As the DC New 52 rolls to a stop for this first month, I get another pang of guilt that I’m leaving poor old Marvel out of the picture….. luckily they happen to have a load of great reboot comics of their own…. the Marvel Ultimate Universe I really enjoyed the first set last month [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 5, 2011
“Maybe the costume is in bad taste” Nope, maybe it’s the ridiculous reactions to it that are in bad taste. That young man above is Miles Morales, the youngster who takes over the Spider-Man name in the Ultimate Universe from last Wednesday’s Ultimate Fallout #4. A young, mixed race kid, African-American father, Hispanic mother. It’s a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 2, 2011
(cover to Ultimate Comics Fallout #4, art by Marko Djurdjevic, (c) Marvel) Hitting racks tomorrow as our comics elves do the New Comics Day Dance this should be one worth checking out: Brian Michael Bendis and Co give us a new Spider-Man. Yep, no longer will the friendly neighbourhood webslinger be Peter Parker… From the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 21, 2010
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Having a late look through some news feeds and came across this one from Heidi about Ultimate Spider-Man #153 & 154 written by Brian Michael Bendis and Ultimate Avengers Vs New Ultimates #1 (of 6) written by Mark Millar. From the official Marvel PR: “Marvel is proud to announce Death of Spider-Man, the groundbreaking new [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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Scarlet Issue 2 By Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev Marvel Icon Scarlet issue 1 was much enjoyed by Michael a few months back and I thought I’d stop by issue 2 to see if I could share in the fun. Straight off I can see exactly what he means, and it’s very much a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 6, 2010
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Scarlet #1 By Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev Marvel/Icon It’s quite difficult to tell you what Scarlet is actually about. Even after reading the first issue and Marvel’s blurb I’m still struggling to give you a brief outline of this new book from their Icon imprint. It seems that Scarlet is a new character [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Ultimate Spider-Man #1 & Ultimate Avengers #1 by Bendis, Lafuente (Spider-Man), Millar, Pacheco, Miki (Avengers) Marvel Comics I really haven’t followed what’s been going on in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe for quite a while. In fact, aside from the odd Ellis written thing, the last time I visited the Ultimate Universe was Ultimates Volume 3 #1, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 12, 2009
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…. Oh God help us, it’s not a dream. In a week where DC released the first issue of the huge Wednesday Comics; something different and rather exciting, Marvel are bringing back something that became the byword for over-hyped, over-priced non-event comics. The Foil cover is back. The press release: “Marvel is pleased to unveil [...]
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
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