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Top 5 New Comic Book Picks For March 5, 2014

Forever Evil #6 courtesy DC Comics
Forever Evil #6 courtesy DC Comics

Forever Evil #6 DC Comics, DON’T KILL NIGHTWING! Batman and Lex Luthor’s strange alliance of rogues takes the fight to the Crime Syndicate while a hero’s life is in the balance! It’s the penultimate issue by Geoff Johns and David Finch that promises the “final fate of Nightwing.”

Also this week: Forever Evil: Arkham War #6 is Bane vs. Scarecrow’s army for control of Gotham City by Peter Tomasi.

 

 

Magneto #1 The Master of Magnetism is doing things his way! Young mutants are under attack. S.H.I.E.L.D. has their own Sentinels. Erik has severed ties with Cyclops, refused Mystique’s alliance offer and gone solo in his fight to save mutantkind. Continue reading Top 5 New Comic Book Picks For March 5, 2014

HUGH JACKMAN On Recasting WOLVERINE

Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine courtesy Marvel and 20th Century Fox
Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine courtesy Marvel and 20th Century Fox

Hugh Jackman will portray Wolverine for the seventh time in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The sequel unites the cast of the original trilogy and First Class.

 

There is talk of a sequel to The Wolverine but there’s speculation this could be Jackman’s final time as the fan-favorite X-Man.

 

“Look, that’s inevitable, man. Anyone who thinks they’re indispensable in this business is fooling themselves. Continue reading HUGH JACKMAN On Recasting WOLVERINE

MAGNETO #1 Preview

Magneto #1 courtesy Marvel
Magneto #1 courtesy Marvel

The Master of Magnetism is back to fighting for mutantkind on his own terms in Magneto #1 new this week.

 

Eric Lensherr is called villain, hero, revolutionary, victim, teacher, savior, father but he’s no longer a follower of Cyclops. Magneto plays many roles in the Marvel Universe.

 

Lehnsherr now stars in his own solo series by writer Cullen Bunn (Deadpool Killology, Fearless Defenders, Wolverine) and artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Astonishing X-Men.)

 

Continue reading MAGNETO #1 Preview

MY GEEK MOVIE AWARDS 2014

Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel
Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel

Hollywood’s biggest night is Sunday honoring the best in cinema.

In a year that included an Iron Man, a Man of Steel and a X-Man of Adamantium…who deserves Geek Gold?

Inspired by the upcoming Academy Awards here are the geek movie awards.

 

Best Villain: Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. A pitch perfect performance of actor and special effects by Benedict Cumberbatch and director Peter Jackson. Continue reading MY GEEK MOVIE AWARDS 2014

EMERALD CITY COMICON 1 Month Away

 

Monsters & Dames 2014 courtesy Emerald City Comicon
Monsters & Dames 2014 courtesy Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon 2014 is just 1 month away.

Getting bigger like the Hulk while staying cool like Martian Manhunter, the Seattle pop culture celebration just keeps growing.

ECCC is a full three days and taking over the entire Washington State Convention Center this year.

It’s three days of geek thrills for locals like yours truly but the Seattle con is now a major destination for fans across the country. Continue reading EMERALD CITY COMICON 1 Month Away

UNCANNY AVENGERS NEXT ACT

Uncanny Avengers #17 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #17 courtesy Marvel

Today’s Uncanny Avengers #17 is the finale of Ragnarok Now but it’s just the second act of Rick Remender’s epic that just keeps shocking and awing.

 

What’s left of the Avengers Unity Squad have faced Kang, The Apocalypse Twins, Four Horsemen including resurrected dead X-Men and Avengers and even a Celestial! Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS NEXT ACT

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014

Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics
Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics

What a week for comic book fans. I have so many favorites I’m expanding from 5 to a top 10 new comic book picks for this week:

 

Deadly Class #2 High school is already hell but imagine a high school for students trying to master deadly arts? Rick Remender and Wesley Craig’s twisted Image series takes us on a new kid’s first day where cutting class could get your killed. (You might think it’s Rick Remender week:  Black Science #4 and Uncanny Avengers #17 also hit this Wednesday.) Continue reading TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014

Brian Michael Bendis on SURVIVE

Survive #1 courtesy Marvel
Survive #1 courtesy Marvel

Dead means dead and death is coming again to Marvel’s Ultimate Universe. In a world where Wolverine stayed dead you know there’s serious.

 

Cataclysm: The Ultimates Last Stand #5 is the showdown between the Ultimates vs. Galactus.

 

The world eating giant was unleashed on the Ultimate Universe after the Age of Ultron.

 

Marvel has revealed some of the survivors of Cataclysm (Miles Morales and an All-New Ultimates plus a very different Ultimate FF) but how and who else will live though the devastating last stand against Galactus. Continue reading Brian Michael Bendis on SURVIVE