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Hot on the heels of Empyre (opens in new tab) and ‘X of Swords,’ (opens in new tab) the Marvel publishing line is plunged into another event. King in Black #1 (opens in new tab) sees Donny Cates continue the symbiotic saga he began with his Venom run as Knull …

Many people in my life have urged me to play Destiny 2 for years, whether it’s my coworkers, my partner, or a random drunk guy at the dive bar who overheard me talking about my job. I would always steadfastly refuse. “It’s too much,” I would say, “I don’t get …

Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. is the perfect example of a comic book villain. With a strange visual design, godlike intellect, and talent for nefarious schemes, the Kirby/Lee-created baddie is a perfect foil for the varied heroes of the Marvel Universe. But who is M.O.D.O.K. when he’s not a villain? What’s he like …

Although they’ve had their ups and downs, the X-Men will always remain one of Marvel’s premier franchises. Over the decades, dozens of writers and artists have added their spin to the famous mutant line-up, and this list represents just the tip of that genetically-elevated iceberg. This week marks the conclusion …

Ann Nocenti and David Aja’s The Seeds (opens in new tab) is about dire changes on Earth and humanity, and the comic book series itself went through several changes as well in its development. But as Aja said in The Seeds afterword Newsarama published earlier this week, it evolved – …

New Mutants (opens in new tab) was our last goodbye to the X-Men as we know them. After two decades over at Fox, the Disney merger marks a farewell to this incarnation of Wolverine and the team. It’s inevitable that we’ll see the gang again one day in the Marvel …

A new era begins in this week’s Red Hood #51 – the first following the departure of writer Scott Lobdell, who had been writing the series since 2011.  In this two-issue arc, writer Shawn Martinbrough and artist Tony Akins takes Jason Todd in for what is described as one part …

Anyone with an Internet connection is probably aware of the massive #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement that swept social media in the wake of 2017’s Justice League. The short version of the saga is: director Zack Snyder stepped down from Justice League after a family tragedy and was replaced by Joss Whedon. The …

Read more (Image credit: Activision) The real-life Nuketown: Where Call of Duty got its most iconic multiplayer map There remains a woefully prevalent misconception lurking behind the pomp and pageantry of video game shooters, and it’s the idea that you’re either naturally good at them, or you’re not.  Similar to …

Marvel’s master of mimicry, the mercenary Taskmaster, debuts his own limited series with the eponymous Taskmaster #1 (opens in new tab). Written by Jed MacKay with art by Alessandro Vitti and GURU-eFX, Taskmaster #1 sees Tony Masters take on a would-be assassin at a Maggia golf tournament. With a humorous …