THANOS Shocker

Thanos by Jeff Dekal courtesy Marvel
Thanos by Jeff Dekal courtesy Marvel

Thanos…as you’re never seen him before?

Some of Marvel’s biggest bad guys are not the forces of ultimate evil they used to be.

Doctor Doom is trying to follow Tony Stark’s legacy in Infamous Iron Man.

Now the Mad God of Titan is under siege but not in the way you might expect.

Thanos #1 arrived with a thunderous crash like the Mad God’s boots landing on a doomed planet. Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men, Old Man Logan) and Mike Deodato team up for a big new chapter in the life of the cosmic menace.

Picking up after the villain’s escape from Earth after Civil War II, the first issue saw the return of other alien characters, a look at an infamous sector of space and set up a shocking new status quo for the classic villain. Continue reading THANOS Shocker

AVENGERS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

All-New Wasp courtesy Marvel
All-New Wasp courtesy Marvel

Old school is new again.

Classic names in Avengers history are poised for major comebacks. Even some of really old school members with brief tenures on the team are being resurrected. Some characters who may make you say, “were they really Avengers…for like a minute?”

Two Wasps and a casting revelation by Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn made us time travel back into issues of Avengers past.

Before we share the four Avengers ready for a comeback here’s a look at some famous names coming back to comics and movies: Continue reading AVENGERS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

15 COMICS CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2015

Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 courtesy Marvel

Epic crossovers with a multiverse of heroes and villains.

Beloved characters back in print.

Stars of major movies and television getting their own books.

Here are our Comic Characters to Watch in 2015:

Starfox

The half-brother of Thanos will appear in the Avengers: Rage of Ultron original graphic novel. The Eternal has been off the grid for years after brief appearances in She-Hulk. Rick Remender (Uncanny Avengers, AXIS) is the architect of this cosmic clash and Eros’s comeback. Continue reading 15 COMICS CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2015

STARFOX Returns In AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON

Avengers #232 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #232 courtesy Marvel

Avengers: Rage of Ultron was a surprise announcement from Marvel at San Diego Comic Con. The original graphic novel by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena arrives April, 2015 – one month before Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

Remender revealed the story will bring back a long-lost Avenger.

Starfox.

Yes, Starfox.

 

The story will be set in the past and flash to the present in which Ultron has taken over Titan, the homeworld of Thanos and his brother Starfox. Continue reading STARFOX Returns In AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON

AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON Announced at MARVEL AXIS SDCC

Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel
Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel

The Marvel Avengers & X-Men: AXIS panel was packed with anxious fans at San Diego Comic Con but it was Ultron that stole the show. More on that surprise coming up!

 

In AXIS Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom unite against the power of the Red Skull armed with Professor Xavier’s mutant mind. The major event will come just after major status quo changes for three of Avenging icons: a new female Thor, Sam Wilson as the new Captain America and Tony Stark in new silver armor with a new mission and base of operations. Continue reading AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON Announced at MARVEL AXIS SDCC