Mark Stoddard
ADVANCE REVIEW: Runaways (Vol. 3) #1
Runaways is one of those titles that I know I should be reading, but for various reasons (mainly time and money – ain’t it always!) it never quite makes the cut. Now here we are with a new #1 at the start of Volume 3, and the new creative team of writer Terry Moore and artist Humberto Ramos have a lot to live up to.
REVIEW: Galaxy Quest: Global Warning! # 1
Now, I haven’t seen the movie, so I am in no position to comment on its quality or potential for continuation, but I certainly haven’t heard any clamouring for a comeback. Is this just another in a long line of bland comic-book licenses or does this series boldly go where few have gone before…?
REVIEW: Secret Invasion: Thor #1
Taking the creative place of JMS and Coipel for this mini are rising superstar writer Matt Fraction and highly regarded artist Doug Braithwaite, which should keep expectation levels pretty high for both long-term Thor fans and more casual readers. So do they bring the thunder?
ADVANCE REVIEW: Cable #6
To protect the life of a possible new mutant messiah baby, Cable escapes with the child into the time-stream. But he is followed by the former X-Man, Bishop, who, believing that the baby is actually a threat to mutant survival rather than its saviour, sets out to kill her before his own experiences of the future can become reality.
ADVANCE REVIEW: Black Panther #39
Skrulls. They’re everywhere. It’s almost as if there is an invasion going on or something. Black Panther is the latest title to feature a tie-in to Marvel Comics’ summer blockbuster event, Secret Invasion, as the Skrulls look to overthrow Wakanda to gain access to their valuable vibranium mines.
ADVANCE REVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #500
As part of the new Uncanny X-Men status quo, Brubaker is now joined by his Immortal Iron Fist collaborator and rising star Matt Fraction, in a dynamic-sounding rotating creative team with artists Greg Land and Terry Dodson. It sounds intriguing, and it should be great, but can this landmark issue and high-profile creative team finally deliver on what has been promised for so long?
REVIEW: Moon Knight #20
On the face of it, this issue looks like being a fairly stand-alone fill-in story, with a guest artist and a flashback to a previous encounter with Jack Russell, aka Werewolf By Night, with whom Moon Knight has a rather significant and interwoven history – oh, and with a reprint of Moon Knight’s first encounter with Russell tagged on the end.
REVIEW: Squadron Supreme Vol. 2 #1
So, yet another alternate Marvel Universe makes an appearance this week, although in fairness this one has been around in one form or another since the 1970s. Following J. Michael Straczynski’s 2006 re-launch and the events of the Ultimate Power crossover with the heroes from Marvel’s Ultimates universe, Squadron returns to the page with a new creative team of Howard Chaykin and Marco Turini.
REVIEW: Fantastic Four #558
Well, it seems these days I’m the go-to guy for Mark Millar reviews here at the Nexus - which is totally fine by me. I may not religiously read all of his books, but you can always guarantee that you are going to get great super-hero entertainment, and really, what else do we read comic books for?
ADVANCE REVIEW: 1985 #1
Those who frequent the comics news and gossip websites will know that Mark Millar’s 1985 has been coming for quite some time, in a variety of guises. Originally conceptualised as a photo-frame book, the basic premise is that Marvel’s super-villains have found a way to ‘our’ earth / universe, one that of course is not equipped with super-heroes to defend it.
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