Scott Campbell has been tapped to do a retailer exclusive cover for Secret Wars #9.. the retailer in questions is Midtown Comics in NYC How do we know? Because Campbell just tweeted out the colored art for the cover.. though it does say "Not final cover".Color art for @MidtownComics new #SecretWars #9 Exclusive Variant by[...]
Courtesy of CBR, three pages from the upcoming Secret Wars #8 out next week No, seriously, it really is.Not sure how The Maestro is free from his illusion of victory in his own Secret Wars spinoff Future Imperfect, but Sinister has lost his head, The Thing is coming for Doom (by way of Galactus), and for[...]
[caption id="attachment_447287" align="alignright" width="346"] Amazing Spider-Man #1 artwork by Mike Del Mundo (A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders)[/caption]Much has been made of Marvel's recent decision to publish a publish of variant covers for their comics featuring Marvel-themed versions of famous hip-hop covers.There have been allegations of appropriation, and of outright theft, but it hasn't stopped them[...]
Okay, who had money on this?The final issue of Secret Wars #9 has now been delayed yet again, to 6th January 2016.Originally planned for publication at the beginning of October to coincide with the All-New All-Different Marvel relaunch, the final issue of Marvel's big summer 2015 event will be now three months late.So farAlready we[...]
And we await their upcoming Secret Wars masterpiece.... From those folks at Illuminating Comics...Part two is here And we await their upcoming Secret Wars masterpiece.... From those folks at Illuminating Comics...Part two is here And we await their upcoming Secret Wars masterpiece.... From those folks at Illuminating Comics...Part two is here[...]
Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire!The newly announced Skottie Young cover for the final issue of Secret Wars has pushed that to the top of the chart, with the Jason[...]
There are only two Secret Wars-related comic books out today As the main title has stretched into infinity (or the end of December) so other books have also stretched And today the final issue of Hail Hydra and the last issue of the Last Days Of The Silver Surfer both promise much.Hail Hydra sees the adopted[...]
Doctor Doom in Secret Wars Too knows who the best Fantastic Four writer was Maybe they'd bring them back if they could persuade a certain bearded man through the door.. so never, then.Ant Man's also critiquing the lineup as well He's not even in a parody comic to give him some cover....Can you guess Superman's[...]
Secret Wars, the Battleworld and the All-New All-Different Marvel Universe.. what's the transfer like between the two A little rocky?From today's comics, Jonathan Hickman makes promises he can't keep in parody title Secret Wars Too As the spinoff titles have all but fallen away it seems such a shame that this domain didn't get more[...]
This Week's Reviews:The Ultimates #1
Cyanide and Happiness: Stab Factory
All-New Wolverine #1
All-New Hawkeye #1
All-New Karnak #1
Secret Wars #7
Battleworld: Squadron Sinister #4
Battleworld: Thors #4The Ultimates #1 (Marvel Comics, $3.99)By Devon Sanders (@devonsanders)After nearly 30 years, comics can still excite me.The Ultimates #1 excites me It is a comic bold in its thinking It has the nerve to[...]
Well that was fast.Secret Wars #7 out this week with a humongous print run that will no doubt see it at the top of this week's Bleeding Cool, has sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors Which means a second print, the Alex Ross cover with a slightly different colour variance, will be on it's way, probably in[...]
But I fancied highlighting two...The first by Jonathan Hickman looks at his initial presentation to all the other writers and editors at Marvel for the Secret Wars event And in doing so told us how the series is going to end...I mean, I guess, that's how we all knew it would end And Brian Churilla[...]
Secret Wars #7 is published today As are the final issue of Thors, Infinity Gauntlet and Squadron Sinister So what secrets can we ascertain within?Spoilers, obviously.We've already told you what appears to be the fate of Mister Fantastic.Well, Secret Wars is all about rousing the troops to battle Which or some reason means that the[...]
There are semi-spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #3 published last week, Secret Wars #7 published today, and also larger spoilers for Uncanny Avengers #2 also published today Read them in that order And bring on the warning.So, the battle royale begins in Secret Wars #7 And everyone is preparing their moves against Doom, as he prepares[...]
One of the Secret Wars spinoff comics from Marvel was Where Monsters Dwell, By Garth Ennis and Russ Braun, it was a story that had very little to do with the wider Battleworld, with an ex-war pilot landing his place in a strange land full of dinosaurs and savage warrior women.It both revived the old[...]
This was how the scene played out in the recent Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic The God Doom with a face he is unable to change, despite his ominipotent powers.But it didn't always look so bad Here is the original pencil artwork for that page, on sale for $1000.He kept his nose[...]
In a preview of the upcoming Ultimates #1, we get a look at the state of the Marvel Universe on a physics level. In a previous time, the structure for a theoretical element Neutronium, previously possible, now works. The very nature of physics has changed, and this preview reveals one thing about how the people […]
Next week, the launch of Slash And Burn, Goddamned, Superman American Alien, Limbo, All-New All-Different Avengers, All-New All-Different Hawkeye, All-New All-Different Wolverine, Carnage, Illuminati, Ultimates, Just Another Sheep, Steam League, Steam Wars Bounty Hunters, Last Sons Of America, Pathfinder Hollow Mountain, Black Bag and - oh look - Secret Wars #7.And the week after? Batman Europa, Red Thorn, Orphan[...]
Three pages of next week's Secret Wars #7 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, courtesy of Marvel PR and CBR. In case you couldn't tell from the logo.I'm sure Marvel will have the rest of the pages finished by then It appears a truth has been uttered and the Thor Corps have turned on their God Doom[...]
The Thing was The Shield, the massive wall that once protected the rest of Battleworld from the Deadlands.Galactus is a cosmic pet of Franklin Doom.And in Secret Wars #8, they fight,
It’s the story that has the world talking The biggest Marvel event of all time And it’s rocketing toward it’s cataclysmic conclusion[...]
