New Comics Picks for January 20, 2016

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

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

AGENT CARTER Team Launches CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

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.

Captain Marvel will be leading the first line of defense for Earth against alien threats at her own space station when the series picks eight months after Secret Wars. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Team Launches CAPTAIN MARVEL

MARVEL STUDIOS SECRET HEROES HISTORY?

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel
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.

Are there other superheroes with classified adventures yet to be revealed in Marvel movies and shows? Continue reading MARVEL STUDIOS SECRET HEROES HISTORY?

AGENT CARTER SHOWRUNNERS Are New CAPTAIN MARVEL WRITERS

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

Marvel revealed the new creative team for Captain Marvel. They recruited the women behind the acclaimed Agent Carter television series.

Kelly Sue DeConnick announced she’s leaving the book after transforming Carol Danvers into Captain Marvel, inspiring the Carol Corps fan base and taking the Avenger to new creative heights.

The showrunners of Marvel’s Agent Carter will be the new writers of Captain Marvel revealed in Fast Company.

Tara Butters and Michelle Fazekas will be joined by artist Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men) and Captain Marvel will be based at her own space station when the series picks eight months after the events of Secret Wars. Continue reading AGENT CARTER SHOWRUNNERS Are New CAPTAIN MARVEL WRITERS

KELLY SUE DECONNICK Leaving CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #1 courtesy Marvel
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

Top Comics June 10, 2015

Batman #41 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #41 courtesy DC Comics

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

CAPTAIN MARVEL Movie Writers

Captain Marvel #17 courtesy Marvel
Captain Marvel #17 courtesy Marvel

The woman who helped introduce Star-Lord, Groot, Gamora, Drax and Rocket to the big screen will do the same for the cosmic Avenger.

Marvel makes it official:

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