Who Joins AVENGERS After CIVIL WAR II

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes evolve and re-assemble in the aftermath of Civil War II. As you can see one God is not enough as the Avengers go to war with a classic enemy.

Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel

Mark Waid stays on board as writer with Mike Del Mundo as artist when the flagship book returns in the post-war Marvel Now.

Rookies Ms. Marvel, Nova and young Spider-Man leave to become Champions. A new hero and a classic villain are wearing Iron Man armor.

Sam Wilson/Captain America, Jane Foster/Thor, Vision and the new Wasp recruit Hercules to reassemble against one of the team’s oldest enemies: Kang. Continue reading Who Joins AVENGERS After CIVIL WAR II

TRAITOR REVEALED in ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel

A traitor exposed.

A villainous mastermind revealed.

A rookie Avenger kicked out.

Avenging icons trapped.

Major events in All-New, All-Different Avengers #5 will have a huge impact on more Marvel books.

Ms. Marvel was kicked off the team in this week’s issue. We knew it was coming but now we know why and what it could mean for Marvel’s major event: Civil War II.

Before we continue here’s a SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading TRAITOR REVEALED in ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS

WHY ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 arrives this week.

Iron Man, Captain America and Thor are the big three icons joined by Vision and young heroes Ms. Marvel, Nova and Miles Morales/Spider-Man.

Mark Waid, Adam Kubert and Mahmud Asrar are the creative team behind’s Marvel’s biggest team.

Loki brought the original version of the Avengers together. Waid explains how the new heroes “assemble” and the villain behind the first arc: Continue reading WHY ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

New Comics Picks for November 4, 2015

Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel

The end and new beginning for the X-Men franchise silencing all doubts about the continued future of the Children of the Atom, a new James Bond series kicks off on the eve of Spectre, and Marjorie Liu’s monster new fantasy book.

It’s all in this week’s new comics of the week:

Uncanny X-Men #600 Will Cyclops become a mutant savior, destroyer or victim? Will Beast be punished for his twist in time that set off this saga? Get set for emotional reunions, final confrontations and massive changes as the Brian Michael Bendis X-Men era comes to a powerful finale. Continue reading New Comics Picks for November 4, 2015

MARK WAID Talks ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

Marvel assembles classic icons and rookies for an All-New, All-Different Avengers this fall following Secret Wars.

First revealed on Free Comic Book Day, the lineup is Iron Man, Sam Wilson/Captain America, Jane Foster/Thor, Miles Morales/Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Nova and Vision.

Legendary writer Mark Waid will be joined by fan-favorite artist Adam Kubert and rising star Mahmud Asrar on the flagship book.

Marvel shared new interviews with the creative team and this new cover by Alex Ross.

Waid reveals how he chose the new team roster: Continue reading MARK WAID Talks ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS

AVENGERS VISION For VIRGINS

Avengers Origins: Vision courtesy Marvel
Avengers Origins: Vision courtesy Marvel

The third trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron gave us our first look at Paul Bettany as Vision in the final moments.

Seeing a glimpse of this classic character made fanboys and girls go wild but non-comic readers who enjoy the movies (including my office neighbor) ask, “who’s the red face guy?”

In the continuing tradition that started with Avengers For Virgins, here’s what you need to know about this mystery man.  This is the comics history but as we know Marvel movies don’t always follow comic canon. Continue reading AVENGERS VISION For VIRGINS

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Trailer! Four Biggest Reveals

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courtesy Marvel

The third trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron arrived packed with action, one-liners and huge revelations and left us with burning questions.

Here are our favorite biggest reveals:

Ultron, Evil by Design!

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes face one of the most relentless enemies from comics. In the new trailer the A.I. lays out his plan in the chilling voice of James Spader.

“I was designed to save the world,” Tony Stark’s program says, “there’s only one path to peace…their extinction.” Continue reading AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Trailer! Four Biggest Reveals