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Nightcrawler’s Moms & Krakoa’s Race To The End | CBH Live!

December 1, 2023 by Comic Book Herald Staff Leave a Comment

On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week:

We talk about all the Fall of X books, X-Men: Blue Origins updating Nightcrawler’s canon, whether Iman Vellani is a good fit for Ms. Marvel comics, and the road to the end of Krakoa. Then, I talk about Marvel’s quickfire cancellation of Avengers Inc, and discuss what’s good in comics!

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A Dave in the Life: Fancasting the 2024 X-Men Comics Relaunch

November 18, 2023 by Dave 3 Comments

Every week in the Comic Book Herald newsletter, I write a column called “A Dave in the Life,” where I explore the issues or news in comics. Now, you can also find these columns published here on CBH. To get the full newsletter alongside reading recommendations and the My Marvelous Year reading schedule, subscribe (for free!) here.

We know X-Men is relaunching in 2024, we know new editor Tom Breevort is assembling his team of writers and artists, and we know that current creators like Kieron Gillen and Al Ewing almost certainly won’t be returning.

With that in mind, and because people keep asking me, here’s what I’d like to see from a reconfigured X-line. Up front, I’ll note that I want to see a line that values scarcity (I’d like no more than 5 titles – this will not last, but I’d like it), and pulls a variety of creators to both make a splash and build for the future. In cases where I know a creator has an exclusive contract with the Dread Competitor (Tom King, Ram V, Dan Mora), I’ve left them out of the running. I’m willing to cast unlikely scenarios, but not “hell freezes over” scenarios like Alan Moore writing an X-Statix relaunch (tell me you wouldn’t read that). Nonetheless, these are godfather offers, and I’m not overly worried about what’s “realistic.” Let’s go! [Read more…] about A Dave in the Life: Fancasting the 2024 X-Men Comics Relaunch

Don’t Sleep on Children of the Vault! Immortal Thor & Doctor Doom & Dinosaurs! | CBH Live!

November 17, 2023 by Comic Book Herald Staff Leave a Comment

On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week:

We talk about all the Fall of X books, Doctor Doom riding a Dinosaur, and whether Immortal Thor is on the path to instant classic. Then, I share my Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 thoughts, and discuss what’s good in comics!

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Where’s Hickman Taking The New Ultimate Universe? | CBH Live!

September 29, 2023 by Comic Book Herald Staff Leave a Comment

On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week:

What can we expect from the new Ultimate Universe, and the upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Chechetto?

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Hickman on Ultimate Spider-Man! Fall of the House of X & Rise of the Power of X | CBH Live!

September 21, 2023 by Comic Book Herald Staff Leave a Comment

On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week:

This is the end. Or is it?

Marvel, slow down with the news this week! We’ll talk about the announced:

Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Power of X by Gerry Duggan, Lucas Werneck, Kieron Gillen, and RB Silva
The Resurrection of Magneto by Al Ewing
Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Chechetto

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