For Your Consideration:
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes face the ultimate evil android in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015 and possibly Thanos in Avengers 3 in 2017.
Doctor Strange is getting his own solo film and will likely the third Avengers.
As I read this week’s New Avengers #20 I couldn’t help but imagine Hickman’s epic starring The Illuminati as a big screen adventure. Continue reading NEW AVENGERS MOVIE For Your Consideration
Batman #32 The Dark Knight vs. the Riddler for control of Gotham City. The fight that shaped the future of Batman, Jim Gordon and their crusade. The next to the last chapter of Bruce Wayne’s Zero Year by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.
C.O.W.L. #2 A union of fallen super heroes fights to recapture their power, status and love of the public. What are they willing to sacrifice to win back their glory. A retro tale of 1960’s heroes with edge, guts and themes right out of our world today by Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel and Rod Reis
New Avengers #30 & New Avengers Annual #1 Marvel is conjuring a Dr. Strange movie and here are two intertwined tales of the Master of the Mystic Arts. How far is Dr. Strange willing to go to stop the heroes of a rival universe to save our Earth? Then in the Annual, Strange must return to the Himalayas to settle a debt with a sect of monks unlike any you’ve seen. The Sorcerer Supreme already bargained in Hell for the power to save the planet -but will he lose his soul? Continue reading Top 10 Comics for June 25, 2014
Marvel Studios summons a horror director to take the Master of the Mystic Arts to the big screen.
Scott Derrickson (Deliver Us From Evil, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day The Earth Stood Still remake) has been chosen to direct Doctor Strange according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
Dr. Stephen Strange began his career as a surgeon before becoming the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth defending Earth against supernatural threats, demons and vampires. Continue reading Marvel Summons DOCTOR STRANGE Director
What happens when Captain America remembers his closest friends betrayed him?
Following Original Sin #1 last week – the sins of Marvel heroes are coming back to haunt them.
This week in Avengers #29 writer Jonathan Hickman follows up on a huge story element from last year.
Back in New Avengers Doctor Strange and Tony Stark turned on Captain America – wiped his memory and threw him out of the Illuminati. Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA Betrayed IN ORIGINAL SIN: AVENGERS
I couldn’t believe it when I read it back in New Avengers. Doctor Strange and Tony Stark turned on Captain America – wiping his memory and kicked him out of the Illuminati – Marvel’s secret cabal of heroes trying to save our universe…no matter the cost.
It’s one of the biggest story elements from Jonathan Hickman’s first year on Avengers and New Avengers. Now it all comes back to Steve as Original Sin shakes the Marvel Universe.
In Avengers #29 Captain America remembers. Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA Remembers In AVENGERS: ORIGINAL SIN
Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers continues to be one of my favorite Marvel books. It stars the Illuminati – a secret cabal fighting a threat to Earth so great – they keep it secret from Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Namor and Black Panther’s uneasy alliance has been tested time and again as their nations have gone to war.
But can the two titans resolve their differences and keep the peace? Continue reading Rags Morales Joins NEW AVENGERS #16
The Avengers may have defeated the Builders and Thanos in Infinity but the Illuminati are still trying to save Earth from…Earths.
Jonathan Hickman’s secret plot within a plot starring this secret society of heroes takes a very dark twist in New Avengers #14 this week.
Black Bolt, Namor, Reed Richards, Iron Man, Beast and Black Panther have committed unheroic acts and made terrible sacrifices to save our world from “incursions” from rival Earths. Continue reading NEW AVENGERS #14 Review
We made the call more than year ago…Johnny Depp is perfect for Doctor Strange.
Of course it’s obvious but now there are numerous reports Marvel wants the star to play the Master of the Mystic Arts. Latino Review reported Depp and Marvel have actually been in talks.
The chameleon-like yet box-office champ has a track record of turning weird and supernatural into magic for the masses.
What about Strange’s supporting cast: Continue reading CASTING DOCTOR STRANGE Update