TweetStepping up from the one-word teasers we’ve grown to love and cherish over the past year or so, this week Marvel have started tarting up their teaser images to give people more of an idea what they might be about.
Marvel’s Next Big Thing: Fearless Defenders with Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney
01/07/2013 by 6 Comments
TweetMarvel’s Next Big Thing is…. Fearless Defenders! Which launches in February from Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney. We’ve already given you a look at how this Valkyrie-starring book got started, and you can expect a few more insights over the next few weeks. Tease! But tonight Marvel offered the comics press a chat with Bunn [...]
Phil Noto joins Thunderbolts, and The Punisher gets Romantic
01/07/2013 by 5 Comments
TweetMarvel have released a full teaser image – brings you back to those heady days before one-word teasers, sweet memories – for Daniel Way’s Thunderbolts series, revealing Phil Noto as the artist for the second arc. It also reveals Punisher getting a special lapdance from Elektra.
Brian Wood and Oliver Coipel on new X-Men series in April?
01/07/2013 by 7 Comments
TweetIt seems so! Marvel have released another one of their one-word teasers today, although this one is less of a word and more of an initialism. This April, Marvel will be releasing what appears to be an X-Men book, written by Brian Wood and drawn by Oliver Coipel.
Marvel Starts Releasing 50th Anniversary X-Men Covers
12/17/2012 by 8 Comments
TweetHere are a few of my favourite things…. Marvel, aware that I demand delight at least once a month, have started releasing ‘X-Men 50th Anniversary’ variant covers for several of their books. The X-Men have – yes – been around for 50 years as of 2013, with Stan Lee’s original vision now old enough to [...]
INTERVIEW: Cullen Bunn Pitches Fearless Defenders
12/16/2012 by 10 Comments
TweetWhen the news was announced that Cullen Bunn would be writing Fearless Defenders for Marvel next year, the world breathed a sigh of relief. It’s no secret that this is a project many have been waiting to happen ever since he first hinted at it earlier this year, during his ‘The Fearless’ miniseries starring Valkyrie. [...]
Marvel’s Next Big Thing: Jeph Loeb’s Nova
12/15/2012 by 17 Comments
TweetThe conference calls are back at The Beat! Last night Jeph Loeb participated in a phonecall with member of the comics press to discuss the coming launch of a new Nova series – starring a new Nova. The series will be drawn by Ed McGuinness, and here’s Marcos Martin’s cover for issue #1:
Jim Zub and Edwin Huang Launch ‘Savage Skullkickers’ in March
12/14/2012 by 4 Comments
TweetFollowing on from the success of Uncanny Skullkickers #1 next February, Image have announced the launch of a brand new #1 issue in March – Savage Skullkickers, from the creative team of Jim Zub and Edwin Huang.
FIRST LOOK: Juan Doe’s Cover for The End Times of Bram and Ben #3
12/12/2012 by 1 Comment
TweetLovely James Asmus has shared with us an exclusive first look at the cover for issue #3 of his upcoming Image miniseries The End Times of Bram and Ben, created by Juan Doe. It is LUSH.
Marvel crash three dimensions into ‘X-Termination’ with Pak, Liu and Lapham
12/05/2012 by 7 Comments
TweetMarvel have revealed what their ‘X-Termination’ teaser image is all about: a crossover storyline between X-Treme X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, and Age of Apocalypse. Spinning around the fact that there are currently a series of different Wolverines being used right now (along with a couple of Nightcrawlers) the story will be a cross-dimensional adventure between the [...]
Marvel Tease X-Termination
11/26/2012 by 4 Comments
TweetEd McGuinness delivers a fight between Wolverine and the Nightcrawler from Age of Apocalypse in this new teaser image from Marvel, which seems to be suggesting at the next storyline for Wolverine & The X-Men. Or an upcoming crossover. Or that something magical has happened. One of these things. Read on for speculation as to [...]
ADVANCE REVIEW: Chew #30
11/26/2012 by 2 Comments
Tweet Chew, the multi-awarding comic arrives at the halfway point in the series and hits comic stands this Wednesday. The Beat gives you the advanced (spoiler free) review of Chew #30 the bonus-sized wedding issue with a wicked awesome free tri-fold poster for no cost.
Marvel Now Previews Thunderbolts #1
11/20/2012 by 8 Comments
TweetOut in December, Marvel today called round to talk about Daniel Way and Steve Dillon’s Thunderbolts relaunch. Featuring Red Hulk as team leader, the book sees a ragtag bunch of mercs and assassins teaming together – uneasily – for black-ops work. Among the cast will be Punisher, Venom, Deadpool and Elektra.
Paul Cornell and Alan Davis launch Wolverine in March
11/20/2012 by 9 Comments
TweetSneakily, Marvel have revealed that their ‘Snikt’ promotional piece actually refers to a Wolverine comic! Yes, this is the news that the creative team of Paul Cornell and Alan Davis will indeed be bringing us a new, ongoing Wolverine series, to replace the departing series this year. This will be the ‘flagship’ title, with Frank [...]
Marvel’s 2013 Event will be Age of Ultron
11/19/2012 by 24 Comments
TweetTheir first event, at any rate. Today’s conference call was with Brian Michael Bendis, who will be writing a 10-issue event story for Marvel Now in March 2013. Age of Ultron will be split in half, with the first five issues drawn by Bryan Hitch, and the back five by Carlos Pacheco and Brandon Peterson.
Paul Cornell and Alan Davis SNIKT it up
11/15/2012 by 17 Comments
TweetBoy oh boy, Marvel are everywhere with teasers and phone calls and events and solicitations at the moment. Keep up, everyone else! Their newest teaser reveals that the prodigal son of the X-Men has returned, as Paul Cornell comes back to Marvel for some kind of Wolverine (or Daken! Or X-23! Or Erista, Wolverine’s secret [...]
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