Tag: COMIC

Brian Michael Bendis at Rose City Comic Con

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Last weekend we had a chance to speak with Marvel’s writer Brian Michael Bendis and ask him some qustions about Marvel Comics and what he is doing plus we saw him at his teaching best in the panel “Teaching Comics with Bendis and Walker”. Walt: Brian, who’s idea was it to kill Bruce Banner? Bendis: That was my idea. Walt: In the past the dymamic between Banner and his alter ego was part of a great over all story done so well by Pak and Aaron and others. Why would…

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Silver Surfer #6 Review

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I’ve not been reading many Marvel Comics of late. Secret Wars wasn’t my cup of tea, providing a great opportunity to stop purchasing digitally day and date and finally use my Marvel Unlimited subscription. Civil War 2 pulling the line together again – well, more like strangling it – has seen me buying only books I really, really like. Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat… and Silver Surfer. There’s a wonderful breeziness to this series as the Surfer and companion Dawn Greenwood explore the literal Marvel Universe. Big fights, big Terra-Forms, occasionally,…

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Amazing Spider-Man #17 Review Dan Slott

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By Matthew Mueller Someone should probably buy The Jackal a dictionary because it doesn’t seem he understands what the term Good Guy means. Writer Dan Slott continues to build to his upcoming 90’s reanimation project, The Clone Conspiracy, and the latest issue of Amazing Spider-Man adds two more characters to the dead no more pile, but we’ll get to that in a bit. First, it should be pointed out just how little Peter Parker is actually in his own book, but the upside of that is the increased screen time…

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Portland’s Rose City Comic-Con Getting Bigger

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Posted by Rich Johnston Ian Melton writes, Shaping up to be one of the big conventions this year Rose City Comic-Con will be held September 10th and 11th. The guest list boasts some of the biggest comic book creators around, and some who haven’t appeared at many other conventions this year, including Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Greg Rucka, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Cullen Bunn, Matt Wagner, Howard Chaykin, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and guest of honor Mike Mignola, just to well name a few.…

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DC Comics Preview – Superman #6

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The Eradicator will learn someday that it’s all about the approach with people. You might have some worthy points to make about the survival of Kryptonian culture and all that other gobbledygook, but no one reacts well to threats, and especially when those threats are directed towards one’s wife, child, and lovable super dog. That’s what the Kryptonian that never seems to get the message will come to understand in the newest issue of Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason’s current run on Superman. Clark has absorbed about as much…

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Captain America: Steve Rogers #4 Review

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SPOILER WARNING: This article contains spoilers for “Captain America: Steve Rogers” #4, which is in stores now. After setting up the new status quo in the first three issues of “Captain America: Steve Rogers,” the fourth issue in Nick Spencer’s HYDRA Cap story advances a number of storylines significantly and drops major clues about what’s coming up for the ongoing once the dust settles on “Civil War II.” We know that Red Skull and Kobik, a Cosmic Cube given form as a young girl, have altered Steve Rogers’ reality by…

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The Unworthy Thor Returns

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You may have asked what happened to the original Marvel Thor Odinson (Son of Odin). It can be a little confusing after Battle World and Secret Wars. There is a new series coming called Unworthy Thor, it will explain where Odinson is and what he has been doing. The series will be created by Thor writer Jason Aaron and artist Olivier Coipel. It will answer the questions about what happened to Odinson after he was found unworthy to wield Mjolnir back in the series Original Sin where Nick Fury whispered…

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Spider-Man Costumes for “Renew Your Vows”

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Marvel Comics has debuted the Spidey costumes to be worn by Mary Jane Watson-Parker and Annie Parker, Mary Jane and Peter’s daughter, from the upcoming, ongoing series incarnation of “Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows.” ComicBook.com debuted the following “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” #1 cover and concept art boasting artist Ryan Stegman’s new designs, which you can check out below:                     “Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows” sees an alternate version of the Spidey mythos in which Peter and MJ never split up,…

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Five Star review for All Star Batman

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Scott Snyder pulls out all the stops in his new Batman book, All Star Batman. I am an enthusiastic fan of Scott Snyder (Batman, Witches) and Greg Capullo’s (Spawn, Batman) as a creative team. Their 4 year run of the Batman title is some of the best story telling I have ever read. Unlike most of the new 52 characters at DC Batman did not change much after Flashpoint. Scott continued to build on an already rich Batman mythos giving us the court owls, death of the family, year zero,…

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Preview: THE FALLEN #1

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(Writer) Greg Pak (Art) Mark Bagley (Cover) Leinil Francis Yu How will the Marvel universe deal with the fallout of Bruce Banner’s death? As a giant falls, friends and enemies alike gather to mourn his passing. Amadeus Cho, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross, the Warbound and more. Can they all keep a level head – or will some of them get ANGRY? Plus, what secrets lie in the Last Will and Testament of Bruce Banner? Aug 17, 2016: $4.99 READ BELOW: CLICK ARROW TO NAVIGATE IN MIDDLE OF PICTURE…

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Aaron Kuder with Marvel Comics

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Media Release — Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce that Aaron Kuder is exclusive to Marvel! Reflecting on bringing his talents to Marvel, Kuder exclaimed “I’m completely stoked to be working at the House of Ideas again. I grew up as a Marvel kid (no really, my 7th birthday wish: grow up to be Spider-Man. But don’t tell anyone. Otherwise it won’t come true.”) Kuder’s first assignment is teaming up with comic superstars Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire for the highly anticipated 4-issue DEATH OF X series, beginning in October.…

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Doctor Strange #10 Review

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Marvel: August 3, 2016 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo Cover: Kevin Nowlan Cover Price: $3.99 Eric Bradach’s The Comixalaxy The Marvel business model at the moment is obsessed with re-launches and the fixation on releasing new #1’s on the racks to boost sales. Every time DC seems to be edging them out on the top 10 charts, they react with an event with an endless amount of tie-ins, and readers are understandably becoming tired and frustrated of the current climate. With each event there is the promise of a…

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Preview: Superwoman #1

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Story by: Phil Jimenez Art by: Phil Jimenez, Matt Santorelli Cover by: Phil Jimenez, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 Release Date: Aug 10th, 2016 “Who Is Superwoman?” part one! Lois Lane takes flight! Now powered up with the abilities of Superman, Lois pledges to carry on the super-legacy as Superwoman! There’s only one problem: Lois’ new powers are killing her, and neither she nor her friend and confidant Lana Lang know what to do about it. Will Lois even survive long enough to learn the…

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Marvel’s Latest “Dead No More” Update

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Marvel’s latest promotion for upcoming Spider-Man story “Dead No More” comes in the form of an animated gif, one that warns that everything that’s been said up to this point about the arc may have been one big misdirect. Following a gradually accelerating series of related panels, the text “Everything you’ve been told is wrong” is revealed, along with the words “The conspiracy revealed this week.” Notably, the font in the word “conspiracy” strongly resembles that of the “Spider-Man” logo used for much of the 1990s: The “Dead No More”…

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J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Is Leaving Comic Books

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[Editor’s Note: At Comic-Con International: San Diego, J. Michael Straczynski announced that he would no longer be writing comic books. Newsarama reached out to the author, who provided this letter to readers. Because of our great respect for this great talent Comics talk is providing the letter in it’s entirety as found at Newsarama] I’ve had a very funny career. Multiple careers, actually. I was a reporter in San Diego for many years, working for a host of local newspapers and magazines, including the San Diego Reader and San Diego…

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