When X-Men ‘97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing—other than “To me, my X-men!”—as they saw Marvel’s mutants back in action: “Where has this Cyclops been?” Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 Picks The comics. He’s been in the comics. X-Men ‘97 has already proven to be a smash hit … Read more
Goodness gracious, has it really been five years already? The year 2018 was a busy one for superhero movies, with game-changers like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War and delightful surprises in Deadpool 2 and the Teen Titans Go! movie. In this mix, no one really knew what to make of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. … Read more
Image: Marco Checchetto/Marvel Comics The original incarnation of Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe lived (and basically died) on Ultimate Spider-Man. Brian Michael Bendis’ run on that book with a number of artists including Mark Bagley, Sara Pichelli and plenty more was so consistent that it remained a bright spot among the larger messiness of its home … Read more
Image: Mark Bagley/Marvel Comics Back in the 2000s, Marvel released a line of Ultimate Marvel comics that offered then-modern takes on the publisher’s premier characters. While the line overall eventually fell in quality, two of its strongest books were Ultimate Spider-Man and its sequel series, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man from writer Brian Michael Bendis and a … Read more
Picture: Ryan Stegman/Marvel Comics The X-Males flip 60 this yr, and Marvel is celebrating in model by killing a bunch of them in a horrifying terrorist assault, kickstarting the downfall of an age of Mutant progress, and now by returning to an concept they first did a decade in the past. Sounds about proper for … Read more