enigma Archives

But might today's Rise Of The Powers Of X #5, with Phoenix, Jean Grey, against Nathanial Essex, the original Mister Sinister, now the Enigma Dominion, the closest thing the X-Men have had to fighting God, join them? We knew previously that all the Dominion-level intelligences were coming to join Enigma in its battle. But it turns[...]

Can Oscar find his way back to Cira… or will they be lost to each other forever, in a dangerous makeshift civilization that is mercilessly replacing the past? But as well as that, Berger Books is republishing the DC/Vertigo series Enigma by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo in a deluxe hardcover edition with a new cover[...]

We learn the true origins of Voyager, and then the Hulk tracks down remaining members of the Lethal Legion and then the Avengers Auxiliary HQ from which Toni Ho, General Maverick, and Enigma are working. I believe I've said this in a review before, but I am wholeheartedly against this weekly Avengers: No Surrender thing that[...]

Marvel Legacy U.S.Avengers #11 is a cute wink-and-nudge homage to Archie comics, but it might be too on the nose for some readers.

Hello again! Been a while since I did a Tales from the Four Color Closet piece, looking at the state of LGBTQ+ representation in comics and related media.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUP_9BB6zWo[/youtube] The Advocate's Jase Peeples presented a special episode of DC All Access on YouTube, looking at the history of LGBT characters in DC Comics as part of Pride month, but makes a number of curious omissions. While it looks at what may have been clumsier efforts to portray such characters and issues in the past, he[...]

Introducing a new Comics Column, Unsung Masterpieces, in its first installment: Milligan & Fegredo's Enigma By David Dissanayake Warren Ellis once wrote that, "American comics are hugely eager to put the future behind them Last week's books are done and dusted, no matter what.  Got to clear the shelves, got to clear space for this week's books,[...]

And while that predates, say, Peter Milligan and Mike Allred on X-Statix, as well as Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Mark Millar and Frank Quitely on The Authority… it doesn't predate The Enigma, by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo. Originally created for Disney's Touchstone Comics, but picked up by DC Comics when that publishing plan went pear[...]