Reviewing new complete story arcs added to Marvel Unlimited during March 2019.
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[Read more…] about Best Comics Ever #31: Immortal Hulk, Runaways, & Venom!Best Comics To Read Before Avengers: Endgame
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
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
Marvel Year Five: 1966 Variant Cover
This week on My Marvelous Year Zack and Dave discuss listener feedback on the Marvel Comics we read in 1966!
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[Read more…] about Marvel Year Five: 1966 Variant CoverAnnouncing Comic Book Herald’s Mega-Run Reading Club!
Hi Heralds! I’m excited to announce my plans to kick off a new monthly reading club, where you, me and like-minded comic book fans dive headfirst into renowned major runs throughout comic book history!
In order to get there, though, I need your help. If you like Comic Book Herald, and are able to support, contributions to Comic Book Herald’s Patreon go a long way to building a better CBH. We’re 70% of the way to the Mega-Run reading club goal, so a few more supporters and we can get there in time for the Post-Avengers: Endgame May 2019! [Read more…] about Announcing Comic Book Herald’s Mega-Run Reading Club!