New ALL-NEW X-FACTOR Preview

X-Factor #2 courtesy Marvel
X-Factor #2 courtesy Marvel

X-Factor is not just a superhero team…it’s a brand name.

 

This week an All-New X-Factor #1 hits comic book shops.

 

Peter David gives the mutant team concept a new twist: Serval Industries buys the “X-Factor” name and launches their own superhero group. Continue reading New ALL-NEW X-FACTOR Preview

First Top Comic Book Picks of 2014

Young Avengers #15 courtesy Marvel
Young Avengers #15 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Factor #1 The best mutants money can buy? Peter David recruits Polaris, Quicksilver and Gambit for his corporate team of heroes.

 

Avengers World #1 Captain America and Iron Man recruited a huge new team…and they may still not have enough Avengers! Nick Spencer joins Jonathan Hickman for a new globe-spanning epic with a focus on the rookies like Smasher, Cannonball, Sunspot and Shang-Chi.

 

Batman/Superman #7 It’s the Dark Knight vs. the Man of Steel is a trap set by Toymaster! Artist Brett Booth joins writer Greg Pak so this special “sideways” issue as our hero fight themselves with Mongul waiting in the wings! Continue reading First Top Comic Book Picks of 2014

All-New X-FACTOR Evolves Again

All-New X-Factor #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Factor #1 courtesy Marvel

Peter David and X-Factor are back in business…literally!

 

All-New X-Factor #1 by David and Carmine Di Giandomenico is out this week.

 

From being the government’s mutant liaison team to a mutant detective agency – Peter David has evolved the X-Factor title over more than a decade of writing. Now David will evolve the book again with a brand new number one. Continue reading All-New X-FACTOR Evolves Again

X-FORCE vs. X-FORCE Begins in VENDETTA

Cable and X-Force #18 courtesy Marvel
Cable and X-Force #18 courtesy Marvel

X-Force vs. X-Force! The New Year kicks off with bangs as the two teams go to war. Marvel announced Vendetta at New York Comic Con. The fight between Cable’s crew and Psylocke’s squad will blast all through this month.

 

Bad blood and old scores will be settled in Vendetta coming to UNCANNY X-FORCE and CABLE & X-FORCE from the creative teams of Sam Humphries and Harvey Tolibao and Dennis Hopeless and Angel Unzueta. Continue reading X-FORCE vs. X-FORCE Begins in VENDETTA

New HULK Smash?

Hulk #1 courtesy Marvel a CBR exclusive
Hulk #1 courtesy Marvel a CBR exclusive

Even the Hulk is not indestructible.

 

Bruce Banner’s status quo is getting smashed when Indestructible Hulk ends and Hulk #1 begins in April.

 

Artist Mark Bagley joins writer Mark Waid as Marvel relaunches the Green Goliath. Continue reading New HULK Smash?

14 Characters to Watch in 2014 Part Two

FF #6 courtesy Marvel
FF #6 courtesy Marvel

Let’s continue our look at the 14 characters to watch in 2014.

 

8. Medusa

The Inhumans are Marvel’s next big thing after years of playing supporting roles in Avengers and Fantastic Four sagas. Black Bolt and Medusa have always been one of Marvel’s greatest power couples. With her King missing, the Royal Family homeless and an outbreak of new Inhumans popping up around the globe – how will the regal Queen cope? Continue reading 14 Characters to Watch in 2014 Part Two