HeroesCon News! Marvel’s Dark Reign Panel

June 20, 2009 · Posted in Avengers, Captain America, Comic Books, Dark Reign, HeroesCon, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Secret Warriors, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, The Punisher, Wolverine, X-Men · Comment 

HeroesCon hosted another Marvel panel on Saturday, focusing on the highly successful and intriguing Dark Reign storylines that show no signs of slowing down.  Marvel talent scout C.B. Cebulski once again helmed the discussion, with Marvel editor Jeanine Schaefer, Jonathan Hickman (Secret Warriors), Brian Michael Bendis (Dark Avengers, New Avengers) and Matt Fraction (X-Men/Dark Avengers) on hand to answer questions and make announcements about upcoming events and happenings with Dark Reign.

Starting with a question and answer period, one fan asked about the tendency of Marvel to pose questions for their story lines, such as the “who’s side are you on” question for Civil War. Would there be a similar question to go along with this next arc of Dark Reign?  The answer seems to be the one on everyone’s mind, and Matt Fraction said it best, “when will Norman Osborn lose his $#!*”.  Good question! Read more

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Breaking News! HeroesCon Marvel Panel with Major Comic Book Announcements!

June 19, 2009 · Posted in Avengers, Captain America, Comic Book Deaths, Comic Books, Dark Reign, HeroesCon, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, X-Men · 3 Comments 

The first major panel of Heroes Con 2009 is underway, with Marvel writer and talent scout C.B. Cebulski leading a discussion and question and answer session with noted talent Ed Brubaker (Captain America), Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man), Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man), editor Jeanine Schaefer, Paul Azaceta (Amazing Spider-Man) and Mark Waid (Amazing Spider-Man).  What would this power combo from Marvel have to say?  Read below!

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Lumps of Coal: The 12 Least Essential Comic Characters of 2008

December 18, 2008 · Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Icon, Marvel Comics · 2 Comments 

Coal can get a bad rap this time of year, but look at the good things it does for us: heat, energy, coal of the char kind makes a nice BBQ, but at Christmas, we only associate it with a lack of effort in gift giving or a signal that we’ve been bad, bad kids.

That’s sort of the case with the twelve heroes, heroines and villains listed below. Each has a unique set of talents and gifts, and we’ve used them for loads of action and entertainment in the past, but for these folks, 2008 just didn’t seem to be their year. Here’s hoping all of them will have a much-improved 2009.

If they can. So, without further delay, I present the twelve LEAST essential of 2008, in no particular order.

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