Marvel Comics

Marvel’s Newest Hulk Isn’t Feeling Totally Awesome Right Now

Two weeks ago, 19-year-old super-genius Amadeus Cho suffered a painful loss, one that shocked readers in a big way. But, when you’re the newest Green Goliath in the Marvel Universe, it means you don’t get to be angry and upset without every other hero watching you suspiciously. It’s primarily understood as sad emotion, but grief…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 27

Sometimes, A Comic-Book Cover Is Too Good

Yes, that’s Mole Man doing the ol’ trilby hat-tip and courtly creep-bro greeting. Genius like that which you see above is why The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is one of Marvel’s best comics. This morning, I scanned through this week’s new comics like I always do, figuring out what to read and write about. The cover…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 27

Chadwick Boseman Explains Why the Black Panther Is Not the Magical Negro of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Chadwick Boseman thought he already had a sense of how significant the Black Panther is to the fans who love him. But it wasn’t until Saturday afternoon, while he was on stage at the Marvel Studios panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, that he got hit with the full weight of the love and…

Movies Evan Narcisse Jul 25

Power Man and Iron Fist Have the Right Idea About Marvel’s Civil War II

Marvel’s latest crossover has heroes fighting heroes again. When Luke Cage and Danny Rand talk through which side they’ll align with, the Heroes for Hire have the most sensible reaction I’ve read so far. The last time a Civil War broke out amongst Marvel’s world-saving community, Iron Fist and Power Man wound up siding with…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 14

Marvel Is Killing Off One of Its Oldest Superheroes Today

Seriously, it’s a big one. Superhero deaths happen—and get reversed—so often that they’re not shocking anymore. The big death that happens today in Civil War #3 isn’t just major because of who passes away, but also for what it signifies about Marvel’s current stewardship of its characters. The build-up to Civil War #3—written by Brian…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Jul 13

Jessica Jones Returns With a New Comic Series This Fall

It’s been practically a given since the Netflix adaptation of her inaugural comic Alias debuted to massive fanfare last year but Marvel’s finally making an official announcement: prickly ex-superhero private eye Jessica Jones will be starring in her own comic book again. When I spoke to the character’s creator Brian Michael Bendis last month, he…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Jul 11

This Is What It Sounds Like When Hulks Cry

Bruce Banner has a cold. Well, the flu, really. He gave it to himself, just to make sure he really can’t turn into the Hulk anymore. His snot is yellow, not green. A few weeks ago, readers witnessed a Hulk-free Banner struggling to figure out his own impulses and what a normal life could look…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 8

Here’s What We Know About Riri Williams, the 15-Year-Old Black Girl Who’s Going to Be Iron Man

Yesterday, Marvel announced that Tony Stark would be walking away from his latest suit of power armor. His replacement is going to be Riri Williams, a genius MIT student who isn’t old enough to drink yet. (So no “Demon in a Bottle” storyline for her, I guess.) Riri Williams first appeared was in a subplot…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 7

A 15-Year-Old Black Girl Is Going to Replace Tony Stark As Iron Man

It looked like Riri Williams was going to be the next War Machine, taking the spot of the recently deceased James Rhodes. But it turns out that the subplot involving the teenage genius will be going somewhere else entirely. Marvel says that Riri will be wearing red-and-gold power armor soon and becoming an Iron Person.…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 6

Spider-Gwen Adds a Fun Twist to the Peter Parker Origin Story

Super-powers. Wrestling. Power and responsibility. All the familiar beats of Spider-Man’s origin are there in Spider-Gwen Annual #1, but they get the clever tweaks that have become the hallmark of Gwen Stacy’s alt-universe adventures. Last week’s new Spider-Gwen book had multiple stories in it, one of which featured a giant-headed, tiny-handed M.O.D.O.K./Donald Trump mash-up. All…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 5

Marvel’s Next Avengers Team Is Gonna Be as Patriotic as Fuck

If good ol’ truck-driving, CB-radio-in-his-skull superhero Ulysses Solomon Archer (star of the 1980s U.S. 1 title) does not appear in this book in some form, I will be crushed. Announced today via The Washington Post, U.S.Avengers represents the next evolutionary stage of the current New Avengers title written by Al Ewing. That series is a…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 1

What the Marvel Universe Will Look Like After Civil War II

Dr. Doom cockily holding Iron Man’s helmet. Captain Marvel looking off into the distance. Uh-oh, where’s Tony? For weeks, Marvel’s been dribbling out little teaser images bearing the Marvel Now branding and the words ‘Fall 2016’. Last night, an image from the assembled puzzle pieces started making the rounds, seeming to imply a moral and…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 30

Why the Original Captain America Is Saying ‘Hail Hydra’

Yesterday, articles went up all over the nerd internet focused on the revelations that explained the original Captain America’s sudden and controversial status quo shift. But don’t let the “I told you so” chorus drown out one crucial fact: the what of this big change is far less important than the why. https://gizmodo.com/everyone-please-stop-freaking-out-about-that-ridiculou-1778646082 Captain America:…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 29

Nighthawk Is A Superhero Who’s Trying to Fight Racism Head-On

So far, Nighthawk has had a real estate developer pushing gentrification and cops profiling young black people. I can’t remember the last time a mainstream superhero comic tackled institutional racism this directly. It’s kind of breathtaking. The creators of the new Nighthawk series—writer David Walker, along with artists Ramon Villalobos, Tamra Bonvillain and Joe Caramagna—are…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 28

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

He’s buff. He’s charming. He’s smart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau feels pretty damn close to being a real-life superhero sometimes. So it makes sense that he’ll be showing up in an Alpha Flight-focused Civil War II spinoff story. An article up on the CBC today details Trudeau’s upcoming appearance in Civil War II: Choosing…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 28

Deadpool Asks the Important Questions

You’re a superhero on a team with Cable, the bad-ass mutant warrior who comes from the future. You need to hold onto hope, to hear that there’s a reason to keep fighting the good fight. But you’re also on a team with Wade Wilson. Things are tense of late in Uncanny Avengers, what with the…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 24

Just Make the Spider-Gwen Disney Infinity Figure Anyway, Disney

The surprise cancellation of the successful Disney Infinity video game franchise rocked gamers and collectors when news broke earlier this year. We’re starting to see concept designs for what some of the never-produced figures would have looked like and the sight of them just intensifies the yearning for what could have been. Images of a…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 24

Marvel Brought Back One of Its Most Embarrassing Kids Characters in a Really Funny Way

You know those terrible links you see floating around the web that scream, “28 Awkward Child Stars That Are Now Crazy Hot?” This is one of those. Sort of. Back in the 1980s, Marvel rolled out a kid-focused imprint called Star Comics. Aside from Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham, most of the Star titles have…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 24

At Least Marvel Got [REDACTED]’s Funeral Right

In Captain America: Sam Wilson #10, the character whose death gets Captain Marvel and Iron Man fighting over a philosophical difference gets laid to rest. It’s a pretty emotional service. The homegoing for James Rhodes is significant because the Marine who flew the black-and-white Stark Industries armor is getting laid to rest like a hero,…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 22

Finally, a Look at Bruce Banner’s New Life Without the Hulk

For months now, a Korean-American teenager named Amadeus Cho has been wielding the power of the Hulk. Nobody’s seen or heard from Bruce Banner during this time. This week, we see what one of the smartest men in the world gets up to when he doesn’t have a raging leviathan inside of him. The Hulk’s…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 22

Marvel’s Newest Hulk Isn’t Feeling Totally Awesome Right Now

Sometimes, A Comic-Book Cover Is Too Good

Chadwick Boseman Explains Why the Black Panther Is Not the Magical Negro of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Power Man and Iron Fist Have the Right Idea About Marvel’s Civil War II

Marvel Is Killing Off One of Its Oldest Superheroes Today

Jessica Jones Returns With a New Comic Series This Fall

This Is What It Sounds Like When Hulks Cry

Here’s What We Know About Riri Williams, the 15-Year-Old Black Girl Who’s Going to Be Iron Man

A 15-Year-Old Black Girl Is Going to Replace Tony Stark As Iron Man

Spider-Gwen Adds a Fun Twist to the Peter Parker Origin Story

Marvel’s Next Avengers Team Is Gonna Be as Patriotic as Fuck

What the Marvel Universe Will Look Like After Civil War II

Why the Original Captain America Is Saying ‘Hail Hydra’

Nighthawk Is A Superhero Who’s Trying to Fight Racism Head-On

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

Deadpool Asks the Important Questions

Just Make the Spider-Gwen Disney Infinity Figure Anyway, Disney

Marvel Brought Back One of Its Most Embarrassing Kids Characters in a Really Funny Way

At Least Marvel Got [REDACTED]’s Funeral Right

Finally, a Look at Bruce Banner’s New Life Without the Hulk

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