Marvel’s latest titanic struggle for the fate of the world will be raging for three months. Along the way, there will be many great stories to tell. Here’s how you can experience the action on […]
Thor and his compatriots have fought. And failed. Malekith the Accursed has constructed his Dark Bifrost. The most destructive armies in the nine realms are at our doorstep. They’ve already laid waste to the dwarves […]
Without a doubt, the best and most important superhero comic of the decade has been Ms. Marvel. The life and times of Kamala Khan, a bright girl from Jersey City who also happens to be […]
Hi. Let’s play a little game called “Is the current Jason Aaron Avengers book Kevin’s favorite one ever?” It’s a long-winded and very specific kind of game, but it’s one I’m increasingly interested in playing. […]
After five years spent lost in a fog, the X-line was revitalized last February with a one-two punch. One first was X-Men Red, a timely and touching book about an X-team fighting back against the […]
The gongs have sounded. I have been woken from my slumber. That can only mean one thing: I have to yell at you about the X-Men for a while. That should really be the name […]
Read this publication for long enough and you will be inundated with my talking about the West Coast Avengers. In just seven issues, I have found an excuse to talk about this book a third […]
There’s a new Daredevil #1 this week. It comes from the spectacular creative team of Chip Zdarsky (Spectacular Spider-Man) & Marco Checchetto (Old Man Hawkeye). I haven’t been this excited for a Daredevil book in… […]
Earth is paradise. Mutants are free to live but The cost is too great.
Praise be! After decades in darkness, our savior has returned to show us light! Though we may have gone astray, mutantkind’s original savior has not forsaken us. Nate Grey, the X-Man, has left the X-Men […]
Cable’s motives were: Charles Soule wrote a bad comic. He brought Cyclops back.
“Cyclops is nobody’s favorite.” You or someone you know has said this. And how deeply wrong you were, oh Mayor of Wrongville. Cyclops is THE centerpiece of X-Men. An official Marvel fan poll placed him […]
Infinity Wars wiped the slate clean for the Guardians. The roster is no longer beholden to the unbelievably popular movie characters. It’s all up in the air now. Anyone could join the ragtag space crew. […]
Jean Grey did her best But still X-Man cleaned the slate. All that’s left is Scott.
Marvel’s first heroes. Captain America, Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, the Human Torch, and Namor. The subjects of some of the greatest and most iconic stories in Marvel history reunite this week for Invaders […]
X-Man is Legion And he’s taking down our world. Armor made a ball.
When our cup runneth over with too many great comics, we share the bounty of a robust New Comic Book Day with a list of our favorites. Here are Forbidden Planet’s picks for January 9, […]
Earth’s Mightiest Hero. A terran Air Force Pilot with the powers of a Kree Warrior. Head of Alpha Flight, friend of the X-Men, star of an upcoming megahit film. There’s lots to know about Carol […]
Rogue and Gambit did the noir Mojo cast them in. He recast Gambit.
New fantasy worlds are like pants you used to wear in high school: both approachable and difficult to get into nowadays. Robert E. Howard basically invented the sword and sorcery genre with his original Conan […]
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