Brian and Shaun celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rogue’s first appearance. They travel back in time to August 1981 in order to summarize the events of Avengers Annual #10 before discussing other important moments throughout Rogue’s history. The hosts cap… Read More ›
The Marvel characters spread their appearances thin in the nine-book week. Only eight characters appear in more than one book—thanks mostly to one last visit to the Hellfire Gala in the Children of the Atom finale. Two other books also… Read More ›
August picks up right where July left. Spider-Man’s deadliest foes surround him in Sinister War, symbiotic showdowns in Extreme Carnage and another entry in the annual backup stories that lead to the “Infinity Heist.” As far as new books of… Read More ›
The age old story of the creation turning on its creator ties together the three new additions to the Fantasy Comic League database this week. The classic example of this trope being Dr. Frankenstein’s monster. The Marvel version of the… Read More ›
A potential cosmic cat fight takes shape. Now that the mutants have colonized Mars, S.W.O.R.D. begins to explore the fallout of their actions. First, Abigail Brand introduces a new universal credit to the Galactic Council and offers the members a… Read More ›
To quote another popular piece of Disney entertainment: “This is the Way.” The merry mutants of Krakoa continue to live an immortal life of luxury, but Nightcrawler, their resident theologian, worries they live an immoral life as well. Kurt battles… Read More ›
All the Marvel ladies get another anthology one shot. Though the solicitations only call out Jennifer “Hulk” Walters, Captain Peggy Carter and Marrow (the latter two not counted in our preview estimates), the cover for Women of Marvel suggests top… Read More ›
The theme of friends making amends featured in two issues this week. In Champions #5 by Eve L. Ewing and Bob Quinn, Viv Vision comes to her teammates’ aid and helps them put an end to the Underage Superhuman Welfare… Read More ›
Marvel ends Black History Month by showcasing and celebrating some of their top Black characters. The top two books from the week—Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Daniel Acuña and Marvel’s Voices: Legacy by various creators—feature two dozen prominent Black… Read More ›
There is a party on Krakoa and it seems nearly every mutant has been invited. More than 50 characters gather at Blob’s Green Lagoon Bar to properly celebrate Cypher and Bei’s recent nuptials in Vita Ayala and Rod Reis’ latest… Read More ›
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