Young Avengers debuts featuring a new team. The crew includes Wiccan, Hulkling, Hawkeye, Loki, Marvel Boy, and Ms. America. Kieron Gillen writes the series and Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton provide art.

Also kicking off is a new Deadpool miniseries that follows hot on the heels of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Cullen Bunn returns to guide Deadpool in his journey to destroy all of fictions most popular characters. First up- Moby Dick! The series features art by Matteo Lolli and Sean Parsons. Check out the solicit info and preview pages below!

Legacy isn’t a dirty word… but it’s an irrelevant one. It’s not important what our parents did. It matters what WE do. Someone has to save the world. You’re someone. Do the math. The critically acclaimed team of Gillen/McKelvie/Wilson (with added Norton Sauce) decide to reinvent the teen superhero comic for the 21st century, uniting Wiccan, Hulkling and Hawkeye with Loki, Marvel Boy and Ms. America. No pressure. Young Avengers is as NOW! as the air in your lungs, and twice as vital. It’s the book that knows Hyperbole is the BEST! THING! EVER!

• Deadpool has already killed every hero in the Marvel Universe.

• He isn’t through.

• This time…Deadpool’s gonna take most famous characters in classic literature!

• YOU NEVER KNEW HOW BADLY YOU NEEDED THIS SERIES!

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, MARVEL-ous Previews: Young Avengers #1 And Deadpool Killustrated #1

A horse shot my parents in an alley when i was a young boy. RT @shaunh22: @ssnyder1835 Why don’t you like horses?

— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 16, 2013

A horse shot my Uncle Ben. RT @juventuz: @ssnyder1835 Read Batman 16 finally, you got something against horses? — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 17, 2013

As a boy, I thought a horse killed my father. He was my father RT @broughstuff: Batman #16 was awesome, but what’s snyder got against horses — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 17, 2013

I hate horses. RT @taitanorules555: @ssnyder1835 do you hate horses because why did you make freeze kill a freaking horse? — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 18, 2013

Mr. Snyder continues to avoid answering the hard hitting question of why he dislikes horses. The writer seems to have a personal vendetta against our equine friends. Where does this deep-seated hatred come from? One could not venture to guess, but we have obtained this footage of someone taking their hatred from the land of fantasy to the reality. Is that Scott Snyder punching a horse in the face? It’s not for us to say, but it does look like him doesn’t it?

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Mr. Snyder continues to taunt fans about horse hatred. Earlier today he sent out the link to the following Amazon review [click to see larger image] through is personal Twitter. This man must be stopped before more fictional horses are destroyed. I propose a petition to prevent Mr. Snyder from ever writing a My Little Pony book. Just think what he would do to them?! *if you can’t tell, this is an article in the style of The Onion making fun of the supposed horse controversy and the gif is from Blazing Saddles.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Scott Snyder’s War On Horses Continues

I am Yumi Sakugawa and I am a comic book artist and illustrator based in the Southern California. I am a regular comic / illustrator online contributor to Sadie Magazine and Wonderhowto.

Most recently, my comic zine “Mundane Fortunes for the Next Ten Billion Years and Other Stories” was selected as Notable Comics of 2012 by the Best American Comics anthology editors.

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Muy Mareado!, Indie Spotlight: Yumi Sakugawa

Avenging Spider-Man

Kelly Sue DeConnick (the writer of Captain Marvel) writes this issue, and she writes it perfectly.  The reader gets an understanding of how she is going to write Carol Danvers, and why we will want to read her book.  Carol is a strong person, who isn’t afraid to think instead of punch.  She has always been like this, but somehow this got lost in Brian Reed’s ongoing.  Maybe it had to due with the Dark Reign storyline and Moonstone taking over.  But DeConnick seems to be embracing this, and going even further with it.  Carol seems to be a person who, instead of trying to find what she is best at, is just going along for the ride that is life.  She seems more optimistic and in command of her life.  Long time fans of Carol Danvers will love the way DeConnick writes her.

The story itself is interesting.  It revolves around an “Occupy Wall St.” protester (or something along those lines) stealing money.  The interaction between Spider-Man and Danvers is hysterical, and shows how well these characters work together.  DeConnick has said these two won’t be getting back together, so don’t look for that in the new book.  Spider-Man is funny, but never self referential.  Robyn Hood seems more of a plot point than an actual villain, but DeConnick makes the most of her.  She puts a “y” in Robyn Hood, because there is no “y” in “freedom.”  Yeah, it’s that cheesy.  But the controversial topic about budget cuts and things like that are handled well.  DeConnick ups the ante by the end of the issue, which is good considering readers will want more of this team by the end of the issue.  Boston is used heavily, but not used as well as it could have been.  Not a big deal, but something someone like me, who is from Boston, looks for.

The Dodsons, Terry and Rachel, pencil a great issue.  Their work on Defenders was good, but it seemed rushed in some spots.  Avenging Spider-Man #9 doesn’t seem rushed, and one of their better issues in the past year.  Carol’s new costume looks great, and doesn’t seem cheesy (which it does in some of the promotional materials).  The Dodsons have always penciled Spider-Man well, and that continues here.  Every character, even when they are only specks on the panel, have great expressions that grasp the reader.  There is a double page spread that doesn’t move, but is broken up into smaller panels.  It gives the page a sense of movement, and the Dodsons pull it off in a great way.  The Dodsons seems to be a team who needs plenty of time to pencil an issue.  With Marvel NOW! starting up in a few months, maybe one of those books could be bimonthly, which would give them plenty of time to pencil each issue.

Avenging Spider-Man is a book that needs to have a constant creative team.  I long for the days when Zeb Wells wrote this book.  The team up genre is one that can be fun, but constantly changing up the creative team is going to create a sense of unevenness.  Unless Zeb Wells is going to be on one of the Marvel NOW! books, I’d really love for him to come back.  He is one of the best Spider-Man writers right now, and deserves to be writing the character more regularly.

Avenging Spider-Man #9 gets 4/5.

MrComicBook, Avenging Spider-Man #9 Review

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“One of the most popular superheroes is back on big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy. To celebrate the launch of The Amazing Spider-Man movie, Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Spider-Man Limited Edition Collectible Figurine from this summer blockbuster. The movie-accurate Spider-Man collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man/ Peter Parker in the movie, highlighting the newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed costume and accessories.”

Agent Burgos, Collectors Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man From Hot Toys

Again, these are POSSIBLE SPOILERS and they are not confirmed yet. To be honest with you I am kind of disappointed if some of these turn out to be true… We will have to wait and see.

Ready?  Are you sure?  

Ok well, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

HIGHLIGHT TO READ

Who dies: Lucius,, Bane, henchmen, many other people, bad guys, good guys, rich guys, etc.

Who lives: Batman, Alfred, Gordon, Blake, Selina, Miranda………

Bane: bad ass, protege of Ras, friend to Talia AKA Miranda. Set this plan in action YEARS ago, and slowly built up the League again, while getting everything in place for this invasion. Known around the international intelligence community. VERY Brutal, very scary, but not seemingly crazy, in the sense that he always seems to be in control and steps ahead. Parents were killed when was a kid and he was raised and schooled by Ras who was very impressed with him, had a brief relationship with Talia, but after the accident he suffers while older he shuns her advances, due to his mask and his new found MINOR deformity. He wears the mask to conceal his pain, and because of a neurological disorder that makes it hard for him to control his body. This affects his adrenal levels as well. He is not THE leader of the league, but he’s the other half, as Talia is the other part. They disagree at times in particular when he kills ( ), he kills himself when Batman beats him, as he feels for one he has no other choice, and he feels Batman proved it was his victory, so his Ideals will win out.

1st appearance in Gotham is at the stock exchange, second is at the stadium and third is when he returns 6 months later as promised in his speech at the football stadium. That scene he kills the mayor in front of everyone, and tells them to take control of Gotham or he will do it for them. Of course Gotham sinks into hell after Gordons absences, Batmans disapearance, and everything he did to that point, so he comes back, to finish the job as promised. This part of the story takes over half the movie and there is A LOT THAT Happens.

Catwoman AKA Selina:

Thief, part of the group in Gotham that is recruited to make things happen for when the League shows up. Responsible for a string of thefts, that seems centered on the rich. She is first seen in Waynes mansion as a maid whom Bruce catches stealing from him. She gets away, and they again meet at a charity ball in gotham he attendss with Miranda. He goes to confront her and they dance, and then soon after she steals his car. Bruce is somewhat amused as he understood why she was saying she was adaptable when he said her dress was brazen for a burglar. As she didn’t need to wear anything special to pretend to be his wife and steal his car.

She switches sides for a few reasons. One she never though Bane would take it as far as he did, She was SHOCKED when she learned Batman was in fact Bruce Wayne, and 3 her friend(played by Juno Temple) is someone she cares about and she fears what will happen to her and others like her should Bane continue and finish his plan. Much of which was not explained to her and others. She joines Batman, fights Talia, good fight, and remains the regular ol’ catwoman in the end. Not good, not bad, just mischiveous and apart fo gotham lore. She does have a scene with Bruce in the end, as he and her stand in front of his parents graves talking about the future.

BATMAN: LIVES, and does in fact get broke in the first fight with Bane. Catwoman lured him to where Bane wanted him and closed the gate. But before we get there too far, let’s discuss Bruce.
Bruce has taken full time to watch over Wayne Industries with the help of Talia and Fox, they have made it bigger and more influential than ever. He’s seen as a rich snob, who is no better than any other rich snob by most in Gotham, Even though he dwells into much more research, development, and philanthropy than others.
Anyways, his cane use is what we think from TDK. We come to find out he doesn’t really need it though, and he uses it as a reason/excuse as to why he can’t be Batman anymore, one of many. But we find out just before the 1st bane fight and during his talk with Gordon in the hospital, that he’s not as hurt as he lets on, though he isn’t in the shape he as in TDK.
Batman after being implored by Gordon, decides that he must put on the mask once again. He eventually is led to Banes lair, and fights a few of his men, he then sees Seline and chases her down, to which she lures him to Bane, They fight, and Batman barely even puts up a fight at all, as he seemingly can’t even hurt Bane, if he should even land a punch. Bane breaks his back, via military press and slam over his knee. He then appears ready to snap his neck but instead rips off his mask, and pushes him down. Fight over, Bane has him taken away to imprisonment.

Batman meets up with Dr. taken in prologue, find out about banes mask and such, as well as some of the plan, and some of Banes secrets. Bruce eventually escapes through great effort, and return to gotham. Bruce heals in about 6 months time, and returns to gotham after a great escape and effort to escape the well, somewhat mirroring what happened in BB with his father, except this time he’s the one who must get out himself.
Once out he meets up with Lucius and then Alfred, as well as Selina who was hiding in the mansion after her escape from prison. They team up, and Batman meets up with Gordon on the streets in a very cool scene.

During this time or before if I remember correctly Miranda is revealed, as Talia, as Lucius discovers this and Bane kills him as he come up behind him. This angers Miranda as she liked Fox and regrets that he was killed. This REALLY angers Bruce, though, as he goes to Fox to get some weapons/equipment, and he’s even more mad when he finds out that Miranda was involved. He is not though explained as to who Miranda really is yet, as Talia doesn’t even say what her real name is til close to the end.

Batman though along with his allies, meet bane and co. in battle and push them back to their hideout eventually. Batman and talia have a heart to heart, in between this, and she explains that she is RAs daughter, via flashback, seeing both old and young Ras. You also see this when Bane explains Ras in the prison.

Anyways Batman chases Bane back down to his hideout, and they fight once again, this time, with Batman emerging victor, and Bane conceding the victory, just before removing his own mask, and letting himself die, as he apparently can’t breath properly with out the mask. Miranda has tears for him and for Bruce, as she escapes, presumbably for good.

In the end Batman decides that he will remain as Batman as long as Gotham needs him, especially now that the rebuilding period is sure to bring more hard times, and as Batman is now in the favor of the public, he must continue to do what he can, BECAUSE he can. Alfred agrees and says that BATMAN as a symbol only works because Bruce makes it work, he is perhaps the only one that can make it work.
Alfred speaks with Bruce in the cave about how well he worked with Selina, and perhaps he should find some help that he can trust won’t steal the china from our cabinets. Bruce says he’s not sure he’d have any idea where to even look for someone like that. While Alfred jokes that well it would at least be nice to get some help around the cave as taking care of the mansion and the cave is too much for an old man.

Alfred jokes that maybe bruce can take the night off and take an old man to the circus for a much needed night out. Mentioning the Flying Graysons act is supposed to be quite the show. Bruce tells him he can’t tonight but he will before the circus leaves town or something,… Movie ends with Gordon celebrating the rebuilding of Gotham precinct after Bane blew it up, and once again shines the Bat signal in honor of Batmans efforts. The city applauds and batman looks on, as you get a large view of gotham and the rebuilding efforts, you then from a distance see him swoop down as the camera follows behind him as he does his thing.

MIranda Tate/ Talia: she is in the shadows most of the movie and appears quite a bit in the beginning as Bruces girlfriend, whom they have a passionate relationship with each other. She is one of the reaons Wayne Enterprises is flourishing so well, and is invovled heavily with the company. When Bruce goes missing she assumes control of the board as Fox is busy dealing with ways to find Bruce, and others things.

Unbeknownst to him Talia in her time with the company was using Wayne Ent, to build up the league, with weapons, financing, and to help create the foothold for them once the plan was put into action. She is discovered by Lucius to be the one that helped bane get to the shattering device, as well as many other things. When she is discovered she then shows her true colors, and joines with Bane, after Bane kills Lucius. Sad.

She then reveals who she is to Bruce when they again meet up, and he is shocked that she had the will and fortitude to play it out like she did and for as long as she did. She apparently was with Wayne for awhile. He’s quite saddened and angry about this. But seems to worry more about Bane, and sees her as less of a threat.

She does battle with Selina as batman does battle with Bane. She is found to be VERY formidable as fighter and gives Selina everything she can handle. Before finally being beaten. As Bane loses she regains consciousness to witness it, and is saddened by what she consideres a tragic story in bane. As well as her regret for what she did and her knowing she can never make it right with Bruce, she leaves/escapes, with the implication she WILL NOT return.

John Blake: does not take up the mantle of batman at all. If anything he takes over for Gordon for awhile and is just a good cop that helps in the effort to quell Banes forces. He is though integral to the plan as he relays to Gordon that Batman may still be alive, and he also has a big part in helping in the final battle and getting to Banes lair in the end. It is implied that in time he may take over as Commissioner in time, He is though promoted to Lt. in the end. Good guy, he even arrests Selina in the first half though she escapes as said before.

Gordon: Typical Gordon, does this job, helps lead the way, but gets messed up early in the film in an altercation with Banes and his men, he pleas with the masked man that visit him in the hospital to return as Batman, before passing out. Then when he heals, he is somewhat powerless to do anything as everyone is afraid to engage Bane as he warned he would cause havoc should they try and come after him, ala, earthquake to city with his machine. Gordon though is happy to find that Batman has returned and then along with Blake convince the police that they have to fight back once the city is barricaded and the bridges are blown.

Tidibts: Banes mask comes off only when he takes it off. He seems to not sleep with it on, and uses a sort of respirator that isn’t so uncomfortable. The other time he takes it off is when he loses to Batman, and concedes defeat. A sort of honorable gesture on his part actually, as he agrees that he has lost and Batman has earned his right to do it his way. Both fights with Batman, actually 3, of them, are all pretty nasty and brutal. Bane is clearly Bruces equal. But his story is similiar to Bruces, and perhaps worse as he didn’t grow up with wealth like Bruce did, and lived a very hard life. He’s very scary, and it’s hard to watch him sometimes as you are sure he’s about to F someone up at anytime and quite brutally at that. Plus his plan is VERY big in scope and surefire, YES HE does have a bullet proof vest, as do certain members of his crew, making it hard to have a gun fight with them. They have about 3-4 tumblers and are quite well armed and trained, ala, league style.

Miranda seems to be the TRUE leader of the league, though Bane commands just as much respect. Bane is very loyal though, and mentions her father many tims throughout the movie to her and Batman.

Selina, is very wishy washy as loyalties go, but it’s clear she’s not a bad person. Just a bit of a deviant. She makes it clear that playing good isn’t going to be the lifetime choice she’ll make.
She has a best friend who is younger and she apparently cares for. She LOVES stealing is is very good at it, and she has a stockpile hidden in her place. She hid in Waynes mansions when she escaped from Jail to hide from the police AND Bane, only to be discovered with Bruce returns.

The movie has a more comic book feel to it then TDK did, and is more along the lines of of BB.

Well, what do you think? Share your thoughts below!

Agent Burgos, HUGE POSSIBLE SPOILERS For The Dark Knight Rises!!

Part 1: Beat the Poet

Writer: Matt Kindt

Art: Alberto Ponticelli

Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E #10 welcomes new writer Matt Kindt who is filling in for Jeff Lemire since he stepped down to take over Justice League Dark (issue #9 was amazing!), however for some odd reason Lemire’s name is still on the cover? I wouldn’t worry though Mindt brings his A-game with all the fun wild craziness Frankenstein has to offer.

Kindt gets the ball rolling quick. Things start off in the library when all of sudden Frankenstein is attacked by ninja bug creatures, which are hard to kill according to the S.H.A.D.E database, but nothing is a match for Frankenstein! From this point he must assemble his finest men and travel to an upside down city and track down a S.H.A.D.E agent who went rogue. We are then believed to think that the rogue agent might have something to do with the attack back at the S.H.A.D.E library. When all things are said and done there is a twist at the end and Frankenstein might have been left for dead!? This isn’t the best issue I have read, but new writer Kindt serves up a good story and I can’t wait for the following issue.

Ultimately Alberto Ponticelli’s art is worth the $2.99 price tag for me. I love all the sci-fi action, characters facial expressions, and cloud traveling (with cloud jets!).I first heard about Ponticelli in 2011 when he was drawing IDW’s Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliath mini-series, which I absolutely loved. Seeing these larger than life monsters come to life and destroying Tokyo really made me admire him as a artist, also John Layman (Chew) writing it made me love this series even more. Regardless, if you like Ponticelli art definitely check out IDW’s Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliath mini-series.

Rating: 3/5

Chuckie Valdez, Review: Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E #10

Review: BATMAN #10 (spoiler-free)
Assault on the Court
Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Greg Capullo
Backup story: Fall of the House of Wayne
Writer: Scott Snyder,James Tynion IV
Artist: Rafael Albuquerque
Rating: 10/10

Agent Burgos, Review: BATMAN #10 (Spoiler-Free)

Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner’s script, much like Minutemen #1, is very wordy.  There are only a few panels that lack words.  Most of the dialogue is needed, and well written.  But there is one scene in particular, where Laurie is being attacked, that has the lyrics of a song playing in between the grunting.  While this could have worked as a parallel to the fight going on, it has little to nothing to do with the fight.  The scene actually works better if the reader doesn’t read all the lyrics.  Some of the dialogue can also seem a little corny.  The story takes place in 1966, but looks and sounds like it’s in the 50′s.  Not a huge problem, as the dialogue doesn’t pop up much, but it can leave a more astute reader a tad confused.  This story, while about Laurie, is also about Sally.  She seems to be an equal lead in this book, as she is mentioned or appears in the same amount of panels.  Cooke and Conner gives us little reason to like Sally though.  While the book is seen from the perspective of Laurie, a teenage girl with a crush, it would have been nice to see some redeeming qualities.  They start to appear at the end, which gives the impression that they will come in future issues of this mini-series.  But Cooke and Conner give the reader a great reason to feel for Laurie.  They describe her and her mother’s past quickly, efficiently, and in a compelling manner.  They even gives small shots into what Laurie is thinking, which really hooks the reader into Laurie’s life.  Usually they are one panel cartoons that quickly summarize what she is feeling.  Her dialogue feels like a real teenage girl, which can be hard for some male writers.

The majority of that last paragraph was spent saying some bad things, but this series looks to be a great one.  A few tweaks and the score would have been a little higher.  It would be nice if the two writers could tone down the dialogue in some scenes, and give the reader a reason or two to feel for Sally.  We can appreciate her being an over bearing mother, and being gifted with the curse of knowledge, but show us a redeeming quality or two.  The way Cooke and Conner seem to be going with the ending, those qualities will no doubt make an appearance and redeem Sally.  Watchmen fans will notice quite a few winks and nods to the classic graphic novel.  Much like Minutemen, they aren’t blatant or break the flow of the story, but they are subtle.

Amanda Conner’s pencils suit the mixture of 50′s and 60′s motif.  She does a great job of changing small things in a characters reaction when something is said, or they are reacting to something.  It goes a long way to make these characters not only believable, but actually care for them.  Things like Laurie’s eyes when her classmate throws some of her milkshake at her.  It really makes the reader feel for Laurie and get inside her head.  The quick panels about what she is thinking about are funny, and penciled in more of a cartoony way.  Conner sticks to the nine panel page layout, and she uses it masterfully.  Many times a scene calls for the panel to say stagnant, letting the reader see the small details change in a scene.  Her art is very detailed, and it’s easy to get lost in a scene looking for small easter eggs.  While Cooke’s script really got the reader in the mind of teenage girl, Cooner’s art does more so.  Two panels in particular capture a crop full of emotions quickly.  We are two issues into Before Watchmen, and it’s already safe to say the art is going to be stunning in each issue.

Another issue, another Crimson Corsair back up.  The art does look good so far, although I haven’t had a chance to read the two back ups back to back.

Before Watchmen Silk Spectre #1 gets 3.5/5.

MrComicBook, Before Watchmen Silk Spectre #1 Review

Welcome to the beginning of 31 in 31! I and a small group of my friends are fans of Halloween, so muh so that we’ve taken on the task of finding what we consider to be the best 31 films that fit perfectly within this time of the year. Whether it’s horror, sci-fi, suspense, thriller, or maybe something you don’t quite expect. Either way we hope to lead you folks to explore movies that maybe you wouldn’t have otherwise seen, and maybe discover a new favorite for you and your friends to sit around and watch during this time of the year. We will be starting on the 1st of October and going all the way up until Halloween Day, the 31st of October. I hope you guys tune in and read what we have to say!

Michael Worthan, 31 In 31: The Beginning