Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for…
Between man and country, between country and king; between friends; between ex-lovers; between the love of ideology and the love of individualism – thereās a lot of love in Black Panther #200.Ā We find TāChalla and his partner-cum-conscience Omolola mid-fight, as the masked ideologues whoāve been stalking and killing TāChallaās secret Wakandan spies have finally…
Chaos has been dealt with, the murderer has been revealed, and all mysteries laid to rest. The Peregrine Child, however, still threatens to consume all magic once and for all, but Doctor Strange has one last trick up his sleeveā¦well, someoneās sleeve, anyway. The Death of Doctor Strange #5, written by Jed McKay, drawn by…
Witness Moira X on the run and a strange clawed individual covered in techno organics in X Deaths of Wolverine #1 by Benjamin Percy, Federico Vincentini, Frank Martin, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: Liz, while House of X and Powers of X made sense to me as far as which one was āecksā…
Austin Gorton: Welcome back Adam! As of the completion of this episode, we are more than halfway through the season; how are you feeling about where things stand overall? Adam: I commented on Twitter that Iām really appreciating just how Star Wars-y this show is. It feels deeply invested in what the franchise is all…
The next generation of Marauders starts here, in this story by writer Steve Orlando, artist Creees Lee, colorist Rain Beredo and letterer Cory Petit. With Daken missing, Kate Pryde and Bishop assemble a new crew of Marauders to hunt him down. How will they fare against the machinations of Brimstone Love? The changing of the…
The Old James House might turn out to be Ami’s only hope, but it’s still missing a piece. And if anyone’s going to survive, that final ghost must be found. Home Sick Pilots returns for a new set with issue #11, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed…
Wonder Woman #783 depicts Wonder Woman and friends tackling another new spin on an old acquaintance written by Michael Conrad and Becky Cloonan, with Marcio Takara as artist, Tamra Bonvillain as colorist and Pat Brosseau on letters. Meanwhile in Bana-Mighdall, Atalanta, Faruka, and Artemis debate what the Oracle’s vision shows. Written by Vita Ayala, art…
Life as Nightwing has always come with its own dangers, but ever since Dick Grayson revealed his new status as a billionaire and his plans to clean BlĆ¼dhaven up, it’s in his civilian identity that heās in the most peril. But he gets by, with a little help from his friends, in Nightwing #88, written…
Before he was Batman, Bruce Wayne was simply a brilliant and angry young man. How did he go from that person to the hero Gotham needed? We begin seeing that journey in Batman: The Knight #1, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. In…
Mary Jane Watson. Felicia Hardy. What do these two ladies have in common? They’re both friends with Peter Parker, aka one of several Spider-Men. Ol’ Pete’s laid up in the hospital on account of some stuff happening in his ongoing title that this particular editor isn’t paying too close attention to at the moment. Anyway,…
āThe villainous LIFE FOUNDATION is back ā and they have DYLAN BROCK DEAD IN THEIR SIGHTS! Led once again by the insidious Carlton Drake, the symbiote-hunting organization has larger ambitions than ever before, and with ARTHUR KRANE in the palm of their hand, they finally have the political leverage to make them a reality in…
With superheroes outlawed in New York, Mayor Wilson Fisk needs superpowered operatives to keep the city under control. With Whiplash, Rhino, Electro, and Agony making up the new Thunderbolts, however, control isnāt all that easily found. Devilās Reign: Villains for Hire #1, written by Clay McLeod Chapman, drawn by Manuel Garcia, inked by Lorenzo Ruggiero,…
Ben Reilly is back, and this time heās more continuity-inserted than ever! Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #1 is written by J.M. DeMatteis, with art by David BaldĆ©on, colors by Israel Silva, and letters by Joe Caramagna. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Sometimes thatās a good thing, but others not so much. For the last…
Thereās a tension in critique between judging a piece of work for what it is and judging that work against our internal monologue of what we think the actions and resolutions of the work should be. Honest, good critique does not degrade a work because it doesnāt live up to head-canon fan fiction; good critique…