Rick Remender – COMICS BLEND

AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON Cover Reveal

Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel

Before the movie version of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes return in Avengers: Age of Ultron in May, the comic book counterparts feel Ultron’s rage.

Marvel shared the cover and preview pages for Avengers: Rage of Ultron, an original graphic novel by Rick Remender (AXIS, All-New Captain America), Jerome Opena and Dean White coming in April.

“(The) cover holds a ton of secrets,” Remender told Marvel.com. “There are Avengers from two different eras, and the story takes place in both of those eras. Continue reading AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON Cover Reveal

X-MEN UNITED As AXIS Begins

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 courtesy Marvel

The Red Onslaught is unleashed this week in Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1. It’s what Rick Remender has been building up to since the first issue of Uncanny Avengers two years ago.

Red Skull armed with Professor Xavier’s brain is unleashing World War Hate on mutants, Inhumans and all super powered heroes. While the story is the uniting of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom – AXIS could mark a fractured family’s bitter reunion.

Remender made Havok front and center of his epic when Captain America recruited Alex to lead the Avengers Unity Squad. The new team was Steve and Wolverine’s way to uniting the teams after the events of Avengers vs. X-Men.

Before we see Remender’s take on a major event for Havok in this week’s issue here’s a…

SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading X-MEN UNITED As AXIS Begins

HAVOK In AXIS

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS begins this week. Alex Summers could be a pivotal hero in the war against the new Onslaught.

Rick Remender took Havok from back burner X-Man to leader of the Avengers Unity Squad two years ago in Uncanny Avengers. Now Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom are united against the power of the Red Skull.

Alex and Janet Van Dyne shared a love and a daughter in an alternate world that was sacrificed to defeat Kang the Conqueror and reset reality. Will that loss lead to Havok joining the Red Skull? In an earlier AXIS teaser it seemed the villain was making a direct appeal to Alex. Continue reading HAVOK In AXIS

AVENGERS and X-MEN AXIS Arrival

AXIS is almost here.

In Avengers and X-Men AXIS #1 Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom must stand together against the mutated power of the Red Skull. The Captain America villain stole Professor Xavier’s brain and harnessed the power to unleash World War Hate.

This is the big event writer Rick Remender has been building up to after two years in pages of Uncanny Avengers. Continue reading AVENGERS and X-MEN AXIS Arrival

Rebirth of a Hero In CAPTAIN AMERICA #25

World War II hero Captain America is a part of Marvel history and comics history is made this week when a new hero takes over the role and wields the shield.

As you can see from this Marvel preview of Captain America #25, the Avengers are gathering for this powerful moment.

The Super Soldier Serum was drained from of Steve Rogers body. Cap’s super strength may be gone but he’s far from a broken but he is a frail elderly man in his 90’s. Continue reading Rebirth of a Hero In CAPTAIN AMERICA #25

Top Comics for September 24, 2014

Aliens: Fire and Stone #1

A brand new adventure in the terrifying universe of Aliens and Prometheus. A desperate band of colonists on the run from an alien outbreak but is there a greater danger in space? Chris Roberson takes the Dark Horse Comics franchise in new directions.

Batman Eternal #25

The pieces are all in place. Gotham City is about to erupt in riots. The corrupt force within the police is about the declare martial law. Can Batman and his allies stop the conspiracy? Is Hush really the mastermind of the plots within plots or is a greater evil pulling his strings too? Continue reading Top Comics for September 24, 2014

LOKI, Hero of AXIS?

Loki

Villain. Trickster. Prince of Lies. God of Mischief.

Hero?

In Loki, Agent of Asgard – Thor’s half-brother isn’t the evil madman he once was. Loki has been on missions for the All-Mother but is he ready to assume the role of super hero?

Mutants and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unite against the evil of the Red Skull in Avengers and X-Men: AXIS.

Could Loki embrace the good side of him, join the heroes and help stop the Skull? Continue reading LOKI, Hero of AXIS?

SABRETOOTH In AVENGERS AND X-MEN: AXIS

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unite with the Children of the Atom against the telepathic power of the Red Skull? Yes, the Nazi madman stole Professor Xavier’s brain and is using in a hate war against the mutants.

The crisis comes as the X-Men are coping with the death of Wolverine.

Will Logan’s old rival rise up and join his fellow mutants?

Rick Remender teases the role Sabretooth will play in Avengers and X-Men: AXIS: Continue reading SABRETOOTH In AVENGERS AND X-MEN: AXIS

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