AMAZING X-MEN Showdown & Goodbye

Amazing X-Men #5 courtesy Marvel
Amazing X-Men #5 courtesy Marvel

A final showdown on supernatural seas.

 

This week Nightcrawler leads his mutant friends in a battle against his father’s fleet of demon pirates in Amazing X-Men #5 by writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness.

 

Logan, Storm, Beast, Northstar, Iceman and Firestar have been through heaven and hell literally in their quest to find the truth about Kurt Wagner who died to save mutant messiah Hope Summers in the Second Coming crossover. Continue reading AMAZING X-MEN Showdown & Goodbye

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Trailer

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

The new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past is here via YouTube.

 

Director Bryan Singer unites the cast of X-Men: First Class with the original X trilogy in a film based on the classic story by Chris Claremont.

 

In 2023 Professor X (Patrick Stewart) Magneto (Ian McKellen) and surviving X-Men (Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin) send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back to the 1970’s to change history.

 

Logan confronts young Charles (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to unite and prevent a war that will decimate the mutant race but the one person who may not veer from her path is Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence.)

 

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Trailer

Alexander’s Marvelous Make-A-Wish Day

Alexander as Hulk by Garza
Alexander as Hulk by Ricardo Garza

Alexander is small but courageous with mighty dreams. The six-year-old boy from Everett, Washington lives with cystic fibrosis. Alexander fights this life threatening condition but for one day he had an adventure to take his mind of his illness.

 

Alexander got a hero’s salute this weekend thanks to Make-A-Wish volunteers and members of Comic Book Characters For Causes. Alexander loves Marvel’s The Avengers, especially Hulk and Captain America so Team Alex “Assembled” an Avengers themed shopping spree. Continue reading Alexander’s Marvelous Make-A-Wish Day

DARK HORSE COMICS Reveals EMERALD CITY COMICON Plans

 

Buffy Season 10 #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Buffy Season 10 #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics revealed the master plans for fans at the sold out Emerald City Comicon in Seattle next week. After revealing the four cover variants creators for the pop culture event, the publisher has revealed creator signings and panels.

 

SIGNING SCHEDULE:
Friday, March 28
11:00 MIND MGMT, STAR WARS: REBEL HEIST Matt Kindt
12:00  SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND #1 EMERALD CITY COMICON VARIANT  Jenny Frison
1:00  COLDER Paul Tobin
2:00  DREAM THIEF Jai Nitz  NEVER ENDING Adam Knave and D. J. Kirkbride
3:30  PROJECT BLACK SKY Joshua Williamson (Captain Midnight), Christopher Sebela (Ghost), Joshua Hale Fialkov (Skyman), Frank Barbiere (Blackout), and Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy)
4:30  THE WHITE SUITS Frank Barbiere
BATTLEPUG Mike Norton
5:30  MASS EFFECT: FOUNDATION Tony Parker
DRAGON AGE Chad Hardin Continue reading DARK HORSE COMICS Reveals EMERALD CITY COMICON Plans

Fox Sets Dates For FANTASTIC FOUR, THE WOLVERINE 2

The Wolverine courtesy Marvel.com
The Wolverine courtesy Marvel.com

Fox moves full speed ahead its own cinematic universe based on the Marvel heroes it controls by locking down dates for Marvel’s First Family and fan-favorite X-Man.

 

The studio set June 19, 2015 as the date for Fantastic Four reboot and March 3, 2017 as the date for a sequel to The Wolverine and July 13, 2018 for a “Marvel mystery” film. X-Men: Apocalypse is already scheduled for May 27, 2016. Continue reading Fox Sets Dates For FANTASTIC FOUR, THE WOLVERINE 2

Which Mutants Could Be In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

Age of Apocalypse #13 courtesy Marvel
Age of Apocalypse #13 courtesy Marvel

X-Men: Days of Future Past in just a few months away but director Bryan Singer is already thinking of which mutants would be in the sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse.

 

“I’m considering a Gambit and potentially a young Nightcrawler for Apocalypse,” he said. “[I was] going to have Nightcrawler appear [in Days of Future Past] and even wrote a scene, but I felt that we were forcing too many mutants known history,” Singer told Cine Premiere. Continue reading Which Mutants Could Be In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

EMERALD CITY COMICON Guide

Batman #29 Emerald City Comicon variant courtesy DC Comics
Batman #29 Emerald City Comicon variant courtesy DC Comics

Emerald City Comicon 2014 is just one week away. The celebration in Seattle grew like the Hulk and for the first time – is completely sold out. Karen Gillan, Karl Urban, Stephen Amell, Ron Perlman, Richard Dean Anderson and Nichelle Nichols are just some of the stars fans can meet in panels, photo and autograph opportunities. Jim Lee, Peter David, Klaus Janson and Arthur Adams are some of the comic book icons attending.

 

If you’re one of the fans coming to see the stellar roster of celebrities and top comic book creators here are some helpful hints to maximize your experience. By special request here’s a guide to Comicons for Virgins! Continue reading EMERALD CITY COMICON Guide