In 1999, Fiona Apple released her second album, When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When…
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 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…
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…
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…
The legendary Wolverine writer returns next week for another startling chapter in the story of old sniktbub. Larry Hama, you know, the guy who made GI Joe good, returns to the X-Line in X-Men Legends #7 to tell a tale only he could tell. It has ninjas, it has Jubilee, it has Deathstrike. Will it…
Coming off the series Eisner win, writer Kelly Thompson, alongside Rafael De Latorre and Jordie Bellaire, spin a new one-shot web in Black Widow #11. Black Widow, Yelena Belova, Araña and newcomer Lucy are back after their defeat of the cult leader Apogee. But train as they may, Natasha Romanoff can’t bring herself to fully…
As longtime readers of Al Ewing’s work know, the 616 is currently in its 8th iteration of the cosmos. [Ed. note: As a site that came to notoriety through X-Men, I have to note that this is fully unrelated to the lives of Moira X.] In Ultimates2 #100, we saw all of the multiverses from…
If there is one thing we have learned about X-Men comics in the age of Krakoa, it is that they are no longer superhero comics. No, instead, they are pirate comics. The Original Writer has, once again, been proven right. After getting into the action, via jousting jet skis last issue, Wolverine now gets into…
The best Al Ewing book you aren’t reading continues its most epic story yet as “The Last Annihilation” continues in Guardians Of The Galaxy #17. After the daring rescue of King Hulkling by the mutants of S.W.O.R.D., the Guardians of the Galaxy have their backs against the wall against the dread forces of Dormammu. Can…
Miles Morales is Spider-Man, not Kid Arachnid, not Spin, certainly not Spy-D. He is Spider-Man. The best superhero movie of all time said so. But even there, he couldn’t just be a dime-store Peter Parker ripoff. He had to get his own identity in the form of a costume that reflects who he is. He’s…
He swayed She-Hulk from the Avengers, now Hulk must face down every hero in the Marvel universe who dares stand between him and The One Below All. Superstar writer Al Ewing and series penciler Joe Bennett reach their penultimate issue with The Immortal Hulk #49. Jackie McGee, the journalist who has been following the Devil…
The Mad Titan has returned thanks to a traitor amongst The Eternals midst. In Kieron Gillen, Esad Ribić, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles Eternals #6, the rebirth of Thanos is revealed, the work of Phastos, an Eternal fighting against the future. But his plan involves destroying the Earth and that just won’t do. Like Darkseid…
As officially announced yesterday, Al Ewing’s incredible run on Immortal Hulk is ending with #50. Fans of the Green Door still have plenty of Gamma madness to go as Ewing, Crystal Fraiser, Lan Medina, Antonio Fabela and Joe Sabino are here to share the continuing adventures of Gamma Flight in Gamma Flight #2. In this…
Being honest here, I am very tired and doing my best today. Iron Man is lost in space. I am lost in a hotel room. He is a zillionaire, I am less than that. But look at this, Christopher Cantwell, CAFU and Frank D’Armata have blessed me with a preview of Iron Man #10. Check…