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3 Classic Comic Book Ad Pages from the Howard the Duck #1 Facsimile Edition
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[...]
Laying on the Superhero Guilt Trip in Marvels Annotated #4
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[...]
Never Take Advice from Wolverine - Infinity Watch #5 Preview
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)[...]
Daredevil Gains an Unfair Advantage in War of the Realms: War Scrolls #3 (Preview)
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[...]
Marvel Spinning Up a Fantastic Four/Spider-Man Crossover?
Marvel Comics is teasing something to do with both Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four in an upcoming comic The House of Ideas took to Twitter on Father's Day to tweet an image of a number four made out of a spider web. #MarvelComics pic.twitter.com/tqeAGUaEVl — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) June 16, 2019 The assumption here is that Marvel is[...]
Capitalism and Kryptonite in Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 (Preview)
And yet… …he's not about to turn it down, either. Meanwhile, Tony Stark is busy making Superman references in a Marvel comic book… Wait, we thought that was alcohol? Or maybe Civil Wars? Or power outages. Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 hits stores on Wednesday. Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 (W) Gail Simone (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Clayton Crain WAR OF THE[...]
A New Guardians Team Already?! Guardians of the Galaxy #6 Preview
It looks like things are moving along pretty quickly in Marvel's cosmic universe, as we see in this preview of Guardians of the Galaxy #7 It feels like it was just a few months ago when Thanos was killed at the end of the Infinity Countdown/War/Whatever super-mega-crossover event Perhaps that's because it was just a[...]
The Privilege of the Kingpin in Daredevil #7 (Preview)
Next week's Daredevil #7 gives us some insight into how the other criminals of Marvel's New York City are dealing with the Kingpin becoming mayor And in this preview of that issue, we see the Kingpin gathering the New York City crimelords for a meeting of the minds inside a bank vault… something a few[...]
Learning to Love the Body Swap in Captain Marvel #7 (Preview)
Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange have a problem in the current storyline in next week's Captain Marvel #7 Thanks to a spell by the Enchantress, they've switched bodies, which would normally make for a great fish-out-of-water comedy, if not for the fact that it's happened while the pair are with the Black Widow in South[...]
Crown Of Wakanda
Marvel Comics lawyers are opposing Khrya Faith Wharton of Bessemer, Alabama, and her attempt to trademark the phrase 'Crown Of Wakanda' for the categories of headwear, namely 'hats; clothing, namely, shirts, sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts, pants, sweatpants, jackets, tank tops, jerseys, t-shirts; baby pants, baby shirts; cuffs; wristbands as clothing, Wigs; Hair pieces and wigs; Wigs,[...]
Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz Return to New Mutants for September One-Shot
New Mutants: War Children #1 is the latest in Marvel's series of 80th-anniversary one-shots that honor legendary creators by bringing them back for one more story set in their classic runs, even though Marvel can't be bothered to give these creators regular work for reasons no one has ever been able to explain It's particularly[...]
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One of the biggest games to have a buzz around it heading into E3 2019 was Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, which we tried out at the Nintendo booth Having played the last two, we kinda had an idea of what we were walking into this time around A lot of the selection process has been[...]
Marvel Ch-Ch-Changes - Star Wars, Fearless and MCP...
A few ch-ch-changes between solicitation and publication, in time for retailers to make their Final Order Cut-Off orders… Star Wars: Age Of Resistance Special #1 have had Matteo Buffagni and Javier Pina added as artists to the comic, alongside solicited artist Elsa Charretier. Marvel Comics Presents #7 have had Alessandro Vitti and Rod Reis added as artists[...]
The Prodigal Sun Concludes in Guardians of the Galaxy One-Shot in September
Because there simply aren't enough Marvel crossovers going on these days, we learned back in April that Marvel is planning to launch another one in August Called Prodigal Sun, the three-issue series of one-shots by Peter David and Francesco Manna introduces a new character called Prodigal, out for revenge for… something, and landing in the[...]
Machine Man, Not Ultron, Will Be Villain of Ultron Agenda
On Wednesday, Marvel teased something called The Ultron Agenda, a new storyline coming up in Tony Stark: Iron Man in September Today, Marvel revealed the solicit for Tony Stark: Iron Man #16 EX-X-XCLUSIVELY on the website of Marvel media partner Newsarama All of this, perhaps, leads to an Iron Man event in 2020., part of[...]
Roger Stern Returns to Marvel for Avengers: Loki Unleashed One-Shot
Legendary comic book creator Roger Stern is returning to Marvel for a one-shot comic with artist Ron Lim taking place during Stern's decade-long Avengers run from the 1980s Called Avengers: Loki Unleashed! #1, it's the latest in a series of one-shots celebrating Marvel's 80th-anniversary by having creators return to their most memorable characters to write[...]
King Thor: A New Thor #1 from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic in September
The comic, revealed EX-X-XCLUSIVELY on CBR, will feature the conclusion of the entire Thor Saga… plus it will let Marvel get one last #1 issue sales boost out of Aaron before presumably relaunching again with a new creative team after that. Of course, there's also the regular Thor comic, with Thor #16 in April said to[...]
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And Jocasta may well take offense of my use of 'farrago' in the ipening sentence too. Might this help lead up to he inevitable and highly teased Iron Man 2020 event? You never know, it just might. Here's the Mike Deodato artwork Marvel are using to tease this new… thing, coming in September.       [...]
Marvel Celebrates Immortal Hulk with Immortal Variants in September
As Immortal Hulk continues to outsell Batman, publisher Marvel Comics is looking to cash in on some of that Immortal sales appeal with a line of Immortal variant covers in September Modeled after Bruce Banner's transformation on the Joe Bennett variant cover of Immortal Hulk #16, the variants will appear on other Marvel titles and[...]