Set between Halo 2 and Halo 3, Halo: Uprising attempts to tie the two games together and answer questions fans have been asking for a long time. “It was an honor to be asked to add something to the Halo pot,” said writer Brian Michael Bendis. “To bring to Halo what the graphic novel brought, some humanity and perspective—something you can’t get in the game based solely on the nature of the different mediums. Alex and I also have tried to create a juicy sci-fi story that even if you don’t play or know anything about Halo, you could buy…
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Or – “Brubaker Broke Rule #1: Bucky Stays Dead.” And yet, I enjoy it. I don’t know if it’s the fact that Cap himself is now deceased or if it’s just one of those ideas that is better in the execution than the conception, but so far, the return of James Buchanan Barnes has been very well handled. In the wake of the assassination of Captain America, the entire Marvel Universe looks like a whole new animal, and the Winter Soldier has set his sights on the biggest game of all: Tony Stark, Director of SHIELD. But before he gets…
I really like the ultimate universe. It doesn’t have the heavy baggage from 616 and it’s easier to jump on as a new reader. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Ultimate X-Men #84 that gets Bishop hoping to kick some butt.
I was really hoping the Endangered Species series would be full issue stories spanning months worth of X-Men titles. Instead, the series will be comprised of seventeen eight-page back up stories. With three simple words, the entire mutant race was decimated, reduced to a mere fraction of its former size. Now Beast, with a team of unlikely allies, must race against the clock to prevent their own extinction. Marvel Comics has sent us the checklist of each chapter and issue, along with the creative team attached to each installment.
Now that the Hulk is back and he’s smashing his way through Marvel U, the big question is, “Who can bring down the green goliath?” It looks like it is up to the Gamma Corps!, and Marvel has sent us a sneak peek. World War Hulk Assistant Editor Nate Cosby said of the series, “So Hulk’s back and he’s MAAAAAAAAD (you might’ve heard’a something called WORLD WAR HULK). And NOBODY can stop him. Iron Man, She-Hulk, Ares, the Fantastic Four, Black Bolt…they ain’t nothin’. Who you gonna get to take out Mean Green? How ’bout a team full of genetically-enhanced…
If you caught the Marvel solicitation information for September, you know there’s a new character spinning out of the Annihilation storyline – Wraith. Annihilation: Conquest – Wraith #1, written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Kyle Hotz explores this dark new warrior. “Creating a brand new character for the Marvel universe has been an awesome responsibility,” said Grillo-Marxuach. “I hope that when readers pick up Annihilation: Conquest – Wraith, they feel that this addition to the House of Ideas, not only embodies the ideals of the classic Marvel cosmic characters, but also takes it to the next level of action and adventure.”…
Ok. You’ve seen the New Warriors #2 sneak without the word balloons, now Marvel has released the full preview that has the dialogue. For those wondering what’s with the product placement, perhaps this sneak gives you the answers… Apparently New Warriors are the number one search topic on Google, Yahoo and MSN.com. I think that would only be true if the search phrase was “New Warriors naked spoilers”, but that’s just me.
Marvel’s favorite Canadians are back fighting the Wrecking Crew, eh. Issue #4 is just around the corner and it finds Omega Flight working together fo save Sasquatch. Will he survive? Take the jump for a preview.
Or – “Why Sometimes Impulse Buys Are A Good Thing…” There are a lot of things you can say about Namor the Sub-Mariner, but one of the most obvious is that he is the original anti-hero. Whereas Wolverine, The Punisher, and others started a mini-revolution in the past 25 years, Namor was known to be “the best there is at what he does” nearly 70 years ago! With a whole new political climate, an angry foreign potentate is likely to ruffle some feathers, and when the king in question can heft a battleship in his bare hands, I suspect it…
Marvel Comics has sent us the complete issue solicitation information and cover images for titles shipping in September 2007. World War Hulk and X-Men Endangered Species storylines continue, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a few more major revelations made in the coming months.
With ties to the Initiative and Annihilation storylines, Nova is probably a series to watch. “We’d really like to thank all the fans who are sticking with us for the thrill ride that is NOVA!” said writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. “And to those who haven’t joined the fun yet, what’s keeping you? You’ve already missed out on alien battles with bugs from space, confrontations with Iron Man, a toe-to-toe slugfest with the Thunderbolts, plus all the fallout from the demise of the New Warriors and the rise of the Initiative!!” To entice you further, Marvel has sent Major…
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer conquered the box office this past weekend, bringing in an impressive $57.4 million, surpassing the original 2005 FF pic. With the success of the film and the sure increase in those interested in all things Fantastic, Marvel has a collection of Fantastic Four tomes you might want to check out.
Or – “It’s Always Sad When You Grow Up Faster Than Your Friends…” I’ve always said that the original New Warriors series could be read as a metaphor for young adulthood, the time when we’re figuring out who we are and what we can do to screw up the world as an adult. If we read the Warriors as being like a super-hero college experience, (and if my experience was at all representative, it is even more so then “Freshmen”) then we can view the surviving members of the New Warriors as being roughly age 23 to 25, when the…
The Loners have sold out once again at Diamond Comics. The series by writer C.B. Cebulski and artist Karl Moline takes a look at heroes who are anything but. Spinning out of the Runaways, The Loners follows five young heroes who want to get rid of their powers altogether and just be normal. Marvel has announced issue #3 has sold out at Diamond prompting C.B. Cebulski to exclaim, “A three-peat?!? Wow! I guess Marvel has a new ‘little book that could’ on its hands. As I’ve been a Marvel zombie pretty much since birth, being allowed to write a comic…