Kang and his companion deal with the ramifications of a “pirate timeline” as we get a glimpse of Marvel’s near future in Timeless #1. Written by Jed MacKay, art by Kev Walker, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Mark Bagley, and Andrew Hennessy. Color art by Marte Gracia with letters by Ariana Maher. We’re in a week…
There’s something about Spider-Man and horror. Whenever the Marvel Universe takes a turn for the scary, Peter Parker is often right in the middle of it. Other times there are horror stories, both within the Prime timeline and alternate universes, just straight up centered on Spider-Man in a horror context. With two issues out this…
Double and triple crosses abound as SWORD #11 makes a landing from Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni, Fernando Sifuentes and Ariana Maher. I love a good mystery. There’s something deeply, viscerally fulfilling about that moment when you’ve finally pieced it all together, analyzed clue after clue, hint after hint, and you know exactly where the story’s…
We know who killed The Scarlet Witch. Is justice served? Can it ever be on Krakoa? We find out thanks to Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Clayton Cowles and Edgar Delgado examine her fate in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #5. Andrea Ayres: Well, here we are, Charlie. At the end of this limited series, and…
Vader gets lost in the influx of new characters and an uninspiring plot in Star Wars: Darth Vader #19 written by Greg Pak, art by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Two issues into the “Crimson Dawn” era of this series, things are already starting to feel repetitive. After last…
A lovely resort in the Hamptons has turned out to be an incubator for kidnapping, jewelry theft, and… mind control? Or is it all a test for our Kate Bishop? Investigate in Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #2. Drawn by Enid Balám, inked by Oren Junior, written by Marieke Nijkamp, colored by Brittany Peer and Chris Peter,…
T’Challa, Omolola, and Shuri all take part in dealing with Wakanda’s sleeper program being compromised. Difficult conversations, well-deserved ire, and some murder investigation all feature in Black Panther #2 written by John Ridley, art by Juann Cabal, colors by Federico Blee, and letters/design by Joe Sabino. Love and trust are verbs: tangible and inseparable actions. …
As everything Dylan Brock has come to know and love unravels around him, he is beginning to realize a terrible truth: The VENOM SYMBIOTE is not a harmless pet, no matter how much it pretends to be one. It’s an alien. A dangerous, violent, often bloodthirsty alien. Whatever bond it had with Dylan’s father, Eddie…
Peter Parker attempts to face his greatest foe: the lies he tells himself in Darkhold: Spider-Man #1. Written by Alex Paknadel, art by Dio Neve, colors by Jim Charalampidis, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Think about the biggest lie you’ve ever told. You’re thinking about the bad things: the fake job experience you put on…
DOMINO, KID OMEGA and WOLVERINE head back into the thresher to recover the precious cargo stolen from Krakoa!
In Miles Morales #33, we see Miles’ best friend fit the sidekick trope to a tee: outrage with the protagonist – in this case outrage if the incredulous cease and desist order given to Miles by the Beyond Corporation, demanding he stop using the Spider-man identity; he gives the reader context around the protagonist’s recent…
Merlyn and King Arthur have taken the Starlight Citadel. Saturnyne still lives, but not for long. Betsy Braddock must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie. There is no haven for the witchbreed. Can they hold on to their champion, here at the twilight of an age? Find out in Excalibur #26, written…
Luke Skywalker gets back to Jedi business in Star Wars #19, written by Charles Soule, drawn by Marcos Castiello, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In terms of Luke Skywalker, the big hook to any of his stories set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is the question…
Things are getting political and punchy and all kinds of complicated in Devil’s Reign #1. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Manuel Garcia, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Devil’s Reign #1 is full of explosive consequences and actual explosions involving Daredevil, Wilson Fisk, and a city of heroes caught in the…
The gang says so long, farewell, we hate to say goodbye in Hellions #18.