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Feature: Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict

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Comics Should Be Cheap (10/5/2022)

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X-Men Mutantversity: There’s People In Those Eggs

By Jaina Hill | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome back to Mutantversity, a class offered at the Krakoan Akademos Habitat. This isn’t a place to find big reviews of X-books, (that’s what our Review section is for!) but it’s a great way to keep up with one of the most complicated superhero series around. We’re going to dive into the deep end as […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 10/2/22

By Robbie Pleasant | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, our weekly check in on Viz’s various Shonen Jump series. Viz has recently changed their release format, but our format will mostly remain the same. We will still review the newest chapters of one title a week, now with even more options at our disposal. The big change […]

Art of the Week: Week of 10/05/22

By Michael Mazzacane | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome, one and all, to Multiversity’s Art Of The Week! Each week, we scour the internet for the best artwork sourced from the blogs, Tumblrs, Twitters, and Instagrams of the best comic book and manga artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. This week Michael Mazzacane returns with a theme: Spooky […]

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Kim Jung Gi, Korean Visual Artist, Dead at 47

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 5, 2022 | News

Per a statement from Paris’s Daniel Maghen Gallery, which had been exhibiting his work, South Korean artist Kim Jung Gi died after a heart attack on Monday, October 3. According to his official social media, Kim had traveled to the airport to fly to New York Comic Con, when he began to suffer from chest […]

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Mignolaversity: “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at The Crow’s Head”

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 5, 2022 | Reviews

Mike Mignola and Rachele Aragno’s “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at The Crow’s Head” is a superb debut, exceeding the already high expectations I had for a Mignola and Aragno collaboration. Written by Mike Mignola Illustrated by Rachele Aragno Colored by Dave Stewart Lettered by Clem Robins A small, coastal village is home to normal people […]

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Fall of Centauri Prime”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 5, 2022 | Television

Last time, on Babylon 5. War, loss, and the beginning of the end. This time, everyone’s favorite Centauri bids us adieu, Londo achieves his (probably) final form, and we discover the disgusting secret of the Drakh Keepers.

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Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 2302 – And Hell Followed With Her

By Brian Salvatore, Christopher Egan, Matthew Blair, Michael Mazzacane and Greg Lincoln | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome, Earthlets, to Multiver-City One, our “2000 AD” weekly review column! Every Wednesday we examine the latest offerings from Tharg and the droids over at Rebellion/2000 AD, the galaxy’s leading producers of Thrill-Power entertainment. Let’s get right to it! THIS WEEK IN 2000AD Judge Dredd: The Pitch Credits: Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt (script), Boo […]

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The DC3cast, Episode 348: ‘Infinite Frontier’ Week 83

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Oct 5, 2022 | Podcasts

The DC3cast is Multiversity’s weekly podcast digging into all things DC Comics. Each week, hosts Vince, Zach, and Brian dig into the most important weekly releases, specifically focusing on ‘Infinite Frontier’ titles. Plus, they review DC films now and then, and sometimes dig into older runs/events. Don’t worry, the DC3’s got this! This week, the […]

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The Rundown: October 5, 2022

By Matt Garza | Oct 5, 2022 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. In case you missed it, Drew Ford, the founder and publisher of the archival imprint It’s Alive, died on Sunday. We also spoke to “The Beekeeper’s Tale” […]

Five Thoughts on The Walking Dead’s “Lockdown”

By Chris Cole | Oct 4, 2022 | Television

The last few episodes are upon us. Walking Dead began as an Image comic that Robert Kirkman had to sell as Plan 9 from Outer Space to get made. It’s since become a cultural phenomenon with spin-offs, action figures, video games, and more. Now it’s time to close out the flagship TV series. Especially with […]

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“Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe” Vol. XIII

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 4, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome to our coverage of “Who’s Who!” For this summer, we’ll be focusing exclusively on the 26-issue 1985-1987 series, without any of the updates. Those will, hopefully, follow next year. This week, we close out the Ks and most of the Ls – let’s jump right in. Best Overall Entry: Krypto This issue has a […]

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Interview with a Webcomic: Ben Fleuter on “The Beekeeper’s Tale,” Shorter Stories, and Fantasy

By James Dowling | Oct 4, 2022 | Interviews

Ben Fleuter is one of the recognizable mainstays in webcomics, with a bibliography spanning the many platforms and eras of modern webcomics. Arguably his most iconic work, the WEBTOON series “Sword Interval, concluded in 2018. Four years later, he’s starting his new project, the high fantasy series “The Beekeeper’s Tale.”

The Webcomics Weekly #206: Ordering a Double Shot of Webcomics Expresso (10/4/2022 Edition)

By Mel Lake | Oct 4, 2022 | Reviews

It’s offically spooky season but the webcomics wranglers aren’t going to the darkness just yet. First we have a lush josei-esque webcomic called “Cafe Amargo” to recommend. Cafe Amargo Episodes 1-11 Completed Created by Piapb (Pía Prado Bley) Reviewed by Mel Lake Note: There is a comic on Webtoon with this same title in the […]

Feature: Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict

The Harrow County Observer: Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 4, 2022 | Interviews

Welcome to the Harrow County Observer, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated “Harrow County” column. In the latest installment we’re looking at the “Harrow County” board game from Off the page Games. In case you didn’t know, the Kickstarter launched today and we couldn’t resist to the opportunity to talk to the game’s creators, Jay Cormier and Shad […]

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Comics Should Be Cheap (10/5/2022)

By Multiversity Staff | Oct 4, 2022 | Columns

Buying comics can be an expensive hobby. A lot of fans simply can’t afford everything they’re interested in, due to rising prices and the over-saturation of the market with superhero titles. That’s why we’re here. Every week, the Multiversity staff is asked “What would you buy this week if you couldn’t go over $20?” and […]

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Drew Ford, Publisher of It’s Alive, Dead at 48

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 4, 2022 | News

ICv2 reports Drew Ford, the founder and publisher of the archival imprint It’s Alive, died on Sunday, October 2. According to the GoFundMe page set up by his widow, Ford died from COVID-19-related pneumonia. He was only 48 years old. Andrew “Drew” Ford was a graduate of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, […]

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The Rundown: October 4, 2022

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 4, 2022 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. ICYMI, we talked to Jeremy Holt about their upcoming literary reimagining “Gatsby.” – CEX will publish “Sereno,” a creator-owned superhero series by Argentine writer/artist Luciano Vecchio. Sereno […]

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Jeremy Holt on Bringing “Gatsby” Into the 21st Century, Old Sport

By Chris Cole | Oct 3, 2022 | Interviews

1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby hit shelves, quickly cementing itself as the definitive work of the jazz age. Its themes of greed and betrayal would resonate with readers for nearly a century after its original publication. Writer Jeremy Holt, best known for “Made in Korea” and “Virtually Yours,” was one of them. Holt […]

Boomb Tube, The Week in Comic Book Television: 9/25-10/1/2022

By Multiversity Staff | Oct 3, 2022 | Television

Welcome back to Boomb Tube! Here, we will be catching you up on the week in comics TV, both through micro-reviews, as well as links to our full-length TV reviews. We also tend to review series that are dropped all at once weekly so there are a few ‘older’ shows mixed in for good measure. […]

Ghosts of Comics’ Past: October 2022 – Communication and Debate

By Drew Bradley | Oct 3, 2022 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column is back with a spate of events from Octobers gone by. Without further ado… October 1976 After years of being on top of the comic industry, DC’s market share was surpassed by Marvel in 1971 through a combination of quality and price competition. Some of the younger staff at DC had seen […]

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Reader Poll Results: Our Readers Love Earth-2

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 3, 2022 | Reader Poll

On Friday, we asked our readers what their favorite of DC’s infinite universes was their favorite. Seventeen of our options got at least one vote, but three stood out as being the clear favorites. Taking first place with 19% was the classic pre-“Crisis” Earth-2, featuring the Golden Age heroes aging in, more or less, real […]

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Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 781 – Sherman & Lewis on ABOVE SNAKES

By Greg Matiasevich | Jun 16, 2022 | Podcasts

Artist Hayden Sherman and writer Sean Lewis have gone from hi-tech to low-tech with their new Image miniseries Above Snakes, and Greg gets a chance to chat with them about it. A fantasy western with vengeance, blood, electric colors, surprise lettering, and a guy named Dirt, Above Snakes is their third collaboration, after The Few and Thumbs. Find out […]

The Best of PCH – Episode 238: Reminiscing about Angoulême Festival 2017

By Chris Thompson | Feb 11, 2018 | Podcasts

Due to popular demand, we’ll be featuring The Best of Pop Culture Hound every second Sunday here at Multiversity Comics. Before we get into Chris’ coverage of this year’s Festival International de la Bande Dessinée (Angoulême), we present one final look back with this report from the 44th edition last year. In keeping with their […]

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The DC3cast, Episode 348: ‘Infinite Frontier’ Week 83

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Oct 5, 2022 | Podcasts

The DC3cast is Multiversity’s weekly podcast digging into all things DC Comics. Each week, hosts Vince, Zach, and Brian dig into the most important weekly releases, specifically focusing on ‘Infinite Frontier’ titles. Plus, they review DC films now and then, and sometimes dig into older runs/events. Don’t worry, the DC3’s got this! This week, the […]

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Wrestleversity, Episode 5

By James Johnston, Jess Camacho and Alice W. Castle | Jul 13, 2016 | Podcasts

Welcome back to Wrestleversity, a new podcast by Jess Camacho, James Johnston, and Alice W. Castle! This week, Alice, James, and Jess do a mock Raw/Smackdown draft, ahead of next week’s WWE draft. You can listen to the show below, or download it directly by clicking here. It should be up on iTunes, Stitcher, and […]

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X-Men Mutantversity: There’s People In Those Eggs

By Jaina Hill | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome back to Mutantversity, a class offered at the Krakoan Akademos Habitat. This isn’t a place to find big reviews of X-books, (that’s what our Review section is for!) but it’s a great way to keep up with one of the most complicated superhero series around. We’re going to dive into the deep end as […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 10/2/22

By Robbie Pleasant | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, our weekly check in on Viz’s various Shonen Jump series. Viz has recently changed their release format, but our format will mostly remain the same. We will still review the newest chapters of one title a week, now with even more options at our disposal. The big change […]

Art of the Week: Week of 10/05/22

By Michael Mazzacane | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome, one and all, to Multiversity’s Art Of The Week! Each week, we scour the internet for the best artwork sourced from the blogs, Tumblrs, Twitters, and Instagrams of the best comic book and manga artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. This week Michael Mazzacane returns with a theme: Spooky […]

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Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 2302 – And Hell Followed With Her

By Brian Salvatore, Christopher Egan, Matthew Blair, Michael Mazzacane and Greg Lincoln | Oct 5, 2022 | Columns

Welcome, Earthlets, to Multiver-City One, our “2000 AD” weekly review column! Every Wednesday we examine the latest offerings from Tharg and the droids over at Rebellion/2000 AD, the galaxy’s leading producers of Thrill-Power entertainment. Let’s get right to it! THIS WEEK IN 2000AD Judge Dredd: The Pitch Credits: Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt (script), Boo […]

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Dredd at 10

By Ryan Fitzmartin | Sep 21, 2022 | Longform, Movies

“America is an irradiated wasteland,” a voice gravely intones, as the camera swoops over the dystopia of Mega City One. This is the striking opening to Pete Travis and Alex Garland’s vicious, gritty and violently over the top Dredd. Set in a dystopia, fascist future where supercops function as judge, jury, and executioner, and gangs […]

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Five Thoughts on Legends of Tomorrow‘s Cancellation

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | May 3, 2022 | Longform

After two months of uncertainty, it was announced on Friday that Legends of Tomorrow (and Batwoman) would not be returning for another season, and frankly, it ended the week on a really shitty note — I think The A.V. Club spoke for many of us when they titled their headline for the story, “The bastards […]

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Blade II 20 Years Later

By Ryan Fitzmartin | Mar 22, 2022 | Longform

In May 2002, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man would see release, becoming the first film to open to a $100 million dollar box office in one weekend. The film industry would never be the same. Superhero movies in the mold of Spider-Man would go on to dominate the industry. Marvel would soon become the biggest name at […]

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Flip of a Coin, Part 2: Batman: The Enemy Within

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Feb 24, 2022 | Longform

While Two-Face/Harvey Dent doesn’t appear in Batman: The Enemy Within, it would’ve been remiss of us to not finish our coin-based playthrough of Telltale’s DC Comics game. The second (and thus far, final) season of their take on the Dark Knight sees Amanda Waller — who knows Batman’s secret — blackmail Bruce Wayne into infiltrating […]

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Mignolaversity: “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at The Crow’s Head”

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 5, 2022 | Reviews

Mike Mignola and Rachele Aragno’s “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at The Crow’s Head” is a superb debut, exceeding the already high expectations I had for a Mignola and Aragno collaboration. Written by Mike Mignola Illustrated by Rachele Aragno Colored by Dave Stewart Lettered by Clem Robins A small, coastal village is home to normal people […]

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“Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe” Vol. XIII

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 4, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome to our coverage of “Who’s Who!” For this summer, we’ll be focusing exclusively on the 26-issue 1985-1987 series, without any of the updates. Those will, hopefully, follow next year. This week, we close out the Ks and most of the Ls – let’s jump right in. Best Overall Entry: Krypto This issue has a […]

The Webcomics Weekly #206: Ordering a Double Shot of Webcomics Expresso (10/4/2022 Edition)

By Mel Lake | Oct 4, 2022 | Reviews

It’s offically spooky season but the webcomics wranglers aren’t going to the darkness just yet. First we have a lush josei-esque webcomic called “Cafe Amargo” to recommend. Cafe Amargo Episodes 1-11 Completed Created by Piapb (Pía Prado Bley) Reviewed by Mel Lake Note: There is a comic on Webtoon with this same title in the […]

Wrapping Wednesday: Micro Reviews for the Week of 9/28/22

By Multiversity Staff | Oct 3, 2022 | Reviews

There’s a lot to cover on Wednesdays. We should know, as collectively, we read an insane amount of comics. Even with a large review staff, it’s hard to get to everything. With that in mind, we’re back with Wrapping Wednesday, where we look at some of the books we missed in what was another great […]

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Interview with a Webcomic: Ben Fleuter on “The Beekeeper’s Tale,” Shorter Stories, and Fantasy

By James Dowling | Oct 4, 2022 | Interviews

Ben Fleuter is one of the recognizable mainstays in webcomics, with a bibliography spanning the many platforms and eras of modern webcomics. Arguably his most iconic work, the WEBTOON series “Sword Interval, concluded in 2018. Four years later, he’s starting his new project, the high fantasy series “The Beekeeper’s Tale.”

Feature: Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict

The Harrow County Observer: Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 4, 2022 | Interviews

Welcome to the Harrow County Observer, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated “Harrow County” column. In the latest installment we’re looking at the “Harrow County” board game from Off the page Games. In case you didn’t know, the Kickstarter launched today and we couldn’t resist to the opportunity to talk to the game’s creators, Jay Cormier and Shad […]

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Jeremy Holt on Bringing “Gatsby” Into the 21st Century, Old Sport

By Chris Cole | Oct 3, 2022 | Interviews

1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby hit shelves, quickly cementing itself as the definitive work of the jazz age. Its themes of greed and betrayal would resonate with readers for nearly a century after its original publication. Writer Jeremy Holt, best known for “Made in Korea” and “Virtually Yours,” was one of them. Holt […]

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Moreci and Sherman Waste No Space In The New Wasted Space Omnibus Kickstarter

By Kyle Welch | Sep 29, 2022 | Interviews

A comic can be critically acclaimed, sell well, beloved by readers, have a long run, be optioned but can it truly be considered successful until it has an omnibus release. Those wonderful oversized hardcover tomes are the true measure of who has made it in the comic medium (This is obviously just my opinion but […]

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Feature: 25 Years of Hellboy

Mignolaversity: The Hellboy Universe Reading Order ― 2022

By Mark Tweedale | Aug 29, 2022 | Annotations

Back in 2014, I created a Hellboy Universe reading for Multiversity Comics. However, with all the new books Dark Horse Comics and Mike Mignola keep putting out, I’ve had to update every year since. So here’s 2022’s reading order, including all the collections that’ll be coming out in 2022, plus a few others coming in […]

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Isu Codices, Volume 22: Catching Up with “Assassin’s Creed”

By Gregory Ellner | Jun 28, 2022 | Annotations

Welcome back to the Isu Codices. This month, we are looking into the English translations of the third volume of the Chinese manhua “Assassin’s Creed Dynasty” and the fourth (and final) volume of the Japanese manga “Assassin’s Creed: Blade of Shao Jun.” Due to the nature of the ‘Forgotten Myths’ comics by Dark Horse making […]

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Isu Codices, Volume 21: Catching Up with “Assassin’s Creed”

By Gregory Ellner | Mar 8, 2022 | Annotations

Welcome back to the Isu Codices. This month, we are looking into the English translation of the second volume of the Chinese manhua “Assassin’s Creed Dynasty.” A note on spelling: due to the different methods of romanization for Arabic names, several different spellings of the same name may be found in history, but we will […]

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Isu Codices, Volume 20: Catching Up with “Assassin’s Creed”

By Gregory Ellner | Feb 8, 2022 | Annotations

Welcome back to the Isu Codices. This month, we are looking into the English translation of the third volume of the Japanese manga “Assassin’s Creed: Blade of Shao Jun.” New Concepts Historical Revisionism Key to the historical fiction take on Assassin’s Creed, and even to how this very column addresses it, is its own approach […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Fall of Centauri Prime”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 5, 2022 | Television

Last time, on Babylon 5. War, loss, and the beginning of the end. This time, everyone’s favorite Centauri bids us adieu, Londo achieves his (probably) final form, and we discover the disgusting secret of the Drakh Keepers.

Five Thoughts on The Walking Dead’s “Lockdown”

By Chris Cole | Oct 4, 2022 | Television

The last few episodes are upon us. Walking Dead began as an Image comic that Robert Kirkman had to sell as Plan 9 from Outer Space to get made. It’s since become a cultural phenomenon with spin-offs, action figures, video games, and more. Now it’s time to close out the flagship TV series. Especially with […]

Boomb Tube, The Week in Comic Book Television: 9/25-10/1/2022

By Multiversity Staff | Oct 3, 2022 | Television

Welcome back to Boomb Tube! Here, we will be catching you up on the week in comics TV, both through micro-reviews, as well as links to our full-length TV reviews. We also tend to review series that are dropped all at once weekly so there are a few ‘older’ shows mixed in for good measure. […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Collectors”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Oct 1, 2022 | Television

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Look. Listen. I gave this show it’s fair shake. I went in with as open a mind as I, personally, can possibly have about a Netflix live action adaptation of one of the most important comics to me and, yes, it has had its moments of worth, but… woof. […]

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Crisis on Finite Earths: The Robots From Tomorrow / DC3cast Crossover!

By Mike Romeo, Greg Matiasevich, Brian Salvatore, Zach Wilkerson and Vince Ostrowski | Feb 11, 2016 | Podcasts

It’s Flash Appreciation Day at Multiversity Comics, and what better could we celebrate than by throwing together a Crisis-style crossover with the DC3cast? Tune is as Mike, Greg, Zach, Vince and Brian discuss their favorite iterations of The Scarlet Speedster, with conversation spanning from The Golden Age to modern television. Did Jay Garrick really kill […]

Axistential Crisis: “Avengers & X-Men: AXIS” #1 [Review/Recap]

By James Johnston | Oct 10, 2014 | Columns

Only weeks after the conclusion to “Original Sin”, “Avengers & X-Men: AXIS” #1 lands on shelves. We called “Original Sin” the craziest event comic Marvel ever published and after reading the first issue of “AXIS” we think we’re going to need to make a retraction. As with “Original Sin”, we’ll be doing a spoiler-free review […]

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 214: Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth [Podcast]

By Mike Romeo and Greg Matiasevich | Jul 30, 2015 | Podcasts

In 1970, DC proclaimed, “The Great One Is Coming!” And they were right! Jack “The King” Kirby went across the street from Marvel to the Distinguished Competition and hit their publishing line like an atomic bomb. The New Gods! Mister Miracle! The Forever People! The Demon! Omac! But few of them had the specific impact […]

Upside Down from Here: A Proposal for Marvel On How to Do “AXIS” and All Future Events [Opinion]

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 1, 2014 | Longform

Back in the day when it came to event comics, the possibilities were infinite and the excitement was palpable. Oh, there were cynics as there are for anything, sure, but their voice was not the dominant one; instead we would be excited at the prospect that our favorite heroes would band together to fight against […]