“Mild disappointment” seems to be the theme for the second volumes of Brian Michael Bendis’ two “Avengers” series.  Where adjectiveless “Avengers” stumbled in trying to top itself, this second volume of “New Avengers” actually gets off to a great start by having its team decompress from the world-threatening assault of Agamotto in the previous volume.  […]

The title of this volume proves to be particularly apt, as Mark Grayson starts to realize that he’s not really making a difference in the world just by stopping the bad guys.  Like just about every superhero ever, he’s simply maintaining the status quo.  That all changes here.  It starts small, with him talking things […]

I mentioned this in passing on Wednesday, and as you might’ve guessed, I REALLY liked it.  There have been dozens of Wolverine and Spider-Man team-up stories in the past and there will likely be hundreds more in the future, whatever shape the industry takes.  Will there be any as good as this one?  I doubt […]

Not wanting to be forgotten amidst the “Before Watchmen” hoo-ha yesterday, Marvel released a teaser for their next “Spider-Event” in June.  The teaser has an amalgamation of the insignia for Peter Parker and Miles Morales.  Now this could mean that Peter will be back in some way or form in “Ultimate Spider-Man,” which I doubt […]

I was going to write about “Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine” today, but guess what I saw when I opened up the L.A. Times today. That this was coming was no surprise.  Rich Johnston broke the story months ago and after leaks of character art got hit with C&D notices from DC’s lawyers it only became […]