CAPTAIN MARVEL First Look, Villains Revealed

Oscar winner Brie Larson will suit up as Carol Danvers in CAPTAIN MARVEL. The first Marvel Cinematic Universe film led by a female hero takes us March 2019 but Marvel shared a first look at Larson in character and new details of the story.

Captain Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel

Captain Marvel’s adventure will be set in the mid-1990’s with S.H.I.E.L.D. spymaster Nick Fury – with two eyes. Yes, it’s Samuel L. Jackson – B.P. Before Patch!

But for comics geeks the big news is the revelation of the villains: Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL First Look, Villains Revealed

New Comics Picks for June 22, 2016

Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1 courtesy Marvel
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1 courtesy Marvel

Nick Fury’s return, Bruce Banner’s big secret, James Bond vs SPECTRE, Deadpool vs Gambit and more new comics picks of the week:

Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1

Predictive justice – would you use the power to stop crime or is it wrong? One hero already paid the price when this Inhuman’s prediction ability went wrong. This Civil War II tie-in anthology explores how other heroes will side. Nick Fury, Night Thrasher and Damage Control return just as the Marvel Universe is tearing itself apart.

Captain America: Sam Wilson #10

The death of an icon ignites Civil War II. Now Sam is called to honor this fallen hero. What will this Captain America say to keep the Avengers from splintering into all-out war? Continue reading New Comics Picks for June 22, 2016

NICK FURY Back in CIVIL WAR II

Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel
Original Sin #1 courtesy Marvel

A decade after Marvel’s Civil War, a new conflict sparks a battle of heroes vs heroes.

Iron Man and Captain Marvel will lead opposite camps over the power to protect or change the future.

Civil War II: Choosing Sides is one of the big new Civil War II tie-ins announced at C2E2 this past weekend. The anthology companion book features the comebacks of Nick Fury, Damage Control and Night Thrasher in stories of how heroes decide which leader to follow.

Declan Shalvey, Brandon Easton, Chad Bowers, and Chris Sims will create stories about how heroes will decide to follow Tony, Carol or possibly switch their allegiance.

Former S.H.I.E.L.D. director and master spy Nick Fury is back in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now.  Continue reading NICK FURY Back in CIVIL WAR II

CIVIL WAR II and More MARVEL June Books

Civil War II courtesy Marvel
Civil War II courtesy Marvel

How does Civil War II erupt?

Marvel revealed solicitations for June 2016 books as the big event spreads across the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now. Here are highlights to watch out for coming this June.

Civil War II #1, #2 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez arrives. A new Inhuman with precognitive powers emerges in the double-sized first chapter where lines are drawn and  bodies fall. Then, Tony Stark takes the law into his own hands and declares war on the Inhumans but not all the heroes are behind him.

Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1 of 6 features the return of Nick Fury, Night Thrasher and Damage Control in this anthology series by multiple creative teams showing how different heroes are affected by the conflict and who follows Stark, who follows Carol Danvers.

Civil War II: X-Men The emergence of the new Inhuman forces one mutant leader to take on the Inhumans and his rival X-Men to save the mutant race. Cullen Bunn

Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1 Peter Parker is caught up in the war of heroes. Christos Gage

Civil War II: Gods of War #1 Which side will Hercules choose in this limited series by Dan Abnett.

Civil War II tie-in issues:

Uncanny Inhumans #11 Medusa strikes back after Tony Stark declares war on the Inhumans, Continue reading CIVIL WAR II and More MARVEL June Books

FOUR COOLEST COMIC BOOK SPIES

Grayson #1 courtesy DC Comics
Grayson #1 courtesy DC Comics

James Bond is back in SPECTRE. Daniel Craig returns as 007 on a mission against the evil organization we haven’t seen on screen since Sean Connery’s final canon film in the series.

The latest Bond made us peer into the vault to pick four of our favorite spies from comics books.

No costumes. No masks. No problem.

These are the coolest covert operatives in the DC and Marvel Universes:

Grayson

No mask. No code-name. New mission. The man who was once known as Robin and Nightwing is his own man with a covert agenda. Dick Grayson is no longer a sidekick under Batman’s shadow and now operates in the shadow world of the DC Universe. Dick faked his death to infiltrate Spyral, a covert organization plotting against costumed heroes. Dick’s new adventures in Grayson are co-written by Tim Seeley and Tim King, a former CIA counter-intelligence officer. Continue reading FOUR COOLEST COMIC BOOK SPIES

New Comics Picks for September 23, 2015

We Are Robin #4 courtesy DC Comics
We Are Robin #4 courtesy DC Comics

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Batgirl makes a dream come true, Dick Grayson comes home and two generations of Nick Fury team-up for a S.H.I.E.L.D. spy smash.

It’s all part of this week’s new comics picks of the week:

Grayson #12 Dick Grayson goes home to Gotham City for the first time since he faked his death and took on a new mission. Will Dick reveal the truth to those he loved and left behind and will Spyral ever let him go? Continue reading New Comics Picks for September 23, 2015