Marvel’s Infinity shifts the spotlight to the Inhumans
Marvel is getting all cosmic with the looming threat of Thanos in the second Avengers movie, and in the run up to it, the new Infinity comic will reintroduce the weirder side of the Marvel U, with the Inhumans mixing it up weith Thanos in a saga penned by Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, Avengers VS. X-Men) and illustrated by Jim Cheung (Avengers: Children’s Crusade) Jerome Opena (Avengers, Uncanny X-Force), and Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Uncanny X-Men). Infinity kicks off with a Free Comic Book Day preview and then as a six issue mini-series in August.
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013, ‘What Makes an Icon?” with Nocenti, De Matteis, Mahnke,...
A panel on Friday, March 29th, the first day of programming at WonderCon brought together a rather iconic cast to discuss “iconic characters” and...
Uncanny Avengers Introduces ‘The M-Word’
Even allowing for the fact that we're not supposed to like any of the characters in Uncanny Avengers (only this week, Wolverine calls Japanese...
Now a big softie, Todd McFarlane comments on the return of Angela
Although once known for combative rhetoric and an aggressive stance, McFarlane Toys CEO Todd McFarlane sounded a conciliatory note when asked about the return...
You might be watching a Wolverine movie this summer, and here’s the poster that...
2013 is a busy year for comic book movies -- we've already had Bullet to the Head and coming up there's Iron Man 3,...
New Iron Man 3 TV ad
Oh boy, this is going to be dramatic! How is Tony going to get out of this one?
IRON MAN 3 opens on May...
On the Scene: Sparks Fly at ‘Surely You’re Joking, Dr. Wertham’ Event
As the first of several “Comic Book Roundtable” events to be held at the Soho Gallery of Digital Art under the auspices of gallery...
Review: Captain Marvel #11 – Warp Speed
The relaunch of Captain Marvel, with Carol Danvers in the title role, started off very shakily. The first six-issues told a time-travel story which...
Gaiman Returns To Marvel With Angela (Formerly of Spawn)
I think we can finally throw some dirt on the coffin of the Neil Gaiman - Todd McFarlane lawsuit. The New York Times has announced that...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2013
Marvel Now rolls on into February. This month's major events are the relaunch of UNCANNY X-MEN, the "Point One" prologue issue for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, the return of NOVA with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, and a new take on SECRET AVENGERS. More generally, the first wave of relaunched titles have now been around long enough that we're starting to get a sense of which ones are already settling down, and which ones aren't.
Though DC had the top selling book of the month - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA - Marvel still had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 38% to 33% in units and 35% to 29% in dollars.
Mini Marvels: Fearless Defenders, Cheesecake for Women!
Marvel continue to tempt me with their extraordinary cover designs that are leaving many other publishers in the shade. Coming to Fearless Defenders blind...
Former Marvel head in sexting scandal
Okay he was only the head of Marvel for six months during Ron Perelman's murky march to bankruptcy—in fact he was the guy in charge when Marvel filed—but former Marvel CEO Scott Sassa has been canned from his current gig at Hearst after steamy texts from a Las Vegas stripper showed up somewhere they shouldn't.
