super-mega-crossover events

Those of us in the comic book community are well aware of the readership/viewership drawing power of a good old fashioned crossover event, but the early numbers for Impact Wrestling tonight may shock wrestling fans. Impact, which draws 2-4 thousand viewers on Twitch on a good night (anecdotally from this reporter's observation while watching it […]

Look at Marvel Comics, which has multiple super-mega-crossover events per year, with smaller regular crossovers constantly in-between There's literally never a time a crossover isn't happening Though the company claims each one will rock the Marvel Universe to its foundations, leaving nothing ever the same again, the truth is there is a major problem with[...]

Marvel has sunk to a new low in its ongoing attempt to get people to read super-mega-crossover events The publisher is offering a bribe of 1500 Marvel Bucks, known otherwise as Marvel Insider Points if they'll read the 2006 heroes vs heroes super-mega-crossover event Civil War on Marvel Unlimited The move follows past Marvel strategies,[...]

Superstar comic book writer Rick Remender revealed an outline for a crossover between Fear Agent, The Goon, Hellboy, The Mask, Aliens, and Predator. Sadly, it was not to be. The coronavirus pandemic has shut down comic shops and halted the publication of new comics, leaving many comic book readers, along with the media, without anything […]

Folks, I want to take a moment here to tell you why ace reported David Pierce is my personal favorite Bleeding Cool con contributor. On Friday, as Pierce was standing in line at the X-Men creator signing at C2E2, I suggested he ask Jonathan Hickman how many dicks Wolverine has. And I'll be goddamned if […]

Along with their full May 2020 solicitations, Marvel Comics has released a preview of Empyre #2, set to hit stores in April. EMPYRE #2 (of 6) AL EWING & DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNG Avengers Variant Cover by Alexander Lozano Fantastic Four Variant Cover by Michael Cho Kree/Skrull […]

Mutants may be living on their own island separate from the human race, but that doesn't mean they're immune from getting dragged into Marvel's next line-wide super-mega-crossover event. A press release from the House of Ideas today revealed a four-issue spinoff series titled Empyre: X-Men that will be so convoluted it requires every writer currently […]

Marvel Comics today revealed the covers to its two Free Comic Book Day Titles, one for the X-Men, and one for Spider-Man and Venom. But that's not the big news. Rather, it's what we can extrapolate from the additional information provided on the titles about Marvel's next big event and the creative team of Australia's […]

When it comes to super-mega-crossover events, bigger is always better If a super-mega-crossover event doesn’t rock the Marvel Universe to its foundations leaving nothing ever the same again, what good is it, really? Likewise, everybody knows that any super-mega-crossover event worth its salt will have dozens of tie-ins and spinoff mini-series and feature an enormous[...]

Conan: Serpent War is coming to a close next week, ending the Conan crossover event that everybody was asking for. Well, we assume they were asking for it. Why the hell else does Marvel publish so many damn Conan comics? In any case, we've got a preview of Conan: Serpent War #4 below. We've always […]

A lot of Marvel readers have been complaining that the upcoming super-mega-crossover event, A4: Empyre with a Y sounds pretty cool and all that, but it just doesn't have enough tie-ins and spinoff mini-series to completely drain your wallet. Well, Marvel has heard your complaints, true believers, and answered with yet another tie-in: A4: Empyre […]

A lot of comic book fans have been saying, "I'm interested in this Empyre with a Y super-mega-crossover event Marvel is talking about, but I'm worried there won't be enough spinoffs and tie-ins to eat up my entire monthly comic book budget while it's going on." Well, fear not, true believers, because Marvel has heard […]

Earlier today, Marvel revealed the cover to the first issue of their upcoming super-mega-crossover event, A4: Empyre with a Y, drawn by Jim Cheung. Now, the House of Ideas has revealed the covers to two tie-ins: X-Men #10, as drawn by Leinil Francis Yu, and Fantastic Four #21, drawn by Nick Bradshaw. Fantastic Four #21 will […]

Earlier this week, we tallied things up and figured out that by March, there will be at least twelve X-Men titles hitting stores in April, not counting double-shipping and the possibility of one or two more being announced before the April solicits hit. Dawn of X started with six titles: X-Men, New Mutants, Marauders, Excalibur, X-Force, and Fallen Angels. Deadpool isn't part of […]

Marvel Comics releases super-mega-crossover events at such an accelerated rate these days, the nostalgia cycle approached dangerous levels that could one day lead to not only the destruction of the comic book industry, but possibly of the Earth itself For example: Absolute Carnage just ended, and we're already getting books nostalgic for the event with[...]

Earlier this month, Marvel Comics released a trailer for their next big super-mega-crossover event. Called Empyre (with a Y), the event was billed as "Marvel's most Earth-shattering event of 2020," which is really saying something considering Marvel puts out an average of fifteen Earth-shattering events every year. Unfortunately, all of the details of this event […]

We already know about Marvel's next Earth-shattering super-mega-crossover event, Empyre With a Y, but what about the super-mega-crossover after that super-mega-crossover event? It looks like it's going to be X-Men-centric, according to the solicit for Marvel's offering for Free Comic Book Day 2020. X-MEN Marvel Comics This year's Marvel title centers around the X-Men and […]

In a trailer that is laden with either rampant profanity or a lot of redacted secrets, Marvel has announced their next super-mega-crossover event: Empyre (with a Y). As you can see in the tweet below, not only is the trailer full of bleeps, but even the accompanying Tweet text is censored. We don't even have […]

Annihilation Scourge: Silver Surfer #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Dan Abnett and Paul Davidson, continuing this latest rehashing of Annihilation as one of several transitional mini-crossover events to keep Marvel readers busy while Marvel works on its next big super-mega-crossover events We've got a preview below.In the preview, we find[...]

Punisher 2099 #1 is set to hit stores from Marvel Comics next week, cashing in on and tying in with the 2099 event running through Amazing Spider-Man. This issue is by Zonnie Tadler and Matt Horak, and we've got a preview below. In the future, private police force The Public Eye maintains order for corporate […]