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Monday Morning Comic Rack: Marvel Avengers Alliance Is Promoting Actual Comic Books! Sort of…
As I’ve made it abundantly clear, I’m kind of addicted to Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the free online RPG that lets you act as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent leading a team of the Marvel Universe’s mightiest heroes.
Full StoryHow to Play Marvel’s Avengers Alliance on Your iPad or iPhone
Addicting barely even begins to describe it. I started playing Marvel’s free online Avengers Alliance 3 days ago, and honestly I’m not sure I’ve stopped since. When I close my eyes I see She-Hulk… and that totally wasn’t happening before, I swear. If you’ve gotten yourself just as addicted to Avengers Alliance and want to [...]
Full StoryMarvel Avengers Initiative iPhone & iPad App: Mobile Comic Book Gaming Done Right
I leap onto the S.H.I.E.L.D hellicarrier and Hawkeye immediately taps into my communicator with some intel. “You might not be ready for this, Hulk,” he warns. What a wimp, I think. I lay waste to one of Fury’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Mandroids, finishing the puny robot with a Gamma Smash, and continue searching the hellicarrier. He’s here somewhere. [...]
Full StoryMarvel Universe: The End Graphic Novel Review
Thanos is back. Everybody dies. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. Full review to come – keep reading for Comic Book Herald overview.
Full StoryInfinity Gauntlet Graphic Novel Review
One of the first and most famous Marvel Events: Infinity Gauntlet set the bar for what it truly means to save the world. Full review to come – keep reading for Comic Book Herald overview.
Full StoryHow Joss Whedon and Tony Stark brought Marvel’s The Avengers Full Circle
You’ve already read most of the superlatives, and in all likelihood you’ve already seen the film. At this point you get it: Marvel’s The Avengers is a great movie. I won’t sit here and pretend I have anything to add to that discussion outside of “squee!!!” and “Whedon could do anything he wants to me [...]
Full StoryThe Super Permanent, Non-Revocable Death of Captain America
In today’s Marvel Review, Comic Book Herald dives into the funnest of laughfests: Death of Icons! What does it mean for readers today when a major hero like Captain America is killed? Can it affect us emotionally anymore? Should it? How has the predictable and mockable cycle of death and rebirth in comics sabotaged the impact [...]
Full StoryIron Fist: Second-Rate Kung Fu Reject Or Immortal Icon?
In today’s Marvel Review, Comic Book Herald takes a look at a few pressing issues. Just how immortal is the Immortal Iron Fist? How did the character of Danny Rand make it out of the 70′s Kung Fu craze in tact? Just how stunning are Kim Kardashian’s curves? And most importantly: What makes for truly [...]
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