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DC's hyper-successful Blackest Night series will, we know now, be followed by a year-long series/event called Brightest Day. But is this really DC's answer to Marvel's "Heroic Age" era of optimism, or should we expect something more ambitious? More »
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These last ten years may have seemed busy to you, but just be glad you're not a comic book character: Their decade has seen multiple alien invasions and reboots of reality. Relive the biggest headlines of their decade with us. More »
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Wondering how long it'd take for the events of September 11th to go from real life tragedy to thoughtless plot McGuffin? Marvel's new mega-event Siege demonstrates that the answer is "eight years, and we can kill even more people." More »
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Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed. More »
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Wondering how important movies are to Marvel? Without an Iron Man or Hulk this summer, profits fell a stunning 60% for the company's 3rd quarter of the year when compared with the same period last year. Should Disney be worried? More »
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With the major publishers taking it easy after recent big events, it falls to independent books to come up with movie tie-ins and new ideas this week... Thankfully, they're more than up to the task. More »
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Science fiction monkeys. Sure, this week may bring all manner of collections of more recent comics, but let's face it: Nothing measures up to science fiction monkeys. Of course, these are new comics we crave. More »
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Whether it was aliens invading or heroes dying, 2008's comics definitely aimed for bombast - but how many of them were actually great? As the year stumbles to an end, we take a look back. More »
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They may be the home of outcast heroes and freaky mutants, but does Marvel Comics actually hate hippies? That's the charge currently being laid against the publisher, and it's real enough to get a response. More »
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Despite telling readers to "embrace change," Marvel's Secret Invasion only offered changes that are cosmetic and temporary. With the final part of the big comic event hitting stores this past week, we look at why this latest alien invasion disappointed, and was ultimately all about the status quo. More »
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Courtesy of San Francisco comic retailer James Sime, a look at the span of Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion series in collected form - 22 books so far, and that's not even the complete story. Is this final proof that the cost of (reading about comic book) war is too high? More »
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If there's one thing that science fiction has taught us, it's that it's almost a certainty that Earth will be invaded by an alien force at some point in our lifetime. Luckily, we've also learned that humanity will most likely forget our differences, pull together and defeat said alien force through unity, the resourcefulness of an under-appreciated member of society and potentially the common cold, but that doesn't change the fact that - as GI Joe would tell us - knowing is half the battle. So we present to you a guide to the different types of alien invasion, so that you can know whether to join the fight or betray us all to your potential new alien overlords. More »
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Marvel's "Embrace Change" advertising campaign for the last couple of months of their Secret Invasion event made the leap onto the small screen last night, with a new television commercial running on - of all places - ESPN. Just in case you weren't watching the Bricktown Showdown, we've got the ad for you right here. More »
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Click to viewApparently, Marvel Comics took the success of The Dark Knight pretty badly, if this recently-released teaser image is anything to go by. Maybe a little too badly - I mean, killing Iron Man because his movie wasn't the biggest hit of the summer? Isn't that going a little too far? While the publisher isn't saying what comic this image is from, we're wondering if it has something to do with Dark Reign, the next stage of superhero drama for Marvel's heroes following the end of Secret Invasion. More »
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With Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion topping the sales charts, you can't blame DC Comics for wanting to get in on the action - especially when the plot of Secret Invasion closely mirrors two of their own series from the 1980s, Millennium and Invasion!. But do the covers of the recently-released collections of those two series go too far? Millennium's new tagline "Trust No One!" answering Secret Invasion's own tagline "Who Do You Trust?" is one thing, but adding "Secret No More!" onto the cover of Invasion!? That just seems kind of desperate. [Invasion!] More »
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They may have already taken over Twitter, but anyone reading this week's Marvel comics will have seen that the Skrull brand of alien passive-aggressiveness has started infecting the offline world as well. Should we embrace change, if change is defined by allowing ourselves to be overrun by alien invaders who wish to save us from ourselves? We talk to the person in charge of the campaign - as well as the awesome "hands across the universe" print ad - below. More »
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Our favorite creepy use of social networking these days has to be EmbraceChange's Twitter feed. The anonymous supporter of Marvel Comics' Skrull Secret Invasion has been offering calm, 140-character messages urging everyone to sit back, relax and accept our new alien rulers, like "Your days of poverty, hardship, disease and greed are over" and "We wish no harm or bloodshed..but we will do what must be done to save you." You'll find yourself wishing that we really were about to be saved by ribbed-chinned alien invaders. [EmbraceChange] More »
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It's a heavy week for tie-ins at the comic store this week, with prequels, sequels, adaptations and source material for movies, video games and our favorite TV show hitting shelves tomorrow. There's even the re-appearance of the much-delayed Halo comic for its third "monthly" issue in the space of a year, but that's just one of the many cross-media treats waiting for you under the jump. More »
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One of the traditional joys of San Diego Comic-Con - or any comic convention, really - are all the strange and wonderful costumes that fans wander around in for days on end. From Hello Kitty Darth Vaders to creepily lifelike Simpsons characters, we've seen them all... or, at least, almost all. Under the jump, we'd like to suggest some characters that we're hoping will be brought to life during next week's nerd prom. More »
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It's another of those slow weeks in comic stores - which, considering comics aren't hitting the streets until Thursday this week, may not be that bad a thing. (Blame last week's holiday; apparently, the price for independence is that your comics are late a week afterwards.) While publishers try to plug the gap with reprints, the week really belongs to giant robots and hippos in pirate outfits. Find out why under the jump. More »
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We're back, with even more spoilers. Angelina Jolie proves she's a master of car-fu, in a new Wanted clip that aired during the MTV Movie Awards. Also, there's a brief new synopsis of James Cameron's new movie Avatar, and a new cellphone promo for The Dark Knight that showcases a major plot element. And there's possibly the last Lost spoiler for a while — one regular character will definitely never, ever be back. We also have a look ahead at the remaining Doctor Who episodes, a bunch of new details about J.J. Abrams' FBI show Fringe, and a major spoiler for Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion. Below are a chain of Pandora's boxes of spoilerdom. More »
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It's the clash that you people have been asking for (well, some of you, anyway): Marvel's alien invasion paranoiafest Secret Invasion versus DC's superhero dystopia Final Crisis. Which one makes your heart flutter? Which one opens your wallet the most? And which, like the Hulk, is the strongest there is? Let's take a look at the two big superhero publisher's Summer Event Books and see which one comes out on top. More »
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Spider-Man's Aunt May not only hooked up with a shapeshifting alien Skrull pretending to be the Avengers' butler Jarvis — she's also pregnant with a half-Skrull baby! Or maybe not. Luckily, fake spoilers weren't all the Marvel editors and creators let slip during today's New York Comic-Con panels. They also teased some upcoming projects, both during and after the Secret Invasion story about the Skrulls impersonating the heroes (and villains) of the Marvel Universe. Find out how the Avengers will make you rich, and what classic hero may soon return. More »
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With Marvel's Secret Invasion in full swing and DC's Final Crisis mere weeks away, it's worth looking at just what it is about superhero comics' crossover summer events that make them the four-color equivalent of your first sexual experience. They're something you get all excited about ahead of time before the actual incident goes by quickly and leaves you ultimately unfulfilled. Or maybe that's just me. Experience has taught us that there are some easy steps to follow when creating a superhero crossover involving many fan-favorite characters that will, inevitably, lead to sales success. Utilizing them can take you from near obscurity to something approaching success or, at least, your own soon-to-be-cancelled spin-off from the Avengers. More »
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Scared of the idea of having to find a comic store to buy Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion series? You're in luck — Marvel has created an alternative for people like you, as well as those who like to find free things online. Secret Invasion: Home Invasion is the name of the online comic addition to the publisher's alien invasion event, spinning out of a marketing campaign so viral, no-one in comics seemed to know it existed until this week. More »
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Before I tell you all about Secret Invasion again — the first issue arrives in stores tomorrow — I have just five words for you: Zombies Vs. Robots Vs. Amazons. Ignoring the potential sequel, "Zombies Vs. Robots Vs. Amazons Vs. Your Mother," how much more awesome can one comic sound? Find out about the war to end all wars, as well as invading aliens who look just like you and other four color funnies under the jump. More »
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It's an eight-issue crossover comic book series where a ton of superheroes discover that their friends, family - and even some of the heroes themselves - have been replaced by alien invaders with a sinister agenda. Marvel's upcoming Secret Invasion? Nope - DC's 1988 crossover series Millennium. This series not only did the alien conspiracy plot twenty years before Skrulls took over Marvel, but also introduced arguably the lamest super-heroes ever. Find out what happened to the next step of human evolution under the jump. More »
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Who do you trust? Well, that decision has been made a little easier for you with the start of Marvel's Secret Invasion publicity blitz, which includes a "you have to sign up for a $9.99 membership to read it" preview comic and the first ten pages of the first issue going online at Entertainment Weekly's website. Which heroes have been swapped out for alien invaders? You'll learn at least one from these prologues. Or, alternatively, by just clicking under the jump. Spoilers may follow. More »
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This morning's batch of spoilers includes a first look at Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost movie and a new clip of Doctor Who. We also have a plot twist in the new Batman movie that would be pretty surprising, if true, and a few new details about the Y: The Last Man movie. There are some new details about Smallville and Lost, and a massive report about exactly who is a shape-changing alien in Marvel Comics' huge summer storyline, "Secret Invasion." It's all spoilers from here on out! More »
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If Marvel Comics' latest attempt to hype its summer comic storyline Secret Invasion is evidence of the quality of their upcoming movie productions, you may just want to skip Iron Man and Hulk. The video, obviously meant to evoke Cloverfield and Blair Witch, tries to raise paranoia about just who amongst Marvel's superheroes has been replaced by shape-shifting aliens, but only leaves you hoping that our new alien overlords come with better production values and acting abilities. See the trailer that has fans saying "Just stick to making comics, Marvel. And try to make them better while you're at it," under the jump. More »
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What's that you say? You feel that the world of comics may have many things for many people — including, this week, the long-awaited Wonder Woman revamp by a Gray's Anatomy writer, alcoholic corporate superheroes and time-traveling cyborg mutants — but it's still lacking the crucial element of video-game-based space zombies? Well, you're in for a treat with this week's haul, my friend. Click under the jump to find out why. More »
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Teasing their upcoming alien invasion summer storyline Secret Invasion, Marvel Comics have started to release a series of daily promo images hinting that some of their super-heroes may, in fact, be shape-changing extra terrestrials out to take over the world. Using their latest tagline "Who do you trust?" - a variation on 2006's Civil War tagline "Which side are you on?" - each image has artist Greg Horn's airbrushed portraits of a fan-favorite character striking a familiar expression while having sporting unusually green skin and having a ribbed chin for extra pleasure. More »
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