Favorite Writer:
Jonathan Hickman
Hard to narrow down but it came to to these four Words: Avengers, New Avengers, Infinity!
I have never loved Avengers the way I’m loving the team right now. Steve and Tony expanded the roster to create an Avengers World but threats from across the universe and multiverse tested Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Continue reading Best Comics of 2013 Favorite Writer
Looking back at women in the pages and behind the comics of 2013. Here’s a salute to three breakout new heroines of the year:
Forever Carlyle
One of my favorite new characters and books of 2013. Forever Carlyle is a creation of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark in Lazarus from Image Comics. In a near future there’s no government but powerful families control everything. The poor masses are referred to as waste. Each family has a Lazarus born to serve them. Forever is the Lazarus of House Carlyle who begins to question her obedience after a betrayal by the family she’s devoted her life to serving. Continue reading BEST OF 2013 WOMEN of the Year Part 2
Origin II may be the biggest holiday gift from Marvel. Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Iron Man) and Adam Kubert will explore more of James Howlett’s untold past in a new limited series starting next week.
Paul Jenkins and Andy Kubert revealed Logan’s past in Origin back in 2002. We learned the story of a sickly boy named James Howlett in Alberta, Canada who would overcome a painful and tragic childhood and become the fan-favorite X-Man. Continue reading The Wolverine Beast is Back ORIGIN II
Paul Rudd will star in Marvel’s Ant-Man for director Edgar Wright. A big name for a scientist who can shrink down to become Marvel’s smallest hero.
“When Edgar Wright came to us with the idea of Paul Rudd, we felt a huge sense of relief because the first step in creating any Marvel Studios film is finding the right star,” Continue reading Paul Rudd as ANT-MAN
Favorite Feel Good Moment:
Nightcrawler is alive…sort of.
The signs were there in Wolverine and X-Men and then finally saw our beloved dead hero lost in a strange afterlife in the final panels of X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2.
To hell with death not lasting comics Continue reading Best of 2013 Comic Book Moments
Biggest Risk That Worked:
Superior Spider-Man!
How do you celebrate 700 issues of Amazing Spider-Man? Have your hero’s identity’s stolen by his greatest enemy!
Dan Slott and the Spider-team pulled off one of the greatest shocks of 2012: Otto Octavius had switched bodies with Peter Parker! It was Peter trapped in the dying body of Dr. Octopus for nearly a year. Just when you thought the good guy would prevail – Continue reading Best of 2013 Biggest Risk
Best Guilty Pleasure You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About:
Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky from Image Comics.
You think it’s doing to be dirty – it is.
Girl has sex. Stops time.
Girl meets boy. Have sex. Stop time together. Continue reading Best of 2013 Guilty Pleasure
James McAvoy says he’s on board for what will be his third X-Men film. The actor reprises his X-Men: First Class role as the young Professor Charles Xavier in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past.
In an interview with Red Carpet News, McAvoy says he’ll be back for what’s teased as X-Men Apocalypse 2016 and how he keeps to “reinventing Charles Xavier” with each film. Continue reading James McAvoy in X-MEN Apocalypse