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MARVEL Asks WHAT IF INFINITY WAR

What If Infinity Avengers courtesy Marvel
What If Infinity Avengers courtesy Marvel

Marvel’s WHAT IF? series make a huge cosmic comeback this Fall.

INFINITY is one of Marvel’s biggest, game-changing events of recent years during Jonathan Hickman’s first year on the AVENGERS. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes went into space to stop an alien army from destroying the planet. While the Avengers were away, Thanos invaded, leading to the Mighty Avengers stepping up and Black Bolt unleashing Terrigenesis and a new generation of Inhumans.

Now Joshua Williamson shows us a complete different outcome: Green Goblin holding the Infinity Gauntlet? Thanos wielding Captain America’s shield?

Here’s the official announcement: Continue reading MARVEL Asks WHAT IF INFINITY WAR

WHAT IF AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 Review

What If? AvX courtesy Marvel
What If? AvX courtesy Marvel

What If? AvX #1 takes no prisoners!

 

The very concept of Marvel’s What If? books are supposed to be dramatic changes to some of publisher’s most pivotal storylines. Picking up What If? Avengers vs. X-Men #1, I knew I was going to get a variation on the battle between Marvel’s biggest teams but I wasn’t ready for what happens in this issue!

 

Just in case you didn’t get the original AvX story: The Phoenix Force was coming to Earth to bond with Hope Summers, the mutant messiah. Wolverine and the Avengers feared the worst and wanted to take Hope into custody. Cyclops and the X-Men believed the Phoenix and Hope could save the mutant race from extinction. One group saw death. One group saw rebirth. All suffered when the Phoenix Force split into five different hosts. Continue reading WHAT IF AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 Review

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for July 3, 2013

Avengers AI #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers AI #1 courtesy Marvel

Avengers AI #1 Hank Pym prevented the Age of Ultron but did he unleash a whole new set of horrors! The founding Avenger assembles a new team of heroes including Vision, Victor Mancha from Runaways and new mystery characters on his road to redemption.

 

Batman Incorporated #12 Will Bruce get his revenge? Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham are sure to deliver another bloody, brutal chapter in the final war between Batman and Talia!

 

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1 The finale of Cullen Bunn’s Deadpool Killogy! Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for July 3, 2013

WHAT IF AVENGERS VS. X-MEN?

What If? AvX courtesy Marvel
What If? AvX courtesy Marvel

The biggest Marvel story of 2012 is the inspiration for the return of What If? Avengers vs. X-Men was a huge event for the Marvel Universe!

 

What if “other” heroes became the Phoenix Five?

 

This week is the first issue of Jimmy Palmiotti and Jorge Molina’s four-part story starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fighting the Children of the Atom…with all-new twists and turns!

 

Iron Man tried to kill the Phoenix Force before it could reach Earth and possess Hope but the entity split into five hosts: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik and Namor – with devastating results – including the death of Professor X.

 

Acclaimed creator Jimmy Palmiotti told Marvel.com why the original epic is a perfect inspiration for What If?:

 

“The set up and Continue reading WHAT IF AVENGERS VS. X-MEN?

WHAT IF? AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Preview!

What If? AvX courtesy Marvel
What If? AvX courtesy Marvel

The biggest Marvel story of 2012 is the inspiration for the return of What If? Avengers vs. X-Men was a game-changing event for the Marvel Universe but what if other heroes became the Phoenix Five?

Jimmy Palmiotti and Jorge Molina create a four part story starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fighting the Children of the Atom…with a new twist!

Iron Man tried to kill the Phoenix before it could possess Hope but the entity split into five hosts: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik and Namor – with devastating results.

Jimmy Palmiotti tells Marvel.com why the original epic is a perfect inspiration for What If?:

“The set up and Continue reading WHAT IF? AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Preview!