IMAGE EXPO 2015 New Books from Top Creators

The Other Side courtesy Image Comics
The Other Side courtesy Image Comics

Image Comics revealed  huge roster of new creator-owned projects coming this year at Image Expo 2015 in San Francisco. Brian K. Vaughn writing an arc of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman’s Invincible Reboot and new projects from Greg Rucka, Jason Aaron, Warren Ellis, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Steve Orlando and more fan-favorite and rising stars lit up social media.

Here are today’s official announcements: Continue reading IMAGE EXPO 2015 New Books from Top Creators

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

The All-New, All-Different Marvel Now is coming. Picking eight months after the Secret Wars finale, this is the new Marvel that emerges and the publisher revealed the new books and creative teams coming in October.

The biggest news this week was the new X-Men flagship book by Jeff Lemire featuring the return of Wolverine (as in Old Man Logan) who stars in a new ongoing also by Lemire and Peter Parker’s new status quo as Amazing Spider-Man.

One of the biggest mysteries is the conflict between Inhumans and mutants after certain iconic X-Man vanish and Beast switches teams and joins Medusa’s Uncanny Inhumans book.

Here’s the list of titles with teams and who’s on the roster. Continue reading ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed

JEFF LEMIRE’s EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN Team

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

The Children of Atom will evolve with new challenges and opportunities in the wake of Secret Wars.

Marvel chose Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos to lead the next evolution of the X-Men.

The new flagship X-book comes with a new adjective.

Lemire reveals how he picked the roster for his “Extraordinary” X-Men team:

“For me, the biggest challenge was limiting the number of X-Men on the team. There are so many great X-characters; it was honestly very difficult to narrow it down to a manageable size. Continue reading JEFF LEMIRE’s EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN Team

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: ROGUE CUT, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE at SDCC

More mutants, more mutant romance and more mutants vs. Sentinels.

It’s all coming up in X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut.

Last year’s smash was a prequel/sequel uniting the cast of the original X-Men trilogy and the cast of First Class. Scenes featuring Anna Paquin as fan-favorite Rogue were cut from the original theatrical version.

Director Bryan Singer shared a teaser via Instagram for this alternate cut of last summer’s blockbuster. The new cut features 17 minutes of new footage including deleted scenes with Anna Paquin as Rogue. Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: ROGUE CUT, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE at SDCC

DOCTOR MIRAGE RESURRECTED in #VALIANTSUMMIT

The Death Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives courtesy Valiant
The Death Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives courtesy Valiant

Valiant celebrated the upcoming return of Doctor Mirage during the live #ValiantSummit via Periscope at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.

Valiant announced THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE: SECOND LIVES #1 (of 4) – the follow-up to 2014’s series, THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE, from the returning creative team of Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter and acclaimed artist Roberto de la Torre.

“In time, even the dead may die…and, this December, Valiant’s premier husband-and-wife paranormal investigation unit is all that stands between the mortal world and an unrelenting force hellbent on the annihilation of all souls…dead and alive! Continue reading DOCTOR MIRAGE RESURRECTED in #VALIANTSUMMIT

WRATH OF ETERNAL WARRIOR At #VALIANTSUMMIT

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1 courtesy Valiant
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1 courtesy Valiant

Valiant unveiled major new books and creative teams during the #ValiantSummit via Periscope from Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.

The first big announcement from the live panel is WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES by writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, X-O MANOWAR) and artist Raul Allen (BLOODSHOT REBORN coming in November. The new ongoing series picks up in the aftermath of this summer’s BOOK OF DEATH event series and marks the first full-length Valiant series for with now exclusive artist Allen. Continue reading WRATH OF ETERNAL WARRIOR At #VALIANTSUMMIT

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN New Costume, Car and Mission

Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Marvel, MTV News first
Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Marvel, MTV News first

Peter Parker will continue being the Amazing Spider-Man in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this fall.

And he’s not just a neighborhood Spidey…he’s going global.

Earlier Marvel revealed Miles Morales will swing from the Ultimate Universe to the new main Marvel reality this fall in a Spider-Man book.

Marvel made it official:

Parker will star in Amazing Spider-Man by fan-favorite writer Dan Slott and Guiseppe Camuncoli with a new costume designed by Alex Ross as revealed by MTV News.

As Slott explains, Parker comes out of Secret Wars as a new man with a new mission, costume and worldwide empire. Continue reading AMAZING SPIDER-MAN New Costume, Car and Mission

NEW COMICS PICKS JULY 1, 2015

X-O Manowar #38 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #38 courtesy Valiant

Barb Wire #1

Don’t call her babe! The most badass bounty hunter is back as Dark Horse reboots, relaunches a 1990’s hit that inspired a Pamela Anderson starring guilty pleasure.

 

Mickey Mouse #1

He’s traded his tux for safari gear! The Disney icon leads a jungle adventure on the “Lost Explorer’s Trail” in this brand new series from IDW. Continue reading NEW COMICS PICKS JULY 1, 2015