Battle Of The Atom: Spider-Man 2099 Shirt
We enter the world of Mutant X, and by that we mean we get distracted by other weird Marvel stuff of the turn of the century.Ranked this episode: X-Factor #145-149 Mutant X #1-3 Mutant X: Origins #1
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Steve Foxe Runs The Gamut Between Spider-Ham & Horror
Steve Foxe is a writer and editor working in both comics and children’s books. His new title Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility just recently dropped from Scholastics Graphix and he sat down with us to discuss. Zachary Jenkins: You have a history writing books for children, which I think a lot of people who are…
The Regent Of Sol Meets The Magistrix Of The Shi’ar In Our Exclusive Preview Of S.W.O.R.D. #9
Al Ewing is pretty good at this space stuff. Fitting then that he introduces the X-Men’s long time ally, the Shi’ar, to Arakko. There speaks the voice of Sol, the goddess, Storm. Sadly, Storm is busy with what she is always busy with, doing a duel with fools who think they can step to her….
The Danger of Well-Meaning Whites in Ka-Zar #2
Ka-Zar and his family bite off more than they can chew as the mystery deepens regarding the Polyscion in Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #2, written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Germán García, colored by Matheus Lopes and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Chris Eddleman: What’s that? It’s another installment of our eco-mystery? I’m pretty…
Battle Of The Atom: I Don’t Like My Brother Either with Vishal Gullapalli
Everyone loves Vulcan. He’s the third Summers brother, and no one has ever disliked how clunkily he was put into the story and then used as a big deal in space for a while. Anyway, our buddy Vishal is here to set us straight! Ranked This Episode: Rise & Fall of the Shi’Ar Empire Emperor…
Did Nintendo Power’s Super Metroid Comic Capture The Essence Of Samus Aran?
Super Metroid is a perfect video game but that thrives on a single feeling, isolation. You are Samus Aran, a bounty hunter on a mission behind enemy lines on the planet Zebes. The closest thing to a friendly face you see is a singular corpse sitting, rotting; a warning to turn back before you face…
Navigate Beast’s Gonads In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Force #24
The thing about Benjamin Percy, the thing I appreciate most, is that he knows what he is doing. In the hands of a lesser writer, Krakoa having a CIA would be considered a good thing. Percy is writing about the grime, the messy business of nation building. He also knows that this is a superhero…
Battle Of The Atom: Wolverine In Armor
This week it is all Wolverine all the time. If anyone makes those jokes where we talk about Logan and we all know we are talking about Logan and you pretend we are talking about Laura, I will be sad and tired.Ranked this episode: All-New Wolverine: Four Sisters All-New Wolverine: Enemy Of The State II…
Comics Legend Stan Sakai, Canadian Jay Baruchel Round Out Our Exclusive Preview Of Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #3
Anthologies are hard. It’s enough of a challenge to get one creative team to tell a solid story, much less three. Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #3 sidesteps that challenge by making the appeal come from the creators. You have Stan Sakai, the legend behind Usagi Yojimbo, a comic that has never been bad. You…
Amazing Spider-Man #74 Ends With More Questions Than Answers. The Biggest One Is Why We’re Reading It.
The Kindred meta-plot is resolved, more or less. The Devil gets his due. Nick Spencer bids farewell. Does any of it matter? Amazing Spider-Man #74 is written by Nick Spencer with Christos Gage, Penciled by [deep breath] Marcelo Ferreira, Mark Bagley, Zé Carlos, Dio Neves, Carlos Gómez, Ivan Fiorelli, and Humberto Ramos, inked by [deeper…
Battle Of The Atom: Thinking Vertically with Declan Shalvey
Cartoonist Declan Shalvey is here with a vengeance to talk about vertical scroll comics and his just completed X-Men Unlimited story.
Stealing The Infinity Gems In Our Exclusive Preview Of Black Cat #10
Black Cat has stolen a lot of thing, diamonds, New York City, our hearts, but she is in the middle of her biggest heist ever in Black Cat #10. She wants the Infinity Gems, which, oops, have turned into people. That promises to cause some issues as we move into the endgame of Jed MacKay…
Bounty Hunters #16 is a Hive of Scum and Villainy
Old alliances shatter and new ones are formed in their wake in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #16, written by Ethan Sacks, drawn by Paolo Villanelli, colored by Arif Prianto; and lettered by Joe Sabino. “War of the Bounty Hunters” gets to some good old fashioned betrayin’ in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #16. New gruesome twosome…
In The Death of Doctor Strange #1, Doctor Strange… uh… dies.
Ding-dong, the Sorcerer’s dead in The Death of Doctor Strange #1! Written by Jed MacKay; Drawn by Lee Garbett; Colored by Antonio Fabela; Lettered by Cory Petit. What is the measure of a person? Is it the sweat of their brow? Their contributions to the world? What is the measure of a MAGICIAN? Is it…
Johnny Storm Flames But the Writing Fizzles in Fantastic Four #36
Things go from bad to fucked for Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm in Fantastic Four #36. Written by Dan Slott; Drawn by Nico Leon; Colored by Dono Sánchez-Almara; Lettered by Joe Caramagna. I am becoming increasingly convinced that Dan Slott doesn’t know much about real emotions. He’s just seen them on TV. In the aftermath of…