March 2016 – Multiversity Comics

Five Thoughts On Star Wars: Rebels’ “Twilight Of The Apprentice”

By Alice W. Castle | Mar 31, 2016 | Television

Well, that time is finally here: the Star Wars: Rebels Season Two finale. It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? A long journey to get us here. And what a season it’s been. I was pretty critical of the first season feeling very safe and, in a few places, pretty boring, especially compared to […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Arrow’s “Beacon of Hope”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 31, 2016 | Television

Arrow does a lot of good things in this episode, but at its center has a huge problem, and that is this week’s adversary. 1. Bug Eyed Bandit: 2nd Episode, Totally Wasted We’ve seen her before, over on The Flash, but Emily Kinney returns to her role as the Bug-Eyed Bandit on Arrow, and all […]

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Reviews

“X-Men 92” #1

By Stephenson Ardern-Sodje | Mar 31, 2016 | Reviews

With Marvel and DC both overhauling their mainstream continuities, I take a look at the solid little side book that promises ‘nostalgia’ over ‘new’. Written by Chris Sims & Chad Bowers Illustrated by Alti Firmansyah The X-Men of the 90s are back! Continuing from the hit Secret Wars series starring the X-Men of a more EXTREME […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: Marvel’s Top 10 in June 2016

By James Johnston | Mar 31, 2016 | Columns

The watchful, completely objective and correct gaze of Soliciting Multiversity now falls upon Marvel’s crop of titles for June! Check out our picks below and let us know what stuck out to you in the comments. Before we get started, I want to add a quick disclaimer. This is a more negative than usual version […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “Batman and Robin Eternal” #26

By Keith Dooley | Mar 31, 2016 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

The finale to the “Batman and Robin Eternal” weekly series is a celebration of Batman’s legacy and that of his diverse family. With this conclusion, many story threads are teased for the “Rebirth” future. Written by James Tynion IV Illustrated by Scot Eaton, Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, and Geraldo Borges It’s the catastrophic conclusion of […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 281: DC’s Rebirth, Fantasy v. Reality

By Mike Romeo and Greg Matiasevich | Mar 31, 2016 | Podcasts

The day has come! Given the realities of recording schedules, the lads take to the mics mere hours after DC announced their Rebirth creators. A bit of this, a bit of that, a bit of whathaveyou; opinions are shared and decisions are discussed. But before that, there’s the small matter of the Multiversity Rebirth Fantasy […]

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News

The Rundown: March 31, 2016

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 31, 2016 | 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. – It seems that each day this week, we are reporting something about Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, specifically dealing with fan/industry reaction to the film. […]

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Columns

Art Of The Week: Week Of 03/30/2016

By Alice W. Castle | Mar 30, 2016 | 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 instragrams of the best comic book artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. As ever, everything is collected down below so… enjoy! Daredevil by […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on The Flash’s “Flash Back”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 30, 2016 | Television

The Flash doubles down on the time travel, the murkiness of the timeline, the malleability of its characters, and the intelligence/gullibility of Eobard Thawne. 1. Time Travel Wackiness What I like about this show is that they are unafraid to go bold with time travel. Sure, everyone knows the pitfalls of it, and it isn’t […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: DC’s Top 10 for June 2016

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 30, 2016 | Columns

June, last year, heralded “DC You,” an attempt by DC to bring their publishing line forward after a few years of the New 52. Well, this year brings “Rebirth,” an attempt by DC to…well, you get the idea. It is quite the month, so this is an overstuffed edition of Soliciting Multiversity. Hold onto your […]

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Columns

Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 1974

By Greg Matiasevich, Mike Romeo and Adrian Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Columns

Welcome, Earthlets, to Multiver-City One! Every Wednesday we examine the latest offerings from Tharg and the droids over at 2000 AD, the galaxy’s leading producers of Thrill-Power entertainment! Between the weekly British sci-fi comic “2000 AD” itself, the monthly “Judge Dredd Megazine”, an extensive library of graphic novel collections, and new US-format one-shots and mini-series, […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’S “Watchdogs”

By Robbie Pleasant | Mar 30, 2016 | Television

1. Who Watches the Watchdogs? We were given a little foreshadowing about the Watchdogs organization a few episodes ago, when Daisy mentioned them as a radical group with a more or less “kill all aliens” philosophy (and you’re more than welcome to draw your own social/political parallels from that). Well, now we get to see […]

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