Kevin Feige has only recently taken over as head of all creative at Marvel, and already their comics are being set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?! Okay, calm down, pretty much every Marvel movie gets one of these. Recapping Black Widow's past history in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (spoiler alert: she dies), Peter David and […]
Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool revealed a plot twist to the JJ Abrams/Henry Abrams/Sara Pichelli series Spider-Man #1. On the back of this, Spider-Girl #59, which featured the first appearance of an earlier son-of-Peter-Parker-and-Mary-Jane-Watson, Ben Parker, has rocketed on eBay with copies selling for up to $65, with lots of copies sold in the $40 […]
Solving the woes of an ailing comic book industry is one of comicdom's favorite pastimes, with many a theory offered as to why any given direct market superhero comic book only seems to be able to sell to 100,000 or less readers, often far less, while superhero movies and television shows capture the imagination of […]
Marvel Comics have regularly run prequel comic books set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, usually written by Will Pilgrim Corona, the man who stands on the wall between the two worlds of movies and comics. The comics sometimes adapt the previous films featuring the characters ahead of the new movie, and sometimes create brand-new stories […]
… for just one issue. Marvel has announced another one-shot for June, celebrating their 80th-anniversary by bringing classic creators back to work on their classic characters. In this instances, it's Peter David and Dale Keown returning for the Incredible Hulk: Last Call one-shot. Like the Wolverine one-shot announced earlier today, this seems to be set […]
Jean-Luc Picard has just assumed command of the USS Stargazer after his captain was killed, and he's already laying in a pile of rubble, bleeding out as his first mission goes horribly awry. It's a hell of an opening page, with J.K. Woodward's dreamy painted art eerily serving up a Picard we've never truly seen […]
Acquiescing to fan complaints that there simply aren't enough Spider-people comics, Marvel will finally launch an additional Spider-Man comic in April, the publisher announced Friday. Written by Peter David with "art" by Greg Land, the inventively-titled Symbiote Spider-Man will be a 5-issue mini-series focusing on Spider-Man's time in the black suit, after the original Secret […]
Dynamite has sent over a writer's commentary from Peter David on Battlestar Galactica Vs. Battlestar Galactica #6, the grand finale of the series. It comes with by Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz and Roberto Castro. Interiors by Edu Menna. Page 1: Kali does the typical villain thing here. She bad mouths humanity as a whole—and indeed does make some valid […]
Dynamite has sent us a new writer's commentary from Peter David on Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica #4. The issue has covers by Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz and by Johnny Desjardins. Interiors also by Desjardins. Pages 1-2: And now we begin to see the start of Kali's plan. She is endeavoring to make Bill Adama and Saul Tigh […]
Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider, has been roped into the conflict between Wong's Midnight Sons and Mephisto. Wong sends the Scarlet Spider away to hold off the demons in Las Vegas' strip. This initially seems like an easy task with Ben's Spider Sense, but he soon learns that the demons don't trigger it immediately. It […]
Dynamite has sent us a writer's commentary from Peter David talking about Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica #3. It comes with covers by Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz and Johnny Desjardins (who also does the interiors). Page 1—I figured it would be hilarious if the original Starbuck pulled the classic scam of sitting in on a poker […]
Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man, died during Marvel's Death of X, a casualty in the war to make Cyclops a villain and make the Inhumans happen. At least, that's what we all thought, but one man believes that Jamie is still alive, living on a farm with Layla Miller. That man is Peter David, writer […]
This is going up a bit later than intended, but you still have a day to call your LCS and ask them to grab these for you. It's time for the comic books to add to your pull box for February 21st, 2018. Here are the things to snag when you go to your shop […]
The Scarlet Spider had Ricochet on his side as Hornet and Dusk take the scene. The two throw a monkey wrench into everything, and Hornet thinks it's a good idea to summon an interdimensional demon to really kick things up a notch. Can Ben Reilly get out of this bind and protect Cassandra Mercury from […]
Dynamite's fourth NYCC announcement may be their biggest of the show as writer Peter David pens a new crossover series bringing together the classic Battlestar Galactica from 1978 with the Syfy Channel reboot from 2003. In the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries, the discovery of Kali — the last of the reptilian parent race that created […]
Earlier today, writer Peter David penned a blog post arguing against firing white supremacists outed for being a part of the Charlottesville gathering that ended in violence and tragedy this weekend. In the post, David wrote: "If all he did was open his mouth or wave a sign, I'm sorry, no. He shouldn't lose his […]
With the reveal of Miguel and Tempest's son, Gabri, the Spider-Man of the year 2099 has to decide how to handle this situation. To make matters worse, Tempest has been kidnapped in the year 2017. Gabri and Tempest imply that Miguel dies on this rescue mission. However, Miguel knows he can't leave Tempest to suffer, […]
While reading Peter David and Will Sliney's Spider-Man 2099 recently, I found myself wondering something. Could there ever be another "Gwen Stacy" moment in modern superhero comics? The collection of Spider-Man 2099 called "Smack to the Future," which takes at the beginning of the All-New, All-Different Marvel reboot, has a scene wherein this Spider-Man's girlfriend, […]
Kaine, AKA the Scarlet Spider and fellow clone of Peter Parker, is on Ben Reilly's trail! He has discovered Reilly's Las Vegas operation and intends to figure out what he's doing in the City of Vice. After being openly attacked, he learns of Reilly's agreement with Ms. Mercury, whose daughter is gravely ill. Meanwhile, Mercury's […]
The Rocketeer: High Flying Adventures doesn't waste any time in dropping the reader right into the action. We open with Betty rightfully scolding Cliff for being late to rescue her, and Cliff doing what he does best: winging it. The Rocketeer is one of my personal favorite comic book characters. The old-school, beat-'em-up hero and […]
