RICK REMENDER Reveals MARVEL AXIS

Marvel AXIS by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel
Marvel AXIS by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel

The secret of Marvel’s AXIS revealed.

 

Writer Rick Remender and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort talked with USA Today about the upcoming Marvel event starring the Red Skull.

 

Avengers & X-Men: AXIS will run 9 issues over 3 months starting in October.

 

Brevoort calls it “kind of a Michael Bay movie. It’s big and spectacular and has a ton of full-out bombast.” Continue reading RICK REMENDER Reveals MARVEL AXIS

AXEL ALONSO talks AXIS & REMENDER

courtesy Marvel and Previews
courtesy Marvel and Previews

Avengers. X-Men. Villains. Rick Remender.

 

That’s all we know so far about Marvel’s next big event called AXIS.

 

After writing Uncanny X-Force, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers this marks Remender’s first shot at a big line wide event.

 

“Rick brings such an embarrassment of riches to every story outline, he’s constantly leaving juicy ideas on the cutting room floor. Continue reading AXEL ALONSO talks AXIS & REMENDER

UNCANNY AVENGERS #18 Welcome to PLANET X

Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel

After deaths of fan-favorite X-Men and Avengers (not the mention the murder of a Celestial!) what does writer Rick Remender do next in his ongoing epic?

 

Planet X begins this week in Uncanny Avengers #18. It’s up to the last survivors of the Unity Squad to stop Kang the Conqueror.



“We’re going to tell this story through the eyes of the last human on the planet: Wasp,” said Remender in an earlier Marvel Liveblog. Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS #18 Welcome to PLANET X

UNCANNY AVENGERS NEXT ACT

Uncanny Avengers #17 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #17 courtesy Marvel

Today’s Uncanny Avengers #17 is the finale of Ragnarok Now but it’s just the second act of Rick Remender’s epic that just keeps shocking and awing.

 

What’s left of the Avengers Unity Squad have faced Kang, The Apocalypse Twins, Four Horsemen including resurrected dead X-Men and Avengers and even a Celestial! Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS NEXT ACT

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014

Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics
Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics

What a week for comic book fans. I have so many favorites I’m expanding from 5 to a top 10 new comic book picks for this week:

 

Deadly Class #2 High school is already hell but imagine a high school for students trying to master deadly arts? Rick Remender and Wesley Craig’s twisted Image series takes us on a new kid’s first day where cutting class could get your killed. (You might think it’s Rick Remender week:  Black Science #4 and Uncanny Avengers #17 also hit this Wednesday.) Continue reading TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014

UNCANNY AVENGERS #16 Review

Uncanny Avengers #16 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #16 courtesy Marvel

Rick Remender is operating on a different level as he blows up anything, anyone and blows your mind doing it in Uncanny Avengers. Major showdowns that are the finales of most event books happen in every issue.
As we said in the comic book shop this week Remender just don’t care. I don’t mean he doesn’t care about the story he’s crafting. He doesn’t care about keeping certain characters and concepts sacred. No hero is safe. Anything can happen. Continue reading UNCANNY AVENGERS #16 Review

IMAGE EXPO Announcements

 

The Fade Out courtesy Image Comics
The Fade Out courtesy Image Comics

Image Comics revealed a huge rundown of new creator-owned projects coming in 2014. At the Image Comics Expo – the publisher celebrated a year of creator-owned successes and huge sales while fans can celebrate the next wave of new projects from some of the biggest creators in comics.

 

The biggest announcement: Ed Brubaker (Fatale, Criminal, Velvet) and Sean Phillips (Incognito, Sleeper) and Image Comics signed an unprecedented deal in comics publishing, a five year deal to do anything they want with total freedom, total control, and total ownership over their projects. Continue reading IMAGE EXPO Announcements

CAPTAIN AMERICA vs. IRON NAIL

Captain America #15 by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel
Captain America #15 by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel

Red Skull. Baron Zemo. Arnim Zola.

 

A new villain is joining the evil fraternity of super villains obsessed with beating the Sentinel of Liberty thanks to Captain America writer Rick Remender.

 

In Loose Nuke, Steve Rogers took on Nuke, the super soldier from the classic Daredevil epic, Born Again. Turns out a dangerous new enemy was the mastermind behind Nuke’s rampage: Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA vs. IRON NAIL