Warning: Spoilers for Shazam #16!Shazam Fans assemble! The Captain’s best villain is back in the comics and isn’t playing around. Mr. Mind Has long been trying to dismantle the DC Universe, starting with the Shazam family, and although he is small, he has proven to be one of the captain’s most formidable enemies. After his post-credits appearance in the Shazam! In film, he never had a satisfying return for comic fans – until now. in Shazam! #16 By Josie Campbell, Dan McDaid, Roberto Poggi, Trish Mulvihill and Troy Peteri, Freddy Freeman is acting a little funny. He called himself the…
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Wolverine Is not just a guy with claws and a healing factor. He is an animalistic hero who is hardly a mutant. There are plenty of reasons for a man with an anger problem to be a frenzied fighter, considering his traumatic backstory and just how many times Marvel has tried to kill him – but The new era of Wolverine is pulling no punches. Right outside the gate, Wolverine shows off his metal, which goes beyond the metal of his adamantium skeleton. in Wolverine #1By the new team of Saladin Ahmed, Martín Cóccolo and Bryan Valenza, Cyber is the…
Warning: Contains spoilers for The Incredible Hulk #16 Marvel’s latest believe Hulk has surprised readers by introducing the Marvel Universe’s chronological first Hulk, one who has a fascinating connection to an existing Avengers Character. Although Marvel is best known for its reinterpretation of Norse mythology, the latest arc takes readers all the way back to the first recorded story in history, the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Incredible Hulk #16 – written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, with art by Danny Earls – offers readers more background on the history of the Hulk’s powers, pushing them far beyond their gamma radiation origins…
Warning: Spoilers ahead Detective Comics #1089!Batman Has a long history of crime fighting, starting in tights and ending in some surprising, world-shattering events. He’s a flagship hero for DC, but that doesn’t mean he’s the most hero-like of the Justice League. In fact, he’s one of the darkest heroes DC has to offer, and his latest version will have fans keeping their nightlights on. It has been eighty-five years of Batman comics with dozens of versions of Batman, but he has finally turned into a true symbol of the night in Detective Comics #1089 By Ram V, Dan Watters, Guillem…
Warning: Spoilers for The Flash #13!The bottle May be the fastest man alive, but he hasn’t been able to outrun some of DC’s greatest tragedies. Whether it’s Barry Allen, Jay Garrick or Wally West, the Flash is a family man, and being a superhero means that the lives of loved ones are threatened by supervillains. But Wally West is done letting his family get hurt, and he’ll do anything to save them this time. The Flash is more than just a super-powered hero. He channels the power of the Speed Force, but in The bottle #13 By Simon Spurrier, Ramón…
Warning: Plastic Man spoilers no more! #2One of DC’s most lighthearted Justice League The characters get their darkest names yet. With a new title under DC’s Black Label imprint, Plastic Man It runs out of jokes as its end is fast approaching. I knew him as the immortal comedian of comics who always made me laugh, but recently it all turned on its head as I had to watch Plastic Man slowly die due to his own powers. in Plastic man no more! #2 By Christopher Cantwell, Jacob Edgar, Alex Lins, Marcelo Maiolo and Becca Carey, Eel O’Brian’s past grips…
DC has a lot of heroes, villains, psychics, and henchmen, not to mention gods and goddesses that it would take a few encyclopedias to cover. But in the last decade alone, DC has debuted several characters powerful enough to shake reality and stand with the biggest heavyweights of the DC Universe. Every comic company has their staples, and DC wouldn’t be DC if it had Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, among others. But the legacy lives on through strong new faces in DC’s roster, and the The most powerful new DC characters introduced in the last decade. 15 Swamp Thing’s…
Spinning off the events of Marvel’s game-changing “Gin War,” the iconic symbiote hero Poison is getting a brand new boss, and a brand new gold redesign to match. The main Marvel Universe did Heroes fight to claim the Venom symbiote, but its next mystery boss makes a major plan change. There have been many versions of Venom over the years, and after rising to the heights of the new symbiote hierarchy, Al Ewing and Iban Coello’s “Venom War” means Eddie Brock’s iconic turn as the Venom boss and King in Black is finally coming to an end. What follows is…
Warning: Spoilers for Batman #153!For as outside the law as Batman Well, he has a lot of rules that he requires every member of his bat-family to follow. The key rule, of course, is his no-kill rule. However, there are some smaller rules that fold into this overarching rule – namely, the use of guns. But when a new hero appears in Gotham, firing on criminals, he challenges everything Batman stands for. Batman has a new rival for the title of Defender of Gotham in Batman #153 By Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles. As the Dark…
Nowadays, Wonder superheroes are put through wringer after wringer with fantastic crisis events. Leaving the events Blood Hunt and spiraling towards the event to come A World Under Perdition, It doesn’t always feel like there’s room for comic book fans to breathe and enjoy their favorite characters. Thanks to the holidays, some variant covers are bringing some much-deserved peace and calm to the Marvel world. Ten comics will be released for some famous Marvel heroes in December, and Marvels new “Winter Vacation” variant cover is giving fans a glimpse of the holiday cheer. They show scenes of Hulk dressed as…