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The Triumph And Disaster Of Marvel NOW! – Fantastic Four, Thor, All New X-Men, X-Men Legacy And Avengers Assemble

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; – If, Rudyard Kipling. One of the things I really love about science fiction and fantasy is the way they can take subtexts of …

Pop Culture Hounding – Marvel Now, Si Spurrier And Madefire

by Chris Thompson It’s the first really big week for Marvel Now! and that means not one, not two, but FIVE new books to look at … This week we investigate Avengers Assemble #9, Fantastic Four #1, Thor: God Of …

The Censored Frank Cho. Again.

Here’s the cover to Savage Wolverine #1 from Frank Cho. Isn’t it pretty? We got an early glimpse of it back in August. Now of course, Wolverine has been added. As well as a few fronds? A little checking found …

How To Get That Bryan O’Malley Cover Of Young Avengers #1, And Gaming The System

You didn’t think it was going to come that easily did you? The Bryan O’Malley variant cover for Young Avengers #1? Originally solicited as being able to be ordered by any old Harry or Sally, Marvel have now placed restrictions …

A December Without Uncanny Avengers?

Issue 3 of Marvel’s biggest-selling-until-All-New-X-Men-figures-are-released Uncanny Avengers, solicited for December, has now been pushed out to January 16th. This follows the two week delay for Uncanny Avengers #2 to November 28th. Despite being solicited as a monthly book, it is …

Pop Culture Hounding Kieron Gillen And Paul Allor

Chris Thompson writes; We’ve got a massive episode for you this week, folks! Aside from continuing our slow & steady investigation of Marvel Now! with Deadpool #1 and Iron Man #1, we also present not one but TWO interviews for …

Deadpool Killing As Many Dead Presidents As He Can Lay His Hands On

Well that’s one healthplan option, certainly. Yes, in today’s Deadpool #1 for Marvel NOW!, to celebrate last night’s election, we get Wade Wilson taking down a series of superpowered dead presidents. Which, yes, is quite the swipe file for Deadpool …

The Goosing Of Marvel NOW With Variants And Discount

Bleeding Cool has been getting repeated retailer reports that indicate that the Marvel NOW! relaunch is a little bit of a damp squib. Admittedly, there’s not much out there yet, just single issues of A+X, Marvel Now Point One, Red …

Pop Culture Hounding Marvel NOW! and Paul Gravett

Chris Thompson writes; The Marvel Now! odyssey continues as Taylor & I set our sights on A+X #1 and Wolverine & The X-Men #19 (which was a surprise inclusion under the Marvel Now! banner this week). Then I conduct an …

One Extra, Hard-Won Page Of Gillen And Land’s Iron Man

ComiXology has given us an extra page of Kieron Gillen and Greg Land‘s Iron Man #1 in its preview, beyond that which we already had. So, you know, Go at it, I suppose… but first, let’s take this opportunity to …

Four New Skottie Young Baby Covers For Marvel NOW!

Four Skottie Young Baby Variant covers for new Marvel NOW #1 books, and the hoops retailers must jump through to get them! Retailers can order copies if on the following titles… Captain America #1 – Exceed 125% of orders for …

Preview Pages From All New X-Men #2, #3, #4 And #5

I’ve read All New X-Men #1. I may be talking about it later. But here are your first looks at what is to come after that… pages and panels from All New X-Men #2, #3, #4 and even #5 from …

Building Up A Frank Cho Savage Wolverine Double Page Spread For Marvel NOW!

This is a double page from Frank Cho’s upcoming Savage Wolverine series in progress. But where did it come from? Well here’s a version he prepared earlier… See the final version, with Wolverine taking it out on the primitive batives, …

That Young Avengers AR From Marvel NOW! Point One

This is the Marvel AR for the scene below from Marvel Point One. Note, “hip, young beamslingers”, a reference to the NME ad for “hip, young gunslingers” that recruited Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons. Will this ad have as serious …

Preview: Deadpool #1… And A Possible Swipe File To Come?

Here’s a preview of the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Deadpool #1. At NYCC, we learned that Deadpool will see the Merc With A Mouth fighting the revived zombies of dead American Presidents. I look forward to running a Swipe File …

Would You Pay $50 To Read Captain America #1 Right Now?

At the retailer breakfast meeting at New York Comic Con, attending retailers received a number of premium incentive items that made their visit well worthwhile. And naturally they’ve turned up on eBay. But one of them, Captain America #1 from …