Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/22/23
The weekend is upon us! It’s Comic-Con weekend and so much great news is coming out. Fun trailers, new comic announcements; life is good when you’re gorging on Comic-Con news. And the comics were pretty fun this week as well.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Void Rivals #2 for a strong second issue to this new Energon Universe.
Meanwhile, I conquered Barbenheimer last night and it was a hoot! Both Barbie and Oppenheimer were phenomenal films, in their own right. Also, this might be the weekend I finally finish off The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I’ve put this ending off long enough, and I’ve got Baldur’s Gate 3 I can transition to in a couple weeks.
Comic Reviews: Black Panther #2, Hawkgirl #1 and Void Rivals #2.
Read the rest of this entryThe Marvels Looks Super Fun!
Comic-Con has delivered a ton of fun trailers so far, and the first one I’m going to post is the new trailer for The Marvels, the next big MCU movie. This is the sequel to Captain Marvel, and it teams her up with Monica Rambeau from Wandavision and Kamala Khan from Ms. Marvel. That’s a lot of TV show connection, but considering I have seen all of these movies and shows, I’m excited.
I think this trailer looks super fun. The energy is good, the color palette looks really nice, and the characters are definitely the strongest part. Iman Vellani is gonna kill it as Kamala on the big screen. To say nothing of Teyonah Parris and Brie Larson, who also look great in this trailer. The whole thing looks fun and I’m definitely looking forward to this one.
The Marvels comes to theaters on Nov. 10.
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A Haunting in Venice, You Say?
I’ve enjoyed the recent Poirot mystery movies as much as the next person. Murder on the Orient Express was really fun. Death on the Nile was fine. And next we’ll be getting A Haunting in Venice, with Kenneth Branagh returning as both director and star.
Poiroit vs. the supernatural? Sounds good to me! I’m sure this will be another perfectly entertaining murder mystery movie. It’s no Knives Out, but what is these days? A Haunting in Venice should be nicely watchable.
It comes to theaters on Sept. 15.
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The 6 Characters on My Legion of Super-Heroes
Who doesn’t love tradition? It’s the week of San Diego Comic-Con, and since I’m not going (again) this year, I’ve decided to indulge in one of my favorite blog traditions: dream casting a superhero team! This year, we’re heading far into the future for my take on the Legion of Super-Heroes.
I’ve never been a big fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes, but I recently came up with a fun idea for what I’d do if I were ever hired to write a new Legion book. Hopefully someday that will still happen. And if it does, then you blog readers will have this insight into some of the major twists and mysteries that will drive my comic. I’ve done plenty of lists like this before on Comic-Con week, from the Justice League and the Avengers, to the Fantastic Four, the Thunderbolts and the X-Men. You can see a full list here.
This year, it’s my roster and plot for the Legion of Super-Heroes! Join me after the jump to get the whole scoop. And if you have a dream roster of your own, feel free to share it in the comments below.
Read the rest of this entryMs. Marvel is For Sure Coming Back as a Mutant
Comics are weird. I’m not the first to say it, and I won’t be the last. But the latest weirdness is the decision by Marvel Comics to, first, kill Ms. Marvel in a random, supporting role in Amazing Spider-Man. Then, second, to have a one-shot comic that came out last week that portrayed her funeral. And now, third, have her come back a few months later as a mutant.
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant will be coming out at the end of August, a 4-issue mini-series co-written by the Ms. Marvel actor, Iman Vellani, and one of the TV show’s writers, Sabir Pirzada.
Sounds like Kamala Khan is going to be resurrected as a mutant at the upcoming Hellfire Gala. So she’ll be part Inhuman and part mutant.
You can read more about the whole thing at Marvel.com.
Personally, I think this whole thing is a little silly. Ms. Marvel is a super fun character. She should be in an ongoing series at all time. But she hasn’t had one of those in a while. Why? She’s got a TV show, which they’re going to air on network TV soon ahead of The Marvels movie. She’s popular. Can they really not find a creative team with some good ideas for a Ms. Marvel ongoing?
And look, I realize she was introduced as an Inhuman in that really weird time period when Ike Perlmutter was pushing the Inhumans, but this feels like an insane overcorrection. Kill this lovable, awesome teenage character, have an issue dedicated to her freakin’ funeral, and then bring her back to life only a month or so later and tack on being a mutant too? Do they really want to overcomplicate her that much?
Just feels silly to me.
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