Black Panther Concludes a Satisfying First Arc
The first five issues of this most recent launch of Black Panther have all led up to this, the sixth and concluding issue of the first major story arc. After concluding the most recent series during the events of Secret Invasion, when the Skrulls unsuccessfully attempted to invade and conquer the country of Wakanda, the series was cancelled, leaving fans wondering what would come next for one of Marvel’s most enduring characters. Read more
HeroesCon News! Marvel’s Dark Reign Panel
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
April Fool’s? 10 “Are You JOKING” Moments in Comic Books
April Fool’s jokes usually consist of innocent, harmless phone calls, fake spiders and the like. Practical jokes take it a little further with maybe alibis, pretend emergencies or other staged incidents. Most people can laugh these off quickly, acknowledge that they were had, and get over their initial “are you kidding me!” exclamations.
So why doesn’t that always work with comic book events?
How many of us have found ourselves turning a page in one of our favorite books, checking the frames for some detail we missed, only to stop and express, loudly “Are you JOKING?!?!” after seeing that the shocking event we just witnessed did, in fact, happen. We feel like we’ve been had, hoodwinked, the plastic snake now a real cobra that’s just eaten our cat! In keeping with the spirit of the day, a look back at 10 moments from recent years that we all thought, at the time, surely were jokes.
Secret Warriors Brings Back The Next Generation of Marvel Heroes
Nick Fury has assembled the sons and daughters of supervillains to become the next generation of Marvel superheroes. The Secret Warriors were first introduced in Mighty Avengers #13. They fought together as a team for the first time in Secret Invasion #3.
Now, the Secret Warriors are leaping into the pages of their own comic book in order to fight the new order that Dark Reign has brought to the Marvel Universe. Secret Warriors #1 is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman.
The artist on the series is Stefano Caselli, and Jimmy Cheung will be doing the artwork on the cover. There will also be special variant cover featuring the parents of these new heroes. The artist on the variant cover is being kept top secret by Marvel Comics.
Another Comic Book Character Dies
When Captain America was killed off, it was a major media event. The recent possible death or retirement of Batman has also been creating a buzz in the press. Now, another longtime comic book character has been killed off, but not many have taken notice yet.
If you plan on reading Secret Invasion #8, then you might want to stop reading now before you get to the spoilers. Secret Invasion #8 wraps up the Skrull invasion of Earth storyline that has been a central story in Marvel Comics for the last year. Like in virtually ever major comic book crossover event, there was a major character death at the conclusion of the series.
Secret Invasion Concludes
After all the buzz, it’s hard to imagine that Secret Invasion is finally coming to an end. The eighth issue of the eight issue Marvel Comics mini-series will be hitting comic book stores on Thursday, December 4, 2008.
Secret Invasion #8 will be an extra-sized finale, which will feature the conclusion to the war. The writer on the series is Brian Michael Bendis and the artist is Leinil Francis Yu. Gabriele Dell’Otto will be a special guest cover artist for issue #8. There will also be a variant cover and a variant sketch cover by Leinil Francis Yu.
Of course with a storyline this big, it can’t just end immediately. Marvel Spotlight: Secret Invasion Aftermath #1 will cover the wake of the Secret Invasion and the upcoming Dark Reign. Marvel Spotlight: Secret Invasion Aftermath #1 is written by John Rhett Thomas with cover by Greg Land.
