Tag: Jonathan Hickman

NEW AVENGERS: The Beginning of The End

New Avengers #6 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers #6 courtesy Marvel

As we count down until the end of the Marvel Universe and the beginning of Secret Wars…see how it all began.

The beginning of Jonathan Hickman’s epic is collected in a new hardcover. The Illuminati is Marvel’s secret squad whose covert missions saved the universe.

Black Panther reassembles the Illuminati (Iron Man, Namor, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, Mister Fantastic and new recruits Captain America and Beast) to stand against incursions from parallel Earths.

The team discovers the only way to save our world is destroy others. Covert agendas, flat out lies and bitter old wounds complicate the mission leading to an unthinkable betrayal against Steve Rogers and a brutal war between Atlantis and Wakanda. Continue reading NEW AVENGERS: The Beginning of The End

MARVEL SECRET WARS 2015

Secret Wars by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
Secret Wars by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

SECRET WARS.

Jonathan Hickman. Esad Ribic. 2015.

Marvel made a stunning announcement at New York Comic Con answering a lot of questions and fueling all-new speculation and excitement.

 

We know now how Hickman will do next after his current Avengers arc Time Runs Out is over. Continue reading MARVEL SECRET WARS 2015

AVENGERS Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

Did you feel the seismic shifts and shocks in Avengers and New Avengers this week as Time Runs Out?

 

Jonathan Hickman took the books and teams 8 months into a radically different near future: S.H.I.E.L.D. appears to running the Avengers. A.I.M. is now owned and operated by a rookie Avenger, some heroes have left the planet, some are being hunted by former friends and allies.

 

The mighty Avengers Tower is now S.H.I.E.L.D. Station Golgotha, an ominous name for precision run fortress. Continue reading AVENGERS Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Preview

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

The Avengers have jumped in the far future but their darkest hour may be in May 2015 as writer Jonathan Hickman races to the climax of his run with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

 

Marvel recruits an all-star art team for the oversized Avengers #35: Jim Cheung, Dustin Weaver, Nick Bradshaw and Paco Media.

 

Time Runs Out flashes forward eight months to a war weary Marvel Universe of tomorrow. Hickman gives us look a a bleak future of May 2015 and brings the stories from Avengers and New Avengers into a clash of heroes. Continue reading AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Preview

AVENGERS TIME JUMP

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

As a huge fan of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run this is exciting news. All the plots within plots, cosmic level events and time jumping all lead to a major moment this fall.

 

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have been fighting to protect Earth in Avengers while The Illuminati have committed some less than heroic acts to save the planet in New Avengers. The secrets come out in tie-ins to Original Sin.

 

Marvel shared a preview of Avengers #35 and New Avengers #24 as the final incursion hits in two double-sized issues in September. All the Avengers learn what the Illuminati has been doing Continue reading AVENGERS TIME JUMP

CAPTAIN AMERICA Betrayed IN ORIGINAL SIN: AVENGERS

Original Sin courtesy Marvel
Original Sin courtesy Marvel

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

Best Comics of 2013 Favorite Writer

Infinity #3 courtesy Marvel
Infinity #3 courtesy Marvel

Favorite Writer:

Jonathan Hickman

 

Hard to narrow down but it came to to these four Words: Avengers, New Avengers, Infinity!

 

I have never loved Avengers the way I’m loving the team right now. Steve and Tony expanded the roster to create an Avengers World but threats from across the universe and multiverse tested Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Continue reading Best Comics of 2013 Favorite Writer

INFINITY #6 Review

Infinity #6 courtesy Marvel
Infinity #6 courtesy Marvel

INFINITY #6 arrives like a cosmic level Hulk smashing right into your senses, reshaping the entire Marvel Universe and showing why Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are the greatest champions of any universe.

 

Jonathan Hickman takes multiple massive storylines, a staggering cast of heroes and villains with big themes and weaves them into an ambitious epic that works on every level. Artists Jim Cheung and Dustin Weaver are at the top of game taking Hickman’s action-packed and universe expanding script and making spectacular scenes on every page.

 

The Avengers saved the universe from the Builders but come home to find their world under the grip of Thanos. Captain America proves he a master strategist with a bold plan to bust the alien blockade and take down the Black Order. Continue reading INFINITY #6 Review