The end of the book would have you believe as much! Goatboy gets into a confrontation with Batman while trying to snipe Robin from across town, and things seem to go slightly upside down. He recounts the story to Leviathan, coming to them about a task that so many other assassins sought to accomp »»
Aquaman and Black Manta go together like Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, The Flash and the Reverse Flash, Captain America and the Red Skull, etc. etc. Manta is Aquaman's arch enemy, the one who has always historically done the most to try and harm him on a deeply personal level. No »»
AVX: Vs. #2 Gambit vs. Captain America: Written by Steve McNiven Art by Steve McNiven, John Dell, and Morry Hollowell Spider-Man vs. Colossus Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Salvador Larroca and Jim Charalampidis The short of it: We've got a »»
For the crime of killing a fellow Green Lantern, John Stewart has been sentenced to...you know what? Let's get back to that. A few issues ago John snapped the neck of another Green Lantern. The context of this was that several Lanterns were left behind in hostile territory, captured, an »»
Avengers vs. X-Men #4 Story by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and Jonathan Hickman Script by Jonathan Hickman Art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Laura Martin The short of it: Wolverine falls into a beer trap in An »»
So I've been digging the whole digital comic thing recently. I've had all kinds of apps on my phone for ages, but I've always been the kind of person who doesn't like to buy extra stuff. Paid apps? Pass. Recently that's been changing, that dollar is getting easier and easier to part with in an i »»
X-Men Legacy #266 Written by Christos Gage Art by Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, and Rachelle Rosenberg The short of it: The Avengers/X-Men war is coming to the Jean Grey school, and that means that Rogue has to keep the teachers and students in line! S »»
Side switching was bound to come in to play as the event moved on, and I have to say, the choices were made pretty well. For instance, just because Wolverine is anti-Cyclops does not mean that any of his X-Men are anti-Cyclops. For the most part they are just pro-students, and are with him to hel »»
Now, it wouldn't be enough for Abin Sur to have just crafted an army like the Indigo Tribe, right? They'd need some sort of a purpose. Some deep dark evil to bring an end to. With the Blackest Night over, the End of the Corps is approaching. According to Natromo, at least, going by the views »»
Earth 2 #1 Written by James Robinson Art by Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott, and Alex Sinclair The short of it: Five years ago the world was at war against the Parademon armies of Darkseid, led by the general Steppenwolf. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman we »»
Avengers vs. X-Men #3 Story by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and Jonathan Hickman Script by Ed Brubaker Art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Laura Martin The short of it: Wolverine wakes up after his Phoenix frying »»
With Scott's team on the run and away from Utopia, they need someone to help them locate Hope. After all, Emma may be a telepath, but she needs a Cerebra to pinpoint the girl. And theirs on Utopia isn't exactly one she could walk up and use. Which means that they need access to the other one, at Wol »»
As the battle on Utopia draws on, and Hope has already left, Scott tells Danger to activate the Avengers Protocol. In times past the Xavier Protocols were a list of how to take down each and every X-Man, as written by Charles Xavier (years before Batman did it to the JLA). So what kind of plan does »»
Chris Roberson quit DC Comics this week, going on Twitter to announce that he was leaving after he wrapped up his current workload. That he couldn't work for such an unethical company. DC Comics responded as they should have and simply fired him, because the fact that I'm even able to open the c »»
Justice League #8 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Carlos D'Anda, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Gabe Eltaeb, and Alex Sinclair The short of it: Green Arrow REALLY wants to join the Justice League, but they really just don't care. They've got their own group and it' »»
If there's one thing Grant Morrison loves to do with Batman, it's open a story with a segment of the finale. Some taste of things to come that you can't fully wrap your brain around quite yet, but that you will wind up obsessing over. This happens one month after our story begins on the follo »»
Batman Incorporated #1 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Chris Burnham and Nathan Fairbairn The short of it: It's all over, and the police after putting Bruce Wayne under arrest. Now, let's go a month previously like they do with page two! Batman and R »»
Man, I just reported the last one yesterday! But apparently we're going to be getting a few a week now. Anyway, in what can only be called an obvious move (given covers and solicits), Noh-Varr goes into business for the Kree and attacks the Avengers. His mission? To deliver the Phoenix to the »»
Justice League #9 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, Pete Pantazis, and Gabe Eltaeb SHAZAM! art by Gary Frank and Brad Anderson The short of it: David Graves is a dieing man just a year after the Justice League debut »»
You really do need backstabbing in this book, right? Last issue we saw Captain America have Wolverine ejected from a moving plane via Giant Man's foot, and it was a great moment. So I guess it's weird that this issue the traitor is...Wolverine himself. Selling Hope's location to »»
It just wouldn't be comics without some creative changes, right? So let's get right into the books that are solicited for August with new creative teams! First up is Superboy, formerly (currently) written by Scott Lobdell, the former X-Men scribe is going to be moving out of the way to make room »»
After three issues of fighting the new Zodiac, the Avengers had the upper hand. Having depowered their opponents and begun to demand answers, the answers are given to them by the man himself. Apparently Thanos isn't dead anymore. This is a relatively blatant movie tie-in moment, given the »»
Green Lantern #9 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen, and Alex Sinclair The short of it: Sinestro's turn to Indigo is recounted as we see previously unknown snippets of his past. Meeting Ari »»
The Indigo Light originated on the planet Nok, a world that was invaded centuries ago by a group of aliens that turned the world into a slave planet. Enslaving the people and teleporting them away to never be seen again until the day Abin Sur arrived and helped the native Natromo defeat them. »»
Action Comics #9 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Gene Ha and Art Lyon The short of it: Welcome to Earth 23, where the Justice League is black, and Superman's alter-ego Calvin Ellis is the President of the United States. The story itself is the silver ag »»
It's really not enough that Captain America is going to war with Cyclops over a list of horrible reasons, one where Cap comes across somewhat like a bad guy. Really, that wasn't enough, he needed to piss off even more mutants. So he decked Wolverine. I mean, sure, Wolverine did try and stab H »»
AvX Vs. #1 Written by Jason Aaron (Iron Man vs Magneto) and Kathryn Immonen (Thing vs Namor) Art by Adam Kubert and Morry Hollowell (Iron Man vs Magneto), and Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Jim Charalampidis (Thing vs Namor) The short of it: Tw »»
I'll give Marvel credit for one thing, and that's their love of putting as much synergy as possible into their books. Characters change their looks and status quos, villains become prominent as they are set to appear in a movie, and new number one issues are released just in time to capitalize. »»
It really isn't Dick Grayson's day. I mean, last month he found out that he was supposed to be a Talon before Bruce adopted him. Also, Bruce punched one of his teeth out. Not a good day. So this issue he takes the call from Alfred and runs to try and save the Mayor from a Talon, and it' »»
During the first arc of Justice League we saw the origin of Cyborg, which included him absorbing some Apokoliptan tech. As a result, Cyborg can make his own boom tubes. Pretty awesome, right? Teleport wherever you want, bring a group, travel any sort of distance. How could that go wrong? By s »»
