Jason Aaron on ORIGINAL SIN

Original Sin courtesy Marvel
Original Sin courtesy Marvel

Original Sin is the big event of 2014. It’s a murder mystery with cosmic level consequences written by superstar Jason Aaron.

Murder on the moon!

The Watcher is dead.

Uatu’s home is destroyed.

His collection of alien technology, artifacts and secrets are stolen.

Marvel’s biggest heroes split up to solve the case but the killing of the ancient alien is just the beginning. Continue reading Jason Aaron on ORIGINAL SIN

WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH Preview II

Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #1 courtesy Marvel
Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #1 courtesy Marvel

Rick Remender heats up the Cold War with an untold tale of Nick Fury and the Winter Soldier’s past. Bucky Barnes made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II but Captain America’s sidekick would be rescued and resurrected as the ultimate killing machine.

 

The Captain America writer will go back to the Cold War era in Winter Soldier: The Bitter March. Remender explains why it’s important to revisit Bucky’s past. Continue reading WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH Preview II

Rick Remender Launches New WINTER SOLDIER Series

Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #1 courtesy Marvel
Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #1 courtesy Marvel

Movie fans may wonder who the Winter Soldier is after seeing the trailer for the Captain America sequel.

 

Cap comic book writer Rick Remender is working a new Winter Soldier limited series ahead of the movie according to USA Today saying “it is a love letter to (early-period) 007 and Jim Steranko S.H.I.E.L.D. comics.”

 

Comic book fans know the Winter Soldier is Cap’s best friend, Bucky Barnes. The sidekick was left for dead in World War II but was actually rescued and transformed into a brainwashed killing machine by the KGB. Continue reading Rick Remender Launches New WINTER SOLDIER Series

The Future of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (Maybe?)

Secret Warriors #25 courtesy Marvel
Secret Warriors #25 courtesy Marvel

Can’t wait for the next episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. after this week’s blockbuster premiere?

 

The television series inspired by The Avengers movie could mark the first appearance of some classic heroes, villains and spies from the comic books.

 

Here are some excellent superspy stories that just might be elements on future episodes of the hit series: Continue reading The Future of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (Maybe?)

Nick Fury in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com

Samuel L. Jackson puts on the patch and leather jacket for the sixth time as Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Jackson joins Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow for the film based on the popular Ed Brubaker storyline.

 

Jackson tells USA Today we’ll see a different side of Fury in the sequel: Continue reading Nick Fury in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

Wolverine’s Avenging Friends

Wolverine #3 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine #3 courtesy Marvel

How can Logan defeat an enemy he can’t punch, hack or slash? Writer Paul Cornell and artist Alan David kicked off Wolverine’s new solo book with a deadly trail of alien carnage ripping through New York City in the first two issues. Can Nick Fury Jr. help Logan beat this impossible new foe in this week’s Wolverine #3.

Borrowing the words of a famous songwriter can Logan “get by with a little help from his friends?”

Wolverine is an X-Man, an Avenger, a Headmaster. Logan may have a reputation as a loner but this hero may actually be a super “people” person. Paul Cornell explains how Logan’s friends and allies will play a role as the series moves forward:

“He likes people. He’s actually a very strange creature. He chooses to keep himself grounded and involved with human beings, to be both an effectively immortal mutant with additional military implants, and this guy who likes bars and beer,” Cornell tells Marvel.com,

I think [he sees] them as fellow professionals, people who do the same job he does. “Hero” would be a difficult word for most of them. He takes responsibility, I think, and he likes the company of others who do the same, particularly Continue reading Wolverine’s Avenging Friends

Wolverine: Mystery Weapon and Friends in SHIELD

Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel

Logan got deep fried in Wolverine #1 by Paul Cornell and Alan Davis. It appears when this alien weapon of tremendous power gets into the hands of a regular Joe it turns a daddy dearest into a possessed daddy deadliest. Now a little kid is running around New York City with that super weapon. What will Logan have to do stop the reign of terror? We’ll have to keep reading to learn the origin of this weapon but Cornell delivered an ominous tease about the future of Logan’s solo book and this weapon.

When asked by a fan on Comic Book Resources if that weapon will have significance beyond this initial story arc writer Cornell responded:

“Ohhhhhh yes. Yes, yes yes yes yes! So very yes!” Continue reading Wolverine: Mystery Weapon and Friends in SHIELD