Preamble I will admit I was pleasantly surprised by Nathan Edmondson’s first crack at Black Widow. So I was almost excited about Black Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web when I cracked the spine. But, the book is completely mistitled. So I present to you Edmondson and artist Phil Noto’s Black Widow Marvel Team-Up. Situation […]
Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection (Comic Files)
Preamble Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker allows Bucky Barnes to be at his best; underground and deadly. Brubaker provides readers a romantic dynamic for Barnes that they may not have considered. And readers will be delighted with this action adventure set in a superhero world. Situation Report Bucky Barnes has […]
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #3 (Comic Files)
Preamble I read a preview stating that we would see 200 years into the future when Bucky Barnes’ job was done. So I had to pick up Bucky Barnes: The Winter Solder #3 because I wanted to see this time jump play out on the page. Too bad that is issue #4! Situation Report […]
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #2 (Comic Files)
Preamble I have really been on the fence about following Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier by Ales Kot. First, Kot is writing this and Secret Avengers at the same time and I was really impressed by issue #1. I do like what he has been doing with M.O.D.O.K. in the agent filled title. Additionally, I […]
Captain America: The Iron Nail (Comic Files)
Preamble Author Rick Remender and Steve Rodgers have been through a lot together since the kickoff of Marvel NOW!. Remender has provided Rogers an entire lifetime in another dimension, given him a family and stood beside Rogers as loved ones passed away. In Captain America: The Iron Nail, Remender takes Rogers on one last ride […]
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #1 (Comic Files)
Preamble Bucky Barnes the Winter Soldier has a new job! Spinning out of Original Sin, Barnes has taken on the mantle of Nick Fury becoming the man on the wall. He protects Earth from Intergalactic and extradimensional threats…with his gun! Situation Report As this episode opens, Bucky Barnes is a prisoner on the world […]
All-New Invaders: Gods and Soldiers (Comic Files)
Preamble I have spent a lot of time studying World War II. But I have never read any of Marvel’s premier World War II superhero squad, the Invaders. The team of Captain America, The Original Human Torch, Namor and Bucky sounds cool to me but that has never lead to action by picking up one of their stories. […]
Original Sin #8 (Comic Files)
Preamble New comic day was a busy night. But there was a comic burning in my bag (actually two of them) and I knew I would not be able to sleep until I finished Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato’s Original Sin #8. I needed to know so much. Would Nick Fury live? Who killed the […]
Original Sin #7 (Comic Files)
Preamble In the last issue of Original Sin, Nick Fury suited up for what could have been the last time. Fury is under attack from every corner as villains and Avengers look to make Fury pay. And Jason Aaron gives us a big clue to who might have killed The Watcher! Situation Report Nick […]
Original Sin #6 (Comic Files)
Preamble What’s in the box, what’s in the box? Actually I should yell in a sharp-pitched voice (as noted on the cover) who pulled the trigger, who pulled the trigger? Yes, Nick Fury spilled a lot about the history of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Unseen. But is Fury going to tell us, if he even knows, […]