marvel Archives

Kulan Gath is on the verge of defeat…or is that what he wanted the entire time? • A Pyrrhic victory lights a fuse that will only burn more of the Marvel Universe. • Plus, the Punisher is curious about Crom… 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99 There comes a time in every anti-hero's life when seeing that same old god,[...]

Another Marvel comic is on the chopping block in September, but this time, it doesn't appear to be low sales that's leading to the cancellation of Doctor Strange, as the title sells around the mid-range for Marvel ongoings Instead, the solicit for September's Doctor Strange #20 claims that "an event so epic" it "shakes Doctor[...]

Eagle-eyed readers perusing Marvel's September solicitations may have noticed a glaring omission There is no issue of Shuri solicited for September And less eagle-eyed readers like ourselves might then be inclined to go back and look at August's solicitations and learn that there's no issue of Shuri solicited for August either In fact, the last[...]

The Marvel Comics writer recently asked fans to help decide whether he should cut his hair or grow it out, with 54% of fans voting for a long-haired Cates. I'm at a crossroads with my hair It's in that weird, impossible to do anything with it, length. Should I cut it short and clean or go for[...]

*cue America the Beautiful* Marvel has announced that Star Wars filmmaker J.J Abrams will co-write an eponymously named Spider-Man mini-series in September alongside his son, Henry Abrams, with artist Sara Pichelli providing the artwork, Dave Stewart providing covers, and Olivier Coipel providing the cover for the first issue The series will pit Spidey against a new[...]

On ABC's Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., the ongoing love story between super-science geeks Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) has been a case study in poor timing and worse luck After years of will-they-or-won't-they teasing by SHIELD's writers, the fan-favorite characters finally got together Only to then be torn apart by story[...]

Perhaps hoping to get ahead of the negative publicity garnered when Marvel announced Marvel Comics #1000 with a roster of creative teams that consisted of more Al Ewings than it did women, the House of Ideas has officially announced the previously reported follow-up, Marvel Comics #1001, by frontloading the listed creators with women, about as[...]

Marvel has announced another 80th-anniversary one-shot, this time starring Canada's greatest (and only) superhero team: Alpha Flight! Rather than bringing back classic Alpha Flight creators (because then Marvel might be in danger of actually using Chris Claremont more than once every six months), however, Marvel will celebrate the team's Canadian heritage with an all-Canadian creative[...]

Marvel Legends collectors: we know of at least one SDCC exclusive we need to get Revealed today by Hasbro is their Marvel 80th Anniversary Retro Series Hulk figure Hulk will come on a retro-styled card, and includes a bent pipe accessory This is a great looking addition to any Hulk collectors Marvel Legends shelf, and[...]

Looks like Marvel Studios will have quite the presence at the show The images below are from Avengers Endgame: but it might suggest a certain… focus for the show Phase Four all round perhaps? Or will this be the debut screening for the new edition of Avengers Endgame with added footage? In Avengers Endgame, Tony Stark[...]

Two days ago, Marvel set the comic book world alight with speculation by posting a teaser image featuring the number 4 made out of spider webs, prompting speculation that the House of Ideas was either teasing a Spider-Man/Fanastic Four crossover or a comic book adaptation of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 script. #MarvelComics pic.twitter.com/tqeAGUaEVl — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel)[...]

is moving on the Marvel franchise This isn't that surprising considering he's been involved since 2008 [earlier if you count production] so it's something people have been preparing for The question then became what would happen to the mantle of Iron Man Other people besides Tony Stark have worn the suit so maybe it was[...]

X-Men: The Seminal Moments, the documentary web series Marvel has been posting on YouTube in advance of Jonathan Hickman's line-wide X-Men relaunch, has reached its final chapter And rather than looking back at the titular seminal moments of the past, this one looks to the future: to the upcoming release of House of X and[...]

Acts of Evil, the Marvel Summer annual event rehashing the concept of the classic Acts of Vengeance crossover, is wrapping up this September with three previously-announced annuals: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, Wolverine, and Moon Knight Marvel sent out a press release today with the covers for all three issues, and simultaneously released longer descriptions of each[...]

Read on for recaps of all of last week's X-Men comics in X-ual Healing! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but with a corporate merger on the way, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being[...]

We've stitched together what we could find of Marvel Comics' plans for May 2019, titles ahead of this week's solicitations… take a little look at what's coming. Star Wars: Age Of Resistance: Rey #1 by Tom Taylor and Ramon Rosanas in September, a story set with Chewbacca as they were on their way to meet Luke Skywalker[...]

Marvel has revealed another new series launching September: Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda, spinning out of Avengers and starring the covert ops team assembled by Black Panther to handle the business the Avengers can't The new series was announced on Marvel.com, where writer Jim Zub, who is joined by artist Lan "Funky Cold"[...]

In the biggest Marvel scandal since the time we learned Akira Yoshida wasn't a real person, or maybe even the time we learned Bill Jemas wasn't a real person, Marvel executive Joe Quesada has taken to Twitter to admit that he is the father of global entertainment superstar Donny Cates It all began when Cates[...]

On Sunday, Marvel Comics posted a Spider-Man teaser, an image of the number "4" created from spider webbing, leading to a flurry of speculation over what the teaser could mean. #MarvelComics pic.twitter.com/tqeAGUaEVl — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) June 16, 2019 The two most obvious theories were that Spider-Man would be crossing over with the Fantastic Four in some way[...]

As Jonathan Hickman's relaunch of the X-Men draws ever closer, Marvel has revealed six new character design sheets by artist R.B Silva for new mutants debuting in July's Powers of X #1 We've seen some of these characters in preview art, but this redacted art makes clear that these are all new characters making their[...]

We don't have to explain it." Those were words famously said by then-Editor-in-Chief of Marvel, Joe Quesada, about the widely reviled events of One More Day, in which Spider-Man made a deal with Mephisto to save his Aunt May at the cost of erasing his marriage with Mary Jane from continuity.   Except, those weren't actually his[...]

This week, Marvel will release a facsimile edition of Howard the Duck #1, reprinting the comic exactly as it appeared back in 1976 That means everything is the same, including the advertisements And while Howard the Duck #1 is a fine comic by Steve Gerber and Frank Brunner, we can't help but be a little[...]

In this week's Unstoppable Wasp #9, Advanced Idea Mechanics shows off their new aggressive recruiting techniques at the G.I.R.L. Expo. To avoid having to

The Age of X-Man is coming to a close already, ahead of Jonathan Hickman's line-wide relaunch of the X-Men. That means it's time to wrap things up in all

Marvels Annotated #4 hits stores this week, remastering the classic series by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross And this preview of the issue is all about Phil Sheldon laying on the superhero guilt trip, describing the lack of respect the citizens of the Marvel Universe have for heroes like the Avengers. But if you think about[...]

During the Secret Empire super-mega-crossover event, Captain America was revealed to have always been a secret Nazi working for Hydra. Or at least, that's

But when you're Hector Bautista… Hopefully, Hector is able to sort all of this out before the end of the issue, as otherwise Marvel won't be able to publish any more comics since time will be stopped forever in their universe God damn Wolverine. Wolverine Infinity Watch #5 hits stores on Wedneday. Wolverine Infinity Watch #5 (of 5) (W)[...]

You would think creatures called "dark elves" would know how to fight in the dark though. War of the Realms: War Scrolls #3 hits stores on Wednesday. War of the Realms: War Scrolls #3 (of 3) (W) Jason Aaron, Christopher Cantwell, Charlie Jane Anders (A) Andrea Sorrentino, More (CA) Alan Davis THE MUST-READ COMPANION TO THE WAR OF THE[...]

Over the years, Conan the Barbarian has been described as many things: black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with

In the pages of Shuri #5 this week, the titular hero finds herself the subject of controversy, some might even say a witch hunt. It turns out the space