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New Comics Picks for March 23, 2016

Batman #50 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #50 courtesy DC Comics

From the best Batman to the worst X-Man to a fan-favorite Doctor Who companion’s comeback – here are our top five new comics picks of the week:

Batman #50

Bruce Wayne is back in the famous cape and cowl to join Jim Gordon in a battle with Mister Bloom to save Gotham City. It’s the super-sized conclusion of Superheavy as we near the end of an epic era by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo.

X-Men: Worst X-Man #2

Bailey Hoskins may have the worst mutant power ever but what does Mystique have planned for the rookie? The hit limited series by Say Anything frontman Max Bemis and artist Michael Walsh continues as Bailey faces another classic X-foe. Continue reading New Comics Picks for March 23, 2016

16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO

Here we go with more of our 16 comic book characters to watch in 2016. Let’s begin part two with an “all the hail the King!”

Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel
Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel

Black Panther

After playing a central role as King of the Dead and The Illuminati in Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers/Secret Wars epic, T’Challa returns to his Wakanda in a brand new series and officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

T’Challa and Namor are leading an assault on Doctor Doom in Secret Wars #9 finale in January and T’Challa is now a member of the new Ultimates.

Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehesi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze launch a brand new Black Panther ongoing book in 2016. In the yearlong arc, T’Challa must cope with an uprising in Wakanda by a superhuman terrorist group. Continue reading 16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO

WHY IS HE THE WORST X-MAN?

X-Men: The Worst X-Man Ever courtesy Marvel
X-Men: The Worst X-Man Ever courtesy Marvel

Get ready to meet the worst X-Man ever.

Bailey Hoskins is the star of an upcoming limited series by Max Bemis and Michael Walsh. This will be the first serial Marvel work for Say Anything lead singer turned comic book writer.

X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever is the five-part story of an outsider among outsiders.

High school is hard enough for introverts who don’t fit in but things get worse when you’re a mutant.

Bemis explains what happens when this teen’s power kicks in. Continue reading WHY IS HE THE WORST X-MAN?

WORST X-MEN EVER?

Uncanny X-Men #349 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #349 courtesy Marvel

We try to keep things positive here but with the announcement of X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever we couldn’t resist to look back at some of the maybe not to popular mutants who made the team…even for a brief membership.

The new X-book by Max Bemis and Michael Walsh will star a new mutant. We don’t know his powers or back story or why he deserves this ominous title but it does make one think: Who are the worst X-Men?

Let’s face it, after decades and dozens of characters, it’s hard for writers and artists to create a new mutant that will take off. We’ve often said, for every Gambit and Rogue….there’s a Maggott and Marrow.

Yet there’s a fan who may love these odd (even for mutants) heroes and want them back.

For your consideration, here are candidates for Worst X-Man ever: Continue reading WORST X-MEN EVER?