The X-Men are about to get even more down and dirty than usual with X-Terminators, a team-up between Dazzler, Jubilee, Boom Boom, and Wolverine as they embark on a mission of revenge in a story that will have more than its share of blood and guts. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) …
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Dr. Jane Foster will make her debut as the Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder in just a matter of days. And with Natalie Portman’s return as the Mjolnir-wielding Jane come many questions about where she’s been since she last appeared in the MCU, how she’s wielding Mjolnir, and …
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Ms. Marvel episode 4 is now streaming on Disney Plus, and with a trip to Karachi, Pakistan, Kamala Khan is learning much more about the secret family history that lies at the root of her newfound powers. And rather than connecting to the relatively well-known Marvel Comics concept of the …
Read More »Who are Marvels Young Avengers and are they coming to the MCU?
Ms. Marvel is now part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the premiere of her Disney Plus streaming series, and with her debut comes another in a line of young heroes joining the MCU – potentially setting up the introduction of a version of the Young Avengers. Disney Plus’ streaming …
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Dungeons & Dragons is all about storytelling, and beyond the collaborative stories created through playing the classic tabletop RPG, there’s a whole universe of D&D stories in other media, including comic books. IDW Publishing has been releasing a whole slew of D&D comics in recent years, and the latest is …
Read More »George Pérez is the definitive DC and Marvel superhero artist
If superhero comic art is a language unto itself, the work of legendary George Pérez is its Rosetta Stone. The principles of superhero comic art were developed by dozens of people, and have been filtered through the sensibilities of countless creators in the decades since Superman introduced the genre in …
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Disney Plus’ Moon Knight just introduced a brand new superhero the Scarlet Scarab to its storyline, and by extension, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, a quick Google search will tell you that the new superhero, though they do share the Scarlet Scarab name, is almost nothing like the Scarlet Scarab …
Read More »Are Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Justice League really dead? Yes … and no
Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, John Stewart-Green Lantern, and the other members of the Justice League are dead. They were killed by Pariah’s Dark Army in April 26’s Justice League #75 in a story titled ‘Death of the Justice League.’ So that’s that, right? Right..? Let’s be upfront, we’ll take …
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no more. Following the deaths of Leonardo, Raphel, and Donatello under mysterious circumstances at the hands of the successor of their arch-enemy the Shredder, the remaining brother Michelangelo has died avenging their deaths. The deaths of Leo, Raph, and Donny, as they were affectionately …
Read More »The extensive history of Marvel superheroes fighting each other
This summer, Marvel Comics is taking three of its top teams – the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Eternals – and mashing them all up into a threeway conflict for the event AXE: Judgment Day (‘AXE’ for the initials of the three aforementioned teams, of course). The motivations for the …
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