A new year, a new installment of Spider-Verse! Last time, the Spider-Friends ‘Safe Haven’ was made considerably less safe once Solus, the head of the Inheritors, showed up and killed Captain Universe Spider-Man. Things are looking bleak for the Spider-Verse, but the story is finally kicking into gear with this issue. [Read more…] about Amazing Spider-Man #12 Review! “The Emissary Of Hell!”
Marvel Reviews
THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1 Review: “Go Nuts or Go Home!”
Peggy Carter and Ant-Man may be most prominently flying the flag for Marvel this week but the real pound-for-pound winner is undeniably this book. Operating in some respects as twenty serialized pages as it is a cohesive narrative, the debut issue is the perfect gateway for even the most casual of comic book readers. [Read more…] about THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1 Review: “Go Nuts or Go Home!”
OPERATION: S.I.N. #1 Review: “Agents of Sin-ergy!”
One week into the new year and Marvel hits the ground running, unleashing a highly concentrated burst of properties across several media platforms. Headlining this pack is Agent Peggy Carter, who is not only reprised by actress Hayley Atwell in her own ABC-TV mini-series but, through no small coincidence, is the protagonist of a new five-issue limited similarly set during the onset of “the Atomic Age”. [Read more…] about OPERATION: S.I.N. #1 Review: “Agents of Sin-ergy!”
Ant-Man #1 Review!
Nick Spencer strolls into Ant-Man #1 with impressive confidence. With a glance of his past year, it can easily be seen why. Spencer recently ended his seminal series Superior Foes of Spider-Man, a heavily lauded story with art by Steve Lieber. In Ant-Man, Spencer gets right back into telling stories about people as failures. [Read more…] about Ant-Man #1 Review!
SHIELD #1 Review! Agents of SHIELD TV vs. Agents of SHIELD Comics
It’s no secret that I’ve been critical of Agents of SHIELD. I wanted to review the all-new SHIELD comic from Marvel based on the show’s characters for 2 reasons: 1) Writer Mark Waid is one of the best comic book writers of the last 25 years, and if he can’t infuse life into AoS, nobody can and 2) The Agent Carter interim offers a great chance for the SHIELD comic series to breathe ideas and new life into an inconsistent, if improving, TV series. [Read more…] about SHIELD #1 Review! Agents of SHIELD TV vs. Agents of SHIELD Comics