Blackest Night HeroClix on the Way!
Can’t get enough undead fun? Wish YOU could play the part of a zombie villain hell-bent on vengeance and a tasty human heart? You’re in luck! WizKids has announced the May 2010 release of a new entry into the HeroClix universe when the DC HeroClix Blackest Night Starter game lands in your comic book and gaming stores this spring! Even if you’ve never picked up a HeroClix game before, this game provides a great entry point, and a really cool starter pack, to initiate you into the game of strategy and battle between some of your favorite fictional characters. Read more
Thanks for the Comic Book Memories: Memorable Deaths of the 2000’s
2009 saw some of the most memorable deaths in the entertainment and political realms in recent memory. Icons, legends and established figures were taken from the world, some on the verge of a comeback and some in their prime. Comics have also lost some icons, not only this year but in the past decade. Death in the real world is a vastly different thing from that of the fictional world, with the prospect of return always a possibility where comics are concerned. With that in mind we look back at some of the more memorable losses in comics over the first decade of the new millennium. While not everyone who died is on this list, it hopefully covers those comic book deaths that were surprises, twists or the loss of those who were near and dear to the hearts and minds of readers everywhere for one reason or another. Read more
Comic Book Previews for the Week of September 23rd, 2009
The days of summer are slowly waning, soon we’ll break out sweaters and jackets, and pumpkins, hopefully not of the bomb variety, will pop up everywhere. That doesn’t mean we have to slow down our reading of comics, especially THIS week!! Marvel brings the long-awaited, much-ballyhooed, debut of the new Spider-Woman solo series is HERE!! Spider-Woman #1 arrives, courtesy of power team Bendis and Maleev. What will await Jessica Drew as she makes her way in a savage new world? Dark Reign: The List takes aim at the X-Men this week, and also look for the one-shot Dark Reign: Made Men, which will focus on the lesser villains of Marvel and how Osborn’s world has affected them. Amazing Spider-Man #606 brings old flame/nemesis/ally The Black Cat back into Spidey’s life, and look for Ms. Marvel #45 as the battle between the original and current Ms. Marvel reaches its climax! Read more
Comic Book Previews for August 26th, 2009
The kids back in school this week aren’t the only ones starting a new term and a new direction, as this Wednesday gives us the highly anticipated debut of the Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham creative team behind The Fantastic Four with issue 570. A new story arc also begins in Secret Warriors #7, as the Dark Avengers, Thunderbolts and Nick Fury’s Secret Warriors find themselves on a collision course, with Ares’ son the prize! New Avengers #56 promises some shocking action, as the events of the previous issue unfold with several heroes having their power drained. The Incredible Hulk #601 sees the return of the recurring title with a new world for Bruce Banner and company. Dark X-Men: The Beginning wraps up with issue three, bringing to a close the origin of this deceptive, Emma Frost-led team. Read more
Comic Book Previews the Week of August 19th, 2009
Another Marvel character hits a milestone issue this week! After joining the 600 club this summer, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Spider-Man will welcome Daredevil into the multiple-hundreds club when Daredevil #500 bows this Wednesday. Lady Bullseye and Kingpin will continue to make Matt Murdock’s life complicated as Ed Brubaker crafts this tale, with another creative team set to pick up after this issue. Joining Luke Cage, the Punisher goes dark with Punisher Noir #1, a tale set in the 1920’s with mobsters aplenty! Look for a very Rogue-centric issue of X-Men Legacy #227, as she struggles with the burden of carrying the mind and power of a god! Read more
Comic Book Previews for August 12, 2009
What could be causing part of the oppressive heat this summer, at least this Wednesday anyway? Those SEVENTY candles on the top of Marvel’s cake, that’s what! Happy birthday to the home of some of the most recognizable characters in pop culture today! With that, Marvel has a big birthday bash planned, with several powerful new releases this week!
First up for the birthday boys and girls is Marvel Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Edition. It starts here! The original Human Torch, Ka-Zar, and Sub-Mariner are all here, brought to you in a stunning new edition by some amazing talent in the industry today! That’s not all birthday fun! The Marvel’s Project #1 debuts, with this Ed Brubaker penned tale kicking off the ultimate origin story of the Marvel universe! Look also for the releases of Ultimate Comics Avengers #1 and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1. Both of these titles will give us a post-Ultimatum look at the Ultimate universe. Look also for the continuation of the powerful Dark Avengers/X-Men crossover, Utopia, in Uncanny X-Men #514. Read more
Comic Book Releases for July 22nd, 2009
Into the valley of the comic book store rode the 600. The 600th issues of Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk that is! With Doctor Octopus, Daredevil, a wedding and more, Marvel promises great and thrilling reading for fans of the series and those just interested in this milestone issue! Same goes for the Hulk, except the action involves Red Hulk, Green Hulk AND Spidey! Springing from Immortal Iron Fist comes Immortal Weapons, five issue limited series! Also airing this week is another installment in the Halo franchise with Halo: Helljumper, ushering in a new story and new creative team for this video game franchise. Read more
Blackest Night #1: Jawdropping
Thank you, Blackest Night #1, for wiping the slate clean, for me at least, after the mess that was Final Crisis. After not really caring all that much about New Gods, Black Racer, Furies and someone named Libra who hadn’t mattered in years, not to mention feeling that the entire thing could have been told in three issues, max, DC has brought us a true limited series with this first issue of what promises to be an emotionally compelling and action oriented story, Blackest Night. Read more
Comic Book Releases for July 15th, 2009
The bright and sunny days of summer are about to get a lot darker! This Wednesday will see the release of DC’s universe-shattering event, Blackest Night. Spinning out of the Green Lantern mythos, Blackest Night will see the return of long and recently deceased members of the DC community, and the results will be devastating. That’s not the only major thing happening in comics this week! Read below to see what else DC and other comic book publishers have in store for us this week! Read more
Green Lantern #43 Sets the Terrifying Stage for Blackest Night
The Green Lantern series has seen a major renaissance over the past few years, due to its bold, groundbreaking storytelling and willingness to take major risks with storylines, history and the established and long-standing relationships between major characters. Stories involving the Sinestro Corps, the Red Lanterns and the test of wills between the Guardians and the rest of the Lanterns have framed this renewed interest and, dare I say, relevance to a title and a hero that had fallen out of the major forefront of the DC universe heavyweights. All of that has led us to the beginning of Blackest Night, a major, grim storyline emerging out of the pages of Green Lantern this summer and hitting all the major heroes and titles. Read more
