Founders Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti Will Discuss The Influential Imprint’s Past And Future At Wizard World Philly May 30-June 1.
It’s been a decade since four Marvel icons became MarvelKnights and changed the landscape of the M...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics Marvel Knight line:MARVELKNIGHTS MAGAZINE #8The conclusion to Kevin Smith's acclaimed run on DAREDEVIL! The Punisher continues his killing spree! The Inhumans face a war they don't want! Plus, more T&A -- and ...
...acclaimed MarvelKnights imprint has pledged to return Marvel to its glory days and to restore the company’s flagship characters, especially Spider-Man, to their rightful place atop the comics pantheon. Fans have reacted ecstatically to some of the cha...
... like its MarvelKnights imprint or its MAX imprint, taking characters and making them porn stars (Karen Page in DAREDEVIL) or making them violent blood-and-guts killing machines (the Punisher). While these series target a mature audience, they are rig...
...e on you MARVELKNIGHTS is going on a hiatus while DOUBLE-SHOT arrives to take its place. But unlike the free-for-all, single saga featuring all of these Marvel icons in one sprawling adventure that MARVELKNIGHTS has presented, DOUBLE-SHOT will be a ...
Daredevil, the Punisher, Elektra, and many more of Marvel's more down-to-earth stars have been revamped in one way or another for a new century and a new generation of readers via the MarvelKnights imprint. Taking a slightly more mature perhaps even dar...
... reading MARVELKNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN is the same reason many of my friends used to give me back in the 70s for not reading PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN and MARVEL TEAM-UP: if the stories didn't take place in the main SPIDER-MAN title, then ...
Wow, let's see how many icons of the 1970s Marvel Universe we can cram into a single issue! MARVELKNIGHTS is a celebration of one of Marvel's most glorious periods, perhaps the second big era deserving of mention following the universe-building early '60...
A few months back CINESCAPE featured an exclusive interview with MarvelKnights Group Editor Stuart Moore, in which he detailed plans for the launch of a new anthology to replace the current MARVELKNIGHTS title. We now know a few more details about the s...
...under the MarvelKnights umbrella, are the only books Grayson has ever done for Marvel. New Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, the former MarvelKnights head honcho, is delighted Grayson was able to make room in her busy schedule for a second visit to the Ma...
...EKTRA #2, MARVELKNIGHTS: DOUBLE SHOT #2, SPIDER-MAN: BLUE #1, THUNDERBOLTS #64, ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP #16.Chapter #3: BLACK WIDOW: PALE LITTLE SPIDER #2, CAGE #4, INCREDIBLE HULK #40, THE ORDER #2, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #44, TASKMASTER #4.Chapter...
... issue of MARVELKNIGHTS DOUBLE SHOT, I have to wonder. Don't get me wrong-I'm all in favor of using violence in comics if it's meant to show how violence hurts, or if it's meant to critique how our greatest heroes often need to use force to achieve th...
...ersary of MarvelKnights, the four issue MARVELKNIGHTS: DOUBLE SHOT will temporarily replace MARVELKNIGHTS and feature two stories in each issue. The first issue features a Daredevil story by Rob Haynes (DAREDEVIL: NINJA) and a Punisher tale written ...
...ad of the MarvelKnights line. Since Moore replaced Quesada as editor of the Knights imprint in October 2000, he has continued his predecessor's knack for publishing top-notch comics. MarvelKnights has released some fairly high-profile books recently,...
Stuart Moore, editor of the MarvelKnights line, will be leaving his Marvel Comics staff position in July to concentrate on a writing career. "When Stuart first came to MarvelKnights I was certain of two things," Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada says....
Marvel has provided six black-and-white sample pages of artist Steve McNiven's work from the upcoming FANTASTIC FOUR MarvelKnights series. Scheduled for release in February 2004, the book is written by playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and will showcase ...
THE MAXX creator Sam Kieth is returning to Marvel next year for a four-issue Wolverine/Hulk mini-series for MarvelKnights."It will have all his trademark surrealism and beautiful art," says MarvelKnights editor Stuart Moore. "It will be a mixture of pai...
... ELEKTRA, MARVELKNIGHTS: DOUBLE-SHOT and BANNER to carry this label.Parental Advisory: Explicit Content: These comics, falling under the new MAX Comics banner, will be similar in content to an R rated movie, with harsh language, intense violence, and ...
Recently Marvel Comics started a new ongoing series for everyone's favorite cowl-wearing, gadget-wielding crime-fighting billionaire vigilante of the night (ok, second favorite). In the spirit of the series, Marvel Select has just released their latest hi...
Writer John Figueroa and artist Alberto Ponticelli will be the creative team for the MARVELKNIGHTS title when it re-launches in March."The art has to be seen to be believed -- it's gorgeous. Readers are really going to get caught up in the story, t...
...ue of the MarvelKnights run!) In the weeks ahead, expect to see the following titles in comic shops across the country: 100 GREATEST MARVELS COLLECTED EDITION #1 (reprinting picks #25 - #22) on sale Oct. 3rd100 GREATEST MARVELS COLLECTED EDITION #2 (...
...venerable MarvelKnights banner. Although Daredevil has occasionally been depicted as angst-ridden and emotionally troubled in recent years, Sale promises that Yellow—which will be written by Dark Victory scribe Jeph Loeb, Sale’s longtime creative part...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli...
...ng out of MarvelKnights with a #1 in February," Quesada told the website. "This particular book will be affecting the Marvel U in huge ways. It may not seem like it at first but trust me, it will [be] big and a lot of fun!"Marvel already has BUFFY THE...
...om Max to MarvelKnights indicates anything, financial concerns keep Marvel's adult imprint down. And yes, TRANSMETROPOLITAN totally ruled all. I just started a reread of the entire run. "But also, don't take this as Marvel bashing, because I happen to...
Six years ago, Robert Weiner set out to conquer the Marvel Universe—or at least to read as much of it as he could. Being both a fan of Marvel and a librarian and instructor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, he combined his passions to create...
...ed at the MarvelKnights panel that writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale will be doing a six-issue Daredevil mini-series for MarvelKnights entitled Daredevil Yellow. The mini-series is slated for a spring release and will follow the duo’s current proj...
...w ongoing MarvelKnights series 4, issue #1 of which ships this week with #2 following on the 25th.Batman appears in GREEN ARROW #35, though don't expect to hear about it anywhere else. Say, maybe I should have included this one in the Bat-titles for t...
...g back to MarvelKnights some day, as Marvel doesn't seem to support the MAX line much (yeah, I said that already). "Other series I've enjoyed were DAREDEVIL VS. THE PUNISHER: MEANS AND ENDS, LOVELESS, JONAH HEX, and DAREDEVIL, Bendis and Maleev's fina...
The Review!This being my very first plunge into the world of MKR, I blindly dove into it with no expectations except for what many have said to be a wonderful story. The entire collection spans well over 500 minutes (over 8 hours), although unless you're ...
...'s run on MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN. THAT could have been shortened. It seemed like they broke it out into three four-issue stories to make it seem shorter, but holy cow! The continuity of that story alone killed me. Aunt May is missing for months, and...
...ontinuity MarvelKnights hardly counts as a separate entity of the same caliber, so we won’t consider it in a similar light. And, Icon is just a catch-all for creator-owned work. But, the occasional House of M follow-up that creeps out ...
Last time, we left off just as Luke learned the truth about his girlfriend, Rebel pilot and secret Imperial agent Shira Brie. And then, it was time for Darth Vader to return to prominence in the saga. It's Anakin's time to shine as we conclude our look at...
...where the MarvelKnights editor unknowingly allowed them to languish in a pile with submissions from would-be writers and artists.`Everything ends up in my office. And I look at it all, eventually. I just didn’t happen to get to that package [right awa...
...igo, MAX, MarvelKnights, the Ultimate line, Elseworlds, and the like.
“Also, I have come to realize that many of the ideas expounded in comics are strangely parallel to the development of modern physics. Physicists (I'm one of them)...
...sp; Then, MarvelKnights and The Inhumans happened and I just said I’d get back to Hellshock later. I couldn’t deal with it and I think if I had, my career would’ve been over. I would’ve been producing a comic once a...
...w ongoing MarvelKnights series 4 ships this week; four very familiar people get some very familiar powers for the first time in ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #3; and "A Plague of Locusts" concludes with HUMAN TORCH #10. Oh, does that mean the series is comi...
The Review!The technical aspects of the show and the LE box are pretty much as Chris has described it. The music and video are very well done and outstrip what\'s on Cartoon Network. Even the sound levels have been corrected so the background music does...
OPINION:Over the last three weeks, we've discussed the relevance (or lack thereof) of Superman to modern-day society, a discussion sparked by the recent "reboot" of the character in all the SUPERMAN books. As many have noted, though, the changes don't cou...
... gotten a MarvelKnights limited series back in '99, but that doesn't mean the character's completely worn out. Far from it - if Elektra can carry a monthly title, then so can everyone's favorite ex-Russian spy.POWER GIRL: I know she's already tied up ...
...ir superb MarvelKnights imprint and showcasing some amazing artwork by Greg Horn and Chuck Austen in the process. Now Greg Rucka will be taking his shot at the lady, further shattering the clichés surrounding the typical comic book "bad girl."
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They look vaguely like the Marvel heroes we know, but they're not. For one thing, Bruce Banner looks a lot younger then when we saw him last. For another, Iron Man isn't Tony Stark at all, but an attractive young blonde with really big...eyes. And yes, al...
...line, its MarvelKnights line, and now its Marvel Next line. (I'd mention the Epic line, but certain people get understandably teary when I bring that up.) DC is no better, even if it's a tad more diverse, offering us Vertigo, Wildstorm, Focus, ABC, 20...
Marvel tested the waters with the more mature bent of the MarvelKnights line, and now they're going all out with an imprint specifically designed to allow creators to craft stories that would never fit within the family-friendly confines of the Marvel Un...
...l Comics’ MarvelKnights imprint. And it’s a good thing it’s coming out today, because Linsner says the Martian invasion is mere weeks away.`Killraven originally ran as a series in a Marvel comic called Amazing Adventures in the mid-seventies,` says Li...
...ally need MarvelKnights Spider-Man?), you should have mentioned more stuff people should check out that isn't gonna be on the DC/Marvel racks. Or maybe you're saving that for this week. Or maybe you were just settling a grudge by writing that article....
Marvel tested the waters with the more mature bent of the MarvelKnights line, and now they're going all out with an imprint specifically designed to allow creators to craft stories that would never fit within the family-friendly confines of the Marvel Un...
... you do); MARVELKNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN #3, which I can also find no information about; the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE: SPIDER-MAN 2004 for $3.99, which you probably don't need any information about; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #15, which has som...
It's no secret that the MarvelKnights imprint has gained a new soldier: Captain America. Under the guidance of writer John Ney Rieber (BOOKS OF MAGIC) and penciler John Cassaday (PLANETARY), the shield slinger's series will be relaunched in early 2002 as...
Yet another Marvel hero rises from the ashes in the latest MarvelKnights offering. Elektra, that assassin who shared a past with Daredevil and died at the hands of Bullseye (yes, died, but you know how heroes and villains never stay dead) is back once ag...
...re's also MARVELKNIGHTS: 4 #4, joined this week by MARVELKNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN #1, written by Mark Millar. I'll be expecting SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC FOUR and FANTASTIC FOUR UNLIMITED next, just to balance things out...And speaking of which...SPECTACULAR ...
No man leads a truly normal life. However we might group and classify others by peculiarity, subculture, or social strata, no group of lives can unite in consensus to define normality in the fullest sense of the word. They can only attain degrees and func...
... UNIVERSE MARVELKNIGHTS 2005$3.99RUNAWAYS #1 (OF 12)$2.99SABRETOOTH OPEN SEASON TP$9.99SHE-HULK #12$2.99SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #25$2.25STORMBREAKER SAGA OF BETA RAY BILL #2 (OF 6)$2.99WOLVERINE #25$2.25X-FORCE #6$2.99X-MEN DAY OF THE ATOM TP (RES)$19....
...six issue MarvelKnights series from the creators of DAREDEVIL: YELLOW, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. Set during that golden age when Gwen Stacy and the Goblin constantly vied for Peter's attention, the series should be a nostalgic shot in the arm for old-ti...
... miss the MarvelKnights run of the title - even when it featured the Red Skull, in fact...Wow, from famine last week to feast this week! Dark Horse is shipping a ton of good stuff, including BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #93 ($2.99); the GO GIRL VOL 1: THE TI...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another calamitous Comicscape adventure, where we crack wise about comics and I insult movies everyone else likes. Last week’s admittedly merciless review of Ghost Rider garnered very little mail – n...
... a little.MarvelKnights Spider-Man #19 $2.99Al: "The Other" Part 2. Why Marvel decided to revisit J. Michael Straczynski's bizarre and mostly reviled mystical take on Spider-Man is beyond me. And why they're starting a 12-part crossover now, when all ...
... back in! MARVELKNIGHTS 4 #22 $2.99 MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #18 $2.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL 1 HC VARIANT ED $54.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL 1 NEW ED HC $49.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS DOCTOR STRANGE VOL 2 HC VARIANT ED $54.99 ...
First Knight by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 07-21-2001)
...under the MarvelKnights imprint.At the San Diego Comic-Con, Group Editor Stuart Moore sat down for an exclusive chat with CINESCAPE and outlined plans for the Knighting of a real American hero."The trick with Captain America is not to screw around muc...
For many fans, the Elektra crafted by living legend Frank Miller is a memorable Marvel character that looms large in the history of comics, and even though she's been absent from center stage for some time, the new MarvelKnights series that reintroduces ...
...k for the MarvelKnights line Daredevil headlines. `These guys really inspired each other to reach new heights, and this Daredevil story is one that people are going to be talking about for a long time.`Daredevil: It’s Ninja-riffic!Ironically, although...
...ERICA #2, MARVELKNIGHTS: DOUBLE SHOT #2, MARVEL MANGAVERSE #2, THE ORDER #4, X-TREME X-MEN #13. ON SALE MAY 15 "Spider-Man & Jay Leno: One Night Only" part 3: DAREDEVIL #33, MUTIES #4, NEW X-MEN #126, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #44, SPIDER-MAN: QUALITY ...
...ada] and [MarvelKnights Group Editor] Stuart [Moore] for allowing us to approach the book like this. It starts off as a crime story, the big Kingpin story that's been waiting to be told, and it sort of veers into a surprising direction. I really can't...
...nder the "MarvelKnights" imprint when it could just as easily been done as a one-shot, thus saving us all about seven bucks? And the biggest question of them all: why was this story told in this first place? It's not exactly the most earth-shattering ...
CAPTAIN AMERICA: DEAD MAN RUNNING, a three-issue mini-series, will bridge the gap between the current series and the MarvelKnights relaunch in April.The mini-series will be written by Darko Macan, with art by Danijel Zezelj and painted covers by Derek He...
....50Now on MarvelKnights and booby-free!SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL 5 SINS REMEMBERED TP $9.99But I don't want to remember this arc!SPIDER-GIRL #86 $2.99SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #9 $2.99Solicitation: "A bystander to a battle of Spidey's loses his memory!" M...
...eries for MarvelKnights, she’s really had her hands full. But USER is atop her list of favorite projects. The much-anticipated book initially was scheduled for an April 1999 release but, through no fault of Grayson’s, repeatedly was delayed by DC. Gra...
...-Dracula! MARVELKNIGHTS 4 #16$2.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 8 HC VAR DUST JACKET$54.99 Now I can die, because I really have seen the single stupidest thing ever. MARVEL MASTERWORKS FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 8 NEW ED HC$49.99 NEW AVENGERS #4$2.25...
...E #2 $3.99MARVELKNIGHTS 4 #20 $2.99Wait 4, #20? 420? I can't believe you dropped the ball on this, Al! You're the one with all the drug jokes!MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #16 $2.99MARVEL MASTERWORKS X-MEN VOL 5 HC VARIANT ED $54.99MARVEL MASTERWORKS X-M...
Marvel tested the waters with the more mature bent of the MarvelKnights line, and now they're going all out with an imprint specifically designed to allow creators to craft stories that would never fit within the family-friendly confines of the Marvel Un...
...a and the MarvelKnights staff - Nanci, Kelly, Bronwyn and Stuart - have created an environment that Tim and I need to thrive," says Loeb. "It's not for everybody. We have opinions about everything, from the color to the paper to the lettering - it sim...
...r not) in MARVELKNIGHTS 4#14 ($2.99), while the MARVELKNIGHTS 4 VOL 2: STUFF OF NIGHTMARES trade paperback for $13.99 doesn't feature Billy Idol, either. And while it makes sense that Billy Idol should be revealed as Aunt May's abductor in MARVEL KNI...
Marvel Comics has released the first three covers and solicitation information for SPIDER-MAN: BLUE, the MarvelKnights mini-series by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. "The title's not blue like the color -- it's blue as in sad, as in jazz music, as blue in love,...
...h Ennis's MarvelKnights run on Frank Castle's main title, notably because for its ridiculous black humor and Steve Dillon's artwork. While I liked that series, I prefer darker Punisher stories and tired of the twisted PREACHER-esque humor in the afore...
...under the MarvelKnights banner. Together with artist Steve McNiven, Aguirre-Sacasa's new FF book will launch in February 2004.And don't forget that there's also an ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR series launching this December, set in Marvel's Ultimate univer...
... fix with MARVELKNIGHTS: 4 #5, which takes place in the Pine Barrens (in a special episode directed by Steve Buscemi...whoops, sorry, wrong series), and with ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #5, guest-starring Jean-Claude Van Damme! No, wait...that's Victor Va...
... also the MARVELKNIGHTS 2099 trade paperback for$13.99. It's cheap.Oh, lookee! Not only does the prison-break fun continue in NEW AVENGERS #2 ($2.25), but there's also something called a "hairsine variant" available for the same price! Don't know what...
You guys didn't exactly nail me with letters about INFINITE CRISIS, so I can't run a huge mail column this week. But, after reading some of the commentary about INFINITE CRISIS last week, both on COMICSCAPE and elsewhere, I've reconsidered some of my reac...
...s over at MarvelKnights this week, isn't it? You'd think they were celebrating a birthday or an anniversary or something...Superman and the Flash guest-star in FIRESTORM #5 ($2.50) as Jason finds out something truly horrible about his powers. Hey, kid...
...under the MarvelKnights imprint line, already noted for its more film noir approach to the company's characters.Millar promises a wide variety of superpowered guest stars will appear during the book's first year including the X-Men, Cloak and Dagger, ...
...nuing the MarvelKnights look at Spidey's college years. SPIDER-MAN'S TANGLED WEB #17 will arrive in stors on Aug. 28. It is written by Daniel Way, with art and cover by Leo Fernandez. Part two of Tombstone's time in jail.
...ally: the MarvelKnights version of CAPTAIN AMERICA simply couldn't stay in the "real world" and long endure. With all the backstory for this character, and with all his interactions with others in the Marvel Universe, it was only a matter of time befo...
...y for the MarvelKnights line of comics. “It’s incredibly flattering and unexpected to be named Guest of Honor,” Jones said while illustrating the pages of the upcoming Final Crisis. “I’m incredibly thankful!” With...
Manuel Gutierrez will be drawing "Taxi Wars," the PUNISHER story arc written by Tom Peyer that begins in PUNISHER #8 in January."Taxi medallions are the most valuable form of currency in the country," MarvelKnights editor Stuart Moore says. "You may not ...
...r a treat!MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #13 $2.99I think they should stop referring to Reginald Hudlin (BLACK PANTHER) as a "Hollywood Heavyweight". Steve Soderbergh is a Al: "Hollywood Heavyweight". Hudlin is the dude who co-wrote "Bebe's Kids". Whatever,...
... matter," MarvelKnights editor Stuart Moore says."For those people following the book, you know that we're dealing with a fictional U.S. - Arab conflict," Bendis says. "Though there's nothing in Elektra that's deliberately incendiary or parallel to wh...
...ks off on MarvelKnights: 4! And because we'll be
giving away posters and selling ashcans! We've been picked up by Image
Comics, so we will be in their section at booth #1434.
We're going to have fun all weekend! In all seriousn...
...(Trouble, MarvelKnights Spider-Man), particularly in the women's faces, but if you're gonna rip someone off you could pick far worse. Derenick's layouts sometimes leave a little to be desired - on one page I couldn't actually tell which order I should...
...s and his MarvelKnights run on The Punisher. His black comedy routine pales before his more serious work, making me thankful that he chose to treat Dan Dare more like War Stories than The Boys. In its 22 pages, Ennis reflects on the conflict...
...es to the MarvelKnights imprints. Most comic readers are adults! ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #20 $2.50I just ordered the first three trades, so I'll either have praise or an arsenal of jokes for this series soon. ULTIMATE X-MEN #60 $2.50The only X-book I ...
At Wizard World on Sunday, Marvel Comics formally introduced John Ney Rieber and John Cassaday as its new creative team on CAPTAIN AMERICA.The book, which will be moving to the MarvelKnights imprint, relaunches in March with a new #1, but will also maint...
Marvel Comics has released preview images from CAPTAIN AMERICA #1, the re-launch of the character from the MarvelKnights imprint.The new series is written by John Ney Rieber, with art by John Cassaday.Here's how Marvel describes the issue:"In the afterma...
...vel - The MarvelKnights office in particular - have a couple of things that would work for us and as soon as we know, you'll know!"With SPIDER-MAN: BLUE now in comic shops and set to conclude by the end of the summer, Loeb is mainly concerned right no...
Aside from the occasional one-shot or miniseries, Frank Castle has remained largely absent from the Marvel Universe since Garth Ennis wrapped up the old MarvelKnights titles and moved to the current MAX one. To clarify, the MAX version of the P...
Arach-Attack! by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 02-20-2002)
...six issue MarvelKnights series from the creators of DAREDEVIL: YELLOW, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. QUALITY OF LIFE A four issue Lizard tale by Greg Rucka and Scott Sava TANGLED WEB #14 (May 22) Featuring Crusher Hogan! By Brian Azzarello and Dave Johnso...
Marvel Comics has released the cover image to first issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA, which is being relaunched as a MarvelKnights title in April.The cover is by series penciler John Cassaday, who joins new writer John Ney Rieber.According to Marvel, the first i...
Wolverine was the first, and now Elektra is the second Marvel character to star in an exclusive online trailer promoting her new MarvelKnights title.The trailer is available to view at www.ign.com.
MarvelKnights editor Stuart Moore says that CAPTAIN AMERICA will start with a new No. 1 issue when it relaunches under the imprint in March."It's keeping with the MarvelKnights tradition," Moore says, citing DAREDEVIL starting over as an example.John Ne...
Hail and well met, COMICSCAPE faithful. Welcome to another week in which I provide you, my loyal readers and constant detractors, with a half-hour of free, advertiser-supported comic commentary. And this week, CINESCAPE gives you twice the goodness with...
...sue! With MarvelKnights and the new MAX line, Marvel is slowly but surely revitalizing itself and proving that it can once again lay claim to the mantle, The House of Ideas. The STARTLING STORIES concept is yet another brave and welcome step in the ri...
...rt of the MarvelKnights line-up. This new series explores the residents living in a New York City ghetto where the concentration of mutants is high and hope is low. The X-Man from the future, Bishop, will patrol the neighborhood as its primary lawgive...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics line of hero books: INCREDIBLE HULK #34Cover by Kaare AndrewsWritten by Bruce Jones; art by John Romita, Jr. and Tom PalmerBeginning a new era as legendary horror comics' writer Bruce Jones (Creepy, Eerie), pen...
Spider-Man meets Daredevil again in August in the appropriately named SPIDER-MAN/DAREDEVIL, a MarvelKnights one-shot arriving in August that features two creators new to Marvel. The book is written by Brett Matthews, with art by Vatche Mavlian. "Brett ...
Garth Ennis's long run on THE PUNISHER has been many things -- darkly funny, simply unfunny, and always disturbingly violent. Since it's jump from MarvelKnights to Max, Ennis has pulled no punches. He doesn't shy away from treating Frank Castle like a ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r...
Marvel Enterprises today announced the formation of Marvel International, a new entity whose purpose will be to develop the company's overall presence and profile in key international markets. The company has named Bruno Maglione, a senior entertainment b...
Greg Rucka by Michael Patrick Sullivan (Wed 08-23-2000)
...l Comics’ MarvelKnights imprint, titled Black Widow II: Breakdowns. `I like it because it’s an anti-superhero book. Black Widow is a spy. While superheroes live in a world of black and white, spies live in a world of grays.`There will also be a follow...
OPINIONI know I promised a column on the best and worst movie adaptations, but I'm going to delay it for a week for two reasons: 1) I've not seen THE HULK yet, and I want to include it; and 2) I have something to get off my chest - namely, my thoughts on ...
When superheroes from two different companies come together to do battle it becomes a notable event in the world of comic books. In the past we've seen team-ups between Marvel and DC, Image and Valiant, and Dark Horse Comics has even shown us what would h...
If anything, Marvel has been showing a momentum that both the company and the comics industry hasn’t seen for a while with software deals, the Ultimate Marvel line of comics, internet deals, and now, as reported in Variety, a joint venture agreement with ...
OPINION: Don't let the title to this column fool you: I'm well aware that the difference between Marvel and DC is actually huge, to the point that, even now, there are still people who are avid fans of one company and who refuse to buy any books published...
Today Marvel Enterprises (the parent company of Marvel Comics) and Lions Gate Films announced a new partnership between the two media giants that will see the development and release of eight animated films based on Marvel's comic book superheroes. All ei...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another long look into the dark heart of Comicscape! I thought about devoting another week to complaining about that recent Spider-Man catastrophe One More Day, especially given that the first issue of the new post-...
We all want to know what is going on behind closed doors. Who decides what character gets chosen and what character falls to the wayside? Hasbro has opened their doors to Mania with their Marvel Q&A about their figures for the past, present and future...
Stan Lee is justifiably credited with revolutionizing the comic book industry in the 1960s. He is the man who recognized that the genre could be so much more than dopey fantasies with no relationship to the real world. His characters (among them Spider-Ma...
What They SayMagic Knight Rayearth tells the tale of three junior high school girls hear a voice asking them to save a world called Cephiro. The voice belongs to Princess Emeraude, the Pillar whose will maintains the peace of this magical world where beli...
Marvel released
it's Q2 financial statements today, and also held a conference call for
investors. Comics2Film listened in on the conference call and extracted a
few interesting tidbits.
Marvel Studios
CEO Avi Arad participated in the call and talk...
2005 will be a year that will bring the addition of eight new ongoing titles to the Marvel Universe as a part of the company's "Marvel Next" launch. Announced today by the comic book publisher, the Marvel Next event is organized to introduce readers to ne...
Hail and well met, my heroes and villains. Welcome to another Wednesday and another COMICSCAPE. Last week's column on digital and web comics generated several letters of civil disagreement. Thankfully, everyone kept my mother, my wife, and my personal ...
After a stellar 3rd quarter performance ( reported here), Marvel Studios updated their list of upcoming projects along with films already in the can. Here's the list for the different mediums.
Feature Film Projects Being Developed by Marvel – ...
What They SayNow that the Black Knights have stolen the gold cloth from Princess Sienna\'s tournament, there\'s no more time for games. The only way the Bronze Knights will get it back is to fight for their lives. Only this time, more than a tournament tr...
NEW YORK, NY - April 19, 2008 - Marvel Entertainment and Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today the creative team for a manga based on the popular X-Men character, Wolverine. The series will be ...
From Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With "Iron Man" set to explode this weekend, the next question for producer Marvel Entertainment is: What now?
One big variable is who does the distribution. When its financing de...
Each December, I feel obligated to write one of these wretched “year in review” columns that gives you, the reader, my perfunctory thoughts on comic books through the last 12 months. These things hardly satisfy anyone, least of all me...
What They SayPrincess Sienna learns that she is the reincarnation of the Goddess Athena entrusted with protecting the world from the evil Aires and his Knights of Sanctuary. To stop them before they obtain the Gold Helmet, she must enlist the help of her...
What They SayThe Black Knights are unrestrained by an attachment to anyone. The Bronze Knights find strength in what binds them together. Shiryu must risk his powers to save Seiya as he battles the Black Dragon. Andromeda seeks to redeem his brother Ikki ...
Marvel Studios has unveiled their latest release slate for 2008-2009 movies, DVDs, and TV. Before putting up the list though, Superhero Hype is reporting that the first trailer for The Incredible Hulk will hit theaters sometime in March. They can't say wh...
Marvel by far ruled Wizard World Philly with its Secret Invasion. The Secret Invasion panel early in the day had a huge crowd. Even more people turned out for Joe Quesada and his Marvel crew. They dropped three big titles on us at the Cup ‘o Joe pan...
Sometimes there’s no happily ever after. Last year’s Earth X maxi-series from Marvel Comics presented a future continuity in which battered and altered versions of Marvel’s current heroes fought to save their planet. When the story ended, there was hope f...
According to a press release, two more titles have sold out their initial printings: Civil War: Battle Damage Report and Marvel Spotlight: Civil War Aftermath.Civil War: Battle Damage Report is a closing look at Civil War through classified S.H.I.E....
...n't think MARVELKNIGHTS: 4, the so-called 'grounded' re-imagining of the Fantastic Four, would be a loss. I think the whole idea of the FF losing their fortune because of an embezzler (whom Reed for God-knows-what reason refuses to go after) and bein...
Following on the heels of two past annual tributes, Alex Ross and Paul Dini are teaming up again this November to present fans with a blockbuster Treasury-sized comic book. This year, the two will focus on DC`s Captain Marvel as he meets children in a hos...
NEW YORK, NY - December 9, 2007 - Marvel Entertainment and Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today plans to publish two new manga series based on Marvel Entertainment's highly popular X-Men serie...
Yesterday
afternoon Marvel Studios announced finalized agreements on two motion picture
deals with Universal Pictures. The deals were for Sub-Mariner and Prime.
These deals come as post-production continues on the first project being jointly
develop...
Marvel has announced via press release that three titles, New Avengers #28, Ms. Marvel #13 and Thunderbolts #112, have sold out their initial printing.Press Release:Civil War is over and Tony Stark and Marvel are finding that the Initiative is proving to ...
There is no question Marvel studios is on top of their game in recent years. Their franchises continue to impress audiences in transferring from comic book form to the big screen. Sure, there are the occasional misses with both critics and audiences but f...
Literary works from a handful of star-studded authors grace the shelves today along with a bitchin' new comprehensive Marvel guide in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror bookstuffs. Tor Books dominates this week's releases with a bit ...
What They SayEvil Docrates has managed to steal every piece of the magical armor, save one. Now all that stands in the way of his world domination is the gold helmet, so he kidnaps Princess Sienna and holds her for ransom. Can Seiya and his Bronze Knights...
Marvel Comics has announced today plans for a new creator owned imprint line called Icon, to publish comics with characters outside the Marvel Universe. Launching this July the first two books published by Icon will be Brian Michael Bendis' POWERS and Dav...
This week there are two, count them, two DC Comic live action TV properties being released on DVD. There is not one Marvel release this week. The two comic book powerhouses have been battling each other for decades. The battle has spilled over from the co...
Dusting off one of the company's old brand names, Marvel Comics announced today that they will be launching a new imprint of creator and company-owned comic books to be published under the Epic Comics banner. Furthermore, in an effort to lower production...
Marvel Enterprises joins the national CEO shuffle with Monday, September 16th's announcement that Allen Lipson will replace retiring head Peter Cuneo as president and CEO. Lipson has been with Marvel since becoming exec veep for biz and legal affairs in N...
From a press releaseLos Angeles, CA (October 6, 2008) – As Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., powers up to begin production on its next highly anticipated slate of films, the studio has made an agreement with Raleigh Studios...
Remember this name: Dean Nuckols. It may soon join the hallowed ranks of artists like John Romita, Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, John Byrne, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld (just kidding), and many, many more as the latest in a long line of comic book illustrators ...
Marvel Comics has announced that it has extended the contract for Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, keeping him at the steering wheel of the company's line of comic book characters. Quesada has been EiC of Marvel for the past three years and been involved in a...
...Madureira.MarvelKnights 4 #25 $2.99MarvelKnights Spider-Man #21 $2.99Al: What would really be funny is if Spider-Man ended up evolving into, like, a kitty.Kurt: What do you mean? He's already a pusI'm not going to say that. I'm just not.Marvel Select...
The mainstream American comic industry never fails to alternately enthrall and enrage fans. Big-selling independents like Image, IDW, and Dark Horse offer fresh alternatives, but Marvel and DC still rule the roost. Both companies carry a stable ...
In addition to recruiting top creators from outside their ranks, Marvel proved today that they also value homegrown talent. Andrew Lis, formerly an Assistant Editor in the X-MEN family, has been promoted to Editor. Joining him in upward movement is Brian ...
THQ announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Marvel to produce videogames based on Marvel franchises.The deal grants THQ the rights to ALL classic, TV and film versions of the various Marvel franchises for a five year period, and allows ...
My Thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand After a year of fan anticipation rife with both trepidation and outright, venom, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND opened in theaters last Friday to the second-highest single day box office gross ever, following REVENGE OF THE SIT...
... again in MARVELKNIGHTS: 4 #7 (honestly, there's got to be other hot blonde chicks out there for him to seduce), while MARVELKNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN #4 features the Vulture, the Black Cat, Electro, and the Owl. Nah, that doesn't sound interesting at all....
...F 5) $2.99MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #15 $2.99MARVEL NEMESIS IMPERFECTS #2 (OF 6) $2.99I feel like the words Nemesis and Imperfects shouldn't both be in the title at the same time. It's confusing to me.MARY JANE HOMECOMING #4 (OF 4) $2.99Get her while s...
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to another Comicscape. This week, we dive into DC’s weekly event 52, which just crossed the halfway mark two weeks ago. I would’ve covered it then, but the late-shipping Seven Soldiers #1 delayed th...
Ever since Max Fleischer's theatrical Superman cartoons amazed children in 1941, comic books have remained almost synonymous with animation. The connection should seem obvious enough -- still drawings invigorated with motion and sound. Animation almost se...
...r #5 $2.50MarvelKnights 4 #23 $2.99Hee hee, it's Impossible Man. That dude cracks me up.Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Human Torch Vol 1 HC Var ED $54.99I'm sure if you told the guys at Timely that worked on this material that there'd be two covers str...
Avi Arad has resigned as chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of parent company Marvel Entertainment. Upon stepping down, Arad created his own company, Avi Arad Prods., which will be charged with producing HULK and IRON MAN.Essen...
In a recent interview with MTV Splash Page, Vin Diesel (out promoting 'Babylon A.D.') said he has little interest in playing a Marvel super hero on the big screen. However, playing a villain is a different story.
"I've been holding out [on doing a c...
...e careful.MARVELKNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN VOL 3 THE LAST STAND TP $9.99MARVEL NEMESIS IMPERFECTS #1 (OF 6) $2.99Sinister Al: Thank God Marvel finally realized what a good writer Greg Pak is and gave him a really important job: this miniseries that's a...um, ...
...e #6 $3.99MarvelKnights Spider-Man Second Ptg Variant #19 $2.99Nick Fury Howling Commandos #2 $2.99Al: I am not so thankful for this utter waste of a perfectly okay idea.Kurt: Thanks to UPS, I still haven't read the first issue. Thanks, b