This week on “Previously On,” I review the first season of Swamp Thing on DC Universe, react to Spider-Man out of the MCU and new Disney+ shows, and teach my son to say Doctor Doom. [Read more…] about Previously On #80: Swamp Thing S1 Review, Spider-Man Menaced, and Teaching Toddlers About Doctor Doom
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Marvel Year Twelve: 1973 Pt. 2
Marvel comics of 1973. Defenders vs Avengers War! Rage of the Panther! Shang-Chi!
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We’re still a few months away from the release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker and while official sneak-peek details have been thus far relatively sparse, it goes without saying that speculation throughout fandom is at an all-time high.
As the concluding chapter to one of pop culture’s watershed sagas, so much is riding on how this movie unfolds. Sure, there’s been the fist-pumping teaser trailer and action figure reveals such as the mysteriously red-uniformed Sith Troopers, but really it’s still mostly wide-open curiosity as to where these breadcrumbs go. As such, here’s some suggestions from Marvel’s catalog of canonical Star Wars titles to serve as some “pre-game” fan fuel, hopefully informing the flavor and enriching the background of the upcoming film… [Read more…] about Best Star Wars Comics To Read Before Episode 9
Best Comics Ever #49: Krakin Krakoa #3 – The Uncanny History of Moira MacTaggert!
The history of Moira MacTaggert, a major player in the pages of House of X!
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The Phalanx hold a strangely prominent place in my heart due the techno-organic alien invader’s involvement in the last season of X-Men the animated series. Since X-Men TAS did such an amazing job of adapting “Classic” X-Men stories like the Dark Phoenix Saga, I generally assumed the Phalanx Covenant was from an earlier 70’s or 80s story arc, at least until I put together the My Marvelous Year reading club and realized the comics and animated Phalanx were basically released in lockstep! [Read more…] about Phalanx Reading Order!