FANTASTIC FOUR FATE, SECRET WARS And IRON MAN

Secret Wars #9 courtesy Marvel
Secret Wars #9 courtesy Marvel

Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman are among the missing heroes from the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now but is the First Family poised for a comeback?

The Fantastic Four titled ended earlier this year. After Secret Wars, Johnny Storm is in love with Medusa and past of the Uncanny Inhumans cast. Ben Grimm will be a member of the new Guardians of the Galaxy.

But what about Reed, Sue, Franklin and Valeria?

Marvel hinted at the future during the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now panel at New York Comic Con. Continue reading FANTASTIC FOUR FATE, SECRET WARS And IRON MAN

New Comics Picks August 12, 2015

Batman #43 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #43 courtesy DC Comics

A new bad guy for the new Batman; Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman and Doctor Doom in a cosmic triangle and a Doctor Who comics crossover are among this week’s top new comics picks:

Batman #43

A brand new villain is striking Gotham City. Can the all-new Batman stop the spread of Mister Bloom? And the mystery of Bruce Wayne continues – dead, missing or hiding in plain sight?

Beauty #1

What is the price of beauty? A brand new comic that’s a morality tale for an appearance obsessed age and a sci-fi mystery/thriller by Jeremy Haun. What if beauty was a sexually transmitted disease? Detectives uncover the terrible price of perfect looks in a society who will pay anything for it. Continue reading New Comics Picks August 12, 2015

FOUR Reasons FANTASTIC FOUR Should Go MARVEL

Fantastic Four #16 courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four #16 courtesy Marvel

You’ve read enough about the latest version of the Fantastic Four.

Here’s where we start talking about the future of Marvel’s First Family. Yes, I don’t want to give up on the team that launched the Marvel Age.

Sony and Marvel reached an agreement that Spider-Man’s cinematic future will better by working together. Spidey will be swinging in the Marvel Cinematic Universe then his own film again. Is it time for Fox to let Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny go home?

It’s too soon for another movie reboot. You might be saying the same thing about Spidey. What about a television series that weaves the FF into the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Continue reading FOUR Reasons FANTASTIC FOUR Should Go MARVEL

FANTASTIC FOUR Final Trailer

Fantastic Four courtesy Fox via Twitter
Fantastic Four courtesy Fox via Twitter

The final trailer for the Fantastic Four is here.

Fox is rebooting the story based on Marvel’s original First Family.

Watch a flashback to young Reed Richards and a preview of the team’s epic battle with Doctor Doom.

Miles Teller is Reed, Kate Mara is Susan, Michael B. Jordan is Johnny, Jamie Bell is Ben and Toby Kebbell is Doom.

There are definite curves from comics canon including the origin of journey that turns these extraordinary young people into Fantastic heroes.

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading FANTASTIC FOUR Final Trailer

After THE END of FANTASTIC FOUR

Fantastic Four #645 courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four #645 courtesy Marvel

A milestone issue for Marvel’s First Family this week but it’s a bittersweet moment.

Fantastic Four #645 is the final issue of the cancelled title as the publisher returns to its original numbering. This is the conclusion of The End of 4Ever.

In two months the Fantastic Four star in a new film adventure with a new cast but the iconic comic book ends with this final issue by James Robinson and Leonard Kirk.

Is this ending about sales, studio rivalry or maybe it’s just time for a creative break as the entire Marvel Universe ends before the start of Secret Wars event? Continue reading After THE END of FANTASTIC FOUR

NEW FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER With DOOM

courtesy Fox via Twitter
courtesy Fox via Twitter

“When you change the world…Be prepared to defend it.”

Fox revealed a full length trailer and new poster via Twitter featuring the cast of Fantastic Four in their iconic uniforms.

We learn more about a top secret project run by the father of Johnny and Susan Storm (Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara) and that Reed Richards (Miles Teller) is the final piece of the puzzle to make the experiment work.

Toby Kebbell and Jamie Bell (Ben Grimm) join them on the experiment. Marvel’s First Family is not born in a space ship exposed to cosmic radiation this time. The team is using a device that “cracked into dimensional travel.”

Only four return very changed and we see the warning that Doom is coming!

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading NEW FANTASTIC FOUR TRAILER With DOOM

FUTURE of FANTASIC FOUR After Cancellation

Fantastic Four #570 courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four #570 courtesy Marvel

Marvel confirmed the rumors about their Fantastic Four series at New York Comic Con.

Current writer James Robinson said the Fantastic Four are “going away for a while” and he’s “building up to the end of the Fantastic Four.”

Marvel is cancelling the latest volume of the book starring their First Family.

The End of FourEver will be the final arc ending with issue 645 – a return to the original numbering.

 

Is this ending about sales, studio rivalry or just time for a creative break? Continue reading FUTURE of FANTASIC FOUR After Cancellation

Inside DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1

Death of Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel
Death of Wolverine #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shares a first look inside the much-anticipated Death of Wolverine #1.

 

After losing his mutant healing factor, Logan will make a final stand and come to the end.

 

Charles Soule and Steve McNiven are the team behind the X-Man’s final adventure in a weekly event starting in September. Continue reading Inside DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1