Dec 12 2013
Marvel has announced a brand new Original Graphic Novel called X-Men: No More Humans. Due out on 7 May 2014, the 128-page volume will be written by Mike Carey (X-Men) with artist Salvador Larroca (X-Men, Invincible Iron Man) tackling the interior art. Marvel it touting this as the first original X-Men graphic novel since Chris Claremont’s seminal …
Sep 13 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (11 September 2013) at the House of Ideas, yet another Avengers title is launched in Mighty Avengers #1, “Infinity” gets tied-into with Avengers #19 …
Jul 02 2013
Digital Spy has revealed a new featurette that gets into the nuts and bolts of The Wolverine, the next chapter in Fox’s successful X-Men film franchise from director James Mangold. Starring Hugh Jackman as Logan, the featurette establishes that the film is set after X-Men: The Last Stand, and also reminds us that X-Men: The …
Jun 14 2013
Marvel has revealed that this September and October, they will celebrate the X-Men’s 50th anniversary with the “first major X-Men crossover event in over three years” – X-Men: Battle of the Atom! It seems that Avengers vs X-Men wasn’t major enough for the purposes of this announcement. It should come as no surprise that this one is …
May 30 2013
Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel confidently deliver their take on an all-female X-Men team that reminds us of how good it can get. In the concluding notes to this debut issue, Brian Wood sums up the hype leading up to the rebooted X-Men. “The female only cast,” he comments, “was an attention grabber”. Which it really …
Apr 12 2013
This week, Richard and David had the opportunity to speak with the legendary Chris Claremont, perhaps best known for his unsurpassed 17 year continuous run on Uncanny X-Men. We discuss in detail the first 50 issues of this historic run, including The Phoenix/The Dark Phoenix Saga, The Proteus Saga, The Hellfire Club and the isses …
Apr 11 2013
In this issue, we look at Dark Horse’s new adaption of the original Star Wars scripts and introduce our all-new compact news headlines segment. We tease our exclusive interview with the legendary Chris Claremont, before delving into our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: the classic Uncanny X-Men: The Phoenix Saga/The Proteus Saga/Dark Phoenix Saga/Days of …
Aug 07 2012
In this issue, DC takes the lead again while Marvel teases a bunch of new titles. THEN the new X-Men movie revealed, Thor: The Dark World gets a new villain and Guardians of the Galaxy gets a new writer. PLUS our kick-ass pick of the week: Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose (DC/Vertigo). Our next …
Jun 30 2012
COVER STORY: The best comic book cover art from June 2012, from Batman Incorporated to X-Men.
