The torch is passed and a new beginning launches in Ultimate Comics Ultimates #25 this week! Look what’s coming up in the pages of the Avengers of the Ultimate Universe: the INFINITY GAUNTLET!
The biggest news of the network Fall up fronts (when all the U.S. television networks reveal their new shows and lineups) is the official word that Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been picked up and will air on ABC this Fall!
Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon wrote and directed the pilot starring the superspy agency that’s been a huge part of the recent Marvel films.
Your comic book store may be shaking this week! Two titanic talents team up for a clash of titans in Asgard! Legendary Thor writer/artist Walter Simonson joins Mark Waid in this week’s Indestructible Hulk #6 guest starring Thor.
In Marvel’s The Avengers Hulk famously sneaked in a sucker punch on the Odinson. Expect a rematch between the Green Goliath and God of Thunder in this upcoming Indestructible Hulk arc.
Mark Waid told Marvel.com how the first arc leads into the second and Banner’s mission:
“Bruce Banner learned a lot about his new crew of assistants; as he points out, their common denominator is that they all have a big secret in their lives—a “hidden self,” if you will –and the secret one of them is harboring is what makes the mission to Jotunheim, land of the Frost Giants, a priority for Bruce.
Indestructible Hulk #6 courtesy Marvel
On the face of it, Banner claims that he’s taking his crew to Jotunheim in search of a specific element that exists only at Frost Giant temperatures. But Bruce has a hidden Continue reading HULK Goes to Asgard!
It’s almost here! Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in one massive collection for you home. The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One arrives April 2nd. The 10-Disc, 6 Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector Set (Blu-Ray) gives you Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers.
Still new to the blockbuster superheroes of Marvel? Check out my Avengers For Virgins – this was by request of my non-comic book reading friends who loved superhero action movies!
Phase Two begins this May with Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World this November and Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy next year then Avengers 2!
There’s a passing of the torch behind the scenes at Ultimates but look what’s coming up in the pages of the Avengers of the Ultimate Universe: the INFINITY GAUNTLET!
Batwoman #18 Kate Kane has a new partner and new role in the war on crime. Batman guest stars as a new arc kicks off. Did Maggie saw yes to Kate’s marriage proposal? What’s her reaction to the big reveal?
Captain Marvel #11 Carol faces a new version of one her deadliest foes! Ms. Marvel took on the alien operative known as Deathbird. The Shi’ar warrior was the twisted sister of Empress Lilandra and the mad D’Ken and became a foe of the X-Men. (Imagine Game of Thrones but with birdlike aliens and you get the Shi’ar! ) Who is the new high-flying villain stalking Carol?
Constantine #1 The star of Justice League Dark hellblazes into his own solo series by Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes and Renato Guedes. John Constantine is the amoral hero lurking in the darkest shadows of the DC Universe. What he learns in the premiere issue threatens The New 52 universe!
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #3 All eleven Time Lords are featured in this epic story celebrating the Doctor’s anniversary! Break out your magician’s cape and make way for Jon Pertwee! Could the Master be the mastermind of this episode’s cross-time caper?
Indestructible Hulk #5 Green Goliath versus Big Bad Blue! Hulk versus Attuma! Can Bruce Banner’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team stop Attuma’s frightening plot against the surface world? I love how Mark Waid writes Banner.
Some of Marvel’s fan favorite creators delivered some big news and (kinda) answered some burning questions in the Marvel: Next Big Thing panel at Emerald City Comicon.
Here are some quick hits:
Captain Marvel will crossover with Avengers Assemble kicking off with a one shot called Avengers: Enemy Within #1 all by Kelly Sue DeConnick in May.
FF: What happens when Goth kids join the Future Foundation? I think that was a teaser and not a joke but the rapid-fire wit of Matt Fraction you never know! He did confirm he just wrapped a Medusa centered issue.
Hawkeye: Fraction will unleash assassins on the Avenging Archer, we’ll meet his “loser brother” and see Clint Barton on vacation.
Morbius: Joe Keatinge said Spectacular Spider-Man will guest star in issues 6 and 7.
Deadpool: Gerry Duggan said issue 7 will be a stand-alone issue and Wade an Tony Stark will cross paths.
Ultimates: Sam Humphries teased the birth of the West Coast Ultimates! The team roster introduces Ultimate versions of Wonder Man, Tigra, Vision, Black Knight and Quake.
Uncanny X-Force will have a showdown with Bishop in the subways under Los Angeles. Humphries said he’ll reveal where the time-lost, rogue X-Man has been then Fantomex times three! Then Humphries a big major villain that longtime X-Men fans will be familiar with
Indestructible Hulk: Mark Waid revealed how a one-shot with Walt Simonson turned into a major arc with the Green Goliath and Thor fighting Frost Giants. Later Waid addressed the degrees of rage you might get from when the Hulk…Hulks out!
“The Hulk you during that transformation is dependent on Banner’s mental state at the time when the transformation happens. So sometimes you get cookie monster hulk, sometimes you get a whirling cyclone of death, and you never know which one you’re gonna get…Banner. I could write Banner the rest of my life. He’s an untapped well of potential, that guy.”
Remember when the Hulk slammed Loki like a rag doll in The Avengers movie? Wait until you see the Red Hulk grabbing and smashing the Avengers’ greatest enemy in this new preview art from Age of Ultron #3 courtesy Marvel!
Age of Ultron #3 courtesy Marvel
When the Age of Ultron begins next month – the monstrous machine takes over Earth and decimates nearly all heroes who stand against him in part one of the series by Brian Michael Bendis and Bryan Hitch.
