The women behind Agent Carter take Captain Marvel into orbit and Poison Ivy gets her own book! These two women take the lead in our new comic picks of the week.
Captain Marvel #1 Carol Danvers leads Alpha Flight?! The fan-favorite Avenger is the new head of S.W.O.R.D. with her own team and satellite headquarters. Danvers is Earth’s first of defense against alien threats in a new series by the team behind Marvel’s Agent Carter and Uncanny X-Men artist Kris Anka.
Poison Ivy: The Cycle of Life and Death #1 The Batman femme fatale in her own limited series. Dr. Isley gets a new start but when a fellow scientist is killed, all evidence points to Ivy. Writer Amy Chu and artist Clay Mann get the bad girl entangled in a new Gotham conspiracy. Continue reading New Comics Picks for January 20, 2016
A big week for two of Marvel’s most beloved female heroes and the two women behind those characters.
Writers Tara Butters and Michelle Fazekas celebrate the start of the second season of Agent Carter and the launch of a new volume of Captain Marvel. They recruited the women behind the acclaimed Agent Carter television series.
Butters and Fazekas take over the new adventures of Carol Danvers after the departure of Kelly Sue DeConnick who transformation Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel, inspiring the Carol Corps fan movement.
Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man revealed secrets of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a blast into the past that made longtime comics readers swoon.
We know Steve Rogers became Captain America: The First Avenger, Bruce Banner tried to replicate the Super Soldier formula and became The Incredible Hulk, Tony Stark suited up as Iron Man, Thor came to Earth to become worthy again and Nick Fury called in Black Widow and Hawkeye for The Avengers Initiative.
Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #1 courtesy Marvel
Hang tough Carol Corps.
Kelly Sue DeConnick announced she’s leaving Captain Marvel after Secret Wars at her Heroes Con panel and confirmed via Twitter.
“So hard to go, but it’s time.”
DeConnick redefined Carol Danvers and inspired a devoted fan base, the Carol Corps.
Before DeConnick’s takeover, the longtime Avenger fought with the code-names Ms. Marvel, Binary and Warbird. Under DeConnick, Danvers was promoted to the new, one and only Captain Marvel, the basis for the upcoming Marvel movie. Continue reading KELLY SUE DECONNICK Leaving CAPTAIN MARVEL
Batman #41 There’s a new Dark Knight on patrol in Gotham City! Jim Gordon is buff, buzzed and ready to battle crime in a high-tech Batsuit. What really happened to Bruce and the Joker? Can Powers (the company that took over Wayne Enterprises) be trusted with corporate law enforcement? Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo begin a brand new arc with the all-new Batman.
Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #1 Flying high over Battleworld, Carol Danvers and her squadron are the best of the best. They soar to protect Hala Field from the dangers of rival Warzones. Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kelly Thompson and artist David Lopez give Carol Corps a dream Secret Wars tie-in book taking off this week. Continue reading Top Comics June 10, 2015
Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve will write the script for the Captain Marvel movie featuring Carol Danvers.
Perlman co-wrote Guardians of the Galaxy and is scheduled to write a Gamora spinoff comic book. LeFauve wrote the next Disney/Pixar film Inside Out. Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL Movie Writers