Top 5 Comic Book Picks for December 18, 2013

All-New X-Men #20 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #20 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Men #20 What could make the ferocious, fearless daughter of Wolverine afraid? The young X-Men face the hate of the Purifiers but is it love between X-23 and Cyclops?

 

Black Science #2 After a world of freaky frog warriors what does Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera have in store next for our lost team of heroic scientists? A trippy sci-fi multi-dimensional attack on your senses.

 

Harley Quinn #1 A whole new life for Gotham City’s craziest femme fatale in her own brand new solo series by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Hardin. Will Harley kill her competition, literally, in her new career? Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for December 18, 2013

Avengers, X-Men Deaths In UNCANNY AVENGERS?

Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel

“Nobody dies,” said Wolverine.

 

Ironic that those orders came from Logan.

 

The time-twisting, multiple super villain packed epic reached what might be the biggest WTF moment of the year! Let’s just make a new acronym: WTFRR?

 

Rick Remender again shows why he’s one of the most ambitious, relentless and crazy comic book writers out there in Uncanny Avengers #14 which just hit shelves and is blowing minds.

 

Artist Steve McNiven joins Remender for this pivotal chapter of Ragnarok Now and captures every brutal fight, cosmic effect and most importantly, the emotional moments, especially Wolverine in a brutal confrontation with his resurrected son Daken.

 

Let’s recap:

 

An Avengers Unity Squad was formed to heal the bad blood between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and mutants after Avengers vs X-Men.

 

The Red Skull was reborn and stole Professor X’s brain. This was my review/reaction to the premiere issue. Continue reading Avengers, X-Men Deaths In UNCANNY AVENGERS?

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for November 27, 2013

Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel

Black Science #1 A brand new sci-fi epic by Rick Remender (Uncanny Avengers) and Matteo Scalera. A scientist achieves his greatest dream and it’s a reality warping nightmare. Can his team of living ghosts find their way home.

 

Damian: Son of Batman #2 What if Bruce Wayne’s son lived? Back to the future world of Batman #666 – where Damian’s greatest enemies may be his mother and grandfather.

 

Infinity #6 The Avengers saved the Universe but can they free Earth from the grip of Thanos? Earth’s Mightiest Heroes vs. The Mad God of Titan and his Black Order! Artist Jim Cheung joins Jonathan Hickman for the mega-sized finale to one of the greatest Marvel epics ever. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for November 27, 2013

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

Marvel Teasers for Peter David, Rick Remender and Silver Surfer?

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courtesy Marvel

Unleash the Teasers!

 

After the Trial and Judgment teasers hinting at a X-Men/Guardian of the Galaxy crossover, Marvel lets loose three more with the promise that all will be revealed at New York Comic Con in about 2 weeks.

 

But that won’t stop the speculation so let’s begin!

 

Corporate is the first clue about Peter David’s new project since The End of X-Factor. Carmine Di Giandomenico will be the artist on the book. We know it will involve mutants and the big hint was at the end of the Polaris issue of The End of X-Factor. Continue reading Marvel Teasers for Peter David, Rick Remender and Silver Surfer?

Back From the Dead in UNCANNY AVENGERS

Uncanny Avengers #10 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #10 courtesy Marvel

Look who’s back from the dead!

 

As if Kang the Conqueror and the Apocalypse Twins aren’t terrifying enough, Rick Remender is going for the heart of evil in the latest chapter in his huge time twisting second Uncanny Avengers arc.

 

Meet the new Four Horsemen of Apocalypse:

The Sentry, Grim Reaper, Banshee and Daken, the son of Wolverine! Continue reading Back From the Dead in UNCANNY AVENGERS

Steve McNiven Joins UNCANNY AVENGERS

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Uncanny Avengers have faced Red Skull, Apocalypse, Kang and the Apocalypse Twins but the Unity team’s ultimate destruction could be from each other.

 

Artist Steve McNiven (Civil War) joins Rick Remender with Uncanny Avengers #14 for the finale of what’s been building since the team formed in the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men. Wolverine’s actions in Uncanny X-Force by Remender are back to haunt him and his friendship with Captain America.

 

“They’ve allowed personal differences and petty rivalries, all of the things we humans allow to create conflict amongst us, to fester,” Remender tells Marvel.com about the next act. Continue reading Steve McNiven Joins UNCANNY AVENGERS