Cue the “In Memoriam” music.
Writers packed the past year with gut punches. Fan-favorite heroes came back only to suffer heartbreaking ends. Deaths of beloved characters triggered massive comic book events.
Here are some of those we lost in the most shocking deaths of 2016. Continue reading Most Shocking Comic Book Deaths of 2016
I think I’m ready to talk about the Death of X finale.
They say you only hurt the ones you love. Marvel must be truly, madly, deeply in love with Scott Summers.
Fans have known for a year that Cyclops died in the eight month gap after the Secret Wars finale and All-New, All-Different Marvel Now launch. I kept believing it wasn’t so. Emma Frost was missing in action. The X-Men’s modern mainstay power couple was off the grid as the mutant race faced a new genetic crisis.
Death of X #4 revealed the truth after a year of speculation and set the stage for war in Inhumans vs. X-Men next month.
Did Scott and Emma deserve what Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule crafted for them in this shocking and emotional finale? Continue reading DEATH OF X Finale Burning Questions
As we head into the Thanksgiving Day weekend we have a heavy serving of new comic books including number one issues and big conclusions. We may need our families and friends after at least one or more favorite heroes is no more.
Brace yourselves here’s the new comics picks before T-Day:
The first battle in what will be the Inhumans vs. X-Men war. What does Cyclops do to save the mutant race…that kills him? Does another fan-favorite X-Man die in the attack that triggers genetic war? Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule reveal the fate of Scott Summers, Emma Frost and the final act before all-out war erupts. Continue reading New Comics Picks To Be Thankful For This Week
Who is that?!
Even this lifelong X-Fan was scratching my head with this week’s Death of X #3 as a minor character the past is recruited by Cyclops for a big league return and will play a huge role in the upcoming war between the X-Men and Inhumans.
Death of X is revealing the origin of the IvX conflict, the fate of Cyclops and Emma Frost and more of what happened in the eight months following the Secret Wars finale and All-New, All-Different Marvel Now Extraordinary X-Men launch.
The four-part series by Charles Soule, Jeff Lemire and Aaron Kuder already featured the return of several missing in action mutants and the death of a fan-favorite. Along with Cyclops and Emma Frost we have witnessed the return of mutants from multiple eras including Wolfsbane, Warpath, Goldballs and the Stepford Cuckoos.
In part three Cyclops recruits a character not seen in decades for his master plan to save the mutant race. Who is this mutant? Continue reading DEATH OF X Surprise X-MEN Comeback
Two of the biggest female characters in comics starring in special election themed issues top our new comic book picks of the week.
Catwoman Election Night
The race for Mayor of Gotham City turns up in Batman comics, movies and television shows. When the race gets nasty, Selina Kyle claws her way into the election. This political tale of the feline femme fatale is by Meredith Finch and Shane Davis. Plus a bonus for Prez fans as President Beth Ross returns in a bonus story. Continue reading New Comic Book Picks for November 2, 2016
Marvel’s biggest villain steps in for a missing hero? The return of KISS in a new rock and roll, sci-fi adventure and the first clash in the IvX war.
It’s all in this week’s new comics picks of the week: Continue reading New Comics Picks for October 19, 2016
Cyclops declares war.
A fan-favorite mutant returns only to be the first victim of a plague as a new Inhuman is born.
Death of X #1 is here with a twist.
After months of speculation about the fate of Cyclops, the dead mutant is not who I was expecting and leaves X-fans with burning questions as we march to IVX: Inhumans vs. X-Men. Continue reading DEATH OF X Dead Mutants, Burning Questions
It’s the second biggest comics wave of the year. We can’t just pick a top five this week!
The Marvel Now initiative launches this week with big number ones issues including Champions, Cage! and Death of X so we’re dividing and conquering like we did with DC Rebirth to give you more peeks and picks of this week’s new comic books arriving.
We won’t know the final impact of Civil War II yet but the Marvel Now begins with a divided Avengers.
Let’s kick it off with: Continue reading MARVEL NOW Begins With DEATH OF X, CHAMPIONS, CAGE