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The Ultimates Reading Order

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It’s honestly hard to quantify the impact the Ultimates have had on the entire Marvel brand, from comics to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Fresh off adjacent stints on Wildstorm’s The Authority, creators Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch gave the Avengers a modern makeover for the launch of the 2000’s Marvel Ultimate Universe. The result was The Ultimates. [Read more…] about The Ultimates Reading Order

Best Comics To Read Before Avengers: Endgame

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Avengers: Endgame is wholly unique in superhero movies, promising an unheralded level of revelation for the mysteries left in the wake of Avengers: Infinity War. There are so many varied directions Endgame might go, meaning related reads are part recommendation, part Nostradamus pontificating.

In trying to come up with relevant and potentially predictive Marvel Comics that will connect to the next installment in the Avengers movie franchise, it occurs to me how few Marvel books reflect quite the same notes. While we know this isn’t the final Avengers movie, there’s a permanence and finality to the post Infinity War MCU that the never-ending story of comics rarely embraces. [Read more…] about Best Comics To Read Before Avengers: Endgame

Shazam! Review – Sparklefingers Rides Again

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It feels regressive, and frankly boring, to talk about the degree of “fun” in a comic book movie. For me, any movie reviewer honing in on the fact that Shazam feels light, positive, and joyously heroic, is just more of the lazy baseline assumptions that the world is fatigued of “serious” superhero movies.

Taking a step back, though, it is mildly interesting to note the overall darkness at the heart of comic book movies. DC’s Synder-verse has gotten the most attention of course, but it doesn’t take too much analysis of Avengers: Infinity War to assert that a film ending in unmitigated tragedy isn’t a particularly happy-go-lucky affair. [Read more…] about Shazam! Review – Sparklefingers Rides Again