New Comics Picks for January 27, 2016

Faith #1 courtesy Valiant Universe
Faith #1 courtesy Valiant Universe

From two of Suicide Squad’s deadliest to the sweetest heroine of Valiant going solo – here are our top new comics picks of the week:

Faith #1 This Harbinger Renegade becomes a new super hero soaring over the City of Angels but is she ready for an alien armada all on her own? The fan-favorite Valiant heroine stars in own limited series by Jody Houser and Francis Portela.

Old Man Logan #1 In a future in which the villains won, this Wolverine was tricked into killing his fellow X-Men and saw his family slaughtered by Hulks. Now in a different past, Logan vows to prevent the history in a new ongoing by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino. Continue reading New Comics Picks for January 27, 2016

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR: RISEN Finale Preview

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #4 courtesy Valiant
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #4 courtesy Valiant

The Eternal Warrior goes to Hell!?

Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #4 – the finale of “RISEN” by writer Robert Venditti and illustrator Raul Allen.  The Eternal Warrior begins his final confrontation with the forces of Hell…and begins his march back to the land of the living.

“In the wake of BOOK OF DEATH…the Earth’s immortal champion is dead…but his battle is far from over. Cast out of our world and into a fearsome afterlife of pain and punishment, Gilad is determined to return to our world and resume his duty… But can even history’s most formidable master of war forge ahead in an unearthly domain built to break the human spirit? Continue reading WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR: RISEN Finale Preview

4001 A.D. Preview

4001 A.D. courtesy Valiant
4001 A.D. courtesy Valiant

The Revolution is coming as Valiant’s heroes go into the future for the publisher’s biggest crossover yet.

Valiant revealed a first look inside 4001 A.D. #1 (of 4) from writer Matt Kindt and artist Clayton Crain.

At the dawn of the 41st century, the future of Earth will be decided in the stars. This May…the rebellion begins in 4001 A.D.The fallen guardian of New Japan – Rai – drafts the 41st century’s most powerful heroes into a star-spanning battle for the ultimate fate of the Valiant Universe. Continue reading 4001 A.D. Preview

FIRST NEW COMICS PICKS OF 2016.

A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

Happy New Year!

New arcs, new team-ups and brand new number ones are in our first new comics picks of 2016 arriving 1/6/16.

To celebrate the start of a new year and a ton of new comics we’re expanding our picks.

A-Force #1

One of the biggest Secret Wars hits is back! New hero Singularity assembles She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Captain Marvel and Nico Minoru to fight threats across the multiverse. G. Willow Wilson and Jorge Molina re-Assemble an all-female Avengers.
Continue reading FIRST NEW COMICS PICKS OF 2016.

16 GEEK WISHES FOR 2016

courtesy Disney and Lucasfilm
courtesy Disney and Lucasfilm

Time for our 16 geek wishes for 2016! Here are the new comics, casting calls and what we want to happen next.

The Force Awakens Comics

Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars comics set after A New Hope are the new canon and make you feel like the film never ended. The Lando and Chewbacca limited series were stellar. Now we have Obi-Wan and Anakin. With the success of The Force Awakens can we please have a limited series starring Captain Phasma and the Stormtrooper who would become Finn or an adventure with Rey? Continue reading 16 GEEK WISHES FOR 2016

FAVORITE COMICS OF 2015

Black Canary #1 courtesy DC Comics
Black Canary #1 courtesy DC Comics

A Convergence of Secret Wars lead to an onslaught of new number ones and new beginnings.

How do you pick favorite comics of the year? We kept it down to new number ones issues.

Here’s we go with a screaming fresh start for a DC icon:

Black Canary

You can call it “Batgirling” but we call it rock and roll, kung fu kick-ass fun. Brenden Fletcher and Annie Wu reinvigorated the classic character with a wild road trip as Dinah becomes the front woman for Black Canary – the band – and goes on an odyssey to save a child and find the mysterious force behind her new mission. Continue reading FAVORITE COMICS OF 2015

MOST ANTICIPATED NEW COMICS of 2016

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Here are our ten most anticipated new comics coming in 2016.

Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha

Estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are drawn together in a small town with a dark secret that will engulf Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Nick Spencer and Jesus Saiz. Will this be the beginning of Steve Rogers return to being Captain America in the year of the character’s 75th Anniversary? Is this the first salvo in our next pick? Continue reading MOST ANTICIPATED NEW COMICS of 2016

16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO

Here we go with more of our 16 comic book characters to watch in 2016. Let’s begin part two with an “all the hail the King!”

Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel
Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel

Black Panther

After playing a central role as King of the Dead and The Illuminati in Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers/Secret Wars epic, T’Challa returns to his Wakanda in a brand new series and officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

T’Challa and Namor are leading an assault on Doctor Doom in Secret Wars #9 finale in January and T’Challa is now a member of the new Ultimates.

Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehesi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze launch a brand new Black Panther ongoing book in 2016. In the yearlong arc, T’Challa must cope with an uprising in Wakanda by a superhuman terrorist group. Continue reading 16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO