Brian and Shaun nominate their favorite Marvel entertainment for their 2021 Stan Lee Cup awards. They discuss the merits of Marvel’s top content in categories such as art teams, characters and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They end with a quick… Read More ›
The end of the year brings an end to two more X-Men series, but they set the stage for the next era of Krakoan comics in 2022. Excalibur and X-Force end their current runs for now with plans for their return early… Read More ›
Wilson Fisk’s grip on New York City—and the heroes who call it home—tightens. Meanwhile, Black Cat’s grasp on reality—and the woman bonded to the Reality Stone—loosens. The Infinity Heist story ends with the revelation that Felicia gathered three of the… Read More ›
After a slight delay, the Thing and Venom drop the first issue of their new series—a third run for Grimm and a fifth run for the symbiote. The Thing’s story takes him back to the early days with his current… Read More ›
The Hulk puts up his best week of the year, but his performance in the finale to Al Ewing’s critically acclaimed Immortal Hulk series fails to earn Bruce Banner his first Hero of the Week title. In the end, the… Read More ›
Multiple corners and characters of the Marvel Universe burn. Krakoa enters its latest Inferno when Moira MacTaggert’s biggest fear comes to pass. Despite Professor X and Magneto’s best attempts to keep Destiny from being resurrected, Mystique shocks the Quiet Council… Read More ›
A pair of characters each earn their 36th overall appearance to meet the threshold for inclusion in the Fantasy Comic League review database. Tempo, who debuted in 1990, likely joins the main Marauders’ crew in a matter of issues anyway,… 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 ›
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 ›
With Father’s Day right around the corner, the phrase “like father, like son” has never had a more appropriate week. The Fantasy Comic League begins tracking two new characters, both sons of prominent characters carrying on the legacy of their… Read More ›
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