SPOILER WARNING!
If you haven’t read Batwoman #17 this week you may want to skip this post – even though the headline gives it away – I know!
Seriously!
OK!
Here it comes:
Congratulations Batwoman! Kate Kane proposed to her Continue reading Batwoman’s Gay Marriage Proposal
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are uncovering clues to a cosmic mystery and discovering the secrets of their newest member in this week’s Avengers #6 by Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert.
Here’s what you need to know if you haven’t been reading: Steve Rogers and Tony Stark realized the Avengers needed to get bigger to battle bigger threats on a global and galactic scale. The team confronted a mysterious trio of strangers on Mars who wanted to scorch and rebuild Earth. When the team is captured Steve “woke the world” and the new recruits (including Sunspot, Cannonball, Shang-Chi, Hyperion and a brand new Smasher) answered the call but it was the new Captain Universe that turned the tide.
Let’s talk about what I loved in this week’s chapter:
1. New kids on the block:
I’m excited that Cannonball and Sunspot have graduated from New Mutants to Avengers. There’s a classic showdown… Continue reading AVENGERS: Captain Universe Revealed!
The exit of Geoff Johns marks a new era for the Green Lantern. DC Comics revealed the new creative teams on the Green Lantern family of books courtesy MTV Geek:
Green Lantern Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar) and Billy Tan will tackle the flagship GL title.
Green Lantern Corps Joshuah Hale Fialkov (I, Vampire) and Bernard Chang.
Green Lantern: New Guardians Justin Jordan and Brad Walker.
Red Lanterns Fialkov and Alessandro Vitti.
Larfleeze Keith Giffen and Scott Kollins give the greedy Continue reading New GREEN LANTERN Teams Revealed
Cable and X-Men are mutants on the run. This powerhouse team has been branded as terrorists. Colossus is one of my favorite X-Men but writer Dennis Hopeless it taking the character into new territory after Avengers vs. X-Men. No Kitty Pryde. No X-Men. Domino thrives on living a life on the run. Colossus not so much as Hopeless explains:
“Colossus is definitely having the worst time of it. He’s dealing with a lot of guilt—old guilt and new guilt—and wants to atone. There’s a simple solution to all of this, but it’s tough to save the world from behind bars. Pete is torn between his guilt and his loyalty to X-Force and their mission”
Pete won’t be on the run much longer. As you can see from Cable and X-Force #6 Colossus goes to prison.
“He wants to make amends, do his time and move on from all the guilt. He likes prison in a weird way. It’s as though a weight has been lifted from his chest and he can breathe again. The only thing particularly difficult about jail is that Domino, Cable and X-Force won’t leave him alone in there.”
Hope Summers is another mutant who’s been “exiled” from the flagship X-titles. The mutant messiah is back with her “dad” and Hopeless will continue to explore Cable’s relationship with the girl he raised and his father, Cyclops.
“I think in both cases, the relationship is hard because of how similar the fathers are to their children. Hope drives Cable nuts because Continue reading CABLE AND X-FORCE: Colossus, Hope and Cyclops!
Marvel has recruited a big gun for a big story starring the biggest team in comics. Nick Spencer (Secret Avengers, Morning Glories) will join Jonathan Hickman on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes starting with Avengers #12 this May. That issue takes the team to the Savage Land. Spencer spoke with Comics Newsarama about his co-writing assignment with the very busy Hickman and what the current stories are driving towards.
“It’s the big lead-up to Infinity. One of the coolest things about the gig is that it wasn’t just, “Come in and kill time for a few issues, and do some filler.” The lion’s share of what I’m working on is the direct lead-in and the prelude to Infinity, and setting the stage for all that, so it’s a big, important story. It wasn’t just an opportunity to be a part of the book, but to be a part of the book at a really crucial juncture.”
The roster of Hickman’s Avengers has expanded to include New Mutants Sunspot and Cannonball along with heavy hitters Continue reading Nick Spencer on AVENGERS to INFINITY
Australian actor Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) will star in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes according The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) will direct the sequel said to be set 15 years after the events of the first film. Andy Serkis will reprise his role as Caesar. No word on if Clarke will play a human or ape. Clarke gave an intense performance as a CIA agent/torturer in Zero Dark Thirty. No word yet on if Rise of the Planet of the Apes stars James Franco or Frieda Pinto will be back.
If the news has you going bananas (yes that was bad) then check out the excellent Planet of the Apes comic book series (there’s more than one)from Boom! Studios to get your fix.
I just hope we have more Continue reading ZERO DARK THIRTY Star in PLANET OF THE APES Sequel
Rick Remender launched Uncanny Avengers (Captain America, Wolverine, Thor, Havok, Rogue, Scarlet Witch) in a big shocking way: a reborn Red Skull armed with the brain of Professor Xavier. I’m not ashamed to say I screamed when I saw the super villain holding the Professor’s brain above his desecrated head.
The battle to stop the Red Skull’s war on mutants continues in the streets of New York as one member of the team switches sides! You could call the reborn Nazi scientist the Omega Skull since Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS Thor Turns Evil?
Captain America and Iron Man recruited powerhouses Captain Universe, Hyperion and a new Smasher to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Writer Jonathan Hickman is revealing the back story of these incredible new members of the team and the fallout from the epic first arc on Mars.
Hickman reunites with his SHIELD series partner on Avengers #7. Marvel shared some of Dustin Weaver’s work on the upcoming issue. In this issue we see the New Adam, a new threat and Continue reading New Threat in Avengers #7 Preview