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Geek Summer Comic Book Must List!

Geek Summer Obsessions! When we revealed our most anticipated movies and comic books of 2013 in January how could we have known the amazing new projects now on the horizon! We know what’s going to drive us to cinemas but these are the books that will make us race to the comic shops this summer:

Daredevil: Dark Nights #1 courtesy Marvel

Daredevil: Dark Nights (June) Acclaimed writer Mark Waid just celebrated the 25th issue of his run with a brand new villain. An all-star team of creators contribute stories to this eight part special series devoted to The Man Without Fear! Artist Lee Weeks (Last Rites) kicks off the event with a story he wrote and drew.

Green Lantern (July) All-new creative teams on all the books starring the heroes and villains of the Green Lantern Corps with Robert Venditti and Billy Tan taking over the lead book in Green Lantern #21. Continue reading Geek Summer Comic Book Must List!

Avengers #11 Review

Avengers #11 was a thrilling, fun side trip on Jonathan Hickman’s cosmic odyssey! You don’t have to have read the earlier issues and enjoy this espionage filled chapter that puts Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman, Sunspot and Cannonball on the front burner of a undercover mission that would impress James Bond.

A.I.M. scientists are taking the alien viruses from the previous arcs and turning them into bioweapons for highest bidder. Natasha, Carol, Jessica, Roberto and Sam assemble in Macao to execute a Mission Impossible operation against A.I.M. agents. Hickman is known for his big epic scope but here he shows he’s equally powerful at writing comedy mixed with the thrills.

The real star of this issue is Continue reading Avengers #11 Review

Daredevil vs. Silver Surfer?

The cosmic alien angel meets the devil of Hell’s kitchen in Daredevil #30 this August! Will they connect or clash?

Marvel shared his first look as Silver Surfer crashes into New York City and meet the Man Without Fear by Chris Samnee.

“Aren’t all Silver Surfer’s best friends blind?” asks Daredevil writer Mark Waid. “Alicia Masters, now Matt Murdock… Continue reading Daredevil vs. Silver Surfer?

Cheshire Enters The New 52!

Jason Todd’s fractured past is coming back to haunt him in a big way! DC Comics revealed Cheshire! Last week Bronze Tiger was unveiled! Both villains are tied to Jason’s past so we can expect them to be appearing in Red Hood and the Outlaws soon.

The original Cheshire was created by the legendary Teen Titans team of Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Jade Nguyen was a lethal master of martial arts who would later join the Injustice Society and the Secret Six.

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IRON MAN, Ms. Marvel, Marvel Movie Updates

The success of Iron Man 3 is a reason to celebrate and speculate! Robert Downey Jr. is now reportedly negotiating with Marvel/Disney to reprise his role as Tony Stark in Avengers 2 and 3 but Iron Man 4 is not part of the discussions according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision.

Avengers 2 is the finale of Marvel Phase Two (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy.) Phase Three kicks off with Ant-Man and ends with Avengers 3.

The story goes on to say other Marvel heroes in consideration for the big screen treatment are Doctor Strange Continue reading IRON MAN, Ms. Marvel, Marvel Movie Updates

Lee Weeks On DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS

An all-star roster of creators is lining up for The Man Without Fear! Daredevil: Dark Nights is an eight-part series packed with incredible talent. Lee Weeks has a well-deserved place in the Daredevil creator hall of fame for his work on the Last Rites (with writer D.G. Chichester) storyline from the 1990’s. Now Weeks has written and drawn this story of Matt Murdock and a young person near death in a New York blizzard. Marvel shared a first look at Weeks’s story Angels Unaware and the Continue reading Lee Weeks On DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS

Skrulls Are Back in AVENGERS #18

Avengers and Skrulls….allies?

Infinity is the cosmic event of the year that Jonathan Hickman has been building up to in Avengers and New Avengers. Marvel’s Infinity Free Comic Book Day by Hickman and Jim Cheung set the stage for the brutal conflict to come and introduced a powerful new villain the Marvel Universe.

You know he’s a bad if he works for Thanos! Corvus Glave is a “General” in the next campaign of Thanos. Take a look below at Jim Cheung’s design for the sinister enforcer of the Mad God of Titan’s agenda from Marvel.

This new alien warrior stole the show in the FCBD issue but look who’s back! Check out the cover of Avengers #18 by Leinil Yu. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fought off a Secret Invasion of the Skrulls. Now the Avengers must rely on the aggressive shape-shifters for help?

What could bring Continue reading Skrulls Are Back in AVENGERS #18

Wolverine’s Avenging Friends

How can Logan defeat an enemy he can’t punch, hack or slash? Writer Paul Cornell and artist Alan David kicked off Wolverine’s new solo book with a deadly trail of alien carnage ripping through New York City in the first two issues. Can Nick Fury Jr. help Logan beat this impossible new foe in this week’s Wolverine #3.

Borrowing the words of a famous songwriter can Logan “get by with a little help from his friends?”

Wolverine is an X-Man, an Avenger, a Headmaster. Logan may have a reputation as a loner but this hero may actually be a super “people” person. Paul Cornell explains how Logan’s friends and allies will play a role as the series moves forward:

“He likes people. He’s actually a very strange creature. He chooses to keep himself grounded and involved with human beings, to be both an effectively immortal mutant with additional military implants, and this guy who likes bars and beer,” Cornell tells Marvel.com,

I think [he sees] them as fellow professionals, people who do the same job he does. “Hero” would be a difficult word for most of them. He takes responsibility, I think, and he likes the company of others who do the same, particularly Continue reading Wolverine’s Avenging Friends

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