Hob’s Mutanimal Enforcers are on the run. After an attempted assassination at a rally leads to rioting, the Splinter Clan and their allies storm Hob’s stronghold – and we find out for the first time just how in over his head Hob really is. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120 is written by Sophie Campbell, drawn…
One of the students at the school-for-magic-kids has been taken over by a scary demon with uncountable eyes who feeds on angst and hatred! What will the other kids do? Can they expect help from… Howard the Duck? Strange Academy #12, writing by Skottie Young, art by Humberto Ramos, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by…
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…
The final encounter approaches. There is everything to play for, even if everyone’s already lost, in DIE #19, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Stephanie Hans and lettered by Clayton Cowles for Image Comics. Mark Turetsky: Hi, Corey! It’s been a month, and we’re one step closer to DIE’s resolution, and the unraveling of all…
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…
Spawn’s Universe crowns its monarch and assembles another crop of co-stars in King Spawn #1, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane; drawn by Javi Fernandez, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan and Brett Booth; inked by Adelso Corona and Daniel Henriques; colored by FCO Plascencia, Andrew Dalhouse, Marcelo Maiolo, Peter Steigerwald and Dave McCaig;…
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…
Gather round, true believers, because it’s the publishing season we’ve all been waiting for: the time of year when Marvel preserves the trademark on its least lucrative or popular tie-in IP! This time, it’s everyone’s favorite Russian heroes like Guy in a Red Suit, Iron Man But Also Red, and, of course, Darkstar banding together…
Charlie Davis: Hey so. Some magic happened last night. I don’t know what’s gonna happen at SummerSlam. But it’s gonna have nothing on The First Dance. Forrest Hollingsworth: Look in my eyes, what do you see? An uneven week of wrestl-ing. Will Nevin: Looks like I picked a good week to start with the wrestling…
Titans’ third season continues with ‘Blackfire’ where Dick takes matters into his own hands and Kori takes Gar on an impromptu roadtrip. Liz Large: We’re back for episode four of Titans, which will hopefully answer some questions raised in last week’s three-episode drop. You know, stuff like “why is Jason Todd doing this?” and “what’s…
Although they never made it an official career goal, Made in Korea author Jeremy Holt said it felt surreal and exciting when they were approached to contribute the new Marvels Voices anthology, Identity. It’s fitting as well, they said, since as a non-binary, identical triplet, Korean adoptee, Holt said they will never not explore identity…