2017 – Page 14 – Multiversity Comics

Fran Hopper, Golden Age Artist, Dead at 95

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Dec 7, 2017 | News

Comics Beat reports Golden Age comic book artist Fran Hopper died last week at the age of 95. According to Dignity Memorial, she died on November 29, 2017, and was privately cremated in Manasquan, New Jersey. Hopper was born Frances Randolph Deitrick in Maryland on July 13, 1922. She worked at publisher Fiction House (the […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “Dan Dare” #3

By Nicholas Palmieri | Dec 7, 2017 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

British sci-fi hero Dan Dare returned to comics a few months ago with this series from Titan. Does this issue keep up the momentum of those first two issues? Read on to find out, and watch out for spoilers! Written by Peter Milligan Illustrated by Alberto Foche Colored by Jordi Escuin Llorach Lettered by Simon […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 161: Cosmic Odyssey [Rebroadcast]

By Mike Romeo and Greg Matiasevich | Dec 7, 2017 | Podcasts

This episode originally aired January 28, 2015. This week’s episode swings the pendulum back in a more mainstream direction by taking aim at a Jim Starlin Big Two cosmic event book with an oddball collection of heroes and a Machiavellian manipulator at the center of things. “Infinity Gauntlet”? Nope! “Cosmic Odyssey”! To make things even […]

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News

The Rundown: December 7, 2017

By Emlyn Travis | Dec 7, 2017 | 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. – IDW Publishing has cancelled its upcoming G.I. Joe series “Scarlett’s Strike Force” before its final orders cut-off from retailers on December 4th, according to Comic Book […]

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Legends of Tomorrow Beebo the God of War

Television

Five Thoughts on Legends of Tomorrow‘s “Beebo the God of War”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Dec 6, 2017 | Television

After last week’s crossover, the midseason finale of Legends of Tomorrow could’ve slowed down, but instead delivered a jam-packed Yuletide episode with the crew fighting Vikings over a Furby rip-off and more emotional changes to the roster. 1. Ghosts of Future Past Stein’s departure weighed heavily over the episode, but it refused to be overly […]

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Annotations

Go Beyond #9 – A ‘Plus Ultra’ Analysis of “My Hero Academia”

By Darcy Forrester | Dec 6, 2017 | Annotations

For several months now, Kōhei Horikoshi’s “My Hero Academia” has appeared to be on the cusp of finishing its current story arc. This prolonged ending has come as a result of the serious threat posed by Overhaul, the young leader of the Shie Hassaikai, to the success of the heroes’ joint venture. After all, while […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This: “The Unbelievable Gwenpool” by Christopher Hastings and Irene Strychalski

By Robbie Pleasant | Dec 6, 2017 | Columns

There are a lot of comics out there, but some just stand out head and shoulders above the pack. With “Don’t Miss This” we want to spotlight those series we think need to be on your pull list. This week, we look at the ongoing adventures of “The Unbelievable Gwenpool.” Who Is This By? “Gwenpool” […]

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Television

Five Thoughts On Runaways‘s “Kingdom”

By Jess Camacho | Dec 6, 2017 | Television

Five episodes into Runaways and they still haven’t run away. I’m keeping count. However, by completely going its own way, this might be the best show Marvel has given us to date. This episode makes the lives of all these characters even more complicated with pasts revealed and a big twist at the end. Let’s jump into […]

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Weekly Shonen Jump December 4, 2017 Featured

Columns

This Week in Shonen Jump: December 4, 2017

By Darcy Forrester and Ken Godberson III | Dec 6, 2017 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, in which a rotating duo of Multiversity staffers take a look at two stories contained in each installment of Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump. For the uninitiated, Weekly Shonen Jump is an anthology that delivers more than 200 pages of manga of all varieties. We hope that you’ll […]

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Art Feature

Art of the Week: Week of 12/6/17

By Michael Mazzacane | Dec 6, 2017 | Art Feature

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 has returned with a theme: […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on The Flash‘s “Don’t Run”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 6, 2017 | Television

We have made it to the mid-season finale of The Flash and, while the show has added some new characters and made some relatively large changes to the status quo, it feels pretty stodgy and unmotivated moving into its hiatus. 1. I still don’t understand why DeVoe is such a dick Over the past few […]

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Feature: Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon #2

Reviews

Mignolaversity: “Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon” #2

By Mark Tweedale | Dec 6, 2017 | Reviews

World War II had a huge impact on the Hellboy Universe, but the era’s remained largely unexplored for the most part. In “Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon” Chris Roberson, Mike Mignola, and Christopher Mitten pull back the curtain at last. Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson Illustrated by Christopher Mitten Colored by Dave […]

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