Writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jae Lee had a surprise hit with an Inhumans mini-series when the “Marvel Knights” line launched, so there was some anticipation for their follow-up.
That would have been a character they said was a long forgotten Marvel hero that predated the Fantastic Four. They said his name was the Sentry.
Continue reading Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #48: The Sentry
I’ve never read the 2009/2010 Siege from Marvel. Which really doesn’t matter since that Norman Osborn/Loki/Asgard story has nothing to do with the current Secret Wars mini-series of the same name. While many other series have only “borrowed” the name of a previous event, they are at least usually related in some way. Infinity Gauntlet for example. But in this case, Siege is the story about the men and women who defend Battleworld from the horrors on the other side of The Shield.
After the cut I will look at the excellent series containing Siege #1, Siege #2, Siege #3 and Siege #4. If you are only reading the main series or are picky about the tie-ins you are reading because only an insane person would read them all, I’d recommend moving Siege onto your buy list. It is one of the few that is heavily integrated into the main story, and you will get a lot more out of Secret Wars #6 in particular after reading this series. (Note, I kinda spoil the end of Inferno, so if you care, make sure you are finished that as well.)
(And I’m sure there is a Watson joke in the title of this post somewhere…)
Related links:
Secret Wars Power Rankings
Tom’s Road To Secret Wars: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7.
Other parts of this series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Continue reading Jimmy Attempts To Read All Of Secret Wars XXX (Siege Edition)
Continuing Jimmy and Tom’s rewatch of the DCAU.
This week, we cover the Batman the Animated Series episodes “The Clock King,” “Appointment in Crime Alley,” and “Mad as a Hatter”.
Kurt Busiek and George Perez had a fairly epic run on The Avengers starting in the late 90s. They had the team take on Ultron and Kang. They had a mix of old and new characters. They made Carol Danvers interesting (yes, Jenny, I said it, and she’s been interesting ever since). There was beautiful artwork, stories that showed great understanding for everyone on the team, and a silent issue where Washington D.C. got destroyed, but the Avengers managed to get George W. Bush out, and only George W. Bush out, before everything went boom. I did not make that up.
They also put a new character named Triathlon on the team, and he was fairly lame. I only recently learned why.
Continue reading Slightly Misplaced Comics Hero Case Files #16: Triathlon
Continuing the recap on the run-up to Marvel’s new Secret Wars, as seen in Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers/New Avengers runs, if at least for the sake of Jimmy Impossible.
As ever, SPOILERS behind the cut.
At some point every geek franchise goes for time travel. Superman circles the globe at high speeds to make sure he can be in two places at once. Captain Kirk needs to find some humpback whales. I dream of dumping Barney back in the paleolithic age where he belongs. Time travel is what every geek has considered at some point.
But, how exactly does it work?
It is not uncommon for a major comics crossover to end in the death of a character. Marvel’s Secret Invasion was no exception. A so-so crossover written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu, the big death at the end was Janet VanDyne, the Wasp, on-again, off-again lover and ex-wife of Hank “1,000 Codenames” Pym.
She’s not currently dead. I’m not sure how she managed to come back, but she’s not dead anymore. So, really, did it matter?
Gabbing Geek 
