Just in time for the run-up to new Thor movie, which happens to feature Thor in a gladiator-style arena fighting The Hulk, Comixology is rolling out it’s second exclusive Marvel Digital comic: Thor Vs. Hulk: Champions of the Universe. Much like their initial Iron Fist offering, this looks at first glance to be a YA-targeted comic. […]
Preview: Guardians of the Galaxy #6 by Bendis and Schiti
I don’t know how all new or all different this is, ut it’s all the way up to issue #6! Peter Quill may be back with the team, but things are anything but back to normal for the Guardians. Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #6 – […]
The Marvel Rundown: Spider-Man Enters the 616 Stage Left
Miles’ has a fresh start in the 616 — but is it any good?
Is Marvel’s Relaunch Stumbling Out of the Gate?
The November sales estimate headlines are all about how the market is up, owing to Dark Knight 3, Vader Down and a metric ton of Marvel’s relaunched #1’s. You expect a certain amount of that. Stunts sell, as long as the publishers don’t over-extend the market for variant covers (and they sure seem aggressive in emphasizing those instead of the content in between the covers). What you’d miss out on if you only read the headlines is that Marvel’s #2 and #3 issues aren’t getting a ton of traction relative to those gaudy #1 sales totals.
First Look at SCarlet Witch #1 by Robinson and Del Rey
The Scarlet Witch is going All New and All Different next month with a new series written by James Robinson with art for the first issue, anyway by Vanessa Del Rey and a cover by David Aja…so it’s a-list all the way. Future artists on the book include Marco Rudy, Steve Dillon, Javier Pulido, Marguerite […]
The Retailer’s View // Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
The internet will surely be the death of me. It will probably be somebody saying some petty racist stuff that will do it. My eyes will fall across a bile filled screed about how people who aren’t white and male are scary, dangerous and/or lesser than and a blood vessel will pop, and that will […]
Your All-New! All-Different Marvel Scorecard thus far
As you may know, Marvel is re-[doing] their line with 60 new titles this fall. The whole line will be revealed soon (solicits are coming) but here’s the line-up thus far — we’ll update as more is known. So far nine titles of the 60 or so have been announced, and the creative teams are unsurprising. No knock on the very talented people involved, just an observation. But who knows what the future holds? What do you think? Is this exciting? Or about what you expected?
Marvel reveals first look at “Eight Months Later” reboot—here’s what we know
Marvel unleashed the first teaser image for the new rebooted/relaunched Marvel U this morning, and it contains SHOCKS—Agent Coulson? Red Wolf?—SURPRISES—No X-men or FF characters!!!—and the status quo—Miles Morales, She Thor and Sam Wilson as Captain America! WHAT WHO HOW? Is it a reboot or a relaunch? Marvel E-I-C Axel Alonso made the press rounds […]