An ominous teaser from Marvel’s Facebook page:
The Watcher Is Dead:
Who Is Next?
Uatu the Watcher is murdered in Marvel’s big event series Original Sin. The ancient alien’s eyes are stolen along with all his secrets and knowledge. Two teams of Marvel’s heroes will divide into two units to investigate the cosmic murder mystery. Continue reading ORIGINAL SIN Teases Marvel Murder
Inhuman #1 is the next step in the evolution of Marvel’s most intriguing family.
Black Bolt and Medusa were the King and Queen of a hidden race descended from humans genetically altered by the Kree.
Black Bolt is missing – presumed dead. The Kingdom fell. The Inhumans are exposed to the world. A genetic bomb triggered Inhumanity among thousands or perhaps millions of human beings.
The drama centers squarely on Medusa as writer Charles Soule said in a recent
Marvel liveblog: Continue reading MEDUSA of INHUMAN
The riddle answered!
The upcoming Batman-themed series Gotham will include the genius Edward Nygma who will become the Riddler.
Warner Brothers and DC Comics announced Cory Michael Smith has been cast as Nygma – described as a “brilliant young forensic scientist working for the Gotham PD with a penchant for speaking in… rather cryptic language. Inquisitive, eccentric and outgoing — yet socially awkward — he wants to be liked, but he doesn’t quite know how.” Continue reading GOTHAM Casts Riddler
Action Comics #30 Superman Doomed begins here! In the aftermath of Forever Evil – Superman is the villain, Lex Luthor is the hero? As if Clark didn’t have it bad enough – Doomsday is coming! Who’s bringing the Kryptonian monster to Earth?
Detective Comics #30 Batman and Harvey Bullock in a race to find a killer, the 52 debut of two obscure Bat-villains and more as a brand new team takes on the book the launched the Dark Knight. Continue reading Top Comic Book Picks for April 2, 2014
Fox unveils the first television spot for X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Featuring the voice of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) the spot shows the apocalyptic future in which mutants are in a losing war with robots called Sentinels.
The story is based on the classic story by Chris Claremont in which the X-Men of the future send one of their own into the past to change destiny.
With plenty of action from new mutants (Blink, Sunspot) and favorites like Wolverine here’s the spot:
Two of Marvel’s most insane characters start a battle of the ages this week.
The Merc With a Mouth takes on the Spider-Man killer Carnage in Deadpool vs. Carnage by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Salva Espin (the creative team behind Deadpool Kills Deadpool.)
“In this series, Carnage is embarking on a wild, random killing spree. Continue reading DEADPOOL VS. CARNAGE Begins
Spider-Man 2099 is back in his own solo series. Peter David created Miguel O’Hara back in the 1990’s as part of Marvel’s 2099 future line (which included X-Men, Punisher and Doom 2099.)
O’Hara came into our present in the pages of Superior Spider-Man last year. David will spin new stories of O’Hara in the Marvel Now with artist Will Sliney with covers by Simone Bianchi.
“I try not to “want” to return to characters I don’t own because, well, I don’t own them. Continue reading SPIDER-MAN 2099 New Series
A tease for Spider-Woman fans at a fan powered panel at Emerald City Comicon. The final question in the Pint O’ C.B. panel came from a Spider-Woman cosplayer asking for a Spider-Woman series?
“Let’s just say at the end of the year, you’ll be very happy,” said C.B. Cebulski, Marvel talent scout.
Jessica Drew is currently a member of Secret Avengers. Continue reading SPIDER-WOMAN Series?