The Guardians Of The Galaxy debuted fifty years ago today in Marvel Super-Heroes #18, though they bear little resemblance to today’s team. Maybe you’d recognize founding member Yondu, on the far right? The concept was that they were each the last of their kind. The original team consisted of (left to right) Major Vance Astro, […]
NYCC ’18: Inside the Marvel True Believers Panel
The Marvel True Believers panel is invite only. It is limited only to members of the Marvel Unlimited Plus subscribers and Marvel Mastercard cardholders. Luckily for you, I am a Plus member and brought my notebook with me to take notes on the exclusive announcements given at the panel. This year’s panel consisted of permanent […]
My MCU Rewatch: Guardians of the Galaxy Vols. 1 & 2 – When We Love Too Much
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 is fundamentally about fallible beings who become better beings by connecting with other beings.
Rocket and Groot star in their own series of animated shorts
There’s probably a whole marketing treatise to be written about how Disney identified Rocket Raccoon and his tree buddy Groot as the breakout stars of Guardians of the Galaxy and leveraged them all across the Disney universe.
REVIEW: With Only 5 Issues, Is it Already the End for Deadpool the Duck?
When comic creators decide on doing a crossover, it’s pretty much guaranteed that shenanigans will ensue. When Marvel deemed that Deadpool and Howard the Duck should “join forces,” they might have taken that a little too literally. Writer Stewart Moore and artist Jacopo Camagni have done a wonderful job in steering us down this Alice […]
Review: There goes Rhymin’ Brian (Michael Bendis) in the whimsical, Groot-centric GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #16
Guardians of the Galaxy #16 STORY: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS ART: VALERIO SCHITI COLORS: RICHARD ISANOVE PUBLISHER: MARVEL A quick note on my reasoning for writing this review the way I did. I decided to follow this issue’s lead and compose my review of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #16 in verse form. I know it’s something a little different, so […]
The Marvel Rundown: Jennifer Walters is in a Post-CIVIL WAR II State of Mind
Civil War II has concluded and we’ve got our thoughts and two brand new ongoings in the post-Civil War II Marvel Universe. Marvel NOW! 2.0 has begun in final days of 2016 but what comics are worth your hard-earned Holiday dollars? Find out in The Marvel Rundown! Civil War II: #8 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis […]
Is Nilah Magruder the first African-American woman to write for Marvel?
There was a lot of buzz a few months ago when it was announced that esteemed writer Roxane Gay and poet Yona Harvey would be writing World of Wakanda, a spin-off of the Black Panther universe. Both writers were recruited by author Ta-Nehisi Coates, and their hiring partially answered criticism that Marvel had never hired […]
The All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown Week Thirteen: Rocketing into The New Year
It’s time for an early/late addition of the All-New, All-New Different Marvel Rundown. Marvel shipped a select few comics early including Rocket Raccoon and Groot #1, this week’s exclusive #1! This week we’re exclusively taking a look at this one comic following up on the previous week’s spotlight on Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1. While the first Rocket Raccoon […]
*Sunday UPDATE* SDCC ’15 Exclusive Funko Toy Announcements
By Nick Eskey Thanks for tuning in geeky guys and gals to this Sunday update of SDCC ’15 Funko toy release. Better known for their “POP!” line, Funko strives to “cover as many beloved licenses and characters as possible to remind every Comic-Con attendee why they fell in love with these stories in the first […]