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The Knighted King: A Brief Publication History of Christopher Priest’s Black Panther

Michael Hoskin — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:39:02 +0000

When Christopher Priest returned to Marvel Comics in 1998 it had been almost ten years since his tumultuous exit from the company. In the interim the company and the comic book industry had undergone tremendous… [more]

Panther’s Range: The History of the Black Panther Prior to Christopher Priest

Michael Hoskin — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:24:27 +0000

The Black Panther was a ground-breaking character in his 1966 debut. From his first appearance onward, he was seldom absent for long from Marvel Comics publications, whether as a guest star or part of the… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers #2: In Secret, They Rule

Matthew Brake — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 21:46:00 +0000

To understand some of the elements of this story, one must dive back into Brian Michael Bendis’s time as the writer for the Avengers. In New Avengers: Illuminati #2, the Illuminati gathers together the Infinity… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers #1: Memento Mori

Matthew Brake — Thu, 14 May 2020 01:00:04 +0000

New Avengers #1: Memento Mori" title="Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers #1: Memento Mori" style="float:left;" />If Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #1 begins with a creation story, his New Avengers starts out with a less hopeful proclamation: “Everything Dies.” Hickman’s New Avengers #1 opens with a one-page prologue providing a recap of… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #3: The Garden

Matthew Brake — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:12:39 +0000

Avengers #3: The Garden" title="Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #3: The Garden" style="float:left;" />Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run consists of multiple mini-arcs that all build and culminate with Secret Wars. Avengers #3 is the action-filled climax and the culmination of his first arc. On Mars, readers are treated to… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #2: We Were Avengers

Matthew Brake — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:36:01 +0000

Avengers #2: We Were Avengers" title="Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #2: We Were Avengers" style="float:left;" />Issue #2 acts as something of an interlude in the first three issues of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers. As Captain America prepares a new team to go to Mars, Ex Nihilo’s speaks with the imprisoned Avengers,… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #1: An Avengers World is Born!

Matthew Brake — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:00:48 +0000

Avengers #1: An Avengers World is Born!" title="Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #1: An Avengers World is Born!" style="float:left;" />Hickman begins Avengers #1 like a creation story, the theme of creation being prevalent throughout the three-issue opening arc: “First there was nothing. Then everything.” As we will see, this is juxtaposed against New Avengers… [more]

Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 15:00:37 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" style="float:left;" />As mentioned in Part 1, we got so many contributions that we had to split this article up into two parts. Below is the second half, and we hope you enjoy it. And again…BEWARE…FOR SPOILERS… [more]

Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:36:44 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" style="float:left;" />Avengers: Endgame is a cinematic generational event. The epic conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first arc that began with 2008’s Iron Man and encompasses twenty-two films. As of this posting, Avengers: Endgame has grossed… [more]

Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America

James Rovira — Sat, 11 May 2019 13:00:50 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America" title="Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America" style="float:left;" />Disclaimer: this article includes spoilers starting in the third paragraph, so I wouldn’t read too far if you haven’t watched Avengers: Endgame yet. It also won’t make much sense if you haven’t watched Endgame and… [more]

“We Go Bigger”: Diving into Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers

Matthew Brake — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:00:03 +0000

Jonathan Hickman’s run on the Avengers picks up just after Brian Michael Bendis’s eight-year run on the title came to an end. Bendis’s time on the title was a veritable event generating machine, beginning with… [more]

Instinct War: Sigmund Freud, Thanos, and the Theory of Drives in Infinity Gauntlet

Desmond White — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:30:24 +0000

Infinity Gauntlet" title="Instinct War: Sigmund Freud, Thanos, and the Theory of Drives in Infinity Gauntlet" style="float:left;" />Thanos is often considered a Darkseid knockoff but perhaps his connection to Sigmund Freud contains some redeeming qualities. [more]

A Long Brush with Marvel Comics

Mark J. Hayman — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:00:16 +0000

Whatever confluence of events, whatever set of circumstance that attaches a child to a thing, in this case to Marvel Comics, is within the purview of the brain people and magicians. It interests me that… [more]

They Were Lost in Space-Time and Then They Found God

Mario Ribeiro — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:15:26 +0000

Lost in Space-Time and Then They Found God" title="They Were Lost in Space-Time and Then They Found God" style="float:left;" />Written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Al Milgrom, the Lost in Space-Time saga ran from West Coast Avengers #17 to 24. The real meat is between 18-23, with the others serving as a prologue… [more]

How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe

Tom Speelman — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:00:18 +0000

The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" title="How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" style="float:left;" />From 1961 to 1965, in a white-hot blaze of publisher demand and creativity, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr. and others hammered out the entire Marvel Universe. In the process, they made… [more]

“I Just Don’t Like Bullies”: Joss Whedon’s Interpretation of Captain America

Tom Speelman — Sun, 10 May 2015 11:00:36 +0000

2012 was inarguably Joss Whedon’s biggest year ever. Not only did he take center stage of a sold-out ravishing audience at the 10th anniversary Firefly reunion panel at San Diego Comic-Con, have his micro-budget adaptation… [more]

Avengers: Age of Ultron Has Second Biggest Opening Weekend Ever

Julian Darius — Mon, 04 May 2015 05:13:22 +0000

Avengers: Age of Ultron Has Second Biggest Opening Weekend Ever" title="Avengers: Age of Ultron Has Second Biggest Opening Weekend Ever" style="float:left;" />Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon, took in an estimated $187.7 million domestically through Sunday. Those who wish to spin this negatively will point out that this comes in under the first Avengers… [more]

Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted

Ian Dawe — Sun, 03 May 2015 19:00:01 +0000

Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted" title="Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted" style="float:left;" />I’m very conflicted about Avengers: Age of Ultron. Not about what sort of movie it is: this is a wall-to-wall headache-inducing, exhausting action-fest where lots of stuff blows up. I’m sure there are lots of… [more]

The Tribes of Fans: How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:00:25 +0000

How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction" title="The Tribes of Fans: How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction" style="float:left;" />We have reached an interesting (and exciting) point in comics history. For the first time in, well, ever, women are almost neck in neck for comic book readership. This year there was even market research… [more]

Spider-Man and Science: Exactly Who is Responsible Enough for Great Power?

Ian Dawe — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:00:21 +0000

Who is Responsible Enough for Great Power?" title="Spider-Man and Science: Exactly Who is Responsible Enough for Great Power?" style="float:left;" />Spider-Man is kind of unique amongst superheroes in his relationship with science. No, not the science of how he actually swings on those webs without dislocating his shoulders or ripping his arms out of their… [more]

A Smarter World: Hickman’s Avengers #1-3

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:00:41 +0000

Avengers #1-3" title="A Smarter World: Hickman’s Avengers #1-3" style="float:left;" />Judging a long form story based on a small glimmer of it month to month doesn’t make much sense. You can judge a cake from a slice, but this isn’t cake! Stories trace trajectories. … [more]

The Marvelous Sci-Fi Villains of Jonathan Hickman

Cody Walker — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:00:39 +0000

When the Avengers are known as “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” they should face off against something so powerful that it takes the combined might of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and others to be… [more]

X-Men: Protecting a World that Makes Them Irrelevant

Chance Thulin — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:00:57 +0000

“Protecting a world that hates and fears them.” To any comic fan that statement is almost universally recognized as the thesis statement behind the Marvel super-hero team known as the X-men. It is this idea… [more]

“We’ve Got to Make Superman, Spider-Man, and Everyone Dance”

Mike Greear — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:00:52 +0000

Music and super-heroes have, for some reason, never been able to get along. Looking at the track listing for the Avengers sorta-kinda movie soundtrack, Avengers Assemble, we can see right away that finding songs to… [more]

The Avengers Versus the Space Lizard Conspiracy

Mike Greear — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:09 +0000

May 4th was Avengers day here in the states, and I actually managed to see the film three times in the first 24 hours of its release. My entire day had nothing to do with… [more]

Screen Villains

Mike Greear — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:13 +0000

It’s often said that a hero is only as good as his villain. I think.But it’s true, a good villain can make or break a hero. This year saw the big screen debuts of several… [more]

The Ultimates: Super-Human

Andrew Presnal — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:44 +0000

The Ultimates Volume 1 #1-6 As a fledgling comic book reader, I took notice of the New Avengers only because of the writer attached to it, Brian Michael Bendis. I remember reading the Disassembled arc… [more]

You Can’t Go Back Again

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:37:55 +0000

An unfortunate trend seems to have taken hold at Marvel Comics, which has slowly convinced me to give up reading my favorite super-heroes. Instead of writing stories that move the characters forward by building on… [more]

The Use of Genre: Visions of The Incredible Hulk

Shathley Q — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:56:39 +0000

The Incredible Hulk" title="The Use of Genre: Visions of The Incredible Hulk" style="float:left;" />Within the oeuvre of Jack Kirby, the Incredible Hulk arrives as one among many generic engagements with the monster archetype. The Hulk, a military-funded scientific experiment run amok, casts up specters of other works by… [more]

“Lacking on Every Level”

Matt Martin — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:24:04 +0000

Avengers #500 Marvel Comics – Brian Michael Bendis (w); David Finch (p); Danny Miki (i)I almost didn’t review this, for a couple of reasons. Here’s the score: No matter what I say, for good or… [more]

Comics News Unlimited

Mike Phillips — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 14:48:42 +0000

Harvey ResultsThe big winners at this year’s Harvey Awards were Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, DC, and Craig Thompson. D&Q won five Harveys including Best Writer (Chester Brown) and Best Colorist (Chris Ware). Fantagraphics brought home… [more]

Sequart.com News

Julian Darius — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:30:28 +0000

The biggest news to report is, of course, this column. Why’s it here? Well, Sequart.com has become a major comics site. And, really, it needs some news. I fucking hate news. I’m focused — and… [more]

Comics Published on 30 October 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:12:50 +0000

St. Swithin’s Day Oni Press – Grant Morrison (w); Paul Grist (a) This is sort of a first for me and the column: my first retro review. I thought it’d be a bigger deal, like… [more]

Comics Published on 25 September 2002

Matt Martin — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:15:11 +0000

Before I start, a couple of items of business: I did in fact get a request for me to review Ultimate Adventures #1 and Marville #1, though I don’t think that request was made with… [more]

Mark Millar on The Authority

Julian Darius — Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:00:55 +0000

The Authority" title="Mark Millar on The Authority" style="float:left;" />The Authority, already popular, has taken off under the new team of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. Though many doubted they could replace their popular predecessors, they have followed a revolutionary act with one that… [more]