Fantastic Fan Made Trailer for Jock's Savage Wolverine run by none other than his son!

I'm a little late on getting this up on the site, I'm fairly certain if you wanted to see it you would have by now, but Jock announced on Twitter that his son had created a trailer for his current 3 issue run on Savage Wolverine and well if you weren't thinking of getting this already, which I strongly recommend you should, I will let this trailer make the argument for why you should definitely be picking up this title, for me!

All-New Marvel NOW! The teasers continued

This week saw the teasers continued for Marvel NOW! With more teasers comes more thoughts as to what they are for... so here are my thoughts on the few that caught my eye and find the teasers for the others at the bottom;

Overdrive, I have a strong feeling this is going to be one of the All-New Marvel NOW! issue ones rather than a point NOW! issue. I do not know much of Felipe Smith but have enjoyed the artwork of Tradd Moore with the few items drawn by him that I've picked up. Many of the comic sites are guessing this may be a Ghost Rider comic or this could be to do with a new character to come out of Inhumanity. I would have thought a new Ghost Rider comic would be announced at the Superior Spider-Man panel along with the other street level heroes but it won't be long now till we finally find out what this is teasing along with the rest and also while at the Marvel Panel at DICE 2013 recently C B Cebulski did mention that there will be news on Ghost Rider along with The Punisher.

Ales Kot has recently jumped on Secret Avengers with Nick Spencer and this could be what this is to do with, or this could also be teasing the Black Widow comic everyone seems to believe will be coming. Another hope of mine is that this may be a new Secret Warriors themed team although Jonathan Hickman did such a great job on that title that I'm not sure whether I would want to see a new or re-incarnation of the book I just miss it. But on that note the word 'Frenemies' certainly sets the tone for a Spy/ Assassin thriller and with Kot and Walsh's recent successful launch of their creator owned Zero with Image we already know that this team can create a great spy thriller! This will be one of my highlights of the show to find out what they will be on and there is a space on my Monthly pull list ready for this title!

Have you been enjoying Avengers Arena? Well I most certainly have, and along with many others. Avengers Arena from Hopeless and Walker turned out to be one of the most interesting Avengers titles out there and also a surprise favourite among fans. Originally when teased to have a Hunger Games-esque, Battle Royal type theme to it everyone baulked at the idea. Now after an incredibly successful run and its current form coming to its natural end I am happy to see that this creative team has something to announce at the Avengers panel at New York Comic Con. Clearly the next "season", as the word keeps being used, for the teenagers of the Marvel Universe I can not wait to see what is to come next from some of Marvel's great teen heroes with one of their breakout creative teams of the year!

Along with Avengers Arena, Avengers A.I by Humphries and Araujo, spiralling out from Age of Ultron, is currently one of my standout favourites and possibly the Avengers title I most look forward to each month. Yes, yes, Hickman is doing a great job on Avengers but as the Flagship title this requires accessibility and does not get much chance to experiment. With Avengers A.I. Marvel have one of there up and coming writing talents working on a great concept with another promising talent in Araujo. With issue 4 out tomorrow, I very much look forward to hearing what it is to come next from this title, and hoping the word "Extinction" has nothing to do with the length of its shelf life shall we say?

Star Wars Rebels: Teaser Trailer

Check out the Star Wars Rebels Teaser Trailer below, doesn't give much away, a brief glimpse at the art style but it is just a planet and a ship and we also now know that there will be Jedi involved along with the Empire and the beginning of the Rebel Alliance, well its a Star Wars programme so that was inevitable right? It is yet to be seen whether anything pre Disney, Force Unleashed, will be taken into account. I do hope so as the first Force Unleashed game was one of the best Star Wars games in recent times and created a great origin for the Rebel Alliance, and lets just forget the sequel ever happened... please.

I'm certain there will be more news for this by the end of this weekend with the Star Wars Rebels panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. But for now check out the teaser trailer below.

All-New Marvel NOW! Teasers Galore, and there still coming... My Thoughts

So Marvel started teasing one word hints and creative teams for upcoming All-New Marvel NOW! projects from Wednesday last week and they have continued today, I wonder how many more there are still to come? I'm not convinced that these are all new titles and I have my guesses for a few.

"Trial" teased with the creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen and more to be revealed at the Amazing X-Men and the Marvel Universe Panel 11/10/2013 11:00am. Well what could this be, well my guess is that this may be to do with the X-Men's sudden passion for time travel, I am certain that Bendis said he hoped to cross his X-Men title with his other title Guardians of the Galaxy and considering the revelation between Thanos and Peter Quill in the most recent issue of Guardians of the Galaxy I am sure there is more to be answered for when it comes to the X-Men's recent abuse of the timeline. Considering this is to do with Bendis and Immonen I suggest it will be taking place within the pages of All-New X-Men and this is not teasing a new #1 issue.

"Judgement" teased with the creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli once again with more to be revealed at New York Comic Con at the Amazing X-Men and the Marvel Universe Panel. Considering the use of the flame filled font on both these teasers these must be linked. Pichelli is currently working on Guardians of the Galaxy with Bendis, and its because of these sets of creative teams that I believe this has something to do with a clash between the All-New X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy. Chances are I may have this completely wrong, but because my memory is telling me Bendis first mentioned when he started on these titles that he hoped for them to cross paths at some point, well looks to me that All-New Marvel NOW! will be that point.

Right "Mindbubble" this is the one that has me a little stumped. Remender is currently working on Uncanny Avengers and Captain America. I know that Nic Klein will be joining Remender on Cap sometime soon but this may be just as a fill in for Pacheco. My guess is that considering the work load Remender currently has this is not another new #1 issue but a All-New Marvel NOW! jumping on point for one of his titles. Considering the art team and also the fact that McNiven is currently on Uncanny Avengers my best guess is that this has something to do with Captain America. I may well be surprised come the Avengers Panel at NYCC on 11/10/2013 @ 4:00pm. But at this point my money is on the next big story for Captain America.

SILVER SURFER! Well that is what I am 99.9999999 percent sure this "RAD!" is teasing. Slott when setting up at a con apparently accidentally has his desktop displayed on a projector screen and on this desktop were files or a file relating to Silver Surfer. Another reason I hope I am completely correct is one of my favourite titles from the first Marvel NOW! was FF with Allred on art and I very much want this to be him drawing a Silver Surfer comic. This will be announced and hopefully confirmed at the Inhumanity & All-New Marvel NOW! Panel so this must be a new #1!

Unfortunately Peter David is a writer whos work I follow other than the fact I know he most recently wrote and brought to an end his run on X-Factor. Considering the very little I know regarding the creators on this teaser I can only go with the rumours I have been reading on the internet and that is that this will be a X-Factor comic, a new beginning of sorts coming as part of the All-New Marvel NOW! wave. To be announced at the Amazing X-Men and the Marvel Universe Panel it looks like Marvel are planning on having a very busy and exciting NYCC this year. I have the dates in my calendar and the times of the panels, I do not want to miss any of this news in 1 weeks time.

Another reveal with Slott's name on it and his frequent collaborator and current Spider-Man artist Giuseppe Camuncoli. "The End" well Doc Ock's Superior Spider-Man initiative seems to be hitting the rocks recently which is making for one of the most entertaining books currently being released, but all good things have to come to an end right? Not everyone is convinced this is to do with Superior Spider-Man, but writing 2 issues of Spidey a month and also with the most recent "Rad!" teaser I don't think Slott would have time for another on-going, some sites have mentioned a limited series but considering the panel this is teased for, the Superior Spider-Man & Friends panel this can only be to do with Spider-Man himself. Maybe more will be made clear come the teased to be important issue at the end of October. But for now my money is on this seeing the return of Peter Parker, and well just in time for that movie coming out in May.

Another All-New Marvel NOW! teaser I don't believe is related to a new #1 issue. Hickman and Spencer have recently been co-writing Avengers and Spencer is also on Secret Avengers, Caselli has recently worked on Avengers with Hickman. I can't see there really being another Avengers title considering the amount of them there already are, Avengers, New Avengers, Secret Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Uncanny Avengers, Avengers Arena, Young Avengers and Avengers A.I., although a few of them will be coming to their natural end soon. No this must be to do with the next stage in Hickman's big plan for the Avengers, currently in the middle of Inhumanity and with the .NOW issue of Avengers revealed for December I think this will have something to do with the next phase of Avengers.

I have read up a little on this one with other comic news sites. But I already knew Soule has recently come on to Thunderbolts for the Infinity tie-ins. One theory was this has something to do with Deadpool considering Barbieri's history with the character, however with Duggan and Posehn doing such a sterling job on that character and Sinners being plural this really hints at being a team of characters. With Soule currently on Thunderbolts and the current odd makeup and direction of the title this may be a re-hash which Soule will be leading the charge with. I have to take most of my speculation from the likes of CBR and Newsarama and come to the conclusion that this will be a Thunderbolts book, whether this will start again from #1 or just be receiving some form of All-New Marvel NOW! treatment all will be known come the end of the Amazing X-Men and the Marvel Universe Panel.

"HIGHER" + Kelly Sue DeConnick = CAPTAIN MARVEL! Good old Carol Danvers, I can't imagine this being anything else and don't think I really need to explain much further, with Captain Marvel's recent absence from solicitations this must have something to do with the character. I regret not continuing to pick up Captain Marvel especially as currently some of my favourite titles are the $2.99 issues which seem to team up some great artists with brilliant writers. So I do hope this is more to come from Captain Marvel!










Well this looks like Marvel's NYCC schedule is going to be jam packed, and something tells me this isn't the end of the teasers yet and there are still more to come during this week. Expect these teasers to be related to books coming out in February, or possibly January, but I imagine that most publishers will be releasing there January solicitations next week before NYCC.

The Day of the Doctor #SAVETHEDAY

Eurogamer Expo 2013 My Thoughts, The Winners, The Losers...

Eurogamer Expo 2013, I had the privilege of visiting this both yesterday and today, a fast track pass to play the PS4 yesterday and ran to the Nintendo booth this morning.

Winners: Handheld Consoles, Pokemon X & Y, Tearaway, Destiny, Beyond Two Souls

Losers: Not once did I want to try, join, or see the XBOX One, sorry Microsoft the 360 served me so well but these times they are changing.

I will get a more detailed write up hopefully Sunday, but I have another convention tomorrow, and very little time to update here, but all going well I will have a chance before next week.

Deadpool #17 My Comic of the Week 25/09/2013

Deadpool #17

Marvel Comics

Writer: Gerry Duggan/ Brian Posehn

Artist: Declan Shalvey

Colourist: Jordie Bellaire

Well this title is currently delayed by a week in the UK and will not be with us till this coming Wednesday. But I have been enjoying this Deadpool tale so much I could not wait that long and grabbed myself a digital copy on the Marvel Comics App.

This story seems to be going from strength to strength from all aspects from writing to the art. This is another action packed issue where you get to see the team up originally promised of Deadpool, Wolverine and Captain America. This is not a team up you would expect to work but with a great script by Duggan and Posehn brought to life by Shalvey and Bellaire it just does and there are great moments between the three and also the supporting cast of X-Men clones.

After the revelations from last issue of these clones being produced by Butler for the North Korean military and having found both Wolverine and Captain America in some form of cryo stasis Deadpool releases the two of them and explains the situation. The camp bringing back memories for Cap, displayed in the earlier panels, realises he has to do something and with the help of Deadpool and Wolverine they work to capture the camp and release the captive X-Men clones.

How does this begin, well with Deadpool knuckledusters of course and a new rhyme "One... Two... Three... Four... I declare an actual War." During this fight for freedom comes some brilliant moments with Wolverine attempting to teach the cloned Colossus and cloned version of himself a signature move the "Fastball Special" which results in hilarity. The difference in how the three main characters deal with the task at hand, the insanity of Deadpool, the savageness of Wolverine and the disciplined military nature of Captain America gives some great lines, culminating in my favourite panel of the issue. A full page of the three characters with lines that help to distinct there personalities bizarrely through how these differences complement each other so well. Oh and when your reading the issue make sure to keep an eye out for the kitten plaster, need I say more?

The underlying story driving this book is Deadpool's fight against the main antagonist Butler, and even though with all the action and great character moments this is always evident, does Deadpool have a daughter? Is it a surprise he can't be sure? This is why he needs Butler for answers. By the end of the book you know more about Butler's motives and Deadpool also now knows where to find him.

I could quite happily review this comic panel by panel from each great illustration, conversation, moment of comedy and so much more but all you really need to know is that this is turning out to be one of the best Deadpool stories in a long while, definitely that I have read and with the addition of Wolverine and Cap is turning out to be one of the greatest team-up books I have read in some time. Duggan and Posehn don't just possess a great way of portraying and writing Deadpool's character from the many sides he has from the personalities, comedian, to the assassin but they also write fantastic dialogue for both Wolverine and Captain America bringing the character's and personality to life so well.

But with great scripts you need a great art team and Posehn and Duggan have that in Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire. The panelling of the issue is easy to read and illustrations pace and play the story out in a great way from the conversations to the action scenes, that solitary shield announcing the beginning of the battle. Declan does a great job of drawing action helping you to imagine the movement of the characters. This is an aspect of Declan's work I have loved from Venom to now, the energy in the line and the posture he creates for the characters he draws to life and with the help of Jordie on colours this brings even more life to this already buzzing book. From small things like the colours of the background displaying how time has gone by throughout the comic to the colours used in the explosions, destruction, laser blast, fire and characters bring the story to life even further, the textures and palettes are just gorgeous to look at.

Thankfully with Deadpool seeming to be coming out twice a month its only a two week wait for the next issue. This has become one of those books that I can not wait for the next issue of. I have been showing this story to my friend who has recently got into comics and plan to nag him until he reads it, much like I did with passing my copy of Civil War around for friends to read, for me this is a must have comic and I look forward to issue 18.