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Top 5 Comics Picks for 2-8-12

Secret Avengers #22

Hawkeye takes command and recruits Captain Britain for his covert team. He’s going to need the extra muscle as the Avengers’ version of the Sentinels strike. Rick Remender revolutionized Uncanny X-Force so get ready for a wild ride with the bad boys and girls of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

Batgirl #6

Batgirl and Batman meet for the first time since her recovery. The deadly man manipulating Gretel makes her move. Barbara deals with the emotional wallop by a return from someone in her past.

Thief of Thieves #1

When the writers of The Walking Dead and Morning Glories unite for a book it’s a huge reason to rush to the comic store. Robert Kirkman and Nick Spencer tells the story of the ultimate thief who can steal anything except the life he lost. A master criminal tries to connect with the son and wife he lost while evading the FBI and an even bigger threat.

Kevin Keller #1

Archie Comics didn’t just give the Riverdale Gang a gay sidekick – they made Kevin Keller openly gay young man who wants to serving in the military. This week the groundbreaking character gets his own series and hardcover graphic novel featuring the GLAAD Media Award outstanding comic story about Kevin’s first meeting with Archie and life before Riverdale.

Wolverine and the X-Men #5

Kitty Pryde is pregnant. A billion alien Brood show up and I don’t think it’s for a baby shower! Is this the child that could bring Kitty and Colossus back together or has an alien enemy delivered a curse on my favorite X-woman?

Can Hawkeye Cut It? Remender Takes Over Secret Avengers

Secret Avengers #21.1 is Rick Remender’s first issue with the covert team. But this story is a team-up between Captain America and Hawkeye.

You could say Remender has created a “Kobayashi Maru” test* for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. *All respect to Star Trek lore and their fans.

The Avengers’ ultimate boy scout and outlaw are on an undercover mission in a nation run by criminals for criminals.

It’s an action filled story of breaking, bonding and a hero pushing to prove himself. Marvel already revealed Hawkeye was going to be the new Secret Avengers leader but this issue shows us how Steve and Clint fought their way to get to this point.

The Shadow Council subplot continues and a new Masters of Evil is revealed.

After seeing what Remender did with Uncanny X-Force, I’m excited to see where he’ll take these covert Avengers and how he’ll develop Hawkeye.

Top 5 Picks 1/25/12

Secret Avengers #21.1

It’s no superhero vacation! Captain America and Hawkeye aren’t checking out the Red Light Nation for the golf or beaches. The two Avengers invade the nation run by criminals for criminals. Expect new writer Rick Remender to turn up the action and violence as the covert team faces a new Masters of Evil.

I, Vampire #5

Gotham City has bats, cats, owls and now vamps! The Queen of Blood brings the vampire war to Bruce Wayne’s hometown. Before hero Andrew Bennett can take on the Queen he must first face the Batman!

X-Men Legacy #261

Rogue, Gambit and Frenzy just want to make a fresh start teaching at the new mutant school but an old X-Men villain wants to give them a lesson in revenge. And for the first time since Schism – members of Cyclops’ and Wolverine’s rival X-Men teams meet with chaotic results.

Catwoman Volume #1

If the idea of Anne Hathaway as the feline femme fatale in The Dark Knight Rises is catnip to you check out this collection. It’s like Catwoman’s Greatest cuts – including the Selena’s Big Score one-shot, an infamous appearance in Detective Comics, and Catwoman #1-9. This volume features the work of Darwyn Cooke and Seattle’s own Ed Brubaker. A must for Selena fans!

Nancy in Hell on Earth #1

When I saw the title I knew I had to recommend this book! Nancy and Lucifer escape from Hell with a horde of demons in pursuit. Good thing Nancy wields a chainsaw! Nancy sounds like a hot female version of Ash from Evil Dead – sound tempting!

Deathlok, Deathstrike, Death to Secret Avengers?

X-Men 205 — Lady Deathstrike on the cover of X-Men #205 courtesy Marvel.com

Rick Remender continues revealing the new enemies facing the Secret Avengers. The Descendents are evolved from the most famous (and infamous) robots and androids in the Marvel Universe. In the latest Father Files on Marvel.com he revealed Cyborgs Deathlok and Lady Deathstrike and her Reavers are part of this new race.

“In UNCANNY X-FORCE, we’ve recently seen a band of Deathloks from a future where Deathloks win out and took down the super-humans and acclimated them to the Deathlok program,” explains Remender. “They made everyone easily controlled and removed the chaos factor from life in the Marvel Universe. Those Deathloks were created using the body of another Deathlok from another timeline that was created by Roxxon. That technology was then acclimated by Father and hyper-evolved in The World and then used. We saw that version of Father killed by Deadpool and those Deathloks disappeared.”

Deathlok 1 — Deathlok #1 courtesy Marvel.com

“The Reavers in their origins were never made very clear,” he says. “They hated mutants but we never really found out why. In terms of what their motives were and why they hated mutants so much, there were obviously a few things hinted at, but we’re going to show why they were built and by whom. In Uncanny X-Force 5.1 we saw Deathstrike talk about the coming revolution. At this point, her body has been rebuilt and destroyed so many times she’s more machine than anything else. Her consciousness has remained intact and with Father’s help, she has become even more evolved and we’ll see exactly what she’s capable up in upcoming issues. She is Father’s right-hand woman. If you were going to make an analogy to old X-Men comics, she’d be Wolverine to Father’s Cyclops, back when those guys were still working together.”

“We saw her working with the Reavers when the X-Men lived in Australia. We saw them come back as a force with Donald Pierce and kick the [expletive] out of them. The Reavers hate mutants, they just hate them. When you mix in Cole and Reese, some of the Hellfire guys who were turned into cyborgs after being cut into pieces by Wolverine, their motives are a little more clean and clear. I looked to make this something that fits in with their history. Deathstrike had worked with the Reavers at this point in time; things have changed and she has higher goals now. She still has a real hatred for Wolverine, but her bigger goal here is to serve Father and the plot they’re working on is to see the Descendants rise. The rise of the Descendants might go further than people expect it to, I’ll say that.”

For more of Remender’s notes click here.

Kelly Hu played Lady Deathstrike in X2: X-Men United. Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri were on board the Uncanny X-Men when The Reavers infamously crucified Logan in the Outback – a haunting cover.

Secret Avengers Versus Sentinaughts?

The Descendants are rising up to threaten the surface world in Secret Avengers #22. A mysterious enemy known as “The Father” created these new races evolved from the most famous robots and androids in the Marvel Universe. All this week new writer Rick Remender is revealing the new foes with his research and commentary on Marvel.com. The latest Father File reveals the Sentinaughts, descendants of mutant hunting Sentinels.

“The Sentinaught Society is sentient Sentinels who have a natural hate for mutants and still have some of their original tendencies from their mindless ancestors,” says Rick Remender of these Descendants. “Such as their inherent need to crush, kill, and destroy the mutant race. [But] they’re individuals. So any Sentinaught that you’d meet would have its own personality and background. The Core has been hidden for so many years, and these things have been living there for many, many years. So these things all have their own back-stories and likes and dislikes.”

Earlier Remender revealed The Core is a hidden city deep within the Earth where the Sentinaughts, The Machine People and UltraVisions are waiting to strike.

For more of Remender’s notes and quotes visit Marvel.com.

Secret Avengers Face The Machine People.

SecretAvengers_22_Preview1 — Secret Avengers #22 preview art by Gabriel Hardman courtesy Marvel.com

When Rick Remender takes over Secret Avengers #22 he’ll put the covert heroes up against The Descendants, evolved from the Marvel’s most famous androids and robots by the mysterious Father. Remender has been digging into Marvel history to create this new threat.

The writer is sharing extensive research notes and commentary about these new races challenging the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on Marvel .com. Next up is the Machine People.

“Imagined, designed, built and activated for the United States Army, X-51 exceeded its programming and came to act as a kind-of surrogate child to its creator, Dr. Abel Stack. The robot escaped what it deemed captivity after Stack’s death and inaugurated its first self-motivated step towards the facsimile of humanity: it took on a human face and name.”

MCP 8 Machine Man — Machine Man from Marvel Comics Presents #8 courtesy Marvel.com

“Neurotic,” says Remender of Machine Man’s Descendants, the Machine People, whom he further calls “the Woody Allen of robot species.”

“There are so many of them,” he notes. “The set piece for the SECRET AVENGERS story is a city called The Core. The Core is a moon that is in the center of the Earth’s iron core. It’s where all of the robots have been living for many, many years. It’s where the Descendants have been thriving and procreating away from humanity. The Machine People are a large portion of the general population of the core. They are all highly intelligent and a bit nuts.”

For more of Remender’s notes and quotes click here. Earlier this week he unveiled the Ultravisions.

AVX: Secret Avengers Suicide Space Mission!

secavn2010026_dc11 MTV GEEK — Secret Avengers #26 cover by Alan Davis on MTV Geek courtesy Marvel.com

Maybe some Avengers won’t be alive for the big fight against the X-Men? Marvel gave MTV Geek this spectacular cover image and a foreboding press release for Secret Avengers #26.

“Thor leads a secret team of Avengers on a suicide mission to stop the Phoenix by any means necessary.”

Rick Remender and Renato Guedes provide story and art. This cover is by the legendary Alan Davis. Majestic comes to mind when I think of his art!

So far Secret Avengers #26, New Avengers #24, New Avengers #26 (Iron Fist as the Phoenix)have been the only tie-in AVX books revealed so far…but this is a crossover event so stay tuned!

Secret Avengers Face Ultravisions!

Secret Avengers #24 Art Adams — Secret Avengers #24 by Arthur Adams courtesy Marvel.com

New creative team. New team leader. New members. New arc. New enemies from an old source. Marvel is releasing the Father Files this week to give fans an idea of what to expect when Rick Remender takes over Secret Avengers.

Remender is revealing the secrets of The Descendants, evolved from the most famous robots and androids of the Marvel Universe. He is revealing to Marvel.com his notes as he prepares to take over the title with February’s Secret Avengers #22.

Today Remender gave us a commentary on the Vision – the basis for the Ultravisions coming to threaten the team.

“In terms of [the Ultravisions’] lineage, there are obviously connections to [original Human Torch] Jim Hammond, The Vision and Ultron,” Remender notes.

“[Real-life scientist] Ray Kurzweil and his research and his theories on the singularity come into play with them the most. Their bodies are less important. The Vision’s body has always been important to him. The Ultravisions are more about consciousness and their consciousness can be saved on a computer the size of a molecule that can then be transferred to another body. They’re un-killable and highly evolved. A lot of my ideas come from what Ray Kurzweil thinks will happen when man bonds with robotics.”

“Here’s a small taste of the Ultravisions’ abilities: Ultravisions can phase seconds forward into time and predict what you’re going to do using ‘Tachyon Fu,’ [and] a Vision and a Jocasta can bond/couple to form a bigger, way-more-powerful robot.”

For more of Remender’s notes on the original Vision click here.

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