As any comic fan knows, Marvel just loves their events. It seems like every year we are getting a new company wide, multi-series spanning, universe altering event from the House of Ideas. This year’s (or 2013 for you future people) is Age of Ultron, bringing back the infamous automaton (and notable Avengers villain), Ultron! In a dystopian future ravaged by the robot army of Ultron, who will survive? Just who exactly is pulling the strings? Is the story worth reading? Find out the answer to at least one of these questions in your Major Spoilers review!
Category Archives: Brian Michael Bendis
SNEAK PEEK: Age of Ultron #8
Marvel released an early look at Age of Ultron #8 by Brian Michael Bendis and Brandon Peterson.
REVIEW: Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #21
For twenty issues now we’ve seen how the new Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, has adjusted to the life of a super-powered adolescent. What will he do when Peter Parker’s past rears its ugly symbiote head and goes after Miles’ family? Major Spoilers reviews Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #21 to find out!
REVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #3
With Avengers vs. X-Men we saw the two teams argue and fight over whether Cyclops and his revolution were out of control. In the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men, the Avengers have stepped in to, um…argue and fight over whether Cyclops and his revolution are out of control. Is this just more of the same or something completely different? Your Major Spoilers review has the answer young mutant!
SOLICITATIONS: The Future of Uncanny X-Men is REVOLUTION!
Press Release
We already know that one of the Uncanny X-Men is a traitor, so can we eliminate those seen on this promotional image for Uncanny X-Men #5 that Marvel has sent out? Marvel’s big month of April continues to be pushed in the image after the jump.
The Future of Marvel is a Traitor!
In a continual push of upcoming NOW! titles Marvel has sent over this little teaser for the upcoming Bendis and Bachalo Uncanny X-Men #1. Who is the traitor? Start placing your bets now.
SOLICITATIONS: The Age of Ultron is upon us
Press Release
This March, enter the darkest days of the Marvel Universe as Earth’s Mightiest fight for survival in Age of Ultron #1 as they’re faced with only two choices—Submit Or Perish! From the blockbuster creative team of Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men, Avengers, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man), Bryan Hitch (Ultimates, Fantastic Four), Carlos Pacheco (Uncanny X-Men) & Brandon Peterson (AvX: VS) comes an event years in the making pitting the Marvel Universe against one of their greatest threats! Ultron, a deadly sentient robot created by founding Avenger Hank Pym who turned on his creator to achieve his twisted objective…the utter destruction of humanity. Now that Ultron has conquered, enslaving most of the world’s Super Heroes, it’s up to a small group of resistance fighters—including Invisible Woman, Taskmaster, Beast, Emma Frost, She-Hulk, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Moon Knight—to find a way overcome darkness and bring hope back a world that has suddenly lost everything. Once this landmark ten-issue event concludes, the reverberations will be felt in every corner of the Marvel Universe, leaving no hero or villain unscathed.
MARVEL NOW! Brian Bendis to write Uncanny X-Men #1
Press Release
This February, Cyclops is back in full force in Uncanny X-Men #1, kicking off the all-new ongoing series from the blockbuster creative team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Chris Bachalo! As part of Marvel NOW!, Uncanny X-Men joins a number of titles that will take the Marvel Universe in an exciting all-new direction, as the industry’s top creators join the top Super Heroes to deliver all-new ongoing series, great for new and lapsed readers alike!
MARVEL NOW! Bendis and Bachalo are Uncanny
Marvel teases yet another Uncanny series in the Marvel NOW! relaunch/rebrand/renumbering/reboot. We already have Uncanny Avengers, and Uncanny X-Force, so what could be next? A title simply called Uncanny X-Men seems too on the nose.
REVIEW: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #16
This series created a stir when it first came out more than a year ago. Peter Parker was dead and a new Spider-Man, Miles Morales, took his place. Since its arrival, Ultimate Spider-Man appeals to both old and new comic book readers. It combines the classic superhero origins and themes into an original modern story. Although he shares the iconic presence of his predecessor, Miles Morales is an all-new, all different Spider-Man.
NYCC ’12: Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova become official
A whole slew of new books were announced last week at New York Comic Con. The exact figure comes somewhere close to the amount of Slave Leia’s that were cosplayed. I of course have no source for that little factoid, but it just seems right. Anyways, take the jump for two new series coming from Marvel in 2013.
SNEAK PEEK: Daredevil: End of Days #1
Marvel Comics has released a sneak peek of Daredevil: End of Days #1 that you can check out, after the jump.