One of End of Spider-Man was that in this new timeline, Uncle Ben is alive and well – but now that the character has discovered his nephew’s new dueling life as the Webslinger, I fear this could spell his doom. Marvel fans are sharply divided over whether the new Ultimate Universe will subvert expectations once again or turn into an all-too-familiar tragedy for Spider-Man. In Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #11 – written by Jonathan Hickman with art by David Messina – Uncle Ben reveals that he knows Peter Parker’s secret identity as Spider-Man, and this only makes fans more worried about…
Author: Isaac Jansons
Thor has a lot of enemies, but when readers think of the villains who could potentially kill the God of Thunder, they’re probably not thinking about the character who could have done it: Gray Gargoyle. Just like readers, Thor underestimated some of his lesser villains and now he may be paying the price – perhaps by dyingbut even worse, giving those same villains more power than ever before. The preview for The Immortal Thor #17 – written by Al Ewing, with art by Jan Bazaldua – confirms what the previous issue suggested, that the classic B-tier villain, the Gray Gargoyle,…
Thor complicated family dynamics, to say the least, but one member may take the cake when his deadlier “brother” returns, bonded to a symbiote whose history with Poison is equally complicated. With a new Venom set to also take the stage soon, this comic may be setting up two plots at once with this former Thor antagonist as the new ‘King in Black’ of the Marvel Universe. Marvel Preview for The Immortal Thor #17 – written by Al Ewing, with art by Jan Bazaldua – features the return of Donald Blake, Thor’s former alter ego, who reminds readers that he…
Doctor Doom the takeover of the Marvel Universe is fast approaching, and the big question of the moment is: how did he do it? Did Doom rely on magic, science, time travel, robots, or anything else to make the world bow to his whims? If he didn’t, how could he be stopped? In the next A world under destruction event, Doctor Doom is taking over the entire world, but by Marvel PreviewThe great mystery is the unknown way in which he achieved the impossible: Doctor Doom, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken control of all the planet’s means of transmission…
of Spider-Man The last few decades of comic book continuity have been overshadowed by a controversial decision, and it has had the side effect of downplaying an era that I think could be invaluable to the next Spidey movie. UCM phase. Every cloud has a silver lining, and this was Spidey’s era, playing with Spider-Man’s history and format in a way that still remains to be talked about nearly two decades later. The erasure of Spider-Man’s wedding is a constant sore point for fans, and one unfortunate consequence of this is that the following New day era is criminally underrated.…
Warning: Spoilers for X-Men #7!THE X-Men are in an uncertain position, and a revelation has just revealed a new weakness that could undermine one of their greatest triumphs of all time. However, without more context, there are still so many questions surrounding what’s really going on that it’s nearly impossible to tell whether Marvel’s Merry Mutants is overreacting or not. In X-Men #7 by Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, John Livesay, Marte Gracia, Fernando Sifuentes and Clayton Cowles, Magneto reveals what he believes to be the cause of his out-of-control powers: his resurrection on Krakoa, which may be linked…
Marvel Comics There’s no shortage of great writers, but somehow its biggest name, Jonathan Hickman, still has tricks that surprise me when I think about him. I can’t fully quantify how he keeps doing it or getting away with it, but it’s a skill I’m very envious of and deserves its flowers. Hickman is one of Marvel’s biggest stars and has more than deserved his praise. Between reinventing the X-Men for the Krakoa era and his work with the Avengers, he’s been in some of the biggest corners of the Marvel Universe – and that’s not to mention Ultimate Spider-Man.…
Warning: Contains spoilers for X-Men #7Many of X-Men have struggled to hide their identity throughout the franchise’s long history, but a new twist has just introduced a new type of mutant that could change the entire dynamic between humans and their kind in the future of the Marvel Universe. If the villains figure out a way to control mutants for good, then the X-Men could already be at a huge disadvantage without even knowing it. X-Men #7 introduced a new twist on the X-Mythos, by debuting what appears to be a new strain of sometimes undetectable mutant. The issue revolves…
Doctor Doom is about to reach new heights in Marvel Comicsand this gives the publisher the perfect opportunity to bring back a forgotten supervillain who is both Doom’s equal and opposite in ways that fascinate me. If Marvel wants to properly deliver on its newest status quo, then this return could help do that by mixing superheroes with fictional politics. With Doctor Doom taking control of the Marvel Universe in 2025 in the big event A world under destructionthat’s it the perfect time for the return of Lucia von BardasLatvia other supervillain leader who played a major role in another…
This last year, Wonder completely proved me wrong by bringing back an initiative that I thought would never properly return in the form of Final Universe. Major comic book publishers try a lot of different things, and sometimes you just say “that won’t work”, but I’m more than happy to be proven wrong. I didn’t really think Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe would be a success – until it was. The original Ultimate Universe, starting with 2000 Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Art Thibert, Steve Buccellato and Richard Starkings, re-imagined the Marvel mythos as if they began…