New York, NY— June 17, 2025 — The Marvel Universe’s next SECRET WAR erupts this September in BATTLEWORLD, a five-issue limited series by acclaimed writer Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man) and superstar artist Marcus To (X-Force). In the tradition of 2015’s visionary Secret Wars event by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic as well as the original…
In the past, many writers on this site, myself included, have written columns shining a light on the abused state of minority characters at the Big Two. While I agree with everything said, I think that we have left out the very important point of creating new characters. For the past decade or so, it’s…
Our friends at Marvel Comics have informed the world that âthe biggest Marvel event of all timeâ will come to an end four weeks from today, on January 13, 2016. Of course, the âbiggest Marvel event of all timeâ is in the mind of the beholder. Personally, I would have picked the release of the…
Nope. This is not an old guy rant about how you-all young’uns are ignoring comic books because you’re too busy enjoying the movies and teevee shows being made out of those same comic books. I’m beginning to think that if you lust for heroic fantasy, maybe the plethora of such fare in our theaters and…
Marvel has been slowly and steadily announcing their plans for their “new universe” coming this fall. It has been the hot topic on most geek blogs and is keeping people excited, sort of. In just watching this event creating the new Marvel Universe unfolds, I already have some misgivings with how things are going. With…
In her column last Monday, Mindy Newell talked about how an old-time friend and fellow comics reader was jumping off of the ship. Too many cataclysmic events leading directly into too many cataclysmic events. Not enough real story. I know other readers who feel the same way, and this spring’s cataclysmic events from DC and…
Starting April 1, DC Comics is launching its new meta-Crisis series, Convergence, in which characters from different planets and timelines will be thrust together on the Blood Moon to fight fight fight. In May, all of Marvel’s multiverse will go blooey with bits and pieces being recombined into a single place called Secret Wars: Battleworld…
