2019 – Page 132 – Multiversity Comics

Wizard #56 – Amalgam Rises

By Drew Bradley | Jul 25, 2019 | Reviews

Multiversity’s retro-reviews of “Wizard: The Guide to Comics” rolls on. Let’s look back at the top news stories from April 1996 and judge them as harshly as we can! A Bold Move, Likely a Bad Move Every Fall, “Wizard” ran a contest where readers submitted pictures of themselves dressed as comic characters for Halloween. In […]

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Reviews

“History of the Marvel Universe” #1

By Michael Govan | Jul 25, 2019 | Reviews

When I was in fourth or fifth grade, my loving mother blew about forty-something bucks on The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe for me. I loved that book more than anything, read every entry in the massive tome at least twice. Looking back, a lot of my […]

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Reviews

“Archie” #706

By Alexander Jones | Jul 25, 2019 | Reviews

After writer Mark Waid finished his run on the ongoing “Archie” comic book series, the new “Archie” scribe Nick Spencer introduced a whole new direction for Archie Andrews. Spencer brought lots of new plot developments for the series but little in the way of explanation. Over the past five issues, it has been hilarious to […]

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Reviews

“Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre” #1

By Gregory Ellner | Jul 25, 2019 | Reviews

A summoner of demons and the servant of a god clash in this prelude to “Absolute Carnage.” Written by Cullen Bunn Illustrated by Alberto Jimenez Albuquerque and Josh Cassara Colored by Jay David Ramos Lettered by Clayton Cowles For weeks, the serial killer called Carnage has been hunting former symbiote hosts and killing them. Next […]

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Reviews

Pick Of The Week: “House Of X” #1

By Rowan Grover | Jul 25, 2019 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

If you ask Marvel fans what some of the biggest stories of the last decade have been, chances are they’ve been written by Jonathan Hickman. The man isn’t afraid to move and shake the status quo in ways that are immensely satisfying to watch unfold. Hickman now stands to shake up the X-Men line with […]

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News

“Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated” in AfterShock’s New Series by Patrick Kindlon and Stefano Simeone

By Kerry Erlanger | Jul 25, 2019 | News

AfterShock announced a new title this morning from writer Patrick Kindlon (“Patience! Conviction! Revenge!”) and artist Stefano Simeone (“Clankillers”). “Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated,” an obvious play on the ubiquitous “shoplifters will be prosecuted” sign, debuts this October. It’s being billed as a satirical take on consumerist society — think Judge Dredd if he worked for […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 595 – Talking Vertigo with Brandon Montclare

By Greg Matiasevich | Jul 25, 2019 | Podcasts

With the demise of Vertigo on everyone’s minds, the lads thought it would be a good idea to have former-comics-editor-now-comics-writer Brandon (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) Montclare back on the show to pick his brain about his time working at the publisher. Montclare covers a lot of ground in this hour-plus discussion, including his Vertigo […]

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News

The Rundown: July 25, 2019

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Jul 25, 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. – Controversy broke out over Friday’s Eisner Awards ceremony: according to The Hollywood Reporter, “the day after the awards were given out, those who attended were talking […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “A Race Through Dark Places”

By Elias Rosner | Jul 25, 2019 | Television

Anton Checkov’s evil, telepathic multiversal doppelganger returns, Sherridan tries to stick it to The Man, despite technically being The Man, and the legacy of Ironheart -- no, not her -- becomes clear.

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Reviews

“BTTM FDRS”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Jul 24, 2019 | Reviews

In his follow-up to the decorated “Upgrade Soul,” Ezra Claytan Daniels partners with Ben Passmore and Fantagraphics to present a deeply-thoughtful social commentary wrapped in a tale of urban terror. “BTTM FDRS” continues Daniels’s nascent yet increasingly formidable spin on Cronenbergian body horror, fusing the mounting dread of the best of EC and manga horror […]

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Columns

The Chronicles of Shazam: “Zero Hour” and Second Half Schedule

By Brian Salvatore | Jul 24, 2019 | Columns

So, when I began this Summer Comics Binge, I had no real idea what the end point would be. I had said in the first column that, perhaps, I’d end with “Shazam: The Power of Hope,” and that seemed reasonable, but I think I’ve found a better place to wrap up this year’s iteration of […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Puppetmaster”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 24, 2019 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we go straight for the jugular with a waterbending horror episode. 1. Full-on Horror This is the second horror-themed episode the show has done, and I think this one is much more successful than the previous attempt. In large part, that’s because the team goes […]

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