Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
In 2006, Marvel tapped Neil Gaiman (of Sandman and American Gods fame) to resuscitate their long-dormant Eternals line. Gaiman joined heavy-weight penciller John Romita Jr. to create an ambitious, quasi-magical mythology, not unlike American Gods, that tapped into the then-ongoing conversations about intelligent design. Their Eternals
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Mark Turetsky: Ahoy, Chapter Master! It’s been another month, and the skull throne isn’t going to skull itself!
Stuart Wellington: Good thing that I’ve got at least one skull then!
Side note: Games Workshop, the producers of Warhammer 40K are well known for putting skulls on EVERYTHING. They even sell a kit of JUST SKULLS
So, Mark, where did we leave our hero, the Lord Macragge, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, Marneus Calgar?
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“Anyway, it’s been a hell of a week. (Hell of a week …) Hell of a year! Hell of a year is what it’s been … Almost a year to the day when Matt Murdock took control of ‘The Kitchen.”
And so begins the second half of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s Daredevil, a story that began with a good man’s most self-destructive impulses turning him into his own worst enemy and whose fallout will see him unable to outrun the consequences of his actions.
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Did X of Swords live up to the hype? What predictions did we nail? Was there anything missing that we wished would have been included? Where do we go from here? How do you feel about the ending of X of Swords and what it means for X-Men comics moving forward! I talk all things X of Swords with Ernie and Verno!
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[Read more…] about Krakin’ Krakoa #125: X of Swords Post-Game (Live w/ Blerd Without Fear and The Cerebros)If Frank Miller’s time on Daredevil is defined by one storyline, it’s likely “The Elektra Saga,” a running plot thread that laced through his entire run as writer on the title, dipping in and out of Matt Murdock’s life and interlocking with other running storylines.
As we’ve previously discussed, Miller’s Daredevil run from 1981 through 1983 completely reshaped the character of Daredevil and is largely composed of two narratives – The rise of The Kingpin and the arrival of Elektra. Miller and collaborator Klaus Janson slowly interweave these two elements, expanding Daredevil mythology and smashing it against a darker, grittier urban crime element until they ignite in tragedy. [Read more…] about DAREDEVIL: The Elektra Saga – Exploring A Ninja-Noir Tragedy