Marvel
The House of Ideas dominates pop culture today from the pages of their books to the big and small screens. Generations of children grew up loving their characters, and they show no signs of ever stopping.
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Marvel had a long string of events, from major ones like Empyre, King in Black, X of Sword, and Hellfire Gala to smaller ones such as Extreme Carnage, The Last Annihilation, […]
The first Venom movie was a surprise success, even if it was a kind of insane superhero film. However, one of the reasons many fans flocked to the cinemas (back in a time where we […]
Within 24 hours, the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer became the most-watched trailer in history. And for a good reason. The trailer had more surprises than new time threads at the end of Loki. The […]
As an X-Men fan, the last two years of the franchise have been the most exciting in quite a few years, especially since the end of Avengers Vs X-Men. When Jonathan Hickman joined the X-Office […]
When Fantastic Four debuted sixty years ago, the comic industry was struggling to survive. The Golden Age comic book era was over, and the only characters really doing well were Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. […]
One of the biggest and most valid criticisms of modern superhero comics is that they are aimed more at adults than kids. Case in point? My MFA students are currently reading volume one of the […]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is less than a month away, and Marvel Studios is dialing up the marketing for their new franchise. In fact, Shang-Chi could be their next billion-dollar hit. […]
In the MCU, the Asgardians haven’t had a great decade. During Thor: Ragnarok, Hela executed untold hundreds. Those who remained were able to escape on the shuttle Loki brings from Sakaar. But in the first […]
Last year, just before X of Swords exploded into the biggest X-Men event since Age of Apocalypse, the 2020 SDCC Marvel’s Next Big Thing Panel gave us a glimpse of upcoming X-Men stories. Well, story. […]