Tony Stark has two birthdays to celebrate in 2023. It has been fifteen years since Robert Downey Jr. first played the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man (2008) and it is the 60th anniversary of Tony’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. It’s the latter that Marvel Comics’ new miniseries, I Am…
PREVIEW: Hasbro’s Upcoming Marvel Legends From PulseCon 2022
I’ve only written about them a handful of times on the site, but the truth is, I love action figures. I’ve been collecting them for almost my whole life, starting with the 5″ X-Men line from the 90s, and continuing through Hasbro’s Marvel Legends to this day. So, when Hasbro’s PulseCon 2022 event kicked off this…
REVIEW: Tony Stark Has a Mid-Life Crisis in Iron Man #1, and Whatever, I Don’t Care
In Iron Man #1, Tony Stark decides to renounce his way of life and go back to the simple ways—is he having an existential crisis? Is he going undercover? Is this some kind of covert mission? Or could it be something closer to home? We get an inkling in this opening issue.
Cover Reveal: Ironheart 2020 #1
As announced last fall at New York City Comic Con, Marvel’s Iron Man 2020 event begins this month with Iron Man 2020 #1 starring Arno Stark. The event will feature several spin-off titles, including Ironheart 2020. Ironheart, aka Riri Williams, debuted in Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr.’s Invincible Iron Man #9 (2015), and got her…
Who Gets To Be A Sacrifice? On Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame
I don’t know how to feel about Black Widow.
Avengers: Endgame Has Something for Every Fan, Mostly
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe Russo (directors), Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Trent Opaloch (Cinematography) Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper, Josh Brolin (cast) April 26, 2019
7 Horrible Superhero Gifts for Your Arch Nemesis
As the holiday season creeps closer, we’re inundated with shining, glittering things trying to tempt us away from our money. But for every incredible fun gift idea we see, there are at least 100 awful things that no one would (or sometimes should!) ever want. So I collected together seven of the worst possible comic…
Cancelled Deal with Weapons Manufacturer Shows Marvel Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Seventeen years ago, Marvel Comics introduced the Sentry, a retconned hero from the early days of the heroic age. While the Sentry was immensely powerful—one of the Earth’s mightiest heroes—he had a secret, unknown even to himself. The Sentry, it turned out, was his own worst enemy: the supervillain known as the Void. And, to…
Those RiRi Williams Variant Covers are Why Comics Will Never Grow Up
Society’s prevailing view of the comic book industry is of manbabies who have never seen a woman. There. I said it.
Who Does Marvel Care About: J. Scott Campbell’s Sexualization of 15yo Riri Williams
Those of us who have been in comics a long time know the deal with variant covers: They exist to inflate, I mean, increase sales numbers, and their target audience is people who actually know about variant covers and will pre-order them. So they’re for the fans who truly committed to and entrenched in the…
Mantles, Crowns, and Knowledge: What RiRi Williams Needs
The second I see a panel of RiRi Williams sleeping without a bonnet or silk pillowcase, I’m gonna be waiting for my apology from Big 2 comics folks and their defenders. Black hair is important to me. I have it. My family has it. My friends have it. Black hair is simultaneously an outlet for…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The Superior Or Just Regular Tony Stark
Monday again! This has been quite the week for Marvel — LadyThor (wait, we aren’t supposed to call her that) and Fal-Cap caused a significant amount of Internet rabble rousing. What else has been going on at the House of Ideas?