The Sinister Six have a well-deserved reputation as some of the deadliest villains to ever face Spider-Man, comprised of six of his most enduring foes in its classic incarnation. The recent blockbuster film Spider-Man: No Way Home stopped just short of assembling the Sinister Six in the MCU with a …
Read More »Best X-Men teams
The X-Men line’s ‘Destiny of X’ era relaunch is now underway with the kickoff of Immortal X-Men and the impending launches of the new Mars-focused team X-Men Red and the revamped Marauders – but those are just a few of the individual X-teams currently operating in the Marvel Universe. Over …
Read More »Black Knight AKA Dane Whitman – the Marvel Comics history of Kit Haringtons Eternals character
The DCEU has a new Dark Knight and pretty soon the MCU will have a Black Knight. He’s not only one of Marvel Comics’ longest-tenured superheroes having debuted in the late ’60s, Dane Whitman, AKA the Black Knight. is also one of the longest-tenured Avengers (even serving as its chairman …
Read More »Best female supervillains in comic books
One thing that’s always in demand for great superheroes is great supervillains – and when it comes to supervillains, some of the best/worst (depending on your perspective) is the deadly female supervillains that have populated comics for decades. In comic books, female villains are some of the most popular characters …
Read More »Batman at his best – why Grant Morrisons work on the Dark Knight stands the test of time
Batman is entering a new phase in DC Comics, as well as on the big screen as his new film The Batman readies to hit theaters later this year. But the Caped Crusaders’ comic book history is full of big changes and big ideas from some of the greatest comics …
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 »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 …
Read More »Eternals – the comic book connection between Celestials and mutants could bring the X-Men to the MCU
Marvel Studios’ Eternals focuses on the strange and somewhat tragic secrets of the Eternals’ relationship to their cosmic masters the Celestials. But Marvel Comics mythology of the Celestials goes even deeper, tying them to the rise of superheroes on Marvel’s Earth – mutants included. Now Marvel is teasing a potential …
Read More »How a YA teen Joker pitch turned into a Hannibal-esque take on the Harley Quinn / Joker dynamic
We often see the Joker through the eyes of superheroes, but what does he look like from the perspective of a real-life crime expert, like an FBI profiler? Less superhero, more Hannibal? That recently happened in a DC mature-readers series called Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity (opens in new tab). And it …
Read More »Who killed the Scarlet Witch? Looking at the key suspects after X-Men: Trial of Magneto #2
Who killed Wanda Maximoff (AKA the Scarlet Witch)? That’s core question every X-Fan and Marvel comics’ character is asking after the shocking events of X-Factor #10 (opens in new tab), leading into the current X-Men event The Trial of Magneto. Spoilers ahead for Trial of Magneto #1 and 2. (Image …
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