VARIANT COVER: Marvel announces variant cover for Astonishing X-Men #51

With the news that Northstar has proposed to his boyfriend Kyle, it’s time to start planning a wedding!  Anyone who had gone through the ceremony knows that pictures are a pretty big deal.  Now with Astonishing X-Men #51, Marvel is giving you a chance to put your wedding picture along side other memorable Marvel marriages of the past with a special variant cover.

More After the Jump >>

Northstar proposes to his boyfriend in Astonishing X-Men #50

Press Release

The X-Men, one of the world’s most popular super hero teams, have always been at the forefront of the biggest stories in comic history; and today is no different as Marvel is proud to announce the wedding that has everyone talking! Today, fans worldwide learned on ABC’s The View, that Jean-Paul Beaubier, AKA Northstar and a popular member of the X-Men, proposes to his boyfriend Kyle Jinadu in Astonishing X-Men #50, on-sale tomorrow in comic stores, on the Marvel Comics app and at the Marvel Digital Comics Shop.

More After the Jump >>

REVIEW: Avengers Vs. X-Men Round 4 (of 12)

Or – “Man, I Think I Missed A Memo…”

The biggest problem with universe-spanning crossovers these days is that if you miss an issue of ANYTHING, you come back into the next chapter feeling like Shemp when he needed cheese.  What does the new hub of the Marvel Universe have in store this week?

More After the Jump >>

DIGITAL COMICS: Marvel announces new Avengers vs. X-Men Infinite Comics

Press Release

Earlier this year, Marvel changed how the world experienced digital comics with Avengers VS. X-Men #1 Infinite. This June, the Marvel ReEvolution continues as Marvel is pleased to announce the next jaw dropping Marvel Infinite Comic to be included with June’s Avengers VS. X-Men #6! Representing the latest form of comic book storytelling using tablets and smartphones as a new canvas, each new Marvel Infinite Comic continues to take advantage of modern technology while staying true to medium’s greatest strengths!

More After the Jump >>

REVIEW: AVX Versus #1 (of 6)

Or – “If They’re All Geniuses, Aren’t They All, Thus, Equally Stupid?”

There has been an interesting tendency in the Marvel Universe for power creep to turn many, in fact darn near all, of the founding members of the Universe into super-geniuses.  Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Charles Xavier, Anthony Stark, Henry Pym, Reed Richards, Henry McCoy…  All are now superhuman minds, each with an inexplicable, untrained wild mental talent, be it in robotics, genetics or manipulation.

So why is it that their first solution to anything is to punch the $#!+ out of it?

More After the Jump >>