New Avengers Showdown!

New Avengers #7 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers #7 courtesy Marvel

Mike Deodato will join Jonathan Hickman on the Avengers and New Avengers. After showing off the acclaimed artist’s upcoming work spotlighting Shang-Chi and his teammates in Hong Kong, Marvel shows a showdown that’s been brewing since Avengers vs. X-Men!

When Namor was possessed by the Phoenix Force he led an invasion of Wakanda that devastated the Black Panther’s homeland and people. When Hickman launched New Avengers #1 it was T’Challa gathering a new Illuminati to battle a cosmic threat to Earth.

Check out the cover of New Avengers #7! Namor may have been under the influence of the Phoenix during the Wakanda invasion but the Sub-Mariner has always been and will be an arrogant, quick tempered royal. It looks like the tension between T’Challa and Namor will explode in this issue!

Can Captain America, Iron Man, Doctor Strange keep the peace?

New Avengers #7 arrives in June.

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Avengers #11 Preview!

Avengers #11 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #11 courtesy Marvel

Mike Deodato joins Jonathan Hickman for the first time on Avengers and New Avengers as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes march towards Infinity! Here’s a look Mike Deodato’s art from Avengers #11 as the heroes have a showdown in Hong Kong as Wake the Dragon begins. New member Shang-Chi will take the spotlight as the Avengers fight it out in Asia before they head out to deep space in this summer’s big event: Infinity.

Avengers #11 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #11 courtesy Marvel

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HAWKEYE & The Ladies

Hawkeye #9 courtesy Marvel
Hawkeye #9 courtesy Marvel

Ex-wife, work-wife, girlfriend.

The women in Clint Barton’s life may be his only lifeline when assassins target the Avenging Archer. Black Widow, Mockingbird, Spider-Woman and Kate Bishop team up in this week’s Hawkeye #9.

Hawkeye #9 courtesy Marvel
Hawkeye #9 courtesy Marvel

This acclaimed new Hawkeye series by Matt Fraction and David Aja is about Clint Barton when he’s not on duty as an Avenger. When you’re a superhero Continue reading HAWKEYE & The Ladies

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up

Superior Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Superior Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel

A giant web of announcements for the web-slinger! Big changes coming in Superior Spider-Man #9, a brand Superior Foes of Spider-Man series by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber and now Superior Spider-Man is gunning for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!

In order to beat them, he’s going to join them! Chris Yost and David Lopez team up for a brand new series starring the webslinger.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #1 takes fans across the entire Marvel Universe and pits Superior Spider-Man against heroes and foes you wouldn’t Continue reading Superior Spider-Man Team-Up

THANOS RISING Review

Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel
Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel

I feel a little uneasy right now after having just read Thanos Rising #1. Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi actually made me feel sympathy and empathy for the most cold-blooded, ruthless killer in the Marvel Universe.

The Demi-God who worships Death comes to the planet of his birth and flashes back to his birth. Is a villain born evil, does he grew up that way or is manipulated into his deadly legacy?

As I read this first issue I was reminded of the boys in Stephen King’s Stand By Me, Norman Bates in Psycho and  Continue reading THANOS RISING Review

THANOS RISES

Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel
Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel

Are villains born bad or just raised that way?

One of Marvel’s biggest bad guys got a cameo in the finale of The Avengers movie but he’s the star of a major comic book event kicking off this week. Thanos Rising #1 takes you  into the childhood of the alien who grew up worshipping Death and would wipe out half the universe to honor her.

Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel
Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel

Even non-comic book fans know the origins of Magneto, Doctor Doom and Green Goblin thanks to the movies but just who is this mysterious alien overlord?

Superstar writer Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men, Ghost Rider, Venom)as he explores the past of the Mad Titan in Thanos Rising! Marvel shared Simone Bianchi’s artwork from Thanos Rising #1.

Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel
Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel

How did an alien child grow up to become a Demi-God obsessed with Death? What is his plan for the Marvel Universe?

Thanos is the villain that will drive Marvel’s comic books and movies so this could be a critical series for fans to follow.

Thanos Rising #1 hits Earth this this week.

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INFINITY & Avengers

Thanos by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel
Thanos by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel

Captain America and Iron Man rallied to create a bigger roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and declared Earth as Avengers World in Jonathan Hickman’s first arc. The new and improved team isn’t big enough to handle what’s coming in the six-part event Infinity.

The Avengers will need to become a universal team to face Thanos. Marvel is revealing new details about the event that will bring Black Bolt and the Inhumans into the cosmic clash with the Mad God of Titan (and the villain behind Loki’s invasion in The Avengers movie.)

“Events stories simply don’t come bigger Continue reading INFINITY & Avengers

THANOS RISING “There Are No Good Guys”

Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel
Thanos Rising #1 courtesy Marvel

That evil smirk!

Thanos was the big purple bad revealed during the first ending of Marvel’s The Avengers that made some in the audience go “huh?” or “OH —-!!!”

Thanos was behind Loki’s alien army in the movie but in the comic books this super villain once wiped out half the universe.

The cosmic comeback of Thanos continues in a brand new limited series Thanos Rising out this week! Who would be willing to go into the mind of Marvel’s biggest killers? Writer Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men, Ghost Rider, Venom, Scalped) teams up with artist Simone Bianchi to reveal the origins of Thanos.  Aaron talks with Marvel.com about why he wants to delve into the origin of the death worshipping God of Titan.

“The chance to do as dark Continue reading THANOS RISING “There Are No Good Guys”