Marvel’s superheroic Black Knight, Dane Whitman, is one of the publisher’s oldest heroes, debuting all the way back in 1967’s Avengers #47. In the time since, he’s led multiple Avengers teams, been sent to an alternate reality and returned, and even starred in his own title a few times. But …
Read More »Best Shots review – Future State: Aquaman #1 promising but frustrating
Jackson Hyde and Andy Curry face concepts of inheritance in Future State: Aquaman #1 (opens in new tab). The issue opens with Jackson Hyde escaping a prison on Neptune, an action that we soon learn has been replicated nearly 300 times. Jackson is recaptured and brought before the throne of …
Read More »Best Shots review: Excalibur #17 is a trip back to the heady, but impressive days of Marvel UK and Claremont/Davis era
Dawn of X’s incarnation of Excalibur returns with perhaps its most pure team book experience in Excalibur #17 (opens in new tab). Excalibur #17 credits Written by Tini Howard Art by Marcus To and Erick Arciniega Lettering by Ariana Maher Published by Marvel Comics ‘Rama Rating: 10 out of 10 …
Read More »Best Shots review – Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 snappy and dynamic
As a team already from a far-off future, the Legion of Super-Heroes feels almost tailor-made for this ‘Future State’ line of comics. So it’s frustrating that Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (opens in new tab) tells a standard “getting the team back together” tale. Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes …
Read More »Heroes Reborn: How did the Avengers and Fantastic For wind up in another reality?
Marvel Comics has been teasing a return of some kind to the concept of its mid-’90s high-concept story ‘Heroes Reborn,‘ a tale that temporarily rewrote the histories of many popular Marvel characters and shunted them into an alternate reality, away from the mainstream Marvel Universe where the adventures of other …
Read More »Marvel heroes will be “reborn” in 2021
In 1996, a large portion of the Marvel Universe was rebooted in a Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, and Jeph Loeb-led revamp called ‘Heroes Reborn.’ Now 25 years later, a new ‘Heroes Reborn’ is coming – starting with a rhetorical question in a marketing teaser: “Whatever happened to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?” …
Read More »An Avenger will die in Marvels Mech Strike mecha drama – spoilers
Writer Jed MacKay and artist Carlos Magno’s upcoming Avengers: Mech Strike limited series revolves around the blockbuster premise of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes piloting mecha-style giant robot suits. But it’s not all fun and games, as Marvel’s just-released April 2021 solicitations foretell a tragedy about to befall the Avengers in Mech …
Read More »King in Black #3 introduces the God of Light, and its a popular Marvel character – spoilers
Writer Donny Cates are artist Ryan Stegman have been setting up the introduction of a mysterious ‘God of Light’ to counter Knull, the so-called ‘God of Darkness,’ since the start of King in Black. Now, this week’s King in Black #3 (opens in new tab) reveals the apparent identity of …
Read More »Artist Tom Raney to join Green Lantern in June
Veteran artist Tom Raney will reteam with writer Geoffrey Thorne, joining the Green Lantern creative team with issue #3 in June. cover to April’s Green Lantern #1 by Bernard Chang (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) Thorne and Raney are currently teaming for the two-part ‘The Last Lanterns’ story …
Read More »Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon explores “regeneration, redemption, and the quality of mercy” with Larry Hama
On January 20, Danny Rand returns to the Marvel Comics spotlight in a new five-issue limited series titled Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon (opens in new tab), which delves into his mystical origins as the Iron Fist. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) To take Danny on …
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