JASON AARON On “ORIGINAL SIN” MANHUNT

Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel
Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel’s big event of 2014 begins this week.

 

Original Sin #1-8 is a murder mystery with cosmic level consequences by Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men, Scalped, Southern Bastards) and Mike Deodato (New Avengers.)
Murder on the moon!

 

The Watcher is dead.

Uatu’s eyes are stolen along with his collection of alien technology, artifacts and secrets.

Marvel’s biggest heroes split up to solve the case but the killing of the ancient alien is just the beginning.

 

“It all started with the idea of a murdered Watcher, which would put all of his most treasured secrets up for grabs. Once I grabbed hold of the story, it was up to me to figure out who killed him and why,” Aaron told Marvel.com. Continue reading JASON AARON On “ORIGINAL SIN” MANHUNT

FUTURES END Begins

DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics
DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics goes into the future with a new weekly series by an all-star creative team. The New 52 Futures End by Dan Jurgens, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Brian Azzarello kicked off on Free Comic Book Day with a free zero issue.

 

In an apocalyptic future Bruce Wayne sends Terry McGinnis back in time to prevent the enslavement of the Justice League and most of humanity. The story picks up 5 years from the present as Batman Beyond takes the lead to reshape destiny. This is The New 52 debut of Terry/Batman Beyond.

 

 
“Really, what we’re trying to do with this book is to explore the nature of what a hero is and we’re doing that, obviously by playing with the future of the New 52 timeline,” Lemire told Associated Press . “Past present and future all colliding in this story line.” Continue reading FUTURES END Begins

X-MEN In A World With NO MORE HUMANS

X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel
X-Men: No More Mutants courtesy Marvel

Two acclaimed X-Men creators unite for a brand new epic starring the Children of the Atom.

 

Writer Mike Carey teams up with artist Salvador Larroca for X-Men: No More Humans, an original graphic novel out this week.

 

Carey joined the X-Men writing team after the Decimation, when Scarlet Witch utter the words, “No More Mutants” sending homo superior on the road to extinction.

 

The X-Men prevailed but now face a similar moral dilemma in this original story following the events of Battle of the Atom.

 

How will the X-Men react when the human race vanishes – including allies like the Avengers and Fantastic Four? Continue reading X-MEN In A World With NO MORE HUMANS

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

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May the 4th Be With You.

This fan celebration of the Star Wars legacy is especially meaningful after the recent photo showing the cast of Star War VII.

Here’s a gallery with great cosplayers of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia who help us relive our Star Wars fantasies:

 

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THE NEXT WOLVERINE Part One

Death of Wolverine courtesy Marvel
Death of Wolverine courtesy Marvel

Wolverine aka Logan aka James Howlett is a dead man walking. Marvel plans on killing the fan-favorite X-Man in Death of Wolverine. After a long life as a tortured hero the nearly immortal mutant lost his healing factor in Wolverine by Paul Cornell. After Cornell’s 3 Months To Die storyline, Logan’s final adventure will appear in Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.

 

This geek has been thinking: Logan may soon be gone but will another clawed hero take his place among the X-Men and Marvel Universe? Continue reading THE NEXT WOLVERINE Part One

Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie? A Comic Historian’s Take

Justice League #1 courtesy DC Comics
Justice League #1 courtesy DC Comics

DC’s biggest heroes will join together in a Justice League movie. Warner Brothers announced Zack Snyder will direct the super team sequel after the Superman vs. Batman sequel to Man of Steel.

 

It’s a given Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman will appear but which other DC icons should hit the big screen with the big three?

 

I reached out to Mike Madrid, author of The Supergirls and Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics. to get his take on which heroes deserve to be in a cinematic league of their own: Continue reading Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie? A Comic Historian’s Take