As artist only, the writer/artist who created Frog Thor and Beta Ray Bill will be the new regular artist for the Brian Michael Bendis written Avengers book, beginning with issue #25. Of course, with Bendis promising to leave The Avengers this year, could it be Walt is prepping for a larger role? One can only [...]

The top 10 things Marvel oughtta consider for 2012.  Look back for my suggestions for DC and indies. 10.  Make Marvel Digital iPad compatible.  This is a no brainer. 9.  Collect the Micronauts.  Whatever the legal bullshit may be, do what it takes.  And donate a huge chunk of it to Bill Mantlo’s medical fund [...]

Celebrating the best of the year….Hit the break.

Let’s lead the news this week with Avengers versus X-Men… Comic fans may be happy to learn that the coming Avengers vs. X-Men event—12 issues over 6 months—will have only one standalone tie-in series, and the only Marvel books that tie in will be those that deal with members of the X-Men or the Avengers.  [...]

IGN published a top 100 comic book heroes that made me crazy, both in its predictability (Hey! Superman and Bats are #s 1 and 2!), overinclusiveness (every single Robin except Damian Wayne (who is the most interesting one by far), as well as Superboy and Supergirl?  Really?) and its attempts to be esoteric without providing [...]

Now that the heat is off the New 52, almost everything I have to report this week is about Marvel. But before the fun stuff, a little bit about an article that actually made me cry. I don’t know how many of you remember Bill Mantlo. He was one of the most prolific writers during [...]

The lead story has to be the October 2011 sales figures, which still show success vis a vis DC’s new 52. It’s safe to say that the new 52, and the new 52 alone, is responsible for America spending 12% more on comic books than they did last October. Comic-book unit orders are also up—by [...]

HULK SMASH AVENGERS.  Coming February 2012.  “Hulk Smash Avengers” will be a 5-issue weekly mini designed to shamelessly build up to the Avengers movie.  It will be “Hulk vs.” battles that take place from 1960 on—one for each decade–all with covers by the great Lee Weeks.  The talent roster for each of these self-contained issues [...]

At the break, you can read my thoughts about the best of the new 52 and what I think of Starfire’s boobs.  But the headline has to be the new Avengers trailer, and related news… First off, the trailer is awesome.  Why is it awesome?  Cap uses a gun!  Avengers Tower!  Updated costumes (except, strangely, [...]

The above-the-cut news has to be that THE D.C. CRISES ON INFINITE EARTH FINALS NEVER HAPPENED!  Kinda. DC Comics publisher Dan Didio Facebooked on Tweeter or Tweeted on Facebook or something that “there have been no Crisis events in the New DCU.”  Some fanboys are all pissed off because, like, those were such big events, [...]