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HAVOK In AXIS

Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS begins this week. Alex Summers could be a pivotal hero in the war against the new Onslaught.

 

Rick Remender took Havok from back burner X-Man to leader of the Avengers Unity Squad two years ago in Uncanny Avengers. Now Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom are united against the power of the Red Skull.

 

Alex and Janet Van Dyne shared a love and a daughter in an alternate world that was sacrificed to defeat Kang the Conqueror and reset reality. Will that loss lead to Havok joining the Red Skull? In an earlier AXIS teaser it seemed the villain was making a direct appeal to Alex. Continue reading HAVOK In AXIS

Top Comics for October 8, 2014

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 courtesy Marvel

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1

The Red Skull uses the power of Professor X’s mind to unleash World War Hate on mutants. Can Rogue and Scarlet Witch unite to stop Magneto after his deadly mistake? What secret is Iron Man keeping from his fellow heroes? Rick Remender kicks off Act One: The Red Supremacy.

 

 

Batgirl #35

New mission, new era, new team as Barbara Gordon attempts to build an all-new Batgirl. Barbara starts over after losing everything but her hip new home is filled with new threats. Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr. Continue reading Top Comics for October 8, 2014

AVENGERS and X-MEN AXIS Arrival

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 courtesy Marvel

AXIS is almost here.

 

In Avengers and X-Men AXIS #1  Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom must stand together against the mutated power of the Red Skull. The Captain America villain stole Professor Xavier’s brain and harnessed the power to unleash World War Hate.

 

This is the big event writer Rick Remender has been building up to after two years in pages of Uncanny Avengers. Continue reading AVENGERS and X-MEN AXIS Arrival

SCARLET WITCH & DOCTOR DOOM United? AXIS #3 Preview

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #3 courtesy Marvel
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #3 courtesy Marvel

Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom – the reunion!

 

Marvel shared a preview of Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1, the conclusion of Act One: The Red Supremacy.

 

Heroes are broken and splintered after assault by the Red Skull, armed with the power of Professor X’s mind.

 

Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom are left in the ashes. Can the bitter enemies find a way to work together? Continue reading SCARLET WITCH & DOCTOR DOOM United? AXIS #3 Preview

DOMINIC COOPER Returns As HOWARD STARK In AGENT CARTER

Dominic Cooper in Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel
Dominic Cooper in Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel

Marvel makes it official:

 

Dominic Cooper will reprise his role as Howard Stark on Marvel’s Agent Carter in 2015.

 

Cooper played Iron Man’s father in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The American industrialist was key to the creation of the first Super Soldier, winning World War II and the founding of what would become S.H.I.E.L.D. Continue reading DOMINIC COOPER Returns As HOWARD STARK In AGENT CARTER

Rebirth of a Hero In CAPTAIN AMERICA #25

Captain America #25 courtesy Marvel
Captain America #25 courtesy Marvel

World War II hero Captain America is a part of Marvel history and comics history is made this week when a new hero takes over the role and wields the shield.

 

As you can see from this Marvel preview of Captain America #25, the Avengers are gathering for this powerful moment.

 

The Super Soldier Serum was drained from of Steve Rogers body. Cap’s super strength may be gone but he’s far from a broken but he is a frail elderly man in his 90’s. Continue reading Rebirth of a Hero In CAPTAIN AMERICA #25

AVENGERS Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

Did you feel the seismic shifts and shocks in Avengers and New Avengers this week as Time Runs Out?

 

Jonathan Hickman took the books and teams 8 months into a radically different near future: S.H.I.E.L.D. appears to running the Avengers. A.I.M. is now owned and operated by a rookie Avenger, some heroes have left the planet, some are being hunted by former friends and allies.

 

The mighty Avengers Tower is now S.H.I.E.L.D. Station Golgotha, an ominous name for precision run fortress. Continue reading AVENGERS Of S.H.I.E.L.D.