Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy) face the Lizard in Amazing Spider-Man but one monster is not enough for the comic book Spidey! If you love the cinematic webslinger then it’s a great time to start reading Amazing Spider-Man.
Dan Slott is pushing Peter Parker to the limit with not one but two monsters on the loose in this week’s Amazing Spider-Man #689. Chapter Two of No Turning Back finds Morbius the Living Vampire is on the loose. Dr. Curt Connors is cured. So who or what is the other Lizard creature on the loose?
Amazing Spider-Man #689 courtesy Marvel
“This summer we’re giving you a chiller; we’re going from wall-crawling to skin crawling,” Writer Dan Slott tells Marvel.com.
You want Daleks? The Doctor Who Season 7 premiere will contain “every Dalek ever!”
The British Film Institute kicks off the new season of Doctor Who a bit early this year at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival with Asylum of the Daleks. Show runner Steven Moffat and other undisclosed guests will be part of the Q & A session.
“The Daleks are coming back and they’re worse than ever. Just you wait until you see what they’re going to do,” Moffat teased to Screen Rant.
“This is an epic Dalek adventure that kicks off the new series in explosive style! If you think you know all there is to know about the Daleks, think again… [The episode will feature] every kind of Dalek ever faced by the Time Lord – including the legendary Special Weapons Dalek,” Caroline Skinner added on the BBC’s official Doctor Who website.
Imperial Dalek from the Doctor Who episode “Remembrance of the Daleks” in 1998 Photo: Erik Skaar
Geek Gush time: I’d like to see the Doctor, Amy and Rory travel back to Skaro. It’s been ages since we’ve seen the Dalek’s homeworld. And I’m proud to say that here in Seattle we have an Imperial Dalek! It’s part of the Icons of Science Fiction Exhibit at EMP Museum. Any Who fan in the Northwest or visiting the Emerald City should put EMP on their list!
An outer space army has come to earth to kill X-Men! Gladiator is here to snuff out the Phoenix Force and rescue his son. Wait until he finds out what Wolverine did to Kid Gladiator? Nick Bradshaw is bringing the cosmic conflict to life in Wolverine and the X-Men #13. Marvel.com revealed some of Bradshaw’s kinetic and color packed pages.
Remember the first time you saw Gladiator and the Shi’ar Imperial Guard? I was a very young geek. Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin had already blown my mind with what would become the Dark Phoenix Saga. As I opened Uncanny X-Men #137 to see my favorite heroes on an alien spacecraft surrounded by Empress Lilandra and her Imperial Guard. This elite squadron of the most powerful alien warriors dedicated was led by a muscle-bound alien with mohawk. Gladiator (real name Kallark) was created by Claremont and Dave Cockrum. He had an array of powers like Superman and carried a noble air. Gladiator remains one of the coolest creations I ever saw in a comic book.
Wolverine and the X-Men #13 courtesy Marvel.com
Gladiator has fought with and against the X-Men to protect the universe from the Phoenix. Emperor Kallark now leads the Shi’ar Empire and his son is at Wolverine’s school – protected by Warbird. The Phoenix is back on Earth. Gladiator and his alien army have come to save his son and take on the Phoenix Five.
Wolverine and the X-Men #13 courtesy Marvel.com
The tease for this issue also promises to reveal more about Warbird’s past. This is my favorite X-book. Jason Aaron has been knocking my out with each issue. Nick Bradshaw’s art has an Art Adams vibe.
This Avengers vs X-Men tie-in chapter comes out in July. Gladiator beat down Colossus in the Dark Phoenix Saga but a Phoenix powered Colossus may be the warrior’s biggest challenge. Here’s hoping Kallark survives!
Wolverine and the X-Men #13 courtesy Marvel.com
A post-thought: given the cosmic direction Marvel movies are going maybe we’ll see the Shi’ar Empire in an Avengers sequel or if a Guardians of the Galaxy movie happens?
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy is stalked by Dr. Curt Connors as the Lizard in this new preview clip of Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Marvel.com. Love MJ but I’m glad director Marc Webb decided to go with Peter Parker’s first love, Gwen.
Hello Batman Fans! You can now buy advance tickets and collector gift cards for The Dark Knight Rises via Fandango links on the site. Choose from Batman, Catwoman or Bane!
Keep checking back for more news as we count down to Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale’s final Batman film! The Dark Knight Rises opens July 20th.
Marvel Universe vs. The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com
Author Jonathan Maberry is taking you back to a horrific future filled with heroes turned zombies. The man behind Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher and Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine returns with Marvel Universe vs. The Avengers.
What’s left of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fights to survive a plague ravaged planet. Maberry tells Marvel.com the horror hits home for Hawkeye.
“The story is intensely personal, as all stories of great cultural trauma,” the writer asserts. “These are horror stories, and MARVEL UNIVERSE VS THE AVENGERS takes the horror down to a very personal level. We are no longer witnessing the world’s hurt or the cultural hurt, we’re inside the head –and heart—of a man who is experiencing the most personal kind of hurt.”
“The story is told from Hawkeye’s perspective, but most of the big guns are there: Thor, Hulk—red and green versions—Iron Man, Giant Man, Luke Cage, Black Widow, Mockingbird, Spider-Man, and others,” reveals Maberry. “We also check in on the kids at Avengers Academy. The events in these four issues cut a bloody swath across the entire Avengers landscape.”
Leandro Fernandez is the artist on this four part series coming this October. For more of his interview here’s the Marvel.com link.
A week of teaser images with Avengers under fire is capped off with this reveal by Marvel.com: The Punisher War Zone featuring the previous images of Captain America, Wolverine, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and Black Widow surrounding a silhouette of Marvel’s most infamous vigilante anti-hero.
Is Frank Castle going to take on the Avengers? More will be revealed at the Amazing Spider-Man panel at Comicon International on July 15th.
This is not what I was expecting. What do you think?
This new X-Treme X-Men #1 variant revealed on Marvel.com inspires great X-memories for me. Salvador Larroca is one of my favorite artists and this marks a homecoming of sorts for the Spanish creator. The new X-Treme X-Men debuting in July is a team of mutants from various dimensions by Greg Pak and Stephen Segovia. Dazzler, Kid Nightcrawler, Emmiline Frost and Captain Howlett (an alternate version of Wolverine) will venture through time and space to save the multiverse. This series is a spinoff of Pak’s Astonishing X-Men run.
X-Treme X-Men #1 Vol 1 courtesy Marvel
Larroca teamed with legendary Chris Claremont on the first incarnation of X-Treme X-Men featuring Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Psylocke, Sage, Bishop as globetrotting team in search of Destiny’s Diaries. I have this #1 issue in a frame on my mantle. Larroca later joined Peter Milligan on X-Men with weird tales like Golgotha, The Blood of Apocalypse and Bizarre Love Triangle: Mystique’s “foxxy” infiltration of the team. Larroca even worked on Chuck Austen’s X-Men’s run.
Uncanny X-Men #174 courtesy Marvel
Ed Brubaker welcomes Larroca back on Uncanny X-Men for his Morlock storyline. Larroca always seems to be evolving his style. His interpretation of Storm in particular.
Since 2008 Larroca has worked with Matt Fraction on Invincible Iron Man. I highly recommend newuniversal by Warren Ellis. With the rumored creative changes coming to Marvel’s main books perhaps Larroca will return to an X-Men book but until then let’s Marvel at this gorgeous cover.
