Interesting things afoot in the Marvel Universe…. According to the All-New Official of The Marvel Universe A to Z: Update #3 (full title) that came out this week… Ronin of the New Avengers, who originally was the hero Echo, is now going to be Clint Barton (Hawkeye). In Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America [...]

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Anyone who has ever followed a Marvel crossover event knows that it touches just about every book in the Marvel Universe. Do you need to read all these books to get the story? Absolutely not. In fact, I suggest that you just keep getting the books you do get and the main crossover book. Now [...]

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End Of An Era For Arcana’s Ezra Arcana Comics’ Kade: Sun of Perdition #4 made its way to comic shops last Wednesday and there have been quite a few angry emails from long time fans… Spoiler. Kade confronted the Beast from the Abyss and managed to scribe his true name into his flesh..but before the [...]

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Once again this week’s Countdown seemed like half a story… like catching ten minutes in the middle of a good movie; interesting and unsatisfying all at the same time.So here are the highlights… Billy Batson reveals himself to Mary and lets her know that he has taken the Wizard Shazam’s place after he died… kind [...]

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I’ve been going to Cons for about 10 years now and have met some really great people. Last year at Wizard World: Chicago had the great pleasure of meeting Sean O’Reilly and the folks at Arcana Studios. Sean is currently working on his creator owned book Kade. The quick and dirty sum-up of Kade comes [...]

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So last week, not a lot that impressed me on the shelves… this week made up for it. Green Arrow #75 (DC – Winick / McDaniel / Owens) – I find it interesting that when a series is coming to an end, a short hiatus or at least a change in the format – DC [...]

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This issue of the Hulk was less focused on the Hulk himself, and more about the people trying to help the Hulk. They are Amadeus Cho (seventh smartest person in the Marvel U), Hercules (Greek demigod and son of Zeus), and Angel (Original X-Man, Warren Worthington III). We see Amadeus continue in his quest to [...]

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Warning Spoilers abound! Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13 (DC – Guggenheim / Daniel / Thibert)- For a series that started out slow (namely The Fastest Man Alive – the first couple issues were at a very un-Flash like pace), this run ended with incredible adrenaline. Bart is still trying to prove to his enemies [...]

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Interesting finds and good bets this week… Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13 that came out this week is the last issue in this series, followed by an issue of All Flash #1, then Mark Waid is returning to the Flash Series and it is returning to it’s original numbering. This issue is a major [...]

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Here on in, I am just going to be doing a weekly post on this Week’s Countdown… Dan Dido keeps suggesting this is the backbone of the DC Universe, so you can get your spinal tap here This week… Still tying in with Amazons Attack! Jason Todd and Donna Troy go head to head with [...]

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So, I am a lifelong geek… and like all good geeks I do like to share my geekdom with all my friends and family. But there is one group of people in particular that more than others I want to instill a love of storytelling, great characters and a wild sense of humor… and they [...]

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For those who don’t know, the Hulk was shot into space by the Illuminati (Dr. Strange, Tony Stark/Iron Man, Reed Richards, Black Bolt, and Prof. Charles Xavier) as he was deemed too dangerous to be left on Earth. The Illuminati had a nice little planet picked out, but nothing ever goes right for the Hulk. [...]

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