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First Impression: INCREDIBLE HULK [2017] #709

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
INCREDIBLE HULK [2017] #709

Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s INCREDIBLE HULK #709! A return to Planet Hulk…for Amadeus! Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “RETURN TO PLANET HULK Part 1. When Amadeus Cho picks up a distress signal from a distant planet he’s shocked to find out it’s from SAKAAR. As the Totally Awesome Hulk, he’s been trying to avert the curse of anger that haunted Bruce Banner. But SAKAAR is a place for warriors and gladiators…a place where the Hulk fought brutally in the Imperial Arena…who is calling Cho for help? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES. Story […]

First Impression: EUGENIC [2017] #1

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
EUGENIC [2017] #1 Comic Book Cover

This looks like a creepy take on the plague theme. I’ve always been fascinated what humanity would do once we unlock the actual programming of our DNA, not just the language, but how the code actually runs. The possibilities are endless, and this looks like one scary possibility. “From the GLAAD award-nominated team James Tynion IV (Dark Nights: Metal, Detective Comics) and Eryk Donovan (Constantine: The Hellblazer) comes a new vision of humanity’s future in the vein of Black Mirror. When a plague ravages the world, one scientist discovers the cure and becomes the savior of mankind. Hope is restored, and the world rebuilds. But then people who took the cure begin having children who are… unnatural, and the definition […]

First Impression: DEADPOOL VS. OLD MAN LOGAN [2017] #1

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
DEADPOOL VS. OLD MAN LOGAN [2017] #1

Here’s a super cool match-up guaranteed to please a broad range of fans…Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan! May the best regenerative man regenerate best-est-ily! “What do you get when you cross a regenerative, cranky, old X-Man with a regenerative, wacky Wade Wilson? DEADPOOL VS. OLD MAN LOGAN. Writer DECLAN SHALVEY (DEADPOOL, MOON KNIGHT) and Mike Henderson (SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD, Nailbiter) are teaming up to team up Marvel’s deadliest heroes together in their own series. James ‘Logan’ Howlett is after a newly discovered Omega-Level mutant, and he just won’t let Deadpool help. So, naturally, Deadpool vows to outmatch his newly marked enemy for the entirety of his mission. Parental Advisory” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In OLD MAN LOGAN […]

First Impression: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN [2017B] #593

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN [2017B] #593

Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s IRON MAN #593! But where is Tony Stark? Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “THE SEARCH FOR TONY STARK Part 1. Tony Stark has vanished. The mystery deepens as Stark friends and foes must decide, finally, who will wield the power of Iron Man. All the contenders are in position, and all the armor is polished. There can only be one Armored Avenger. The path to the most startling Iron Man story ever begins here. PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES. Story by Robbie Thompson and a TBA artist. Rated […]

First Impression: ATOMAHAWK [2017] #0

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017

This sounds super-cool! Anything that gets plucked from Heavy Metal for a more mainstream consumption is the best Heavy Metal has to offer. It’s hard to explain, but compelling. Grant Morrison’s description says it all… “Behold, puny earth things. A deluxe, oversized collection of the story originally serialized in Heavy Metal magazine, this is the complete adventure of the Cyberzerker and his mighty Atomahawk. Join them on their quest to free their imprisoned God, and find out why GRANT MORRISON calls it: ‘A screaming black hole feedback squall of death metal Kirby-kozmik energy spinning straight towards your prefrontal cortex. DONNY CATES and IAN BEDERMAN forge a stylish, super-heavy 21st-century mythology of blood, sentient steel, and rebel circuitry. A razor-nova of […]

First Impression: DC HOUSE OF HORROR [2017] #1

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
DC HOUSE OF HORROR [2017] #1

I like these kind of one-shots with one-and-done short stories. They give you a satisfying taste of iconic characters without all the weight of their massive backstory or ongoing continuity. “An all-new, all-creepy one-shot set in the DC Universe-just in time for Halloween. Martha Kent fights for her life against a creature from a spacecraft that lands in front of her farmhouse. A young woman is possessed by the spirit of a murderous Amazon warrior. The last surviving member of the Justice League faces down a horror beyond imagining. All these and more are what happens when the most exciting new voices in contemporary horror fiction are paired with the talents of some of the greatest artists in the DC […]

First Impression: 1985: BLACK HOLE REPO [2017] #1

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
1985 BLACK HOLE REPO #1

Here’s an interesting new science fiction series from Heavy Metal. Maybe it’s more the name of the publisher than the description, but I can’t help having flashbacks to the 1981 animated anthology Heavy Metal movie. “Welcome to an alternate 1985 where the space race never slowed down, where the push away from Earth relies on duct tape, analog computers, and unstable solid rocket fuel. It’s the worst. Max, Roach, Doc, and Bear are the dregs of the cosmos. Punks. Losers. Dropouts. They make cash repossessing the starships of deadbeats who don’t make their payments. When they unknowingly jack a mysterious ship, they find themselves thrust into a conflict between the US and USSR. Targeted by American cyborg assassins, mad Soviet […]

First Impression: FALCON [2017] #1 LEGACY

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
FALCON #1 LEGACY Comic Book Cover

Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s FALCON #1! Sam Wilson sheds the Captain America guise and gets back to his classic alter-ego. Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “TAKE FLIGHT Part 1. Sam Wilson – winged warrior, avian Avenger and one-time sentinel of liberty – takes to the skies again, reborn and recommitted as the fighter for freedom, THE FALCON. Engaged in an all-new assignment while training his new partner THE PATRIOT, Sam Wilson soars high and sees all. But Sam’s new mission finds him on a collision course with an enemy way out of his weight […]

First Impression: DISNEY BIG HERO 6 HEROES SAN FRANSOKYO ONE SHOT

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
DISNEY BIG HERO 6 HEROES SAN FRANSOKYO ONE SHOT

I really enjoyed Disney’s Big Hero 6 movie. I don’t know why we haven’t seen more comics and other associated products from this movie until now. This ties into the upcoming Disney XD animated series. “Take flight with Baymax and Hiro for new adventures in this collection of Disney Big Hero 6 comics. Fans of the hit animated movie will love the chance to catch up with their favorite characters before Disney Big Hero 6: The Series airs on Disney XD this fall.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: DISNEY

Cool Cover Alert: ASTONISHING X-MEN [2017] #4

by Glenn Snow | August 10th, 2017
ASTONISHING X-MEN #4 Comic Book Cover

Cool cover. It reminds me of the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones–but with bones…hehe, it’s Game of Bones. “A MONSTER IS LOOSE IN LONDON. HIS NAME IS LOGAN. Psylocke, Bishop and Angel are all that stand between a mind-poisoned Logan and a mountain of corpses. Rogue and Gambit consider their options. Fantomex and Mystique get the party started. And somewhere, the Shadow King laughs and laughs… Rated T+” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In X-MEN comic books? Check out our guide here.   Related shopping tags: X-MEN, X-MEN FAMILY TITLES