Ever since I picked up the Black-and-White Vertigo Comics series Punk Rock Jesus on a comic shop impulse whim, I’ve been hooked on the art and storytelling of Sean Gordon Murphy. That trend continued through his incredible art on books like The Wake and Tokyo Ghost, ultimately building to his star turn with DC’s Batman: White Knight universe. [Read more…] about Batman White Knight Reading Order & Comics List!
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Previously On #103: A Dave At C2E2 – Chicago Comic Con 2020!
This week I share the creator interviews and panel learnings from my weekend at C2E2, which included the X-Men’s 2020 crossover event announcement, Scott Sndyer giving wayyyy more DC Death Metal details than expected, and a sneak preview of animated Harley Quinn season two episode one.
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Krakin’ Krakoa #39: X of Swords – 2020 X-Men Crossover! Theories and Predictions!
At this week’s 2020 Chicago Comic Con (aka C2e2) Jonathan Hickman and the X-Men team announced the X-Men’s first Dawn of X crossover, “X of Swords” pronounced “Ten of Swords.” Starting in May’s Free Comic Book Day special, “Ten of Swords” is a 15 part crossover primarily running through Hickman’s X-Men and Tini Howard’s Excalibur.
Today I’ll answer:
+ What is “Ten of Swords”
+ Why does it make sense that X-Men and Excalibur are the focus comics?
+ Predictions and theories about the event, including a brief history of X-Men swords!
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Marvel comics of 1982. Frank Miller’s Daredevil! Contest of Champions! Nothing stops the Juggernaut!
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[Read more…] about Marvel Year Twenty-One: 1982 Pt. 2The Essential Omega Red Reading Order!
The Russian mutant supervillain Omega Red is a remarkably distilled embodiment of the X-Men’s transition out of the 1980’s and into the 1990’s. Codename Omega Red, real-name Arkady Rossovich is Russia’s equivalent of Wolverine, Weapon X, but from the foundation of a serial killer.
Debuting in X-Men #4, in a story by John Byrne and Jim Lee, Omega Red is the very first supervillain the X-Men face after Chris Claremont’s final written issue in 1991 after an approximate 16 year tenure as lead writer for all things mutant. Red looks like Ivan Drago had a three-way baby with Doctor Octopus and the spirit animal powering all of 90’s Image Comics. He’s also a wonderfully over-the-top vampire super-soldier with the mutant ability to secret death pheromones. [Read more…] about The Essential Omega Red Reading Order!