“Who the hell is Wonder Man?” Unless you’re a long-time Avengers fan, there’s a solid chance you’re putting on your best Bart Simpson voice right now to express some level of confusion over the latest Marvel Comics character to get a Disney Plus MCU streaming series courtesy of Shang-Chi director …
Read More »Tim Sale, acclaimed artist of Batman: The Long Halloween, dies at 66
Artist Tim Sale has died at the age of 66 of unnamed causes, according to a June 16 post on Sale’s official Twitter account (opens in new tab). A previous post (opens in new tab), dated June 13, stated Sale had been hospitalized, but did not disclose the circumstances of …
Read More »The Human Target returns in September and raises the stakes for Lex Luthors bodyguard
Following a five-month hiatus and a mystery-packed one-shot, DC’s greatest bodyguard Christopher Chance will return for the second half of The Human Target limited series this September, and DC has just released covers for The Human Target Book Seven. When Chance’s boss, Lex Luthor, is nearly poisoned by an off-world …
Read More »Savage Spider-Man #4 brings out Spideys animalistic side
Savage Spider-Man is living up to its name by turning Peter Parker into a full-on Spider-monster, not unlike the Man-Spider from the ’90s Spider-Man animated series. Now, in Savage Spider-Man #4, things are getting even more wild and wooly as Spidey’s struggle against the super-science villains known as the Immaculatum …
Read More »Most iconic LGBTQIA+ comics romances
Pride Month may shine a particularly bright spotlight on the LGBTQIA+ community, but queer stories exist all year round, both in real life and in fiction. When it comes to comics, some of the most iconic queer romances have spanned years and even decades, especially at Marvel and DC. For …
Read More »Marvel marks 40 years of New Mutants this September by bringing back co-creator Bob McLeod
The New Mutants, the second class of young mutants trained at the Xavier Academy after the X-Men, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1982 debut this September in New Mutants #30, which welcomes New Mutants co-creator Bob McLeod back to the title along with a host of writers and …
Read More »What the comic history of the Dark Avengers could say about the Thunderbolts movie
It’s been looking for a while now like Marvel Studios may be forming some version of a Dark Avengers (opens in new tab) team, adapting villain Norman Osborn’s private army of evil Avengers imposters in some form. However, a new report suggests that Marvel Studios plans to bring The Thunderbolts …
Read More »Spider-Man gets a new Fortnite style costume with a Secret Wars homage
Marvel and Fortnite’s Zero War crossover comic launches on June 8, and those who pick up a copy will be introduced to a new Fortnite Spider-Man Zero costume which they’ll then be able to wear in-game while playing Fortnite thanks to a special code included with Fortnite X Marvel: Zero …
Read More »Amazing Spider-Man #3 preview puts Spidey at the brutal mercy of Tombstone
The last time we saw Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #2, he was getting captured in a cunning trap by his enemy Tombstone, who recently came out of retirement from violence to wage war not just on Spider-Man but on many of his fellow gangsters and villains in New York …
Read More »Alex Ross breaks out an “experimental” new style as writer and artist of a new Fantastic Four project
Acclaimed painter Alex Ross will lend his talents as both writer and artist to an upcoming original graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, which is now set for release in September. (Image credit: Marvel Comics/Abrams Comic Arts) (opens in new tab) Published jointly through Marvel Comics and Abrams ComicArts, the …
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