Marvel Comics Archives

Extermination #2 Pushes us Closer Toward the Edge 0
- Comics, Reviews
- September 12, 2018
Extermination #2 Ed Brisson (Writer), Marte Gracia (Colorist), Pepe Larraz (Artist), Joe Sabino (Letterer) Marvel Comics August 29, 2018 “I’m going with them.” The four words at the end of Extermination #2 told me all I needed to know and I honestly couldn’t be more hooked on this book. This is a comic focused on returning the time
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Extermination #1 Leaves a Big Impact 0
- Comics, Reviews
- August 29, 2018
Extermination #1 Ed Brisson (writer), Pepe Laraz (artist), Marte Garcia (colorist), Jo Sabino (letterer) Marvel Comics August 15, 2018 The saga of the time-displaced Original Five (or O5, as they’ve come to be known) X-Men has gone on for a long time. Too long, some might say. Brought forward by a rather bitter Beast to
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The Re-re-invention of Psylocke 1
- Roundtables
- August 27, 2018
In 1989, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee did a thing to Betsy Braddock, aka Psylocke. The white, British, purple-haired model, turned agent, turned X-Man, sister of Captain Britain, stepped through the Siege Perilous and was discovered by the Hand, who reshaped her into a Japanese woman. In 1993 on the pages of X-Men, Fabian Nicieza
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Sequential Sartorial: Give Me More Fashionable Superheroes 0
- Style & Fashion
- August 27, 2018
Once upon a time, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was constantly sketching ideas, collecting fabric samples, and chopping up my sister’s Vogue and Bazaar. I was infatuated with Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista and the original supermodels. I dreamed of visiting the runways of Paris. As with many of my childhood obsessions,
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Previously on Comics: Russ Heath, Comicsgate, Creator Advisor, and Supersuits 0
- News
- August 27, 2018
Welcome to the end of another busy week in comics! Every time I thought I had finally covered everything this week, something new popped up, which meant more writing for me but more interesting tidbits to read for you. With that in mind, let’s get this show on the road.
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Before the Hulk was Green: Pop Culture Literacy in the Composition Classroom 0
- Essays
- August 24, 2018
(This article was adapted from a presentation given at the TYCA-Northeast Conference in Fall of 2012) What is this professor talking about? I teach at a community college, which means I teach a lot of introductory classes. I can assume I’ll be teaching several sections of Standard Freshman Composition every Fall, and Writing about Literature
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