Tag: Arab Super Hero

MARVEL CIVIL WAR Then and Now

Civil War #1 courtesy Marvel
Civil War #1 courtesy Marvel

Your heart aches seeing Captain America and Iron Man beat each other up. I just reread the original Civil War epic after Marvel announced a new Civil War book tie-in to the big Secret Wars event.

Leinil Francis Yu (a veteran of the epic Secret Invasion) joins Charles Soule for the new story set in a brutal Warzone of Battleworld.

“It takes the premise of the original [Civil War]—a super hero-focused internal battle—and expands it out to deliver on the promise of the title,” he explains. “In this new story, the Civil War has been going on for a long time, and it involves all of us—the entire country—not just the super heroes. There’s a twist to the early part of the story that I don’t want to spoil yet, but I will say that Captain America and Tony Stark are still very much at odds in this book,” Soule told Marvel.com. Continue reading MARVEL CIVIL WAR Then and Now

SUPERIOR IRON MAN

Superior Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Superior Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Tony Stark soars to San Francisco with new silver armor and a new agenda in Superior Iron Man #1 this Fall.

 

Marvel newcomers Tom Taylor and Yildiray Cinar take on the iconic Avenger following Kieron Gillen’s huge Iron Man run.

 

The shift comes as Marvel shakes up it’s major icons: new Thor, Goddess of Thunder and Falcon becoming Captain America. Iron Man is the final member of the Avengers Big Three. Continue reading SUPERIOR IRON MAN

Arabic Green Lantern?

 

Green Lantern #0 courtesy DC Comics

  A new Green Lantern from the Middle East? DC Comics revealed the cover to Green Lantern #0 by Geoff Johns and Doug Manke scheduled for September. After seeing the writing on the hero’s arm on the cover I did some searching and I think this Comic Book Resources post does a good job wrapping up the potential for this character.

  What does this mean for Hal Jordan and Sinestro? For the one year anniversary of The New 52 DC is numbering all titles zero and will be stand-alone stories.

 This moves follows the reintroduction of Alan Scott as a gay man and Green Lantern of Earth 2 and continues DC’s commitment to add more diversity. Given this is a stand-alone story it may be a test to see if this character could receive his own title or be part of the Green Lantern Corps.

 I think this may be the first time a Muslim character has been introduced since Dust in Grant Morrison’s New X-Men era.

By Editor