BLACK WIDOW #2 Review

Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel
Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel

Black Widow #2 is lean, clean, quick storytelling just like Natasha on a deadly mission.

 

After a killer debut issue – writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Phil Noto knock it out of the park with another adventure starring the fan-favorite Avenger…not being an Avenger.

 

Natasha is taking on missions to make up for the “red” in her ledger. This issue’s mission parallels one from her past when she was an assassin. Continue reading BLACK WIDOW #2 Review

BATMAN VS. BANE Rematch

Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 courtesy DC Comics
Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 courtesy DC Comics

Comic book or big screen – there’s nothing like a fight between the Dark Knight and Bane!

 

Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 is the showdown writer Peter Tomasi and artist Scott Eaton are building up to in the pages of Forever Evil: Arkham War.

 

The Arkham War tie-in limited series is just as fun and thrilling as the main event as the inmates of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison carved up Gotham City without a Batman to stop them. Bane took inspiration from his mortal enemy and became the new Dark Knight to crush his resistance and take complete control. Continue reading BATMAN VS. BANE Rematch

New Teams for DETECTIVE COMICS & THE FLASH

Detective Comics #30 courtesy DC Comics
Detective Comics #30 courtesy DC Comics

Two fan-favorite creative teams take two DC Comics icons into new directions this April.

 

The Flash team speeds over to Gotham City. Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato take on the Dark Knight with Detective Comics #30. Batman is caught up in a new mystery involving a deadly new narcotic that has hit the streets of Gotham City.

Green Lantern creators are taking on the fastest man alive showing the deadly consequences of The Flash’s speed powers. Continue reading New Teams for DETECTIVE COMICS & THE FLASH

ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL

Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel
Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel has unleashed two zombie epics into comic book shops. The legendary director George Romero’s Empire of the Dead and Night of the Living Deadpool by Cullen Bunn.

 

The latest Merc With a Mouth limited series stars Wade Wilson in an undead apocalypse. Bunn tells Comic Book Resources how Romero’s film series and other zombie fiction influenced the new Deadpool story. Continue reading ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL

BATMAN ETERNAL #1-4 Preview

Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics

Batman Eternal begins this April. The new weekly series by all-star writers Scott Snyder (acting as a Show Runner) with James Tynion IV, John Layman, Ray Fawkes and Tim Seeley tells a massive storyline with the huge cast of the Dark Knight’s friends and foes.

 

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s ahead in the first month of issues courtesy DC Comics:

 

Batman Eternal #1 James Gordon on the wrong side of the law. Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL #1-4 Preview

DEATH OF A RENEGADE in HARBINGER

Harbinger #22 courtesy Valiant
Harbinger #22 courtesy Valiant

A teen hero pays the ultimate price.

 

Peter. Kris. Zephyr. Flamingo. Torque.  The teens’ ongoing fight with Toyo Harada, superhuman CEO of the Harbinger Foundation takes a deadly turn in April.

 

Valiant revealed in USA Today that a member of the Renegades is going to die in Death of a Renegade. The upcoming 3-part arc starts in Harbinger #22 by Joshua Dysart and Clayton Henry. Continue reading DEATH OF A RENEGADE in HARBINGER