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And while there are still wrap-ups to come, with a certain Dominion to take care of, as well as the remains of a Nimrod or two, the story that Jonathan Hickman kicked off across the whole of the X-Men titles is coming to an end at breakneck speed. Which makes Doom #1, published today by Marvel[...]

Jonathan Hickman's Krakoan Age of the X-Men is coming to an end, and it seemed to be one that happened quite abruptly, as the X-Men keys are handed off from editor Jordan D White to Tom Brevoort But Tom has already had his hands over parts of it, it seems, as Jordan and other X-Men[...]

Marvel Comics is launching Aliens Vs Avengers – or AVA – by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić in July 2024 The rest is a footnote The first Aliens crossover with a Marvel comic, from their Fox imprint that also includes Predator and Planet Of The Apes comics, and follows their Predator Vs Wolverine series Hickman,[...]

The realisation that Marvel's new Ultimate Comics universe is playing out in real time topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool.

Ultimate Spider-Man #3 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto is published today The original Spider-Man – and the original Ultimate Spider-Man  – have a kid who has lost his father figure, learning to use his own powers for good and in doing so prevent the kind of harm that befell him With great power there[...]

Marvel Comics issues the following note regarding Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's G.O.D.S series, stating "TO ALL THINGS, AN ENDING… FOR NOW G.O.D.S #8 is on sale May 2024 G.O.D.S #8 Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Art by VALERIO SCHITI Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI On Sale 5/15" Suggesting that the series, which published its sixth issue[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto hit with a bang The second printing even made it into Bleeding Cool's Weekly Bestseller List, the first time such a thing has happened The remaking of Peter Parker's life, only getting the spider bite as a middle-aged man, and an active choice rather than circumstance,[...]

Jonathan Hickman is already doing a couple of versions of Doctor Doom over in his Ultimate books Now he is taking to the future with Sanford Greene for the final days of Victor Von Doom in Doom #1, a one-shot coming out from Marvel Comics in May. Jonathan Hickman & Sanford Greene's Doom Launching In May[...]

Yet in today's ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1, Marvel readers saw Uncle Ben alive and well! The debut issue of Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto's new ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN series was packed with startling revelations, including this sharp storytelling turn for one of pop culture's most famous super hero origin stories and most notable deaths! In ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1,[...]

Today sees the official launch of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto You may have treated yourself to certain spoilers yesterday, but there is plenty more going on of note So, yes, ore spoilers, obviously. So, yes, we have the very much alive  Uncle Ben Parker, Managing Editor of the Daily Bugle, working[...]

Tomorrow sees the release of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto and it is making big changes to the Spider-Man way of doing things Some we know Some will hit hard Spoiler-sense activate! In this world, The Maker, the Ultimate version of Mister Fantastic, stopped the radioactive spider from biting Peter Parker And[...]

The digital subscription side of Marvel Comics, known as Marvel Unlimited, has put up a new version of the House Of X and Powers Of X comic book series from 2019, by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz and RB Silva, after recently recutting them for the webtoon-style service Instead, Group Editor Jordan D White, in his[...]

But, you know, we are getting Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto on Ultimate Spider-Man in 2024 Which is pretty much a big draw. A thirty-something Peter Parker who only becomes Spider-Man after he's settled down with Mary Jane Watson, and had a couple of kids a whole different power fantasy for a new generation with stellar[...]

Now for Jonathan Hickman fans, these are familiar names. Yabbat Unnon Turru was created by Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting in their first New Avengers #1 ten years ago in 2013, also known as the Black Swan A royal from another dimension, she tried to escape her home to travel the Multiverse When her Earth was[...]

But in the new Ultimate Universe, being launched by Jonathan Hickman, it seems that maybe that might have been rather appropriate Because this Ultimate Universe has had its White Event, its Big Bang, its inciting moment And many are dead But who? And how might this lead to a different Marvel Universe? Well for a start,[...]

Last night, Bleeding Cool broke the news (swiftly followed up by a press release from Marvel Comics) that the returning Ultimate Spider-Man from Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto in January 2024 would be very different A Peter Parker, married to Mary Jane, with two kids… who only then becomes Spider-Man in his thirties Traditionally, and[...]

With Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, Ultimate Black Panther by Bryan Hill and Stefano Caselli and Ultimate X-Men – most surprisingly – by Peach Momoko. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1 Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Art and Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO On Sale January 10 Revolutionary writer Jonathan Hickman and acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto (DAREDEVIL) bring you a bold new[...]

Recently, looking at the first issue of Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's G.O.D.S #1, I realised how much it owed to Jack Kirby's New Gods Two houses of power, in opposition to the other, with one apprenticing a young one of their own to the other side An offering? A spy? A diplomat? Physical evidence[...]

#1 Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Art by VALERIO SCHITI Colors by MARTE GRACIA Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI The infinite détente between THE-NATURAL-ORDER-OF-THINGS and THE-POWERS-THAT-BE nears an end Old acquaintances are reunited during a Babylon Event The Lion of Wolves throws the worst parties Don't look under the table There's a John Wilkes Booth penny on the ground[...]

#1, out today by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti and Marte Gracia from Marvel Comics, I stated that it was not so much Sandman-meets-Saga as it had ben pitched but New Gods-meets-Book Of Magic Which is why we get a scavenger hunt/trade that takes us around new realities, new powers and new places, introducing them to[...]

At the end of Ultimate Invasion by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch, we saw Tony Stark – Iron Lad and junior Kang – teamed with a Reed Richards clad in the armour of Doctor Doom All part of the new Ultimate Universe as formed by The Maker – but also, it seemed, partially formed by[...]

Ultimate Invasion from Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch has shown us a new Ultimate Universe, one that Ultimate Reed Richards, the Maker, carved out of a different reality, changing aspects of the past to create a new present of his own liking Even if the future tried to fight him over it Which leads to[...]

Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's G.O.D.S #1 has gone to second printing, two weeks before the first printing is on comic book store shelves (or one week, if you happen to shop where this guy goes) A new franchise for the Marvel Comics universe, set deep within it, it purports to depict an age-old battle[...]

#1 back for a second printing two weeks before the first issue by Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti hits comic book stores There's confidence for you It will be published on the 1st of November with a new cover by Schiti. PrintWatch: The first issue of the new Captain America #1 by JMS and Jesus Saiz[...]

#3 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) • Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN • VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN Cassandra is cursed with knowing the future, but no one believes her There are Black Swans in the bar Oblivion wants to drink alone, but kids these days don't[...]

But will allow Jonathan Hickman to craft a more tightly designed Ultimate Universe in terms of continuity storytelling Everything will happen for a reason." "Because, yes, Jonathan Hickman will be writing at least one of these titles going forward, while keeping his eye on the others How any of this will tie into his G.O.D.S[...]

#1 by Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti from Marvel Comics; "Marvel hearing retailers talking about how ULTIMATE INVASION #1's price tag kept readers away vs Marvel pricing G.O.D.S #1… Lack of pre-orders + high price means that I'm ordering G.O.D.S #1 at a tenth of what I ordered HOUSE OF X #1[...]

from Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti A staple signature in Jonathan Hickman's comics and now made famous to the point of parody, Ultimate Invasion has a few maps and logos filling up the page count, but I am told for G.O.D.S., there is none of that Not in the first issue, anyway[...]

by Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti has, with an original page of content in every major ongoing Marvel Universe series intended to lead into the new series And the previews and the promos are using all manner of terms, The-Powers-That-Be, The-Natural-Order-of-Things, A Babylon Event here, a Centrum and Centivar there, so here is a compact[...]

When writing about Ultimate Invasion #3, by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch, something really nagged at me The moment when The Maker gathered up all those who he has identified as being ancestors of the soldiers using Captain America and Thor genetics, attacking them from the future, and then massacres them all in the present[...]