As I write this, in the last few days we’ve been hit with announcements of an all-new female Thor, Sam Wilson stepping into the role of Captain America and the “Superior Iron Man.”  All of these announcements were either made through a major media outlet or got some form of attention outside of the usual […]

By the time you read this, the third Image Expo will have come and gone at the Hilton Bayfront before Comic-Con’s Preview Night kicks off.  If you thought that Comic-Con tickets were hard to get ahold of, just know that the tickets for this sold out a minute after they went on sale.  More than […]

It’s not being advertised as such, but October is turning out to be a big month for new #1 issues from DC Comics.  We’ve got the start of the weekly “Earth 2:  World’s End” series spinning out of its parent title.  Having not read “Earth 2” (yet), I can say that the most notable thing […]

Garth Ennis was a featured guest at Comic-Con three years ago and his directorial debut was spotlighted at two of the panels I saw him at.  Called “Stitched,” it featured the survivors of a downed Black Hawk chopper trying to make their way through a desolate part of Afghanistan.  Along the way they encounter some […]

Now that the threat to the universe from “Infinity” is over, the Illuminati can get back to addressing the ongoing collapse of the multiverse.  Though the second volume of this series was deeply tied to that crossover, it still managed to advance the ongoing threat of the incursions of other Earths into the 616 Marvel […]

“The men involved in his wife’s death must now die.  All of them.” That description of this title from the back cover of its collection suggests a purity of purpose that appeals to me.  Instead of putting a fancy or even needlessly complicated spin on the standard revenge tale, writer Justin Jordan tells you exactly […]

After writing over a hundred generally solid issues of “X-Factor” what does Peter David do for an encore?  Why, keep writing “X-Factor.”  Only now the team’s deal is that they’re on the payroll for Serval Industries, a megacorporation with their hands in just about every kind of industry and some very powerful enemies.  The other […]

This is a title that should be better than it is.  Yet, as I explained last time, it has yet to realize its potential for several reasons.  It also looks like I might have to add another one after reading this volume.  Assuming that Brian Wood is really going to add a supernatural/mystical aspect to […]

I was disappointed when I found out that Jason Aaron would be leaving “Wolverine and the X-Men,” though that disappointment was short-lived when it was revealed that he was going to write the new X-title “Amazing X-Men.”  The first arc was even going to bring back Nightcrawler.  How could things go wrong?  Well, it turns […]

When it was revealed over a year and a half ago that Otto “Doctor Octopus” Octavius would be taking over Peter Parker’s body and his role as Spider-Man, there was… considerable fan outrage.  There were also those who pointed out that, because it was such an extreme change, it was likely to be reversed after […]