Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 31st, 2011
With X-Men #7 we finally have something I’ve been wanting since Second Coming came to an end, an X-Men book that’s fun to read. Curse of the Mutants was boring, Uncanny X-Men has been lacking, and X-Men Legacy hasn’t been what it should be either. It just seems like nobody has been able to figure out what to do with the X-Men in a long time. I really haven’t liked how far Cyclops has taken the team from Xavier’s dream of coexistence, but this book is taking things back to basics which is just fine...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 31st, 2011
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ken tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of February 2nd 2011. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch...
Posted by John Mueller, on January 30th, 2011
When Marvel’s 2009 indie-comics superstars meets time-tested superheroes mini-series Strange Tales was released it seemed almost too good to be true. This highly unique assemblage of oddities was so pleasingly originally and off the typical spandex path that a follow up seemed implausible at best. Happily, fans of the publisher didn’t mind seeing their favorite heroes taking a good natured (and overdue) ribbing and the series was a surprise hit. Now we have the three issue mini-series Strange Tales II and the hit versus miss...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 30th, 2011
After months of speculation following the announcement of plans for a Superman reboot, Warner Bros. revealed today who will be donning the iconic blue and red costume in director Zack Snyder’s upcoming film.
Playing the titular role in Superman shall be Henry Cavill, who has also appeared in Showtime’s The Tudors. The film is a reboot, which will be taking Superman back to his origins, that has been masterminded by the Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, the creative team behind Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Cavill...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 28th, 2011
With all this talk about the new Spider-Man costume in the upcoming film starring Andrew Garfield. I was thinking we could go back to Marvel’s Civil War where we first saw the Iron Spider-Man and take a look at one of the most talked about costumes in Spider-Man history. Love it or hate it Hasbro has made it part of their Marvel Universe toy line. Myself I am 50/50 when it comes to this costume for Spidey. I love it and hate it the same time.
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Iron Man™ created this new costume for Spider-Man...
Posted by Kit Quinn, on January 28th, 2011
Hey all Kit here with a fabulously fun new idea: COSPLAY BOY OF THE MONTH!!! Woo, aren’t you all excited for a little man candy to go with the lovely ladies featured each month? And who better to bring the boys to you then your Cosplay Girl of the Year. The rules are the same for the boys as with the girls. We’re looking for guys decked out in their best comic inspired costumes. So if you want to be featured, hit me up with a message either here or on Facebook!
Now, without further ado, here’s your Cosplay Boy for January:...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 28th, 2011
If you pay any attention to our humble little site, you know that most of us (except Sheldon) absolutely love Image Comics’ Chew.
Chew is written by John Layman with fantastic art by Rob Guillory. In Chew, because of a horrible bird flu pandemic, a prohibition is placed against all poultry products and the FDA has become the single strongest branch of the United States government, much like the CIA. Tony Chu is an FDA agent with a strange psychic ability (called cibopathic), he gets a psychic impression from everything...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 28th, 2011
Warning! This review WILL spoil the ending of this comic book.
This week was absolutely epic for comics, I personally walked out of my local comic shop with about thirty books (Don’t judge me). You know what the first book I read was? Fantastic Four #587. Was this book worth all the hype it got? In my opinion, absolutely not. I’m a huge fan of the FF, it was one of the first books I started reading on a regular basis and by the time I was done reading this I don’t think that I could have been more pissed off....
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 28th, 2011
It’s okay everyone! The “Deadpool vs. Vampires” story arc is over! You can all come out now, because with the end of “Deadpool vs. Vampires” comes…DEADPOOL IN SPACE!!!!!! Excited? Of course you are!
Deadpool #32 is written by Daniel Way with art by Sheldon Vella. This issue is a stand alone story designed to pull Deadpool away from the past two issues which were a tie-in to the “Curse of The Mutants” story arc in X-Men, and to take Deadpool in a new direction.
It starts...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 27th, 2011
Imagine you have a secret cabal with some of your colleagues where you each vow to protect a mystical power source capable of remaking the universe. Now, imagine you accidentally allowed a couple pieces of that power source, still remarkably powerful individually, to fall into the hands of, basically, a power crazed member of the cast of The Jersey Shore. Feeling a bit awkward? Well, that’s exactly what Iron Man/Tony Stark is dealing with in The Avengers #9.
Written by Brian Michael Bendis with pencils by John Romita...
Posted by Kit Quinn, on January 26th, 2011
Hey all, Kit here with your monthly Cosplay Girl of the Month post!
To start this whole adventure out I figured I should try to set some things straight. Specifically, what the heck this cosplay thing is, and what it means!Now as those who are in the cosplay community know, trying to set parameters or rules that must be met for a person to be defined as a cosplayer is impossible (and slightly dangerous.) But here it is as I see it.
So Cosplay, where the heck did that word come from? Well it’s a mash up of costume play. Which...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 26th, 2011
We all have different viewpoints and tastes in comics here at ComicImpact, but we are all fans of the X-Men and the past week we have been talking a lot of shit about one of our favorite teams here with the stuff coming out for the upcoming film: X-Men First Class.
So I wanted to find a post that would be a little bit lighter on mutant kind. So I found this super cool paper toy design of some of your favorite X-Men in their costumes. Such as Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast (Sorry Ken and Ian), Kitty Pride, Lockheed, Colossus and Wolverine.
These...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 26th, 2011
Do you hear that sound? listen carefully…that’s the sound of your heart racing and your mind going crazy in anticipation of The Pick Of The Week!That’s right the P.O.W for January 19th 2011.Join Simon,Ian,Ken, and me (Sheldon) for what can only be described as a comic hoe down of epic proportions!
Sheldon had the pick this week and it looks like he choose wisely as every one voted that The Amazing Spider-man # 652 should have the honors this week with such a continued great story by Dan Slott and Amazing art...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 26th, 2011
The Invincible Ironman #500 whew…where to start. Fraction has put Tony Stark through the ringer since he first started this book and he shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. We have seen Tony go from the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. all the way to a life less brainless shell of a man in this run. In issue 500 there is no signs of slowing down as Fraction along with longtime collaborating artist Salvador Larroca take us to the distant future where we actually see the death of Tony Stark and the life of his children! Does this...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 25th, 2011
The fourth and final trade of The Astounding Wolf-Man which collects issues 19 through 25 of the series has finally hit shelves after months of me waiting impatiently for it. I’m really disappointed that this book has ended, Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard have done an astounding (pun intended) job on this book and twenty-five issues just isn’t enough for me. I partially blame myself for this book ending because I only read it in trades, but I can’t change the past… yet.
At this point Wolf-Man has escaped...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 25th, 2011
It’s another new Tuesday which means it’s time for another Comics on Film with Ken and Ian. Aren’t you excited?! Well maybe tone that excitement down a little bit. Just a smidge. It appears that the guys really jumped the shark last week with the sock puppets and, well, they’re flat out of ideas. But don’t you fret, because we got a ton of comic book movie news involving the new Batman movie casting news, the status of that Wonder Woman TV show, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man stuff, and the possibility...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 25th, 2011
So a couple weeks ago I wrote a review for X-Factor #213 and I was complaining a little bit about a lack of action, and I was just hoping the book would pick up again. Well my wish was just granted with X-factor #214, maybe not the best book I’ve read this week, but it was damn entertaining. It was just one of those books that was fun to read and was able to put a bright spot in my day. The book focuses solely on Darwin after the events of the last couple of issues, so for anyone who is a fan of the character you’re...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 25th, 2011
On Monday Gareb Shamus announced that Wizard:The Guide To Comics and Toyfare will no loner be in print production.For many of us who grew up in the 90’s (pre-Facebook,Myspace) our only big comic news outlet was Wizard: The Guide to Comics. Wizard started in 1991 by Gareb Shamus and Stephen Shamus and over a period of 20 years proceeded to do something unheard of before with a comics magazine. They got a different artist each month to draw the cover that incorporated characters not only from the big 2 but also from smaller...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 25th, 2011
Join Simon and Sheldon as they talk to John Siuntres of Word Balloon fame! This is a podcast you don’t want to miss. John covers all the bases is this interview discussing everything from his early days as both a broadcast sports radio interviewer to starting Word Balloon itself back in 2005. We also discuss comics of course!John is such a wealth of knowledge (and an all around great guy) within the comic podcast community that if you are even thinking about starting a podcast this is the one to listen to! So sit back put...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 25th, 2011
The Associated Press may have told the collective media who dies in Fantastic Four #587. The Fantastic Four was first introduced in August 1961 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.If you don’t want to know then stop reading or just wait for next weeks pow (Pick of The Week) to find what the ComicImpact staff has to say about this death.
SPOILER ALERT:
Tom Brevoort, senior vice president for publishing at Marvel told The Associated Press “588 is the final issue of the Fantastic Four. Beyond that, we’re not ready to say...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 24th, 2011
When your story arc’s title is “Wolverine Goes To Hell,” really, how much description is needed? It’s clear, straight to the point, and it doesn’t make you think, “I wonder where they’re going with this?” They just come right out and tell you.
Written by Jason Aaron with pencils by Renato Guedes, Wolverine #5 is the final part of the “Wolverine Goes To Hell” arc. Beginning in issue one, this arc has shown Wolverine, as the title not-so-subtly tells us, cast into...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 24th, 2011
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ian tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of January 26th 2011. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site.
Did you enjoy it? I know you did. Then...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 21st, 2011
So with Iron Man #500 now available at your local comic book shop and since we did an audio interview with Iron Man’s head writer Matt Fraction this past week, I was thinking it would be a good idea do a review on Tony Stark’s most recent armor ( Modular Armor) which you can see in the pages of Iron Man, Avengers, and a lot more Marvel books wherever Shell-Head shows up.
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This is the sleekest, most lightweight armor ever designed by Tony Stark. Built to meet the parameters of any possible challenge,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 21st, 2011
I really didn’t plan on liking this book. I’ve never liked Jubilee very much, and I hate vampires. I thought I would hate this book, in fact I wanted to hate this book. I’m not even sure why I picked it up. Oh right, I have an uncontrollable addiction to comics, well uncontrollable because I refuse to seek any sort of help or treatment. Anyway I actually liked this book, I liked it better than the actual Curse of the Mutants storyline.
If you didn’t read Curse of the Mutants I’ll sum it up for you....
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 21st, 2011
Are you a fan of Marvel’s first family well next week there will be one less member of the Fantastic Four as the much-hyped “death” issue where one of the founding members of the team will allegedly lose their life.
This comic is written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Steve Epting. Now with the newly implemented Diamond policies where all domestic, Canadian and UK retailers get their new comics on Tuesdays in order to have all product processed and on the shelf for Wednesday mornings. Comic book shops will...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 21st, 2011
So remember that picture we got the other day? If you don’t, consider yourself lucky. Mathew Vaughn spoke out claiming the picture was just as shitty as we all thought it was, and it was not something he (or 20th Century Fox) approved. So to smooth things over with all us outraged fans on the internet he gave us some new, more promising pictures, plus Fox has put out the image for the teaser poster which actually looks pretty snazzy.
The pictures (see below) include the majority of the cast in normal clothes, looking...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 19th, 2011
So, it was confirmed today that Anne Hathaway will be Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy will play Bane in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Dark Knight Rises. Last time we saw Kyle in a Batman film she was played by Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992’s Batman Returns. Today’s press release from Warner Bros. only lists Hathaway as Kyle, making no mention of Catwoman. Hopefully, the film will feature Kyle as the famous, feline, femme fatale as well.
Last time we saw Bane in a Batman film it was in 1997’s Batman &...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 19th, 2011
Not sure what is good or bad in comics? Why not listen to an all new episode of the ComicImpact POW (Pick of the week) podcast? Where Ken ,Ian, Sheldon and Simon talk about the comics for Jan 12th 2010. Simon had the pick and he went with Batgirl #17 by Bryan Q. Miller because he’s a fan of Damian Wayne and Stephanie Brown.
There’s nothing better than talking about comics and sometimes Sizzler, and the boys talk about some of the stuff you can eat at the salad bar and how Simon’s Spider-Man tattoo made an impact...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 19th, 2011
So far in Heroes for Hire we have seen Abnett and Lanning take us out on the street with a few different heroes…we have also seen that Misty Knight is behind the organization that essentially pays the heroes with secret in-tel that they needed and thus do the job for the information and sometimes money. Issue one was a fast fun filled ride with Abnett and Lanning writing and Brad Walker on pencils but does issue two make you want to look for not only another hero but another book? Read on to find out!
The solid idea behind...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 18th, 2011
Hey Comic Impact buddies! How are you on this fine Tuesday?I hope you’re doing well, I know I am. There’s a lot of good stuff going on in Comic Impact land. Changes to the website, new videos, and hey, did you check out that interview with Matt Fraction? How awesome was that?! Well that got me thinking about The Immortal Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story, that first Iron Fist trade written by Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker. So I thought I’d pick it up off the bookshelf and give it a nice read again, and oh...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 18th, 2011
Okay about a week, maybe two weeks ago, Ian tells me that he has the greatest idea ever for a Comics on Film segment. And I go, “Okay Ian, what is it?” “Two words” he says. “Sock puppets.” My response, “That is the smartest thing I have ever heard anyone say in the History of mankind.” So late last week we went to get the makings for some awesome sock puppets, and I think they came out fantastic. I put more effort into this than pretty much anything in my life.
So take some time...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 18th, 2011
So last week we got our first looks at Captain America and Spider-Man for their new movies. Those were some really cool pictures, they just got me really excited for those movies. Today we got our first glimpse for Fox’s X-Men: First Class. One word comes to mind, “wow.” Not “wow” as in awesome, “wow” as in you’re kidding me right? The picture below shows from left to right: Magneto, Moira MacTaggert, Emma Frost, Azazel, Beast, Havok, Angel (not Warren, but that short lived female...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 18th, 2011
First off, let me start off this review by saying that I have never been a die-hard Superman fan and I think that J. Michael Stracynski is one of the most overrated people in the history of comics. Although I do enjoy a good Superman story line. So far JMS’s “Walking with Kal” aka “Grounded” story line has been very hit or miss for me. This new issue was maybe one of the worst books I have read in my 26 plus years of reading comics.
The book opens up with Superman still walking across the U.S. Helping...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 17th, 2011
WHAT?! Daredevil is dead?! Oh how can this be? How can I go on? Oh… he’s fine, never mind. We’re good. So I’ll be the first to admit that while Shadowland started off really good, the end was a bit of a cop out and didn’t even make a lot of sense. So now we have a new miniseries entitled Daredevil Reborn that we’re all hoping will be able to bring Matt Murdock back to the lawyer by day, masked vigilante by night bad-ass that we all know and love.
So after the events of Shadowland Matt Murdock...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 17th, 2011
It’s another big week here at ComicImpact, or maybe just for this staff member, as Iron Man #500 comes out. And who better to talk to us about old Shell Head than the head writer of Invincible Iron Man himself, Matt Fraction. Stop what you’re doing right now and join us as we talk with Matt Fraction about his run on Invincible Iron Man and what is in store for the future for our favorite armored Avenger.
We also talk a bit about the return of Cassanova and Fraction finally tells us what Cassanova is really...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 17th, 2011
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Sheldon tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of January 19th 2011. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site.
Did you enjoy it? I know you did....
Posted by John Mueller, on January 17th, 2011
Welcome back for the second and final installment of my look at some of the best of last year’s releases. Let’s not mince words and get right to it, shall we?
Xenozoic by Mark Schultz (Flesk Publications)
The most astounding collection of comic tales in 2010 was, hands down, Xenozoic by five time Harvey award winner and two time Eisner winner Mark Schultz.
Collecting all 14 issues of his acclaimed and much loved Xenozoic Tales (as well as the first published story from Death Rattle #8), this 350 page book contains...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 14th, 2011
When I think of the X-Men I think of the team that we met in back 1975 in Giant -size X-men #1 by Len Wein and Chris Claremont with the great artwork by Dave Cockrum. One of the key members of that team was a young mutant name Piotr Nikolaievitch but for X-Men fans like myself, he will always be Colossus. When I found out that Hasbro was making a Marvel Universe figure I was more than happy. I went and got my self a bottle vodka and I had a celebration around the ComicImpact offices. Now on with the review.
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Posted by Ian Candish, on January 14th, 2011
Looking for a great comic book read that almost no one else picked up, leading to it’s ultimate demise? Well, one of the most underrated series’ to come out of Marvel Comics has to be Agents of Atlas.
Created by Jeff Parker, Agents of Atlas is really a unique, interesting idea. It takes a group of old Marvel (technically Atlas Comics…get it?) characters from the 1940’s and 50’s and creates a new history for them. Instead of being lone characters, Parker tells the story of how FBI agent Jimmy...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 14th, 2011
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is going into its second storyline since they added “Hell on Earth” to its title, this one simply entitled Gods. I still don’t see the point in changing the title for the series, and I really wish they had done one ongoing series instead of all the different miniseries, but these are just things I’m picking on. What’s important is the story, and I really enjoyed the last storyline, New Worlds, so I’m expecting this one to stay on track and be...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 13th, 2011
It’s a big day for first looks! We brought you Chris Evans as Captain America earlier and now we’re getting our first look at not only Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, but our first idea of what the new Spidey suit looks like!
The Spider-Man reboot, directed by Marc Webb will be hitting theaters summer, 2012. Garfield stars as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, in a story that takes the character back to his origins and shows him growing up as a superhero in high school. The movie is apparently going to be heavily based...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 13th, 2011
We’ve seen a number of early photoshop designs of Chris Evans as Captain America, we’ve seen stuntmen in the Cap costume, but thanks to Comic Book Movie, we now have our first look of Evans in the suit himself!
Captain America: The First Avenger stars Evans as the titular character, fighting his way through World War II against the Third Reich and Hydra, led by the Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving. Directed by Joe Johnston, Captain America will be in theaters summer, 2011.
This scanned image comes out of the latest...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 12th, 2011
2011 came out of nowhere! Can you believe we’ve already got a Pick of the Week Podcast for the first week of the new year’s comics?! Goodness gracious my friends! I’m excited! Nothing brightens up my day like a brand new Pick of the Week Podcast, except maybe buying new comics. Fortunately for me I can put this snazzy new Podcast onto my MP3 player and listen to it, while I’m buying comics! No longer will I have to choose!
This week Ken has the pick and he picked Ultimate Comics: Captain America #1! And...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 12th, 2011
Nova,Peter Quill a.k.a Star Lord and Thanos all made it to the Cancerverse to take down the bad guys but what did they end up sacrificing? Well if you read The Thanos Imperative then you know it was everything.These 3 lost everything they wanted …one for selfish reasons and the other two for noble ones. In it’s wake a universe is left to rebuild. But who will step in when so much is lost. Writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning answer these and many other question with the one shot The Thanos Imperative:Devastation, along...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 11th, 2011
As the French guy on the site. I am happy to tell you Comic Impact readers that there is a new international poster for the upcoming Marvel Studio film Thor from my homeland. If you look at the release date on this poster it shows that the god of thunder will be coming out a few days before in France then here in the states.
Thor here is the Official Plot Synopsis
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard....
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 11th, 2011
Guess what? This week marks the one month anniversary of Comics on Film! Holy crap! Who would of thought that we could keep up with these videos for an entire month? Not me, that’s for sure. To be honest I’m proud of myself, I think Ian and I deserve a good old fashioned pat on the back. You know who else deserves one? You. That’s right I want to thank each and every one of you wonderful people who takes fifteen minutes or so out of their week to watch these videos. Thank you!
This week we explore some comic...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 11th, 2011
Okay so I’m definitely not the biggest fan of Lobo, in fact my only experience with the character was that one episode of the Superman Animated Series where he comes in as a bounty hunter and causes trouble for Superman. It was a good episode, he was voiced by the brother in Everybody Loves Raymond (on a side note, I don’t love Raymond). Granted I think I was about twelve or thirteen when I last saw that episode, but he was funny. Looking back on the character now he makes me think he was one of those lame 80’s...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 11th, 2011
I’ve been a big fan of X-Factor since I started reading comics those many years ago, but I didn’t think it got really good until Multiple Man had that mini-series and he restarted the team as a detective agency. I like this book because it’s been mostly separate from the other X-Books unless they do something as big as Messiah Complex, I think it’s cool to have a team of mutants that aren’t obsessing about the extinction of the species.
So this issue is kind of an epilogue to the last storyline where...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 10th, 2011
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Simon tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of January 12th 2011. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site.
Did you enjoy it? I know you did. Then...
Posted by John Mueller, on January 10th, 2011
A year ago this week, I was having a tough time of compiling a scaled down “Best of the Year” list due to the unexpected flurry of note-worthy material released during 2009. Now I find the task even harder considering the avalanche of great releases that saw print in 2010. A chief reason for this is the recent explosion of exceptional archival comic strip collections, lavish artist career overviews, and beautifully produced art books by publishers like Fantagraphics, IDW, and Flesk Publications. Add to this numerous...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 7th, 2011
Hell yeah! Figure Friday is back after a long break, but this time around we got a super cool Two-Pack from the good people over at Hasbro. We got the Marvel Legends: Winter Soldier and Black Widow fan’s choice winner! I recall seeing these figures back at Comic Con 2009. This past week ComicImpact staff member Ken found them at Toys R Us and now it’s time for an all new Figure Friday Review.
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When the BLACK WIDOW first met the WINTER SOLDIER he was a man without a name, brainwashed into absolute...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 7th, 2011
This summer is bringing us the feature Green Lantern movie. This is the first major DC Comics character other than Batman or Superman to get their own movie. DC is really trying to do what Marvel has done with their movie franchise’s, ultimately building up to a big Justice League movie like Marvel’s upcoming Avengers. So, hopefully a big screen adaptation of The Flash isn’t too far away.
The Flash is about forensic scientist Barry Allen who is struck by lightning and drenched in chemicals in the crime...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 7th, 2011
It’s about time we get an Ultimate Captain America series! I get that part of the point of the Ultimate Comics line is that it’s not supposed to be so convoluted with a ton of different books, but should we have gotten an Ultimate Comics: Thor book before Cap? Well Thor’s movie comes out first so I suppose it’s appropriate, but still, it’s about time! This book is written by Jason Aaron who we know from Wolverine, Ghost Riders, and PunisherMax (What happened to that book?), and is drawn by Ron Garney...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 6th, 2011
Okay, let’s get the bad out of the way: Avengers: The Children’s Crusade has probably got the worst title of any book being printed right now. That said, it has some of the best story and art out of any book currently available. Be advised, this review has a major spoiler in it. Read/view at your own risk.
Written by Alan Heinberg with art by Jim Cheung, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade is a mini-series focusing mainly on the Young Avengers, a group of teenage superheroes modeled after the classic Avengers. ...
Posted by Kit Quinn, on January 6th, 2011
Hey there Comic Impact!
I’m Kit your Cosplay Girl of the Year for 2010. I’m shocked, honored, and giddy all at the same time to have this title bestowed upon my humble head. I first of all want to give a shout out to all the other girls who were in the running this year because dang there was some talent there. It was really weird being in a competition with so many other cosplayers that I’m actually a huge fan of, and some of my best friends. I’m really excited to write this blog for Comic Impact, I have lots of ideas...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 6th, 2011
15+ Years of Mishandling Superman, or, “Don’t wanna see him in the suit…looks too faggy.”
If you’re a fan of any form of graphic storytelling, whether it be dark horror comics, contemplative indie books or your mainstream superhero stuff, you owe a debt of gratitude to one character. He’s the first superhero, the one that started it all, the one for whom the industry was built upon, Superman. Unfortunately, though, for the past nearly two decades he has been mishandled, mistreated and forced...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 5th, 2011
Ha! You think you’re so clever! You thought, “I’ll just skim down to the summary paragraph and see who it is! I’m so smart!” Well, that sure as Hell isn’t the case, buck-o! You’ve got to actually click the story to find out who the winner is!
So, if you don’t know, we at Comic Impact have been having our Cosplay Girl Of The Year contest as voted by you, the reader/sycophantic follower. The contestants were all 11 of our Cosplay Girls of The Month from 2010. Every month...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 5th, 2011
One of the features we do here at Comic Impact is the cosplay girl (NO anime, manga, role-playing games just comics) of the month, that’s right hot girls dressing up like your favorite super- hero characters. This month we’re privileged to have Psykitten Pow for this months Cosplay Girl of the Month!
1-What is your name? Psykitten Pow
2-How old are you? 24
3-Do you read comics and if so, what are your favorite titles? Well, I read “Gotham City Sirens” of course, as well as “Batman: Streets of Gotham”. I also...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on January 5th, 2011
First off S.H.I.E.L.D. does for me personally what Assassin’s Creed does for video games.In that it allows the reader the chance to experience a secret history that we have never seen or read about thus turning what we think we know about history on it’s ear thus making it new and exciting. Written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Dustin Weaver this book continues to explore Marvels true history and how it has effected both the world and the way we view it. Read on to see if History needed to be rewritten.
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Posted by Ian Candish, on January 5th, 2011
Mmmmm, you smell that? That’s the warm, comforting smell of a new year. It’s a brand new year, so why not bring in the first new POW, Pick Of the Week Podcast? This new POW is for the week of December 29, 2010! The first podcast of the year is about the last week of last year! What a conundrum!
Ian has the pick this week, and he has chosen (much to the chagrin of the haters of all things 90’s: Simon and Sheldon) Carnage #2! With him this time around are Ken and Simon, but sadly Sheldon couldn’t...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 4th, 2011
Whenever you think of super heroes or comic books in general there’s always the same characters that initially come to mind: Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, The Hulk, etc. While he may not be in the top five superheroes of all time, he definitely belongs in the top ten, of course I am referring to The Flash. He’s just as iconic as any of the other super heroes I mentioned, but he just doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. There’s been talk for years about making a Flash movie, but it never seems to happen,...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 4th, 2011
Is it time for another Comics On Film already? Man oh man! Time sure does fly, don’t it? I’ll be you were really starting to get the jonesing for new Comics On Film, weren’t you? Feeling that urge? That monkey on your back getting a little heavier? Well, that’s what we’re here for! We’re the pusher, you’re the junkie!
This week, Ken and Ian are talking about little else but upcoming Avengers and Green Lantern news. Pickins have been a bit slim with the holidays and what...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 4th, 2011
Marvel Comics has just announced that Axel Alonso has been name the new Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics. Alonso will be replacing Joe Quesada, who has been the Editor-In-Chief for the past 10 years. Quesada will be working with Marvel’s film and TV projects.
Official Press Release
Marvel Worldwide, Inc announced today that it has promoted Axel Alonso to Editor-in-Chief, Marvel Entertainment. In this new role, Mr. Alonso will report to Dan Buckley Publisher & President, Print, Animation & Digital Divisions,...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 3rd, 2011
It’s been delayed for weeks, but Batman: The Dark Knight #1 finally came out last week!
Both written and pencilled by David Finch with inks by Scott Williams, Batman: The Dark Knight is the last of the new Batman books since Bruce Wayne’s return a couple months ago. The other new title, Batman Inc., focuses on Wayne’s globetrotting exploits training an army of Batmen worldwide. Batman: The Dark Knight is a darker book that focuses more on Wayne’s solo Batman work and, as DC Comics says, “…the...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 3rd, 2011
Remember when the last issue of The Avengers came out and The Red Hulk got the crap kicked out of him when he went up against The Hood after he got a hold of a couple gems from the Infinity Gauntlet? That was cool. So cool that it made me super excited for this new issue, and it did not disappoint. So let’s get to the avenging!
The book starts off with Iron Man hanging around one of his old warehouses waiting for the rest of the members of The Illuminati, but there’s a problem. The Illuminati kind of disbanded so...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 3rd, 2011
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ken tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of January 5th 2011. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video below.
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