It was a huge week for Marvel’s Secret Invasion storyline with no less than six tie-in comics released at the same time! Contributing to the crossover were New Avengers #43, Thunderbolts #122, Avengers: The Initiative #15, Secret Invasion: Skrulls!, She-Hulk #31, and New Warriors #14. With all those issues, the story had to have some huge developments, right? Well, not really. Here’s a look at what happened, how and to whom this past week in Secret Invasion.
Daredevil’s back next week with the next issue in the “Cruel & Unusual” storyline, co-written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. Issue #109 is a standout issue with a big gut-wrenching moment, so beware of spoilers as you read my preview, after the jump.
The newest installments in Marvel’s current big crossover are Secret Invasion #4 and Captain Britain & MI13 #3. Unlike last week, we actually got some plot movement this time. Here’s a look at what happened in the storyline.
The second issue of Brian Michael Bendis’ new mega-crossover that promises to shake the Marvel Ultimate universe releases on Wednesday. Here’s my advance review, with spoilers.
It was a slow week for Marvel’s Secret Invasion, with the only new release being Secret Invasion: Front Line #1. Here’s a look at what happened there, as well as a look at the week ahead.
It’s the Fourth of July, and what better time to feature the Sentinel of Liberty for the weekly Fan Art Friday? Marvel might have killed him off (for now), but Steve Rogers lives on in my mind as the one true Cap! Take a look at these cool pieces of fan art, and follow the links back to let the artists know you like their stuff.
The fourth issue of Jeph Loeb’s and Joe Madureira’s run on The Ultimates released on Wednesday. Is the series living up to its hype? Here’s a review, complete with spoilers.
It was a big week for Marvel’s Secret Invasion crossover, with the story bleeding into five different comics in significant ways. Here’s a rundown of what happened to whom, where, and how. After the jump, expect spoilers and analysis of Avengers Initiative #14, Mighty Avengers #15, Ms. Marvel #28, New Avengers #42, and Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #1.
Marvel Entertainment previously announced that their upcoming Captain America film is slated for a May 2011 release, in anticipation of the Avengers movie that’s coming soon thereafter. Now it looks like there could be a different sort of superhero battle in theaters, as Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin has announced that she’s also looking to May 2011 for releasing the fourth installment in the Spidey franchise. Neither Toby Maguire nor Sam Raimi has signed onto Spider-Man 4 yet, so its future is still a bit uncertain. If both Spider-Man and Cap drop into theaters at the same time, though, who will reign supreme?
Source: LA Times
Two new Stephen King based series have been solicited from Marvel Comics in the July issue of Diamond Comics’ Previews catalog. The first is the adaptation of the classic novel, The Stand, which I wrote about previously. The comic adaptation is called The Stand: Captain Trips. Here’s the official blurb:
It begins here: the apocalyptic epic battle between good and evil based on the classic bestseller by master of horror Stephen King! On a secret army base in the Californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. Something that will send Charlie Campion and his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the Campion family–and the rest of America–they are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo: A virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanity’s last stand! Be there as writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four) teams with artist Mike Perkins (Captain America) for the first arc in the next great Stephen King event!
The second new series is the third miniseries in the ongoing Dark Tower spinoff. The Dark Tower is Stephen King’s central work, a series of seven novels spanning his whole career and touching nearly all of his other books. The comics series have been prequels to the main action of the novels, and that continues with this newest series, Dark Tower: Treachery. Marvel’s description of the first issue follows:
The ka-tet of Roland, Alain and Cuthbert have returned safely to their home in Gilead. But all is not well. Roland has kept the evil Maerlyn’s Grapefruit and has become obsessed with peering into its pinkish depths despite the deadly toll it’s taken on his health. And what the young gunslinger sees brings him the darkest of nightmares. Meanwhile, Roland’s father has led a posse in search of those who threatened his son’s life in Hambry-John Farson and the Big Coffin Hunters. And in this encounter, Stephen Deschain’s life may be forfeit.
You can preorder the first issue of each series here: Link
