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According to Empire and Captain Marvel star Samuel L Jackson explained that before he met Captain Marvel Nick Fury had a boring desk job and the knowledge that aliens exist really changed his life "He's been out of the army for a while, and he's no basically riding a desk in the newly created S.H.I.E.L.D.,"[...]

A great decade for comics? Or the greatest decade? U-Decide! Either way, in April, Marvel's 80th-anniversary Decades celebration reaches the 80s, featuring some of the best comics stories every told by Chris Claremont, Chris Claremont, Chris Claremont, and a bunch of others too See James Rhodes don the Iron Man armor in Iron Man #170, Mariko[...]

Back in 1939, Timely Comics published Marvel Comics #1, featuring stories about the Human Torch, Ka-Zar, the Submariner, and more The price tag? 10 cents Isnt' inflation a bitch? In 2019, Marvel will publish an 80th anniversary hardcover edition of Marvel Comics #1, sort of stealing an idea from the Distinguished Competition that they used for[...]

Or will Spider-Man go to any lengths to save her once again. He has recently gotten back together with Mary Jane again… what's Mephisto been up to lately? Check out the solicit below, and view Marvel's full April solicitations here. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #5 TOM TAYLOR (W) • Yildiray Cinar (A) Cover by ANDREW C[...]

Just when he thinks he's out, they pull him back in! Last year, Marvel published a new story by retired Marvel Editor and Karate Kid Ralph Macchio and artist Andrea Di Vito, cashing in on the name of Avengers: Infinity War, though having nothing to actually do with the movie or the Infinity Gems Another Avengers[...]

Get over it! Check out the solicit for X-Force #6 below, along with the cover, where Stryfe is already throwing a tantrum by blowing a hole in dead adult Cable's tombstone, and view Marvel's full April solicitations here. X-FORCE #6 ED BRISSON (W) • DAMIAN COUCEIRO (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ ASGARDIAN VARIANT COVER BY TBA Kid Cable wasn't[...]

Revealed in Marvel's full April solicitations, these two Wolverines will face off for some reason in this issue, finally determining which of them is really the best they are at what they do. Will Old Man Logan's wisdom be able to stand up to the younger Wolverine's new power of… *checks notes*… claws that get very[...]

If anyone deserves the focused totality of her psychic powers, it's definitely the runt. Check out the solicit below, and view Marvel's full April solicitations here. UNCANNY X-MEN #15 & #16 MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C) ISSUE #15 – CHARACTER VARIANT BY DECLAN SHALVEY ISSUE #15 – ASGARDIAN VARIANT COVER BY TBA ISSUE #16 – CHARACTER VARIANT BY YASMINE[...]

Marvel continues to reprint classic comics in high-tech 3D, though this time it's one of a more recent vintage getting the treatment Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman's Mighty Thor #1 will be re-released in April in mind-boggling (read: headache-inducing) 3D, and locked inside a polybag to prevent you from ever opening it lest you spoil[...]

Marvel is really testing the theory that fans just can't get enough of Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man! The current Amazing Spider-Man series kicks off an epic storyline called Hunted in March, and in April, for the second month in a row, that story is too big to be contained within the regular numbering of[...]

In April's issue of Tony Stark: Iron Man… ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS WILL DIE! Marvel's full April solicitations are out, and readers of Tony Stark: Iron Man may find April's issue #11 heartbreaking Well, unless they are some kind of sociopaths who enjoy seeing beloved characters die According to the solicit, someone's favorite cast member[...]

In any case, Terrax is totally wrecking San Francisco, and the best hero around to stop him is freaking Doctor Octopus?! Well, this isn't a new phenomenon for shared superhero universes like Marvel's With so many heroes operating in the United States, it's a wonder they don't outnumber the villains at any battle by hundreds[...]

Take today, for instance, as Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur battle a giant ghost snake or in New York City, as she notes, "before most people put on pants in the morning." It's not an easy job, but somebody's got to do it. But does Luna get the acclaim she deserves for her efforts? To the[...]

He's a wildly successful businessman turned Mayor of New York City, the envy of millions, and quite handsome to boot! Who wouldn't want to emulate Wilson

So it's fitting that next week's Crypt of Shadows, part of Marvel's 80th-anniversary celebration, features literal grave robbing at the center of its horror tale. Will this lone graverobber sell out to Disney? Pick up the issue next week to find out. Crypt of Shadows #1 hits stores next Wednesday. Crypt of Shadows #1 (W) Al Ewing (A) Garry Brown,[...]

Was it worth it? Are you happier with the state of the X-books now than you were 10 weeks ago? Let us know in the comments (after reading this week's recaps, of course), and also in this poll: Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie[...]

Even the Mad Titan isn't immune from Marvel's high-stakes, universe-shaking zeal for sales In next week's relaunched Guardians of the Galaxy #1, another aspect of Marvel's zeal for sales boosts, we get to see Thanos's funeral, where former Avenger and brother Starfox delivers Thanos's eulogy. Even Eros is getting skeptical about Marvel's revolving death door Does[...]

In next week's War is Hell, part of Marvel's 80th-anniversary celebration, Howard Chaykin introduces an unusual protagonist: a Luftwaffe pilot named Altbusser… …with an affinity for jazz music, outlawed by his Nazi government. As the tide of the war shifts in the Allies' favor, Altbusser remains a music lover, even saving some records from a fire[...]

A lot of people would probably say that the biggest crime ever committed by an Iron Fist was the Marvel Netflix series, which began the brand's downward spiral and eventually led to the cancellation of all of Marvel's Netflix shows That's what happened, right? Well, it turns out those people would be wrong because next[...]

It's unclear whether the Marvel Universe has a Fyre Festival equivalent, but perhaps this festival outside of Timbuktu in next week's Shuri #4 could compete? Things are actually going great at this festival until the concert is interrupted by a rampaging space-insect seeking revenge on the titular Shuri. Marvel has never been one to resist a[...]

Next week's Immortal Hulk #12 continues the Hulk is Hell storyline, in which the titular Hulk goes to Hell where in this preview he continues to relive

Next week sees the release of the second issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the latest Spider-person book to fill Marvel readers' seemingly unlimited demand for such things In the previous issue, Peter Parker found himself the unwitting caretaker of two strange children after their mother was kidnapped by super-strong suit-wearing villains He's got to go[...]

It's the moment you've all been waiting for, X-fans! After years of abuse by Marvel, painting him as a villain and killing him off as part of an ill-advised attempt to make The Inhumans happen, Cyclops is finally returning in next week's Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 So how does cyclops come back? Well, we saw[...]

Acquiescing to fan complaints that there simply aren't enough Spider-people comics, Marvel will finally launch an additional Spider-Man comic in April, the publisher announced Friday Written by Peter David with "art" by Greg Land, the inventively-titled Symbiote Spider-Man will be a 5-issue mini-series focusing on Spider-Man's time in the black suit, after the original Secret[...]

Presumably someone will letter it, but "@#$% letterers" is the message from Marvel, who never mentions them in solicits or press releases But Robert E Howard's hero isn't above resorting to fighting dirty if the need arises So it should be no surprise that when left with no other options, Conan goes right for the family[...]

We've known for some time that Captain Marvel was going to be a force to be reckoned with in the Marvel Cinematic Universe After all, Kevin Feige famously said Captain Carol Danvers is going to be the "most powerful superhero we've ever introduced" early last year. Executive Producer Jonathan Schwartz is taking that claim further, teasing[...]

War of the Realms is set to be Marvel's biggest-ever super-mega-crossover event, but it's coming at a time when the country is in crisis, amidst the longest government shutdown of all time Malekith is a smart strategist, so it's no surprise that he would seize the opportunity to invade Washington DC, the capital of the[...]

Last September, superstar artist Rob Liefeld claimed to be working on a "huge  X-Men crossover" for 2019, an event made possible due to Marvel increasing X-Men budgets now that their movie rights are set to return to Marvel through parent company Disney's acquisition of Fox. Here's the deal Since the X-Men movies came out and Disney[...]

Marvel's biggest-ever super-mega-crossover event continues to get bigger, with pretty much everything we've heard about Marvel's April solicits so far being either a tie-in or spinoff for War of the Realms The latest title to fall victim to crossover madness is The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, which will crossover with War of the Realms with issue #43[...]

War of the Realms continues to live up to its promise as the biggest-ever Marvel super-mega-crossover event as the House of Ideas continues to announce tie-ins These two are no surprise: Thor and Asgardians of the Galaxy The solicit for April's issue of Asgardians of the Galaxy doesn't offer many details, but the Thor solicit[...]