Old Tropes Are Rejuvenated in Time Before Time #1
I’d struggle to call Time Before Time novel, but then again, I’d also struggle to call it bad.
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Hyperion Soars But Peter Parker is Stuck on the Ground in our Heroes Reborn Roundup
Hyperion and the Imperial Guard #1 Hyperion gets a Brood awakening in the “finale” of Heroes Reborn: Hyperion & The Imperial Guard #1. Written by Ryan Cady, drawn by Michele Bandini, inked by Elisabetta D’Amico & Michele Bandini, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Cory Petit. We often talk about how we want comics…
Bizarro Hulk Makes Things Weird in Heroes Reborn #2
Hyperion defends his world from a twisted rogues gallery (give or take a Hulk) in Heroes Reborn #2. Written by Jason Aaron. Drawn by Dale Keown, Carlos Magno, and Ed McGuinness. Inked by Scott Hanna, Carlos Magno, and Mark Morales. Colored by Edgar Delgado & Matthew Wilson. Lettered by Cory Petit. Jason Aaron and company’s…
Johnny Storm Learns Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows in Fantastic Four #32
Doctor Doom reveals his bride despite the Johnny Storm sized roadblock to the altar in Fantastic Four #32. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva & Javier Rodriguez, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. The Slott Era of FF once again finds some charm in going small as we kick off…
Battle Of The Atom: Soft Spot For S-Men
We get all flipped and inverted and talked about by comics. It wasn’t great.Ranked This Episode: AXIS Magneto #9-12 (AXIS) Deadpool #36-39 (AXIS)
Indie Punks Diet Cig Talk About Their New Comic Anthology “Do You Wonder About Me?”
Diet Cig is an acclaimed two piece band known for catchy hooks and fun, honest lyrics. To celebrate their latest album Do You Wonder About Me? The band curated a comics anthology inspired by the album featuring work by Sabrina Mellado, Shelby Criswell, Kit Fraser, Daniel Torraca, Arantza Pena Popo, Daniel Zhou, Viktoria Cichon, Kailee…
Ryan Cady Sat Down To Discuss Heroic Legions In Hyperion And The Imperial Guard + An Exclusive Preview
In the world of Heroes Reborn, Hyperion is a big deal. He’s a super heroic man, but when he was a wee superheroeic boy, he had adventures with the Imperial Guard. Writer Ryan Cady talked to us about this one-shot. ANd hey, you get to see our EiC whiff a question so hard right from…
The World is Changed, Yet Oddly Familiar in a Spoiler-Free Review of Heroes Reborn #1
Good art with a poorly plotted and tonally jumbled script, Heroes Reborn is the definition of a mixed bag.
The Mushroom Apocalypse Draws Closer in I Breathed a Body #4
The cult of Mylo grows, but the mystical mushroom secret has roots in the much deeper, darker world of I Breathed a Body #4 by Zac Thompson, Andy MacDonald, Triona Farrell and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. CW: I Breathed a Body #4 features images of suicide and self-harm, and this article will be discussing those images. Zachary…
Battle Of The Atom: End Of The Road (To 500)
Battle Of The Atom: End Of The Road (To 500): We decimate the competition as we become the only X-Men podcast to rank 500 bespoke stories. We are celebrating with wonton destruction. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Vol 2 #177-179 (Decimation) Generation M The 198
Magik Unleashes Her Dark Riders In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Men: Curse Of The Man-Thing #1
We all love a Man-Thing. How many other Marvel character have a song written about them by The Mountain Goats? It’s not shocking in our organic, Krakoan era, Man-Thing would come in conflict with the mutants, but who could have predicted this? Steve Orlando and Andrea Broccardo have been building to a crescendo in in…
A Boy’s Trip in Fantastic Four #31
The First Family’s title finally remembers it’s about families in Fantastic Four #31. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by Jesus Arburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, Fantastic Four #31 finds the Richards Family attempting to ground themselves in the wake of Knull. Reed has a boys trip planned with Ben while…
6 Issues in, We Get an Actual Crossover in, uh, Crossover
We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6….
An Otherworldy Adventure In New Mutants #17
The OG New Mutants are responsible for training a new generation of teens on Krakoa, and the teens resist. Dani and Xi’an chased a runaway former student into Otherworld, then got snagged by malevolent Merlyn: can they find him, or even free themselves? And what’s the Shadow King training his hand-picked group of disconsolate teens…
Series Review: Knock ‘Em Dead Killed ‘Em Too Quickly
Long as you keep ‘em way off balance, how can they spot you’ve got no talents? It’s a tale of stand-up comedy, spirit possession and the eternal, exacting price of fame in Knock ‘Em Dead, a five-issue miniseries by writer Eliot Rahal, artist Mattia Monaco, colorist Matt Milla, letterer Taylor Esposito and publisher AfterShock. Will…