2019 – Page 120 – Multiversity Comics

“The Island of Dr. Moreau” #1

By Christopher Egan | Aug 8, 2019 | Reviews

H.G. Wells’s timeless story of terrifying science fiction and cautionary horror returns with a new comic book adaptation from IDW Publishing, but does this new take, in an all new medium do it all justice? Mild Spoilers Ahead! Adapted by Ted Adams & Gabriel Rodríguez Illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez Colored by Nelson Dániel Lettered by […]

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Reviews

“The Death-Defying Devil” #1

By Rowan Grover | Aug 8, 2019 | Reviews

Truth be told, I’ve got no experience with “The Death-Defying Devil”, or as a quick Google revealed, originally the public domain Golden Age hero, Daredevil. Re-pairing up Gail Simone with her “Clean Room” collaborator Walter Geovani to reinvigorate the vigilante for a modern audience, however? That will grab my attention. Written by Gail Simone Illustrated […]

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Reviews

“Transformers” #10

By Alexander Jones | Aug 8, 2019 | Reviews

The “Transformers” series from IDW had a turbulent start quality-wise when it was initially published in March. New series author Brian Ruckley spent a lot of time reestablishing the initial conceit of the series. The new Transformers continuity takes place prior to the infamous war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Ruckley has spent the past […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “Die” #6

By Christa Harader | Aug 8, 2019 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

“Die” #6 kicks off another arc with a significant challenge, more backstory and a bit of storytelling density. Warning: minor spoilers ahead. Written by Kieron Gillen Illustrated & Colored by Stephanie Hans Lettered by Clayton Cowles NEW STORY ARC! “SPLIT THE PARTY,” Part One: Forget escaping Die – half of our heroes can’t even escape […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 97 – “The X-Men” by Brian Michael Bendis et al. [Rebroadcast]

By Greg Matiasevich | Aug 8, 2019 | Podcasts

With all the recent X-talk kicked off by the start of Jonathan Hickman’s run, Mike & Greg thought it would be fun to dig this episode in particular out of the vault. It was originally broadcast on July 9, 2014. The lads throw tradition to the wind by taking an in-depth look at two comics […]

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News

The Rundown: August 8, 2019

By Kevin Gregory | Aug 8, 2019 | 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, we interviewed cartoonist and sculptor Shing Yin Khor about their graphic novel “The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “GROPOS”

By Elias Rosner | Aug 8, 2019 | Television

Dr. Franklin meets with General Franklin, war is on everybody’s minds, and the fleeting nature of life is all too prescient.

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Columns

“The Power of Shazam” #1-12

By Brian Salvatore | Aug 7, 2019 | Columns

The first year of “The Power of Shazam” is a long set up to get to the ‘new’ Captain Marvel status quo, which involves setting up the immediate and extended Marvel family, giving some explanation for certain aspects of the story, and provide a plan going forward. These first twelve issues do all of that, […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Day of Black Sun”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 7, 2019 | Television

We’ve finally made it, friends: today, we face the eclipse that we’ve been building towards for the last twenty episodes! I’ll be covering both parts of “The Day of Black Sun” here, “Part 1: The Invasion” and “Part 2: The Eclipse.” Let’s see how things went. 1. The Callbacks! “Part 1: The Invasion” can be […]

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Reviews

Hick-F4M: The War (A Multiversity Summer Comics Binge Production)

By Kevin Gregory | Aug 7, 2019 | Reviews

There’s a lot of moving strings and parts as we head into this penultimate installment of Hick-F4M with our look at “Fantastic Four” #600-604 and “FF” #12-16. Over two years of set up brought this series here as The War of Four Cities begins, and ends, and morphs into something much bigger. “Fantastic Four” #600 […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This – “Justice League” by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jorge Jiménez, and Jim Cheung

By Gregory Ellner | Aug 7, 2019 | 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 Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jorge Jiménez, and Jim Cheung’s “Justice League” […]

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Columns

This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of August 4, 2019

By Brian Salvatore and Rowan Grover | Aug 7, 2019 | 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 two titles a week, now with even more options at our disposal. The big change […]

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