Once upon a time, DC Comics was going to publish a series of one-shots, the Generations books, which would lay out the new DC Timeline and lead to a relaunch and a rewriting of the DC Universe as 5G or Generation Five Then publisher and champion of the project, Dan DiDio, was fired and the[...]
Once upon a time DC's Generations series was to lead up to a big reboot/relaunch of DC Comics with a Crisis, an ageing of the main superhero line and new characters taking over the lead books, as part of 5G or Generation Five But then publisher Dan DiDio was fired and DC Comics took advantage[...]
That was the plan anyway.And it would begin with the Generations volumes, numbered one to five, running through the summer Then DiDio was fired, shutdown happened and DC Comics took the opportunity to sh-tcan the whole thing Generations Zero that was planned for the Free Comic Book Day issue, along with the new DC Timeline[...]
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Superman & Batman: Generations Omnibus HC Feb 21, 2021
Legendary writer and illustrator, John Byrne, transports us through this century-spanning tale to witness the evil that brings the Batman and Superman together as a team Now collected entirely in an omnibus!
Imagine a world where Superman and Batman aged[...]
A new 60-year history of the DC Universe, with some time-twisting shenanigans along the way (thanks to Zero Hour, Crisis and Doomsday Clock), but showing us four distinct generations of DC Comics history And realising that 5G meant the fifth generation of DC Comics history We then learned that Jonathan Kent will be aged again,[...]
As with all figures in the relatively new Studio Series line, the figure is meant to commemorate over a decade of live-action TF films.With the Prime Wars Trilogy, the third era of the Generations line draws to a close Optimus Primal has been made a Prime and thus turned (once again) into Optimal Optimus.[gallery columns="2"[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_721248" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: Captain America cover by Paul Renaud[/caption]Sam Wilson goes into the Vanishing Point and comes out in the 1940s as America enters World War II Not sure what to do, he becomes an enlisted man, putting his skills to use in the army behind Steve Rogers, Captain America.And then he[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_721223" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: Spider-Man alternate cover by Olivier Coipel and Laura Martin[/caption]As the Vanishing Point claims Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man, he finds himself in the college of Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man, in his younger days of yore He continuously runs into Parker, eventually following him home and discovering the crisis[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_717452" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: Ms Marvel #1[/caption]I’ve yet to give my opinion of Kamala Khan, AKA Ms Marvel, in my time on Bleeding Cool Well, it’s time to do that.I think she’s great She is among the most charming and inspiring heroes in modern comics[...]
After all, Jason Aaron, the writer of Marvel Legacy #1, has been using the Phoenix a fair bit of late himself, in The Mighty Thor and Generations: Thor He obviously has plans for the character And with rumours that Aaron is taking over Avengers in the future with a big event in mind, perhaps it's[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_714611" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: Captain Marvel[/caption]Carol Danvers has been thrown back in time and into the Negative Zone to find an ongoing battle on a planet she doesn’t recognize.Captain Marvel quickly discovers that she is witnessing an invasion of a planet by Annihilus, the Living Death[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_712291" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: Hawkeye[/caption]This one slipped past me somehow I’m sad; this was the Generations one-shot I was most looking forward too, and I somehow missed it when the week it was released.In any case, Kate Bishop finds Clint Barton locked in a deadly competition of the best marksmen in the world[...]
In the Generations series of comics, we see a recent adopter of a Marvel identity — Miles Morales Spider-Man, Jane Foster Thor, Riri Williams Iron Heart, Amadeus Cho Hulk, and the like take a trip in time to meet their classic counterpart in a different period They have some form of adventure together And then[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] This is it. This is the big one. In the wise words of Red Foxx: "I'm coming, Elizabeth." Or at least, I would be if this were nearly as bad as I feared it would be. With Secret Empire #10, for the first time, Secret Empire actually surprised me. Considering this is the ending, […]
So when I picked up Generations: All-New Wolverine/Wolverine #1 from Third Eye Comics, I knew I was going in with a decent enough background.The book opens with Wolverine chest-deep in fighting undead ninjas, when X-24 shows up and kicks major ass We don't know how or why she showed up, but she's there, and willing[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] James "Logan" Howlett, aka the Wolverine, is in Japan on the hunt for his daughter, Akiko, but the Hand are stopping him at every turn. Thankfully for him, Laura Kinney, his genetic clone and the All-New Wolverine, is here to help. The two track Akiko through hordes of Hand assassins, eventually finding her […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"]The next issue in the Generations is out, this time following Jean Grey, both the time-displaced teenage version currently starring in her own title and X-Men Blue and the original Jean Grey, at an earlier point in history Or is she?[caption id="attachment_655260" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Generations: The Phoenix cover by Stephanie Hans[/caption]This issue is the[...]
The first of Marvel's Generations one-shots that promise to show us where the Marvel Universe is heading with Marvel Legacy was released this week with Generations: The Strongest #1 starring the Totally Awesome Hulk and Bruce Banner Hulk Spoilers ahead, folks!Which does present us with an interesting point to consider now that we have our[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] In their gearing up for the next "non-reboot," Marvel is releasing their Generation line of one-shots, wherein the new identity of some hero titles meets up with their old ones. Many seem to be time-travel stories, and among the first of such issues is The Strongest, which is about a meeting between Bruce […]
Marvel Comics was originally going to advertise the Secret Empire comic book series on TV, but some negative public reaction to the very existence of the storyline — despite having a silver lining, according to Marvel EIC Axel Alonso — seems to have scuppered that plan, as well as various other activities in renaming and rebranding[...]
