We continue our look at the amazing year in comic books. Here are more of our favorite heroes, moments, creators and trends of 2013.
Best Team Leader: Steve Rogers, now and forever but especially as seen in Infinity. The master tactician rallied the universe and coached his team (Thor – Infinity MVP?) to an intergalactic victory against the Builders and then take back the Earth from Thanos. Continue reading Best Comics of 2013: Heroes, Trends and More
Favorite Batman Series of the Year That Could…
Batman and Robin
Let me say up front I love all the Batman books but here’s the point I want to make:
Batman and Batman, Incorporated have powerhouse storytelling teams…with big publicity pushes behind them. The return of the Joker and death of Robin were huge events worthy of the marketing push and mainstream media attention.
I want to commend the Batman and Robin team of writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray who told the story of the impact from those events in one of my favorite arcs of the year or any year. Continue reading Best of 2013 BATMAN AND ROBIN
Favorite Writer:
Jonathan Hickman
Hard to narrow down but it came to to these four Words: Avengers, New Avengers, Infinity!
I have never loved Avengers the way I’m loving the team right now. Steve and Tony expanded the roster to create an Avengers World but threats from across the universe and multiverse tested Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Continue reading Best Comics of 2013 Favorite Writer
Looking back at women in the pages and behind the comics of 2013. Here’s a salute to three breakout new heroines of the year:
Forever Carlyle
One of my favorite new characters and books of 2013. Forever Carlyle is a creation of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark in Lazarus from Image Comics. In a near future there’s no government but powerful families control everything. The poor masses are referred to as waste. Each family has a Lazarus born to serve them. Forever is the Lazarus of House Carlyle who begins to question her obedience after a betrayal by the family she’s devoted her life to serving. Continue reading BEST OF 2013 WOMEN of the Year Part 2
Favorite Feel Good Moment:
Nightcrawler is alive…sort of.
The signs were there in Wolverine and X-Men and then finally saw our beloved dead hero lost in a strange afterlife in the final panels of X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2.
To hell with death not lasting comics Continue reading Best of 2013 Comic Book Moments
Biggest Risk That Worked:
Superior Spider-Man!
How do you celebrate 700 issues of Amazing Spider-Man? Have your hero’s identity’s stolen by his greatest enemy!
Dan Slott and the Spider-team pulled off one of the greatest shocks of 2012: Otto Octavius had switched bodies with Peter Parker! It was Peter trapped in the dying body of Dr. Octopus for nearly a year. Just when you thought the good guy would prevail – Continue reading Best of 2013 Biggest Risk