SECRET WARS #1 ALEX ROSS Cover

Secret Wars #1 courtesy Marvel
Secret Wars #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel recruited one of the greatest cover artists for their huge 2015 event and here’s a look at the cover of Secret Wars #1 by Alex Ross (Marvels, Earth X, Kingdom Come).

Jonathan Hickan and artist Esad Ribic are the creative team on the eight-part epic that follows Time Runs Out in Avengers and New Avengers.

You’ve seen teasers, the secrets of Battleworld and the promise of a game-changing war between heroes of multiple Marvel realities. Continue reading SECRET WARS #1 ALEX ROSS Cover

From AVENGERS: TIME RUNS OUT To SECRET WARS

New Avengers #30 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers #30 courtesy Marvel

The path to Secret Wars begins with Time Runs Out in Avengers and New Avengers.

The plan goes way back to when writer Jonathan Hickman took over the adventures of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Illuminati.

It all leads to Marvel’s big event of 2015 when heroes from multiple Earths clash in Secret Wars.

Time Runs Out is playing out in a near future with heroes vs. heroes as the final Incursion is coming to smash Earth out of existence.

Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort revealed art from upcoming Avengers books leading into Secret Wars and answered fan questions. Continue reading From AVENGERS: TIME RUNS OUT To SECRET WARS

MARVEL SECRET WARS 2015

Secret Wars by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
Secret Wars by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

SECRET WARS.

Jonathan Hickman. Esad Ribic. 2015.

Marvel made a stunning announcement at New York Comic Con answering a lot of questions and fueling all-new speculation and excitement.

 

We know now how Hickman will do next after his current Avengers arc Time Runs Out is over. Continue reading MARVEL SECRET WARS 2015

Top Comics for September 17, 2014

All-New X-Men #32 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #32 courtesy Marvel

A week of books so big we expanded to a top 10:

 

All-New X-Men #32

Miles Morales, meet the original X-Men? A new mutant’s power surge causes a dimension tripping crossover between the young X-Men and Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis and Mahmud Asrar.

 

Avengers #35

Time Runs Out! Jonathan Hickman takes the series into the future with a powerhouse new time! It’s Earth’s Mightiest Heroes vs. The Illuminati as Hickman builds up to his grand finale! Continue reading Top Comics for September 17, 2014

AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Begins

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

Avengers vs. New Avengers.

The return of Thanos and the Black Order.

A classic hero allied with unholy evil.

The final incursion and finale of Jonathan Hickman’s epic Avengers run.

The endgame begins in Avengers #35 this week.

 

Time Runs Out will flash forward eight months to a war-torn Marvel Universe of tomorrow. Writer Jonathan Hickman gives us a look at this bleak future of May 2015 and brings the story threads from Avengers and New Avengers into a clash of heroes.

As you can see Sam Wilson, the All-New Captain America is here but isn’t Thor being replaced by a Goddess of Thunder? Continue reading AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Begins

Don’t Call DOC GREEN the HULK

Hulk #5 courtesy Marvel
Hulk #5 courtesy Marvel

Gerry Duggan kicked off his Hulk run by unleashing a new persona from within the Green Goliath.

Doc Green is ready for SMASH the Marvel Universe with his enhanced muscles and mind.

In Hulk #5 Duggan and artist Mark Waid introduced an Extremis enhanced Hulk who may be smarter than Bruce Banner and in complete control of his powerhouse body.

Doc Green may remind you of the Hulk when he ran the Pantheon. Bruce Banner was in control of the Hulk’s body in that run by Peter David that also introduced the grey, cunning “Joe Fix-it” persona.

Continue reading Don’t Call DOC GREEN the HULK

AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Preview

Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #35 courtesy Marvel

The Avengers have jumped in the far future but their darkest hour may be in May 2015 as writer Jonathan Hickman races to the climax of his run with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

 

Marvel recruits an all-star art team for the oversized Avengers #35: Jim Cheung, Dustin Weaver, Nick Bradshaw and Paco Media.

 

Time Runs Out flashes forward eight months to a war weary Marvel Universe of tomorrow. Hickman gives us look a a bleak future of May 2015 and brings the stories from Avengers and New Avengers into a clash of heroes. Continue reading AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT Preview