Spiral Comics Blog

When I first saw this, I immediately thought it was a prelude to the upcoming film in the same way Marvel did a Doctor Strange prelude to that movie. And it is! But, it’s an adaptation of the awesome Captain America: Civil War, in which Spider-Man makes his MCU debut. It’ll still be very cool, just not new material for us avid MCU fans. This is a perfect jumping-on point for newbies! Check out Spiral Comics’ Get Started In Spider-Man (Peter Parker) page! ” YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN SWINGS INTO THE MCU! PETER PARKER is just your average, nerdy, tech-loving teenager…until an unexpected turn of events lands him with the power to cling to walls and the proportionate strength of […]

This is an interesting development: the Goosebumps mastermind himself, R.L. Stine, is writing a Man-Thing mini-series for Marvel. Not to be confused with DC’s Swamp Thing–who has a nearly identical origin story, Man-Thing is a scientist who transformed into a plant-matter creature by a combination of mystical energy and mutagenic compounds. A simple-minded beast, Man-Thing shuns human society, but is often an accidental hero when stumbling upon crime. His empathic abilities and his partly mystical origin make him an unusual Marvel citizen and a mainstream outsider to be sure. Stine’s spin will surely make for an interesting read. “MARVEL WELCOMES R.L. STINE! Beloved writer R.L. STINE (Goosebumps, Fear Street) brings his special brand of horror to MAN-THING!  After working for […]

The cover of this one really caught my eye. Who isn’t a big fan of Minotaurs? Then you see that it’s from Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell. And upon further investigation, you discover that Starz is making a television series of the book too. I smell a hit. “NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON! Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard–thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and […]

Another gorgeous Alex Ross cover adorns this massive 88-page issue! No telling what direction Spider-Man will go in this first issue after the end of the Clone Conspiracy event storyline (…because the description doesn’t say). The “top secret bonus creative team” piques my interest too, but I’m always a little suspicious that Marvel just didn’t know who would be doing the work at time of copy. If it’s a high profile team whose names will help sell the book in advance, why keep it a secret? This is a perfect jumping-on point for newbies! Check out Spiral Comics’ Get Started In Spider-Man (Peter Parker) page! ” HUGE BLOWOUT ISSUE! STUART IMMONEN (STAR WARS, AVENGERS) takes the artist reins of AMAZING […]

Ah, yeah, this is noteworthy. And will be good…guaranteed. Warren Ellis is curating a reboot of the WildStorm Universe. Covert power structures and secret space programs? Ah, yeah…guaranteed good. This could be as momentous as Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, which has had some incredible staying power. “A troubled woman, barred by her employer from continuing her research, walks miserably through New York City. It takes her a moment to notice that everybody else is looking up. A man has been thrown from the upper floor of the Halo skyscraper.  And that woman–Angela Spica, sick from the transhuman implants she’s buried in her own body–is the only person who can save him.  What she doesn’t know is that the act of saving that […]

Now this is exciting. Big fan of the cult classic film. Yes, it’s that Highlander! Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod in adventures pre-dating the original 1986 Gathering. They should roll right through a remake of the 1986 movie and change the ending, so we can get non-absurd sequels too. Just sayin’. “The cult-classic franchise makes its triumphant return! In the thirty years since its release, Highlander has inspired a cult following and numerous spinoffs with its epic clashes between powerful immortals. Now, The American Dream follows Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod as he navigates through the American Civil War and 1950s Manhattan toward The Gathering in 1986. Reunite with familiar faces, such as Connor’s secretary Rachel, and meet new immortals, […]

I love science fiction adventure and I’m always on the lookout for potential breakouts from lesser known publishers, so this offering from a new publisher, Titan1Studios, caught my eye. It’s hard to tell what kind of story it will be, but it does look interesting. The full-page ad indicates “RELATIVITY UNIVERSE,” so are they building a comic book universe? I’m always up for a new universe. “Recovering from the ravages of the Fourth Great War, a mysterious band of men and women called the Knight Guardians are dispatched to humanity’s six remaining City States to investigate the murder of their revered brother knight, and to protect the last remaining Relativity Machine from those seeking to harness the power of temporal […]

Reviving Kirby’s Kamandi is not necessarily a grand idea by itself, but combined with the concept of this 12-issue series it’s quite intriguing. Each issue will be from a different creative team and end with an “unimaginable” cliffhanger, and it’s up to the next creative team to resolve it before creating their own. If this format proves popular, I hope other more mainstream characters get the treatment. “Prepare to take part in one of the greatest adventures from the infinite future of the DC Universe, and join the industry’s top creative teams in a round-robin, no-holds-barred, storytelling extravaganza titled THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE! Born from the mind of Jack ‘King’ Kirby, the post apocalyptic Earth of Kamandi has been a fan […]