Every good elopement needs a fun wedding later, as Teddy and Billy tie the knot, and future problems develop on the cusp of the New Age of Space in this delightful aftermath issue from Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and VC’s Ariana Maher. Empyre: Aftermath Avengers #1 Zach Rabiroff: What a week, dear friends,…
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1 is the new sci-epic from writer Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), artist Simone Di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), colorist Mariasara Miotti and letterer AndWorld Design. It tells the story of one man’s unending quest through space to discover the truth. Oh, and it’s also about harvesting giant…
The following contains spoilers for last week’s Marauders #11 For a woman who can walk on air, Kate Pryde has always had to carry a heavy weight. Since her introduction in 1980, Kate has been, in addition to her day job as a member of one x-team or another, an authorial stand-in for creators from…
Hello friends and readers, Empyre sinks in deep as we cover the highs and lows of this week’s crop of tie-ins. Zach Rabiroff examines the ramifications os Lords Of Empyre: Celestial Messiah #1 by Alex Paknadel, Alex Lins, and Matt Yackey. Then Tony Thornly shows us what those wacky FF kids are doing in Fantastic…
Sister Act Captain Marvel #17 (2004): Peter David (writer), Paul Azaceta (pencils), Chris Sotomayor (colors) Captain Marvel #18 (2020): Kelly Thompson (writer), Cory Smith (pencils), Adriano Di Benedetto (inks), Tamra Bonvillain (colors) All Captain Marvel families are alike, but every Captain Marvel family is unhappy in its own way. Two years ago, Margaret Stohl and…
Rise and Fall of the Roamin’ Empyre Three years ago, I made a terrible decision. High on youthful exuberance, and unwilling to dip my toe back into the world of comics except in the most obsessively completist way imaginable, I decided to read every Marvel comic published since 1961. Not just the big ones: everything….
Looking Back at Denny O’Neil’s Iron Man, and Marvel’s First Black Flagship Hero The first time I encountered Denny O’Neil’s Iron Man, he was wandering New York in the snow on a December night. His hair was shaggy and unkempt, a wild beard hanging off his chin, and his stained dress shirt was dangling loose…
Mags Immortal is a spinoff of Times Immortal, where Robert Secundus and Zach Rabiroff dive into the weird and wild world of 1970s Marvel Magazines. CW: violence, implied sexual violence, incest, suicide, torture, and religious trauma Robert Secundus: Last time on Mags Immortal we looked at some wonderful comics. But they weren’t what really wowed…
Mags Immortal is a spinoff of Times Immortal, where Robert Secundus and Zach Rabiroff dive into the weird and wild world of 1970s Marvel Magazines. CW: violence, implied sexual violence, incest, suicide, torture, and religious trauma Robert Secundus: The other day, while doing research (read: justifying spending money on weird comics stuff on ebay), I…
Hello friends and readers, and welcome to the biggest Marvel Minutiae EVER. We really should be calling Marvel Max…in..utiae. Well anyway, Christina Eddleman is going to be giving her thoughts on the new Spider-Woman #1, Zach Rabiroff starts off with the new teen event with Outlawed #1. Liz Large makes her Minutiae debut with Amazing…
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae! We have a full grab bag this week as Rob Secundus covers Schwartz and Burrows’ Rescue 2020, Ian Gregory starts off Young and Ramos’ Strange Academy, and Zach Rabiroff tackles the premiere of Ross and Busiek’s (and others’) Marvel! Rescue 2020 #1 Rescue…
Jon & Rod are back with New Mutants #7, a comic that laughs in the face of any reader expecting a conventional story. The team pretty neatly solves all the issues with the Shi’ar and then plants a Krakoan Gate while Sunspot decides to buy Cannonball’s apartment building so that he can stay close to…
The Hulk does battle with Xemnu, a monster that weaponizes nostalgia, in this issue by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Javier Rodríguez. Zach Rabiroff: Hello there, boys and girls! Remember when you were a kid, living in a two-story suburban house that was always cozy and warm, even in winter time? Remember how your folks…
The Hulk and his allies fight kaiju sized monsters in the city of Phoenix Arizona. Said monsters were sent by Roxxon CEO Dario Agger, and clearly he has a deeper, more sinister scheme in this tale by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and company. Zach Rabiroff: Welcome back to another installment of Time Immortal, the internet’s…
We return to our other New Mutants, captured by a drug cartel on a Nebraska farm. Boom Boom helps them escape and the Bohusk family relocates to Krakoa, but at great cost. Beak’s parents are killed in the fighting, not that anyone would remember. Manon and Maxime rewrite the memories of Angel, Beak, and their…