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.
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.
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?
The SHOUT! Factory has announced it is releasing Marvel Knights Animation’s Astonishing X-Men: Torn on DVD this August.
In this issue: Star Wars gets revisited, Kirkman gets Hardcore, and Chuck Taine… well, he still drinks the science experiment.
Show Notes after the Jump!
Think you know everything there is to know about the X-Men and their origins? Guess again as in August 2012, Marvel gives us The First X-Men.
It’s coming in August… whatever it is… I wonder if it is about X-men?
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!
Well of course that is what Marvel is going to say hot on the heals of the highly successful film and Avengers vs. X-Men series. The company sent a new teaser image for Act Two of Avengers vs. X-Men that kicks off in issue #6.
Avengers vs. X-Men #3 is in stores right now, and if you want a peek at the big Captain America vs. Wolverine fight, take the jump.
Or – “Hey, Didja Know The Heroes Are Gonna Fight?”
Juggolossus goes mano-rojo-a-mano-rojo with The Red Hulk. Whatever else happens, the colorist will probably wear out his lens flare filter…
Looking for something good to read this week? The Major Spoilers Staff has sifted through this week’s releases and have picked a number of books you might want to check out as well.