I don’t play Animal Crossing, so the last few weeks on social media have been Greek to me. However, I have been playing a lot of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and I’ve discovered something. Isabelle rocks. I typically race as either Toad or Toadette. The small, compact characters (or Light) take turns better, especially on…
Hello friends and readers, it’s a packed week here at Marvel Files as Christi Eddleman leads up on the Road to Empyre, the clockwork-like Tony Thornley swings into The Amazing Spider-Man, the big boss Zack Jenkins takes a look back in Marvel Snapshots: Fantastic Four, and Rob Secundus delves into the specifics of Immortal Hulk!…
The curse of the Pale Girl comes into full bloom as Wolverine and Agent Bannister team up to investigate The Flower Cartel. In Wolverine #2, Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert, and Frank Martin put the canucklehead through the ringer as they examine the cost of what he leaves in his wake. Tony Thornley: Hey Pierce! It…
The X-Mansion is haunted. Someone, or something, creeps in its ruins and Nightcrawler has assembled a team to investigate. Join Alan Davis, Jonathan Hickman, and Carlos Lopez as they explore a haunted mansion in Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler #1. Tony Thornley: Hey Rob, are you ready to talk about what happened to one of the most…
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae! We hope you like Spiders and Spider-adjacent folks, because it is all Spidey all the time in this week’s column. Spider Correspondent Tony Thornley spins us a yarn about Spencer and Ottley’s ASM, while Christi Eddleman gives us her thoughts on the high…
Correspondent Tony Thornley is back to talk about Spencer and Coello’s Amazing Spider-Man while the most prolific writer on the Xavier Files crew, Vishal Gullapalli, dives into Aaron and many artists’ Avengers #31! Amazing Spider-Man #40 There’s a lot going on in Spider-Man’s world. But then, when isn’t that true? However, Amazing Spider-Man #40 covers…
The one and only, original flavor Logan returns in his first solo ongoing series since 2014 from Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert, Viktor Bogdanovic, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson and Cory Petit! We get duel stories as Wolverine investigates the new street drug Pollen. Also he fights Dracula. Tony Thornley: Hey there Pierce, welcome to our new…
Hello friends and readers and thank you for check out another week of Marvel Minutiae here at Marvel Files! This week we’re covering Spider-Man stuff galore as Christina Eddleman looks at Gwen Stacy #1 and Spider Correspondent Tony Thornley tackles Amazing Spider-Man #39. Starting us off is Rob Secundus’s extended look at the Mother of…
Friends and readers, we have a brand-new week of comics, and with that comes Marvel Minutiae—the column where our Marvel Files writers bring you some bite-sized thoughts on some of this week’s Marvel Releases. This week the boss steps down from his office as Zack Jenkins talks Black Cat and Savage Avengers (kind of). Plus,…
The finale is here. Psylocke gets a brand new power. X-23 and the rest of the squad take on Apoth and his children, who will prevail? As Bryan Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank D’Armata return once more to close out this series. Tony Thornley: This issue picks up en media res. The team is mid-battle…
Friends and readers, we have a brand-new week of comics, and with that comes Marvel Minutiae—the column where our Marvel Files writers bring you some bite-sized thoughts on some of this week’s Marvel Releases. This week Tony Thornley talks Spider-Man and clickbait while Zack Jenkins is here with some discussion of symbiote boys! Amazing Spider-Man…
Friends and readers, welcome to Threefer Madness! This week we’ve got a combination of a new #1, the end of one writer’s tenure, and some heckin’ space adventures. Join writers Vishal Gullapalli and Tony Thornley as we delve into this comics in our traditional conversation Marvel Files Fashion! Iron Man 2020 #1 Arno Stark is…
Fallen Angels #5 is here and it’s time to squad up. Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank D’Armata return in the penultimate issue. Husk and Bling! join Psylocke and company on their mission to stave off Apoth and his children! Then – Cable turns on X-23?!? Andrea Ayers: And we’re back, back again. A…
Welcome friends to this, our first installment of Marvel Files: Threefer Madness! This week Zack Jenkins and Tony Thornley are looking at three of the big releases this week: Hawkeye: Freefall #1, Star Wars #1, and Daredevil #16! Hawkeye: Freefall #1 ZJ: Shocking everyone, Hawkeye has become an intimidating character to write in the last…
In Fallen Angels #4 from Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank D’Armata we learn a lot about Apoth. That’s about it. Andrea Ayres: Fallen Angels #4 is back and for me not a vast improvement on the previous issues. We open with a warning: “Do not trust peace. That’s where death hides.” Do you…