A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
by Dave 24 Comments
Addicting barely even begins to describe it. I started playing Marvel’s free online Avengers Alliance 3 days ago, and honestly I’m not sure I’ve stopped since. When I close my eyes I see She-Hulk… and that totally wasn’t happening before, I swear.
If you’ve gotten yourself just as addicted to Avengers Alliance and want to be able to play the Flash-based RPG on your iPad or iPhone, here’s how: [Read more…] about How to Play Marvel’s Avengers Alliance on Your iPad or iPhone
I leap onto the S.H.I.E.L.D hellicarrier and Hawkeye immediately taps into my communicator with some intel. “You might not be ready for this, Hulk,” he warns. What a wimp, I think. I lay waste to one of Fury’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Mandroids, finishing the puny robot with a Gamma Smash, and continue searching the hellicarrier. He’s here somewhere. Smells like him. Rotten and foul and seeped in death. Time for Hulk to Smash. [Read more…] about Marvel Avengers Initiative iPhone & iPad App: Mobile Comic Book Gaming Done Right
Thanos is back. Everybody dies. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. Full review to come – keep reading for Comic Book Herald overview. [Read more…] about Marvel Universe: The End Graphic Novel Review
by Dave 12 Comments
One of the first and most famous Marvel Events: Infinity Gauntlet set the bar for what it truly means to save the world. Look below for the full Comic Book Herald reading order. [Read more…] about Infinity Gauntlet Graphic Novel Review
by Dave 2 Comments
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