‘You’re a mean one, Mr. Druig…’ Marvel has teased it for months, we know the stakes involved, all the tie-in titles, variant covers, and other Marvel event extras through September, so now it’s time to finally get AXE: Judgment Day rolling… … well, before a prelude one-shot that is. On …
Read More »Who is Thor: Love and Thunders Valkyrie in the Marvel Universe?
Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder is the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it positions Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) as king of New Asgard. Unfortunately for her, this new status isn’t nearly as thrilling as being on the battlefield, and as a result, she’s bored. But the history …
Read More »Jane Foster the Mighty Thor – her Marvel comic book history explained
Dr. Jane Foster will make her debut as the Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder in just a matter of days. And with Natalie Portman’s return as the Mjolnir-wielding Jane come many questions about where she’s been since she last appeared in the MCU, how she’s wielding Mjolnir, and …
Read More »All of Marvels new September 2022 comics and covers revealed
It’s back-to-school time at Marvel. No, Xavier’s Academy for Gifted Youngsters isn’t reopening, it means it’s time for the September 2022 Marvel solicitations. That’s right, in comic book terms summer vacation and days at the beach are already over, and publishers are already gearing up for fall. In-between reading and …
Read More »Iron Man, Jean Grey, and Ajak take center stage in Judgment Day specials
Marvel’s Judgment Day event is building toward its endgame, and beginning in September the series writer Kieron Gillen will bridge the penultimate and final issue of the main six-issue limited series with three one-shots, each featuring one of the players of the three major teams at the heart of the …
Read More »The Hulk picks up Mjolnir and becomes Thor in Thor #26
Hulk Vs. Thor: Banner of War has been a knockdown-dragout-blockbuster brawl celebrating the combined 60th anniversaries of its eponymous heroes, the Gamma-powered green giant and the God of Thunder – and with part four, in June 9’s Thor #26 (opens in new tab) from writer Donny Cates, artist Martin Coccolo, …
Read More »Mutants are Deviants = X-Men, Eternals, Avengers Judgment Day showdown
Marvel Comics’ big event story for summer 2022 will be a three-way showdown between the Avengers, the Eternals, and the X-Men called Judgment Day (check out the trailer above). The publisher has been teasing Judgment Day for months, and hinting at a Marvel Universe and perhaps even a Marvel Cinematic …
Read More »Peter Parker gets an unusual new job, Thor and Jane are sitcom spouses, and Matt Murdock is laid to rest
The Avengers go all Wandavision… More kids factor into the Amazing Spider-Man relaunch… And Matt Murdock is dead … sort of … in an interesting trio of Marvel Comics titles going on sale on Wednesday, May 25. In Amazing Spider-Man #2 by Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr., a month …
Read More »Judgment Day, Damage Control and Alien headline Marvels August 2022 solicitations
Every new Marvel comic book on sale in August, AKA the Marvel Comics August 2022 solicitations are here, and Marvel is serving up more AXE Judgment Day in the dog days of summer. And Spider-Man officially turns 60: Amazing Fantasy #15 introduced the Wall-Crawler to the world in August 1962. …
Read More »Stan Lees Origins of Marvel Comics is the House of Ideas autobiography
Every superhero has a great origin story. Marvel Comics has its own as well. In 1974, mighty Marvel had been ticking along for about 13 years and had already enjoyed great success, supplanting DC as the top publisher and getting its characters on Saturday morning cartoons and a variety of …
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