Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

A Few X-Men #1 Variant Covers On A Friday Morning (UPDATE)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It’s Friday morning in Arizona, okay? So we’re getting a new X-Men #1, courtesy of Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel. Which naturally means variant covers. Here are a few, including one from Limited Edition Comix in the UK, raising money …

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Nine Thoughts About Nine Comics – Ultimate Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Fatale, Avengers: The Enemy Within, FF, Battlestar Galactica, Luther Strode, Nova And The Back Of DC Books

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Miles Morales has had a year without being Ultimate Spider-Man. And without his mother. His dad has an idea. Move. Hawaii or England? It’s a dilemma. Maybe another comic could help out. Wonder Woman?       I don’t know why Wonder …

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Pre-C2E2 Marvel Scuttlebutt – Cancellation Of X-Factor (UPDATE)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rich Johnston

UPDATE: Just wanted to add, much of this is a mixture of of bits and pieces from a number of sources, and yes, some of it may be old and out of date, some of it may have changed, some …

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Reasons To Love Frank Cho #76. And Not Just His Man Thing Goo

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From last week’s Savage Wolverine, before Shanna The She-Devil is resurrected from the dead by submerging her corpse in Man Thing goo, that dribbles down his body and crotch and onto her prone body. Oh Frank. But anyway. That’s not …

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The Changing Face Of Cyclops

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Children’s Crusade X-Men Consequences   Wolverine & The X-Men All New X-Men Shaggy Thanks to Reddit…

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Wolverine And The X-Genitalia

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Not a reference to an Italian translation of Wolverine And The X-Men, but instead the repeated use of rather entertaining English words in today’s X-Men comics. I’m not sure which future these robots come from. Dicks Of Future Past? And …

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No More Calling Them Mutants – Uncanny Avengers #5

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The concept of “political correctness” or as some people used to call it, “politeness”, is that you don’t set out to offend or use language that might unnecessarily offend if you can help it. “Nigger” for example is often frowned …

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Angela Joins The Marvel Universe, As Neil Gaiman And Brian Bendis Co-Write Guardians Of The Galaxy [UPDATE]

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It’s no longer a legal issue. And apparently Marvel no longer consider it a spoiler. But in the “post credits” scene of Age Of Ultron #10, the character of Angela will appear. Yes, that Angela. Created by Neil Gaiman and …

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Superhero Underwear For Adults

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

These are the Underarmour Alter Ego Baselayer tops licensed from Marvel and DC. Apparently “UA Compression gives your muscles that extra boost they need when you’re working hard. But you know what else it does? It makes you feel damn …

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Let’s Watch Lots And Lots Of Marvel AR

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

How about we shove a batch of Marvel AR together in a video? Shoved together for those who don’t have Android or iOS devices… And then did it again? Lots of Nick Lowe, Kieron Gillen, Mark Waid and the odd …

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Orson Scott Card, ComiXology And Marvel

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

One of the side effects of the Marvel #1 Free ComiXology now-paused-offer was that a number of people noted, possibly for the first time, the Ender’s Game comics adapted from thework of Orson Scott Card published by Marvel in the …

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ComiXology Pauses 700 Free Marvel Comics Offer

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

David Steinberger, CEO of ComiXology writes; To our customers: It’s been a whirlwind weekend, and we’re fresh from SXSW where Marvel Comics launched their Marvel #1 promotion featuring over 700 free comics distributed via our platform. We expected a high degree …

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Is There A Run On X-Factor #6?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

So, we ran a certain story about Apocalypse and the X-Men: Days Of Future Past film. Maybe you saw it. Apocalypse’s first appearance was in X-Factor #6 (with a cameo shadow appearing in X-Factor #5). Since we ran that story …

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Marvel May Extend Free ComiXology Deal

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Marvel’s Ryan Penagos (about to be deposed as the face of Marvel by Blair Butler!) tweeted; I can’t say anything official yet, but we’re definitely looking to make sure everyone gets to enjoy #Marvel1 this week. More info soon. — …

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The Marvel Video Presentations Of SXSW

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Shown at the Marvel panel at SXSW. It’s as if you were there…

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Marvel Give Away 700 Issue One Digital Comics And Crash ComiXology, Launch Infinite Comics Weekly And Audio Adaptive Comics, Project Gamma, Hire Blair Butler For Earth’s Mightiest Show, Online- SXSW UPDATE

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Marvel’s panel has just begun at SXSW. Here comes Marvel First, the 52 Count and Project Gamma… The panel’s theme music is Queen’s One Vision. Always remember it ends with Fried Chicken. Marvel are giving away seven hundred issue ones …

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Marvel Unlimited On The iPad And iPhone Properly Now

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

People have been asking for this for a while and Marvel have been promising it. It went to beta in December but now it’s all proper and everything. Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, or now the less DC Comics-baiting Marvel Unlimited …

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Is Project Gamma A Hulk/Daredevil Crossover By Waid? (UPDATE: NO)

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Marvel are PRing something called Project Gamma to be announced at SXSW. We have a hart rate increasing. Gamma would indicate the Hulk, the heartbeat the transformation… could it be the heartbeat being heard by someone? That red against black… …

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