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Thunderbolts, After Original Sin
Maybe the tales of the Thunderbolts crochet circle? When reached, Marvel declined to comment.  I am told to expect the nature of the Thunderbolts comic to undergo some very big changes after Original Sin. The book began as the story of supervillains masquerading as superheroes, and eventually coming to rather enjoy the change It then morphed into[...]
Desperately Seeking Comics At London Book Fair 2014
Marvel UK/Panini, Knockabout, Cinebook, Humanoids and further work from Fantagraphics. But you could find comics in all sorts of places Such as a single book on a stand from Soaring Penguin Press… … that nevertheless had garnered considerable foreign rights attention, Pat Mills editing a new war comics anthology. I saw the[...]
A Guinness World Record For Deadpool? Not So Fast…
We ran this a couple of days ago, but yesterday Marvel Comics sent out a press release about Deadpool #27 getting the Guinness World Record for the most number of characters in a comic book cover. And at first glance that's exactly what they'd got 236 characters… But there's another comic that also had 236 characters on[...]
The Ultimates Go Audio – A Full Cast Recording Of Against All Enemies
Marvel Entertainment has joined up with GraphicAudio to produce The Ultimates: Against All Enemies by Alex Irvine. In this latest full-cast recording, the Ultimates – Captain America, Iron Man and Thor – face threats to humanity too powerful for conventional operatives to handle The alien shapeshifters called the Chitauri were defeated by the Ultimates in a[...]
Iron Patriot On The All-New Chopping Block Already?
Marvel's All-New Marvel NOW! relaunch programme has pretty much been a success, giving lesser Marvel characters a real shot in the arm, both Silver Surfer and Moon Knight being a resounding success. However, I'm told that based on early numbers, Iron Patriot, only just published, is not expected to make it past issue five, and a few others[...]
Thirty-Eight Thoughts About Thirty-Eight Comics – Doop, Captain Marvel, Kick Ass, Iron Fist, Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, Deadpool, East Of West, Manifest Destiny, Invincible, Great Pacific, Shutter, Savage Dragon, Peter Panzerfaust, Batman Eternal, Batgirl, Justice League 3000, Superman/Wonder Woman, Constantine, The Royals, Lumberjanes, Deceivers, Creepy, Flash Gordon, Magnus, Shotgun Wedding, Sons Of Anarchy, Next Testament, Regular Show, Returning, Samurai Jack, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Powerpuff Girls, Judge Dredd, Indestructible, GI Joe, My Little Pony And The Maxx
Thank you Powerpuff Girls #8 Captain Marvel #2 gives us Raccoon Vs Cat, and the knowledge that there are a race of Flerkens out there who resemble the feline form rather directly. It also gives us one of the best last pages of a comic I've read in a while Under Dan Slott Protocols, I won't[...]
Spider-Woman Is Now The Black Widow…
Today sees the launch of the All-New Ultimates, the fifth "All-New" title from Marvel today (the others are X-Factor, Doop, X-Men and Ghost Rider) And we see the new Ultimates team, formed in the recent Survive one-shot But are there too many Spider- characters for one team? And yes, "Die Spinne", while the German for The[...]
Daredevil #1.50 Gives Us The Political Future Of Daredevil In San Francisco
Today's Daredevil #1.50 celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Daredevil, first published by Marvel Comics in April 1964 But because this is Marvel Time, Matt Murdock is prety much the same age as when he started, give or take. But in this issue, we see the character celebrating his fiftieth birthday No longer Daredevil (for as long[...]
Marvel Are In Retreat –  Photos And Pics
Marvel is undergoing a creative summit, where editors and creators from all over the world gather to pitch, share, collaborate and work out where Marvel Comics will be going in, well, 2016 The difference between the Marvel and the DC Summits? The Marvel ones let participants tweet about it. My arrival at the Marvel retreat: http://t.co/dLl2RBmCYe —[...]
First Review: Original Sin #0 And Original Sin #1
Published by Marvel on 16th April. Original Sin #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato Published by Marvel on 7th May. This is Marvel's Great Bright Hope for the Summer A murder mystery, that begins with the death of a Marvel mainstay, the Watcher, and suspects all around. And yes, this is incredibly similar to the set up[...]