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Secret Wars Titles Dominate Advance Reorders For Another Week
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 availability of the decampi version of Secret Wars tie-in X-Men 92 digitally weeks ahead of the print version seems to have given the title[...]
A Comic Show – DC You & Secret Wars Too!
Yesterday we celebrated my daughter's preschool graduation. This video has every New DC You book, Secret Wars #3 and several new tie-ins, Groot #1, all three Star Wars, Airboy and Nonplayer #2 (I loved Airboy! James Robinson is back!) Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's another crazy fun week Sorry,[...]
The Secrets Of Secret Wars, Revealed Today (Spoilers)
Today sees the release of Secret Wars #3, and the realisation that while the issues so far have trotted along, issues 4 and 5 are going to be further delayed… But we start to get some answers Remember that "Eight Months Later" storyline for The Avengers that led up to Secret Wars? Well, that has expanded[...]
Is That *Really* The 616 And The Ultimate Universe In Ultimate End?
The Ultimate End comic, part of the Secret Wars spinoff titles shows us a Manhattan with two realities existing simultaneously, the Regular Marvel Universe, the 616 and the Ultimate Universe, 1610 And finding a way to get by, in the full knowledge that Doom doesn't approve of this sort of thing. But is it? At the end[...]
Dubious Secret Wars Hot Wheels Tie-In For SDCC 2015
Okay, I'm not exactly sure what makes these Secret Wars Hot Wheels They feature the All-New Captain America and the Superior Spider-Man, characters who don't appear to be in Secret Wars so far Indeed they are more All-New Marvel Now Hot Wheels but that branding is old… Still, this is merchandising and as we know well,[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column: Convergence Week 8, Providence, Fight Club 2, Captain Marvel #15, Secret Wars: Where Monsters Dwell #1, Old Man Logan #1, Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever #1, Captain Canuck #1
This Week's Reviews: Convergence Week 8 Providence #1 Fight Club 2 #1 Captain Marvel #15 Secret Wars: Where Monsters Dwell #1 Secret Wars: Old Man Logan #1 Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 Captain Canuck #1 Convergence Week 8 By Graig Kent For the past three years the Avengers and New Avengers have been flirting with the destruction of the entire Marvel multiverse The two series[...]
The New Secret Wars Expands Into Shirts, Bags, Pops And Glasses…
Mad Engine are best known for their T-shirts and hoodies While Bioworld do bags…. Well both will be creating new Secret Wars products alongside the current Marvel event of the same name, while Funko will be creating pops fugures and Cardinal publishing puzzles While Diamond Select will be creating clothing and glasses all Secret Wars branded, Just don't[...]
Secret Wars #4 Slips Two Weeks, Takes Other Crossover Issues With It
Secret Wars #4 has slipped down the schedule, from the 17th June to 1st July And many of the other titles are joining it Secret Wars #5 has already slipped six weeks too. Slipping one week… Squadron Sinister #1 Hail Hydra #1 Master of Kung Fu #2 Siege #1 and #2 Years Of Future Past #3 Age Of Apocalypse #2 and #3 Civil[...]
When You Blindly Wander Into The Captain America/Bucky Hashtag #Stucky
part of its Secret Wars crossover event, would feature a parallel universe coupling between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes Captain America and The Winter Soldier. Little did I know the world that this would open up to me The world of #Stucky… #Stucky is still my otp… but SOMEONE has to do BROCK for me *puppyeyes* pic.twitter.com/38jeDIK5qK —[...]
Cover Story: Star Wars, Secret Wars, Tank Girl, Ant-Man, Groot And Carpe Noctem
The first by series artist Ramón Rosanas… And the second by Bob Layton. Both guests at the show, both limited to 500 copies. Newbury Comics has a small batch of Marvel retailer exclusive titles, for the getting-hotter-by-the-second peon to married life, Secret Wars: Renew Your Vows, Giant Size Little Marvel AVX and Groot #1s… While J Scott[...]
Secret Wars #3 Shows Us What Happened Between #1 And #2
Comic Book have been given three advance pages from the upcoming Secret Wars #3 Including the Lord God Doom and Sheriff Strange taking stock of the Battleworld before revealing just how they were involved in its creation, and the choice Strange made… And also, what happened to the third of their party, Molecule Man. For[...]
Yet More Secrets From The Battleworld
The fourth in a series of secrets to be revealed around the Secret Wars Battleworld… here are the previous first, second and third… you can start to judge how well we did by now. Last week we told you about Doctor Doom's negative attitude to mutants, as will be seen in the upcoming X-Tinction Agenda and[...]
Today, Two Views Of The Avengers Of The Future
Two comics, once Secret Wars 2099 shows us the Avengers of the year 2099 While Ultron Forever shows us the Avengers of 20XX So presumably that will come first… With Captain America, the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones assembling the troops. A monoThor still without his hammer, an Iron Mer-Man, Ant-Nova, a child of Namor,[...]
Secret Wars: X-Men '92 Lies To You (SPOILERS)
X-Men '92, the Secret Wars spinoff published first as a decampi comic by Marvel Infinite, before moving to print next month, lies to you. The title does it X-Men '92 The year that Jim Lee and Chris Claremont's X-Men hit, as well as Liefeld on X-Force, Portacio on Uncanny X-Men, Silvestri on Wolverine and Davis on[...]
How Secret Wars-y Are Today's Secret Wars Crossovers? Part II
Your regular guide to exactly how Secret Wars-y today's Secret Wars crossover titles are Individual titles have different levels of connection to the rest of the Battleworld If you want to read titles that have a greater or a lesser connection to the whole, as far as individual issues are concerned, maybe this will help… Inferno #1 Very[...]
Are Secret Wars Captain America And Bucky A Couple?
I have been told to keep an eye out for something… interesting regarding Planet Hulk, the Secret Wars spinoff, in upcoming months But what could it be? The series which started last week shows a Steve Rogers fighting in the pits, given the chance to rescue Bucky Barnes, to risk his life in the Greenlands,[...]
Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck And John Beatty Launch Secret Wars 30th Anniversary Tour
There has been a lot of talk about Marvel's Secret Wars of late… but 30 years ago, the original Secret Wars maxi-series was pretty ground breaking too And now, the creative team behind it are getting together again for a limited Secret Wars Reunion Tour. Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and John Beatty reunite for the first[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column – Convergence Week 7, Insufferable #1, Sword Of Sorrow #1, Injection #1, A-Force #1, Ultimate End #1, Battleworld: Master of Kung Fu #1 And Secret Wars #1
This Week's Reviews: Convergence #7 Convergence: The New Teen Titans #2 Convergence: Flash #2 Insufferable #1 Swords of Sorrow #1 Injection #1 A-Force #1 Ultimate End #1 Battleworld: Master of Kung Fu #1 Battleworld: Secret Wars #1 Convergence Week 7 By Graig Kent I left you last week hoping that this issue wouldn't just be a "this side" versus "that[...]
Bravest Warriors #1 Sells Half A Million To Loot Crate
But in the direct market in general, there's Secret Wars #1, which has reported sales of half a million from Marvel. And that's when Loot Crate told me They ordered half a million copies of Bravest Warriors: Tales From The Holo John #1 as well. So, It could be down to the wire… Secret Wars Vs Bravest[...]
Reed Richards Meets Leon Trotsky: Remembering Secret Wars
In particular, this effort to manipulate the past has been in regard to the Secret Wars series of the 1980s. As has been detailed here and here, there are now multiple examples of Marvel not only erasing the involvement of those they wish to deemphasize but also inserting alternative figures they hope to promote Most notably,[...]
Marvel Uses Astrophysics To Explain Secret Wars
Shara goes into great detail about the theory of multiple universes and how they maybe created with every choice made. This is Marvel explaining how Secret Wars work… Though I think most comic readers got this from Crisis on Infinite Earths a few decades back. [youtube]https://youtu.be/f8Thn_CqDSA[/youtube] Marvel has gotten Michael Shara, curator of Astrophysics at the American Museum[...]
23 Exclusive SDCC Items – Adventure Time, Secret Wars, Batman, Sofubi, Kevin Smith Vinyl, TMNT, Bob's Burgers And More
Limited to 5,000 copies! Rated T+ This SDCC 2015 edition is limited to 5,000 copies. $4.99 SECRET WARS #4 (OF 8) MINIMATES VARIANT – SDCC 2015 EDITION (W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Uriel Caton (CA) Barry Bradfield ALL THE ANGELS SING! Rated T+ This SDCC 2015 edition is limited to 5,000 copies. $3.99 Cover not final – Image pending license approval DARTH VADER #7 GRANOV B&W VARIANT[...]
8 Months Later – The All-New All-Different Marvel Universe
Could it suggest that the Howling Commandos series set to launch after Secret Wars may be written by Al Ewing? UPDATE: Even more mindless than usual – Al wrote the Dum Dum Dugan story being referenced here… Also quick checklist for The All-New All-Different Marvel Universe These are the books mentioned or confirmed to be continuing in one[...]
Even More Secrets From The Battleworld
In our third article in this series, (part one and two here), we continue to look further ahead at what secrets the Battleworld of Secret Wars still holds. The great god Doom believes mutants to be a blight on the world, doing his best impersonation of Isaac Perlmutter. So in X-Topia, featuring the continuance of the X-Tinction Agenda[...]
Marvel Comics Covers Up Madelyne Pryor's Underboob In Secret Wars: Inferno
This is the solicited cover to Inferno #1, the Secret Wars spinoff out this week, featuring Magik and the deposed baron of Inferno, Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen. But this is the published cover. Is this the Manara effect? She used to look like this as the Goblin Queen back in the day… I look forward to the Frank[...]