Update: New details of the upcoming ‘Destiny of X’ era X-Men title Knights of X from writer Tini Howard and artist Bob Quinn have come to light, and as foreshadowed in the previous teaser (seen below), the new series is all about Betsy Braddock/Captain Britain leading a team of ten …
Read More »Peacemaker – Inside the meta version of Watchmen, DCs Pax Americana
The Multiversity: Pax Americana (opens in new tab) is another installment of Grant Morrison’s multiverse-spanning epic – this time leaning on some auspicious source material. In this one-shot, we check in with the Charlton Comics heroes of Earth-4, a group probably most known for being the direct inspiration for Alan …
Read More »Ironheart steps up for Marvel Black History Month covers
Marvel Comics will celebrate Black History Month in 2022 with a series of six variant covers across its main comic book titles in February. Like its 2021 Black History Month variant covers, Marvel’s 2022 Black History Month variant covers are all illustrated by one person – Joshua ‘Sway’ Swaby. Joshua …
Read More »Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch: the comic book history of her powers
Marvel’s Wanda Maximoff (AKA the Scarlet Witch) is… complicated. Her evolution in the MCU is nothing compared to her complicated heritage in comics, but above even that is her superpowers – sometimes referred as her ‘hex’ powers. Examining how the comic book Wanda Maximoff got from “hexing” or cursing her …
Read More »Marvel March 2022 solicitations
In the real world, the northern hemisphere just marked the Winter Solstice, but in the Marvel Universe, it’s almost spring – at least in terms of the publisher’s full advance solicitations for March 2022, which offer up a glimpse of what’s to come as the so-called ‘world outside your window’ …
Read More »A childs stick figure drawing runs wild in Clear #3 preview
The real trauma at the heart of the creator-owned series Clear begins to be exposed in a preview of December 21’s Clear #3 (opens in new tab). Clear #3 cover (Image credit: Francis Manapul/Andworld Design (Best Jackett PRess/comiXology)) (opens in new tab) In previous issues, we were introduced to World …
Read More »Brad Pitts new Formula 1 movie at center of bidding war between Netflix, Amazon, and more
Brad Pitt’s next movie is in the midst of a bidding war between all the major studios and streamers, according to Deadline (opens in new tab) – Paramount, MGM, Sony, Universal, Disney, Netflix, Apple, and Amazon are all competing to secure the movie. The movie is about Formula 1 racing and …
Read More »Landscapers: Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, and director Will Sharpe on their new darkly comic series
Landscapers is based on the true events of a double murder and its cover-up, but it’s not a traditional true crime story. “The show is so inherently about different versions of the truth, and how hard it is to pin down the truth,” director Will Sharpe tells GamesRadar+. Olivia Colman …
Read More »Enola Holmes comes to comics with a story set between the two Netflix films
The prose novel-turned-Netflix-movie Enola Holmes is branching out to comic books. Set firmly in the continuity of the Netflix film and its upcoming sequel, Enola Holmes: Mycroft’s Dangerous Game is an original graphic novel (OGN) from the franchise’s creator Nancy Springer, along with writer Mickey George and artist Giorgia Sposito. …
Read More »Green Lantern – How the DC hero franchise has survived and thrived
Green Lantern is one of the earliest examples of legacy heroes, showing that almost anyone can be a Green Lantern, and that the powers that come with the ring bend to suit the individual wearer. It’s a legacy that began over 80 years ago, and has evolved over the years …
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