Favorite Feel Good Moment:
Nightcrawler is alive…sort of.
The signs were there in Wolverine and X-Men and then finally saw our beloved dead hero lost in a strange afterlife in the final panels of X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2.
To hell with death not lasting comics Continue reading Best of 2013 Comic Book Moments
Kid Apocalypse – cosplayer, rapper, director is back with a brand new music video. I recognized the cosplayer inspired by Rick Remender’s creation in Uncanny X-Force back at Emerald City Comicon 2012 not knowing he was filming his first video Came From the Chain filled with X-Men cosplayers from across the Pacific Northwest.
Now Evan aka En Sabah Nur (his comic book name) is back with Space Out mixing X-Men inspired lyrics to a cool beat. Watch for a a guest appearance by Beast.
Watch and enjoy: Continue reading Kid Apocalypse Back With New Video
Still in shock over the three deaths in Uncanny Avengers #14?
While the deadly showdown is hitting the hearts and minds of X-Men and Avengers fans (I’m not saying who died just in case you haven’t read) that issue was important for the next phase of writer Rick Remember’s epic.
Kang was recruiting his own squad of heavy hitters from across the timelines including Stryfe, Arno Stark and Doom 2099! The writer explains the reasons behind Kang’s recruitment drive: Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS Time War Preview
All-New X-Men #20 What could make the ferocious, fearless daughter of Wolverine afraid? The young X-Men face the hate of the Purifiers but is it love between X-23 and Cyclops?
Black Science #2 After a world of freaky frog warriors what does Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera have in store next for our lost team of heroic scientists? A trippy sci-fi multi-dimensional attack on your senses.
Harley Quinn #1 A whole new life for Gotham City’s craziest femme fatale in her own brand new solo series by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Hardin. Will Harley kill her competition, literally, in her new career? Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for December 18, 2013
This is a celebration of the women of comics in 2013 – characters and creators who made an impact!
Jean Grey
After years of teasing the return of Jean, Marvel did make her part of the Marvel Now in a way no one was saw coming! In a brilliant move – writer Brian Michael Bendis brought the original five X-Men (actually Beast did it) into present in All-New X-Men #1. Future shock ignited Jean’s powers earlier than it should have and by the first arc was over – a strong, confident Jean declared she and her originals were Continue reading Best of 2013 Women of the Year Part 1
Alex + Ada #2 I picked up the first issue just because I loved Jonathan Luna’s haunting cover and now this second issue is a MUST. A beautiful future love story of a boy and his android girl who may not be what he’s expecting.
Batman #26 The Dark Knight, Jim Gordon working WITH the Riddler? With Gotham City in chaotic darkness Bruce may ally with the madman who tried to kill him in this critical untold chapter of Batman Zero Year.
Inhumanity: The Awakening #1 Cocoons around the planet are revealing a massive new generation of Inhumans. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for December 11, 2013
Captain America vs. Nuke!
The revenge of the Iron Nail.
The mad super soldier born in the classic Frank Miller epic Daredevil: Born Again is back in Rick Remender’s new arc Loose Nuke but what’s his true mission.
The battle escalates in Captain America #14 this week. Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA & FALCON vs.NUKE
The Marvel Knights imprint is back in a big way first with Spider-Men then X-Men and now the BIGGEST…HULK!
Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso recruited top independent creators to take on classic characters new limited series.
Marvel Knights: Hulk #1 by Joe Keatinge and Piotr Kowalski arrives Wednesday. Bruce Banner wakes up in Paris with no memory. Soon Banner is hunted by bizarre versions of the monster within him.