Author: johnwoods

It’s a big week for Marvel as Wednesday, February 5th gives us a bunch of cool All New Marvel Now Titles that you’ve been waiting for! All New Marvel Now titles are jumping on points for new readers and a great reason to check out a character you’ve been thinking about reading!Finally, we’ve got a new ongoing Punisher series! For years, The Punisher has waged a war on crime in New York City with an array of very large guns, but a lead on a major source of drugs, weapons, and more has set his many sights due west. NOW! Frank Castle’s in the City of Angels, looking to give the devil his due. Things aren’t all they appear, though, with a highly trained military hit squad hot on Frank’s tail. Caught between a posse of Punisher predators and targets of his own one-man-war, Frank’s manifest destiny may be a shallow grave! We seriously don’t know why there isn’t always a Punisher ongoing series going on, but here it is!Marvel Comics is bringing Ms. Marvel back as a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in...

Here’s the information on this week’s featured new releases coming out this Wednesday on January 29th! Huge news this week! Serenity returns in an all new six issue mini series written by Josh Whedon’s brother Zack! Set after the events of Serenity the movie! Malcolm Reynolds’s crew shook the ‘verse to its core when they laid bare the crimes against humanity undertaken by their sinister government-the Alliance. Always outlaws, Mal, a very pregnant Zoe, new pilot River Tam, and the other surviving crew members are in greater danger than ever. As anyone who’s been in the shop knows, we’re huge Firefly fans, so this is a big deal to us! We’ve also got a full selection of the previous Serenity graphic novels! Just ask the staff to point you in the right direction! Over at Marvel it looks like a pretty cool week with Inhumanity #2! Written by Matt Fraction (Hawkeye) with art by Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine and the X-men) this stand alone issue features Medusa! I’ve seen the conceptional art on this one and it looks like a great reinvention of the character. Don’t stress out about...

Here’s some cool stuff heading your way on new comic book day this Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014!Finally! One I’ve been waiting for! The Trial of Jean Grey storyline starts this week with All New X-Men #22! Crossing over with Guardians of the Galaxy, this six part story line will be the first time the two flagship teams meet! Young Jean Grey will be put on trial for her future actions as Phoenix before they even happen! Can the All-New X-men and the Guardians team up to save her in time? Running through issues #22-#24 of All New X-Men and issues #11-#13 of Guardians of the Galaxy, this entire story will be written by Brian Michael Bendis giving it a nice even flow. Hearkening back to story lines like the Death of Jean Grey in Uncanny X-Men #137, or The Trial of Reed Richards in Fantastic Four #262, this is a great time to start reading both series as this is also an ALL NEW MARVEL NOW starting point, meaning complete accessibility for new readers! If you haven’t hopped on the Guardians of the Galaxy train, now’s...

We’ve got a full order of some pretty disconnected yet fun stuff this week. Take a look and see if there’s anything the resonates with you! One of the most anticipated books of the year comes out this week, and it’s not even a new story. After 20 years of legal mumbo jumbo, personality conflicts, and copyright battles, we are finally going to get a chance to read Alan Moore’s classic tale MiracleMan. Don’t know the story of MiracleMan? From my point of view all you need to know is this. Alan Moore, writer of the Watchman, has a hidden classic out there called MiracleMan that hasn’t seen the light of day in two decades. It’s become a cult following and honestly and not sure if that’s from quality of work or from lack of accessibility. Most likely a little of both. (Moore’s so pissed that the author credit on this book is ‘The original writer’. I’m not even kidding.) Marvel finally has the rights to start reprinting the book. Back in the day MiracleMan was taken over by Sandman’s...

Welcome to our Announcement of 2014! Here’s some info on the cool stuff coming out on Wednesday, January 8th!  Every so often a book so cool comes out that it merits a trip to the comic shop all by itself. That book is Detective Comics #27!   The original Detective Comics #27 came out in May of 1939 and featured the first appearance of The Batman! To start Batman’s 75th Anniversary in 2014 DC Comics is giving us an over sized 96 page issue full of amazing writers, artists and content for only $7.99! With stories By Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (The Wake), Author Brad Melzer and Brian Hitch, John Laymen and Jason Fabok, Paul DIni, Neal Adams, our own Mike W. Barr and more! Story content will Feature a retelling of Batman’s Origin, The first part of an ongoing storyline GOTHTOPIA, and a Batman story set in the future featuring the first appearance of the first African American Robin! This is just the tip of the ice burg! This book will also feature some a few variant covers including this...