eight months after the Secret Wars finale and the events of Uncanny X-Men #600, the Children of the Atom are facing a new threat as humanity fears and hates them like never before. Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #1 Review

MARVEL’S MOB On AGENT CARTER

Agent Carter Season 2 NYCC poster courtesy Marvel

The mob is muscling in on Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in her new adventures in Hollywood.

Marvel announced comedic actor Ken Marino is joining the cast of Agent Carter Season Two as Joseph Manfredi, mob boss in the Maggia crime syndicate.

The Maggia is a global crime organization in the Marvel comics universe. Silvio “Silvermane” Manfredi is one of the infamous Maggia leader who lived for decades in a cyborg body and became an longtime Spider-Man enemy. The crime cartel will be allies with the main villains of the new season. Continue reading MARVEL’S MOB On AGENT CARTER

INHUMAN Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD

A villain revealed on this week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

There’s an enemy within that will hit close to the heart of a member of Coulson’s team.

It’s all part of a big episode that also saw Mockingbird back in the field and an actor from The Avengers movie make what could be the start of a major new story thread.

Before we continue this week’s big surprise and what it means for this season’s story here’s a SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading INHUMAN Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD

New Comics Picks for November 4, 2015

The end and new beginning for the X-Men franchise silencing all doubts about the continued future of the Children of the Atom, a new James Bond series kicks off on the eve of Spectre, and Marjorie Liu’s monster new fantasy book.

It’s all in this week’s new comics of the week:

Uncanny X-Men #600 Will Cyclops become a mutant savior, destroyer or victim? Will Beast be punished for his twist in time that set off this saga? Get set for emotional reunions, final confrontations and massive changes as the Brian Michael Bendis X-Men era comes to a powerful finale. Continue reading New Comics Picks for November 4, 2015

WHY IS HE THE WORST X-MAN?

X-Men: The Worst X-Man Ever courtesy Marvel

Get ready to meet the worst X-Man ever.

Bailey Hoskins is the star of an upcoming limited series by Max Bemis and Michael Walsh. This will be the first serial Marvel work for Say Anything lead singer turned comic book writer.

X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever is the five-part story of an outsider among outsiders.

High school is hard enough for introverts who don’t fit in but things get worse when you’re a mutant.

Bemis explains what happens when this teen’s power kicks in. Continue reading WHY IS HE THE WORST X-MAN?

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