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Chris Samnee’s Howling Avengers (Updated!)

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 29, 2010 | News

As posted on the Comic Twart blog, take a look at the wonderfully rendered “cover image” of a book Chris Samnee would draw (and we’d read!) if he could. As Samnee writes, “Nothing high concept here. Just wanted to put my favorite versions of some of my favorite Marvel characters into the Avengers, and have […]

Brian Wood And David Lapham Trap Jason Aaron In The DMZ

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 29, 2010 | News

Those of you who follow the site on a regular basis know that DMZ is a book we (I) regularly call “the best Vertigo comic out there.” On the other hand, we (David) also call a book called Scalped “the best Vertigo comic out there.” So what would happen if the two books combined? What […]

Marvel Teases Onslaught Unleashed

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 29, 2010 | News

This morning on Marvel’s blog, they released the cover to Onslaught Unleashed #1. It’s a rather large cover featuring several teams that are recognizable, including most of the Secret Avengers, Hank Pym from Avengers Academy, and the Young Allies. It looks like although their book was canceled, McKeever still has some plans left for them […]

Marvel "Point One" Initiative Announced

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 29, 2010 | News

Geared for new and long-time readers alike, the all-new Marvel: Point One initiative delivers the perfect jumping on points for the biggest super hero series in the world! Beginning in February 2011, select Marvel comic series marked with a “.1” after the issue number feature full-length, self-contained stories by Marvel’s top creators, laying the groundwork […]

Who Owns The Banks In Marvel’s Universe?

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 29, 2010 | News

You may have noticed that Marvel has a new show out, entitled Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The show has just started, and we’ve been discussing it. I won’t lie to you when I say I find the show highly enjoyable, and I’m honest when I say I’m just glad there is a cartoon that isn’t […]

Silver Samurai and the Hand are in Wolverine 2

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

Or at least, I think it’s safe to assume so based on leak information. As reported at Bleeding Cool, a series of casting calls have been released for the new Wolverine film as revealed at Pajiba. Two particular casting calls are particularly noteworthy: Shingen: Shingen’s father was the master of The Hand, an order of […]

Captain America Has Rather Large Guns

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

Ahem. Over at iFanboy, Paul has uploaded scans of his Entertainment Weekly, featuring a shirtless Chris Evans among other things. My copy of Entertainment Weekly has yet to arrive, or else I would totally scan up Chris Evans’ pecks for you. The pictures do give a very interesting look at the film though. We get […]

CBGB Sells Out

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

It’s words you never thought you’d hear, CBGB SELLS OUT! Shocking, punk rocking, comic series CBGB #1 and #2 has sold out everywhere! Couldn’t get your hands on a copy? Don’t fret. These rebel tales return in the rock compendium CBGB trade paperback on sale November 17, 2010. So don’t miss your ticket to the […]

Superman: Earth One Sells Out on Amazon

By Walt Richardson | Oct 28, 2010 | News

Despite all the negative comments regarding the new, supposedly “Twilight-esque” Superman, JMS’ Superman: Earth One has already sold out on Amazon.com. I suppose there truly is no such thing as bad press. Not only that, but Jim Lee has confirmed via Twitter that the book is already moving on to its second printing. Many skeptics […]

What Is Sterling Gates Teasing Us?

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

By now you’ve all read Walt’s review of Supergirl Annual #2, so let’s take a second here to talk about something I noticed while reading. The above panel is a brief interaction between Supergirl is obviously “not meant to hear” while she’s hanging out with the Legion. Despite not wanting her to know about her […]

THIS… IS… TWITTER! – Clevinger and Larry Go Head To Head

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

Whenever I log onto Twitter, I often think of the film Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome. There’s that scene in the film where Tina Turner forces Mel Gibson (pre-blatant anti-seimtism, so it’s ok for me to watch) into a steel cage where TWO MEN ENTER – ONE MAN LEAVE! That, in a nutshell, is what […]

Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife, and Hide Yo Brains – It’s MORE Marvel Zombies

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

It’s almost Halloween, and who doesn’t love some zombies, right? Heck, last night I watched Night of the Living Dead before going to bed! I guess it’s then appropriate that Marvel has announced today that coming in March, the Marvel Zombies are coming back – SUPREME Style! Written by Frank Marraffino (Haunted Tank) and arted […]

Holy 1940’s – It’s Captain America!

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 28, 2010 | News

Well, this is a certainly great way to start my internet browsing morning – Chris Evans on the cover of Entertainment Weekly as Captain America! I … honestly, I usually have a lot of commentary to make here, but this is what it is. Obviously as every movie related costume alteration goes, fans give it […]

Chew #1 – Only $13,000!

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 27, 2010 | News

As astonishing as that might seem, it’s the truth – a CGC-graded 10.0 copy of the first issue is up for sale on eBay, with it’s “buy it now” option at $12,999, which – according to series artist Rob Guillory – is quite a steal. The book is quite the underdog champion, coming out with […]

Nolan’s Next Film: The Dark Knight Rises

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 27, 2010 | News

It looks like the first bit of truly tangible information about the new Batman film has arrived: it’s title. Over at Hero Complex, Nolan sat down to dish a bit on the film, specifically revealing the title and that the villain will not be the Riddler. That’s two villains now out of the running (with […]

The Incredible Hercules to End After Chaos War

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 27, 2010 | News

Sad but slightly unsurprising news announced by Fred Van Lente this morning via Twitter: fredvanlente: Just typed “So Ends the Eighth & Final Volume of THE INCREDIBLE HERCULES” in me & Greg’s outline. Sigh. Thanks, all you readers, thank you. He then went on to clarify this bummertastic announcement… fredvanlente: It’s bittersweet. iHerc was always […]

This Week In Comics

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 27, 2010 | News

We figure it might help to let you guys know what’s coming out this week in comics, so welcome to our weekly feature! Our reviews come out tomorrow, so be sure to look over this list to get a preview of what we may or may not be reviewing tomorrow. We’ve added all of our […]

Matt Kindt, Nate Powell, and Emi Lenox to collaborate for Sweet Tooth #19!

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 26, 2010 | News

Today on Twitter, Jeff Lemire posed a simple equation: “@mattkindt + natepowell + @emibot = SWEET TOOTH 19 ?”, which to indie/web comic book nerds like myself and fellow MCers meant “GOLDMINE!” Confirmation was needed, of course. So I reached out via Twitter to Emi, to which she responded she would indeed be working on […]

UPDATED: Tuesday Morning Twitter Amusement Featuring @GailSimone and @JimMcCann!

By Joshua Mocle | Oct 26, 2010 | News

In a stunningly unboring way to spend a Tuesday morning, I stumbled upon this lovely exchange between Marvel’s Jim McCann and DC’s Gail Simone arguing the relative merits of their two strong female characters. CHECK THIS! GailSimone: I’m going to be really mad if @jimmccann is a good enough writer to make me like Muckingbort. […]

Image Introduces THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 26, 2010 | News

Are you excited about THE WALKING DEAD on AMC, but you’ve never had the chance to read the hit comic book series that inspired it? Starting in January 2011, Image Comics will be reprinting the single issues of the hit series — shipping one issue per week all year long! “Keeping a series like this […]

Soldier Zero #1 Hits a BOOM! Right Out The Gate

By Matthew Meylikhov | Oct 26, 2010 | News

See what I did there? BOOM! Studios is proud to announce that STAN LEE’S SOLDIER ZERO #1 has sold over 24,000 copies through all channels and broken all records for the five-year-old publisher, making STAN LEE’S SOLDIER ZERO #1 the bestselling BOOM! Studios comic of all time. Debuting last week to resounding critical acclaim, STAN […]

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