Retcons can be a useful tool in the world of serialized storytelling. They can add important character details about characters, stories, and locales. Hell, one of the best stories of the last five years was a massive retcon, as House of X #2 permanently altered the history of Moira MacTaggert. Amazing Spider-Man #72 hands the…
Connor Young was a high school basketball star till his MS diagnosis last week. Today he feels like an ex-basketball star: nothing special. Tonight he’s an armored superhero. What will he make of his new life? Darkhawk #1, written by Kyle Higgins, art by Juanan Ramirez, colors by Erick Arcienega, letters by VC’s Travis Lanham,…
Spider-Man. He’s a threat. He’s a menace. And J. Jonah Jameson will do whatever it takes to make the world see it. But in this companion piece to 2019’s Spider-Man: Life Story, will his decades of obsession bear fruit for Jonah … or be his destruction? Let’s do hard time with Spider-Man: Life Story Annual…
Let’s enjoy a party the Aphra way: stealing in Doctor Aphra #13 written by Alyssa Wong with art by Minkyu Jung, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by Joe Caramagna. When I last wrote about Aphra, a long time ago on a website far, far away, Aphra and Sana had completed…
Wolverine #15 finds Ben Percy and Adam Kubert are gonna make Sevyr and Wolverine team up to hunt Solem.
Ochi of Bestoon is in the spotlight, and he’s not looking for a whole colloquium in Star Wars: Darth Vader #15 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Jason Keith and lettered by Joe Caramagna. One of the fun side projects throughout Greg Pak’s run on this volume of Darth Vader has…
As the dread lord Dormammu rages across the galaxy, the old man Cable steps into his role as head of security for SWORD. Now we see how the big guns take care of business in Cable: Reloaded #1 by Al Ewing, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia and Joe Sabino. Ian Gregory: Okay, so I know I…
Writing by Torunn Gronbekk, art by Edgar Salazar, color by Arif Prianto, letters by Clayton Cowles, design by Joe Sabino Throwing readers into the trenches of the Imperium of Man’s infernal, eternal war with Chaos, sink or swim, Torunn Grønbekk’s and artist Edgar Salazar’s take on the Warhammer 40,000 universe with the first issue of…
THE LAST ANNIHILATION RAGES ON! The Guardians are scattered to save five different planets – but it’s already too late for Chitauri Prime. Why those five? What are the true plans of the mysterious enemy targeting our universe? Only DOCTOR DOOM knows… but with the entire Chitauri species out for his blood, he might not…
Luke Skywalker has a major revelation while Leia watches a cool fight in Star Wars #16 written by Charles Soule, art by Ramon Rosanas, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles In terms of plot, not a lot happens in this issue: Luke spends most of it flying to Jekara, while the contingent…
Marvel’s latest Star Wars crossover event takes a hard right turn into “Fuck Yeah” territory in Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #3. Everybody now, including his Rebellion friends, is after the Carbonite’ed Han Solo. But when Darth Vader throws his lightsaber into the bidding, whom amongst them will survive the Sith Lord’s offer?…
The Third Law of Krakoa. “Respect this sacred land.” It should be known to all, but they still had to make it a law. Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartagila and Clayton Cowles examine it in Way Of X #5. Jude: I do not like this comic, not because it’s a bad comic, because objectively…
Miles Morales and Amulet team up in the latest installment of Infinite Destinies in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1. Written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Luca Maresca, colors by Fernando Sifuentes, and letters by Cory Petit. [Ed. note: A previous version of this article ran with misinformation about Ahmed’s background. This has been corrected.] I’m…
The masked melee continues to multiply in Sinister War #3! Facing down the barrel of nearly 40 villains, Spider-Man continues to try and break free of this volume’s finale. Written by Nick Spencer and Ed Brisson. Drawn by Mark Bagley, Carlos Gómez, and Zé Carlos. Inked by Andrew Hennessy, Andy Owens, John Dell, Carlos Gómez,…
With the Hellfire Gala over the Marauders set sail for more battles and action. However, maybe it is time to bring new blood ashore. Gerry Duggan, Ivan Fiorelli, Rain Beredo and Cory Petit dispatch Marauders #23. Christina Eddleman: Ian, I’m really happy to be back to chat about our favorite group of mutants: Kate, Storm,…