The complicated and far reaching relationship of Adam Warlock and Thanos the Mad Titan begins here! Full review to come – keep reading for the Comic Book Herald overview. [Read more…] about Marvel Masterworks: Warlock Volume 2 Review – War With Thanos! Cosmic Starlin!
Essential Captain Marvel Volume 2 Review – Thanos’ First Appearance & Cosmic Cube War
The epic Life of Captain Marvel and the first appearance of Thanos the Mad Titan! Keep reading for the full Comic Book Herald overview. [Read more…] about Essential Captain Marvel Volume 2 Review – Thanos’ First Appearance & Cosmic Cube War
The Complete Thanos Reading Order Guide
Who the heck is Thanos? Why is everybody talking about him after The Avengers and Avengers: Infinity War? What makes me think “everybody” talks about the same things I talk about, despite clear evidence to the contrary? Keep reading to find out and see how you can read every Thanos comic ever: [Read more…] about The Complete Thanos Reading Order Guide
How To Read Flash-Based Marvel Digital Comics On Your iPhone or iPad
Important Update – 2/23/13 – Since writing this post, Marvel has introduced a new Beta Reader that makes reading MDCU comics on iOS a concern of the past. If you want to learn more about that option (which again, is still in Beta and not necessarily available to everyone yet), I’ve written about it here and here. Otherwise, all of the following how-to is good as gold. [Read more…] about How To Read Flash-Based Marvel Digital Comics On Your iPhone or iPad
How 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 and I wouldn’t even care, man.” The Avengers is constantly exciting, does a great job tying together the entire Marvel Universe, and gets increasingly hilarious as characters are established. Go see it. Review over.
I’d like to spend the rest of the post taking a look at why one particular character had to be the focal hero of The Avengers. Naturally, with a team of super heroes, there are quite a few options Joss Whedon had to choose from. It’s my contention that the primary hero of the film was perfectly chosen. Spoilers follow, so run like blazes away from this post if you haven’t seen the film yet. [Read more…] about How Joss Whedon and Tony Stark brought Marvel’s The Avengers Full Circle