Peter Quill blasts off in his own solo series this July. Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Sam Humphries (Uncanny X-Force) and Paco Medina (Nova, X-Men.)
Humphries, Executive Editor Mike Marts and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions about the the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy and his solo adventures in a Marvel liveblog. Here are the highlights:
Who is Star-Lord: Continue reading LEGEDARY STAR-LORD By SAM HUMPHRIES
A new ongoing series starring Storm is one of the biggest announcements from C2E2. The X-Men leader gets her own book by Greg Pak (Hulk, Superman/Batman, Action Comics) and artist Victor Ibanez.
Storm is the first black female superhero. As Pak tells Marvel.com that legacy will be part of his storytelling.
“When I was in film school back in the day, I remember being blown away by Spike Lee’s assertion that the more specific something is, the more universal it can become. Continue reading GREG PAK On STORM Series
The final fight of Wolverine, a brand new Storm ongoing, Cyclops solo and more X-Men news at Marvel’s Wolverine: 3 Months To Die panel at Chicago Entertainment and Comic Expo.
X-Men Executive Editor Mike Marts explained 3 Months to Die will be in issues Wolverine #8- 12 by Paul Cornell, Kris Anka and Pete Woods.
“This is the lead up to the big event the death of Wolverine. The story of Wolverine losing his healing factor started three months back and it’s incredible,” said Marts. Continue reading DEATH OF WOLVERINE, STORM Solo & What’s AXIS
Peter Parker is back in Amazing Spider-Man #1 this week. It’s just one of many Spidey projects spinning (Learning to Crawl, Original Sin, Infinite Comics, Spider-Verse) from Marvel. New details and teasers were revealed at the Spider-Verse C2E2 panel.
Dan Slott, Editor Nick Lowe, artist Ramon Perez were among the panel guests. Here are major highlights from the big Spidey book coming:
“Amazing Spider-Man immediately picks up with Superior left off and it is the start of something big! It introduces you to the villains in the story: Black Cat and Electro,” said Lowe.
Spider-Man will tie into Original Sin – the event series focusing on the murder of The Watcher and his greatest secrets stolen.
“We find out that someone else was bitten by the spider that Peter Parker was bitten by and she is going to be a major character in this story for a long time to come,” said Lowe. Continue reading MARVEL SPIDER-VERSE C2E2 Panel
Major announcements at C2E2 from Marvel at the Next Big Thing panel including more Guardians of the Galaxy books and creative team changes on fan-favorite books:
The publisher is bringing back the Young Guns initiative focusing on artists to watch. The All-New Young Guns are Sara Pichelli, Valerio Schiti, Nick Bradshaw, Mahmud Asrar and Ryan Stegman.
“We’ve got some heavy stuff coming up and there’s this new character that’s going to have some big ramifications with the story,” said Wolverine and the X-Men artist Mahmud Asrar. Continue reading MARVEL NEXT BIG THING At C2E2
Original Sin #0 by Mark Waid and Jim Cheung hit this week. It’s the prologue to Marvel’s big event in which The Watcher is murdered, his secrets are stolen and the ramifications will rock heroes, villains and the entire Marvel Universe. Original Sin #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato hits next month.
Writers Mark Waid and James Robinson and Editors Mike Marts, Nick Lowe, Jordan White, Jake Thomas revealed the Original Sin limited series, tie-ins and shocking new roles for fan-favorite characters at the Original Sin panel at Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. Here are the highlights from Marvel Original Sin liveblog at C2E2: Continue reading MARVEL ORIGINAL SIN Reveals ANGELA’S Family
Marvel is giving something for every Cyclops fan thanks to Brian Michael Bendis. In Uncanny X-Men it’s the Scott Summers you love to hate or staunchly declare “Cyke is Right” as he leads the mutant revolution.
Spinning out of All-New X-Men, the younger and more innocent original Scott Summers is charting out a new course for himself in Cyclops #1 by Greg Rucka. The young Scott learned his father was alive in The Trial of Jean Grey. Now Cyclops will join Corsair and Starjammers in outer space adventures while catching up on long-lost father/son time. Continue reading CYCLOPS Soars With Starjammers
Kaare Andrews just relaunched Danny Rand into a brand new solo series: Iron Fist: The Living Weapon. This weekend at Fan Expo Vancouver the celebrated artist (Spider-Man: Reign, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate Comics X-Men) talked about his return to comics after directing films.
Andrews is writing, drawing, inking, and creating covers for the new series. In a one-on-one with Andrews I asked the creator what drew him to chose Iron Fist for a major comic book comeback: Continue reading KAARE ANDREWS On IRON FIST’s Dark Origin