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KITTY PRYDE & STAR-LORD’S Next Chapter

The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel
The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel

The outing of an X-Man may have dominated news and social media this week but something HUGE happened to another fan-favorite X-Man.

The long-distance love affair between Kitty Pryde and Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) reached a pivotal moment in The Black Vortex: Omega this week.

The crossover between X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy pitted the teams against the forces of Mister Knife and the Son of Thanos with billions of lives at stake.

Kitty and Peter first met during The Trial of Jean Grey crossover and began a long-distance relationship. When Quill’s sinister father kidnapped him and seized the powerful Black Vortex, Kitty went into deep space to save her man. The X-Men joined the fight that include their old enemies, The Brood.

The Black Vortex is an ancient artifact giving incredible powers but at the risk of losing your soul. The heroes may have won but the Guardians and X-Men were dramatically changed especially Kitty Pryde! Continue reading KITTY PRYDE & STAR-LORD’S Next Chapter

BOOK OF DEATH, WEDDING OF X-O MANOWAR in VALIANT JULY Books

Book of Death Fall of Bloodshot courtesy Valiant
Book of Death Fall of Bloodshot courtesy Valiant

The Book of Death, The Wedding of X-O Manowar and The Fall of Bloodshot are among the headlines from Valiant‘s July books.

The publisher revealed official descriptions and covers for the summer books following the big announcement that Bloodshot and Harbinger are becoming movies in a new partnership with Sony.

BOOK OF DEATH #1 (of 4)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI, Art by ROBERT GILL & DOUG BRAITHWAITE
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.” Continue reading BOOK OF DEATH, WEDDING OF X-O MANOWAR in VALIANT JULY Books

EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS 2015

Ms. Marvel #5 courtesy Marvel
Ms. Marvel #5 courtesy Marvel

Seattle based writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Seattle publisher Fantagraphics Books are among this year’s nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Oscars of comics.

Ms. Marvel from Marvel, Multiversity from DC Comics, Saga from Image Comics, Bandette from Monkeybrain are the books leading with three or more nominations each. Marvel, DC and Fantagraphics tied for the most nominations overall with 18 each.

Wilson introduced Kamala Khan, the first Muslim superhero to be the lead of her own mainstream comic book title to critical acclaim and huge sales. The teen is one of the new Inhumans of the Marvel Universe who took the former code-name of her hero Carol Danvers when the Avenger was promoted to Captain Marvel. Kamala will be a member of the All-New, All-Different Avengers which will premiere on New Comic Book Day on May 2nd. Continue reading EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS 2015

MARVEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On The OUTED X-MAN

All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel

A big moment for an X-Man this week in All-New X-Men #40 by Brian Michael Bendis.

A member of the team comes out as gay or was he forced out by a teammate abusing their mutant power?

The debate is on and Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso is revealing the reasons behind the decision to make this character gay.

Before we continue…

You may have already seen the leaked pages or seen it revealed on social media but just in case here’s a…SPOILER ALERT!

 

If you have not read All-New X-Men #40 stop reading now. Continue reading MARVEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On The OUTED X-MAN

Top Comics Picks for April 22, 2015

The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel
The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel

The Black Vortex: Omega An entire planet is about to be devoured to create an Brood army that could infect the galaxy. The Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men are pushed to their limits against Mister Knife and his cosmically empowered enforcers. With billions of lives on the line and some of their allies corrupted, who will submit to the temptation of power the Black Vortex offers. To save the universe, will a X-Man lose their humanity?

Convergence #3 The heroes from Crisis of Infinite Earths are back as Telos unleashes his wrath, an Earth 2 member falls, a Green Lantern goes in search of a time-lost hero for help. Continue reading Top Comics Picks for April 22, 2015

MARVEL TEAM MIX-UPS

All-New, All-Different Avengers courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers courtesy Marvel

Johnny Storm in the Inhumans?

Ultimate Spider-Man in the Avengers?

On Free Comic Book Day we’ll see a look at Marvel after Secret Wars with the All-New, All-Different Avengers and Uncanny Inhumans.

The days of mutants only in X-books or other Marvel mainstays sticking with the same team are over. Sometimes mixing it up is just what a character, team or book needs.

Here are our favorite Marvel team mix and matches that shocked at first but worked. Continue reading MARVEL TEAM MIX-UPS

COMICS CROSSOVERS Did That Happen?

Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War courtesy IDW
Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War courtesy IDW

Hal Jordan is boldly going on an adventure with Captain Kirk, Spock and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. IDW Publishing and DC Comics announced Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War four-part event this July. This cosmic crossover joins Archie vs. Predator from Archie Comics and Dark Horse Comics this summer in the arena of most unlikely crossovers in comics history.

Stranger things have happened in the comics world. Here are our top picks for the unlikely but true comics crossovers: Continue reading COMICS CROSSOVERS Did That Happen?