Welcome back to the Panel of the Week! We’ve got broken timelines, broken coffins, and broken shields. Not to mention occult Mexican wrestlers and pouty thunder gods. In short, we’ve got the emotional spectrum covered, behold!
Astonishing Spider-Man Wolverine #1
This is the opening shot for Marvel’s Heroic Age? We’ll get into this …
Here is the short version of what might end up being a very long pull list this week. As I mentioned yesterday DC is coming very strong with its heaviest hitters. Brains are on the menu as well. Finally, Marvel gives us snikt and thwip in one astonishing new book. Come back later in the week to see what books made the Panel of the Week …
Yeah, we’re a bit heavy on Marvel this week. I try to spread the love around a little better than this. There was a big death, a new armor reveal, and Balder finally found his Norn Stones if you follow. All this and more in this edition of Panel of the Week.
Thor #609
Talk about promoting weak middle management. When Thor’s brother …
Here’s a few of the books that I’ll be picking up for sure this week. As I mentioned yesterday this is a great week for crime comics and Stumptown and Last Days are not to be missed. There’s some Asgardian on Robot action as well as some of the Ultimate in Avengers drama. Check back later in the week to see if any of this makes the cut …
It was a week for the throwback. Rereleased books, classic writers, and relaunched franchises were the order of the Wednesday. Today we examine forbidden love, father-son day, destined spears, and vampires of the new world, all here on Panel of the Week.
Magdalena #1
I was pleasantly surprised by this relaunch of Magdalena. I was …
Again with all the #1 issues. I guess it’s a byproduct of the written-for-trade world we live in but my pull lists are always dripping with #1’s. Check back on Thursday to see if any of this first issue action made the cut for the Panel of the Week.
American Vampire #2
I loved the first issue of this book. There were enough …
Lots of Marvel news today.
(More on Techland: Whedon To Direct The Avengers)
In an exclusive interview with Earth’s Mightiest, Director Joe Johnston revealed how Chris Evans won the coveted role of Captain America and Steve Rogers. Any Cap fan knows the transformation Rogers goes through to become Captain America is pretty …
Holy bananas.
Deadline is reporting that Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios are in final negotiations to bring the Nerd God on as the director for upcoming the Avengers flick.
(More on Techland: New Iron Man 2 Clip: Joyrides and Dancing Girls)
Whedon has a ridiculous amount of nerd cred and rightfully so, but is he the right …
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Details are starting to emerge about this year’s Spider-Man game and it looks like it’ll be a stark visual departure from Activision’s most recent web-slinging games. Actually, make that several visual departures. Shattered Dimensions looks like it’ll feature some reality-hopping elements, …
There’s been plenty of speculation and trepidation, but now it looks like it’s official: We have a big-screen Captain America.
The Hollywood Reporter has all but proclaimed Chris Evans as the winner of the great Captain America casting call. Evans played Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four, and also had memorable roles in Sunshine and …
Poor Marc Webb.
After Sam Raimi and Sony couldn’t manage to just hug it out during pre-production on Spider-Man 4, Raimi bowed out and Sony got to appoint a new martyr director.
“This is a dream come true and I couldn’t be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of
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