WOLVERINE Payback Time

Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel

The darker side of the fan-favorite X-Man is  unleashed this week.

 

Paul Cornell and Alan Davis killed it with Killable – in which Logan has lost his mutant healing factor while fighting a mind-controlling virus.

 

Marvel relaunch the X-Man’s solo series with a brand new Wolverine #1 this week with a new attitude and mission for Logan.

 

Superior Spider-Man artist Ryan Stegman joins Cornell for the first arc of the new series and he’s given Logan a new costume. Continue reading WOLVERINE Payback Time

LOKI’S New Mission Begins

Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 courtesy Marvel
Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 courtesy Marvel

Fans have petitioned for Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to star in his own solo movie. The trickster is getting his own comic book series this week. In Loki: Agent of Asgard imagine the God of Lies as the James Bond of the Nine Realms!

 

Kid Loki was leading Young Avengers (the story behind Loki’s transformation to adulthood can be found there) but in the new series he’s all grown up and working for the All-Mother. Continue reading LOKI’S New Mission Begins

New MS. MARVEL Begins

Ms. Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel
Ms. Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel

Mighty. Marvel. Muslim.

 

This brand new hero in her own solo book comes to the Marvel Universe this week.

 

Ms. Marvel is the code name now used by a teenage girl from New Jersey. When Kamala Khan develops shape-shifting powers she decides to become a hero and adopts the code name once used by her favorite Avenger, Carol Danvers.

 

Writer G. Willow Wilson explains what makes this new Ms. Marvel different on Marvel.com: Continue reading New MS. MARVEL Begins

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Super Bowl Trailer

courtesy Sony Pictures
courtesy Sony Pictures

Sony unveiled the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Andrew Garfield returns as Peter Parker. While Spidey’s popularity grows in New York so do his list of enemies.

 

The packed game day trailer includes:

The origin of Electro (Jamie Foxx) and his obsession with Spidey.

An armored up Rhino on the attack.

The ultra creepy Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan.)

And maybe most heart-racing of all…a scene with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) that could mirror one of the most shocking moments in comics history.

 

Watch part one and two again: Continue reading AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Super Bowl Trailer

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Super Bowl Trailer

 

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Marvel unleashed trailer two for Captain America: The Winter Soldier with more action, more conspiracy and more of the fan-favorite Avenger pushed to his limits by a relentless killer.

 

Chris Evans is back as Steve Rogers with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. The two Avengers must track down a mysterious assassin known as The Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie joins up as Falcon. There’s a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D.

 

Not even Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is safe:

 

Watch it again: Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Super Bowl Trailer

EARTH 2 BATMAN Revealed

Earth 2 Annual courtesy DC Comics
Earth 2 Annual courtesy DC Comics

Jessie Eisenberg cast as Lex Luthor in the Man of Steel sequel is dominating comics news so you may have missed out on a big reveal in DC Comics this week.

 

The identity and origin of Batman of Earth 2 was revealed in Earth 2 Annual by Tom Taylor. The identity of the man under the cape and cowl has been highly anticipated since this Dark Knight joined the cast. Continue reading EARTH 2 BATMAN Revealed