Characters are strange things. They exist in multiple forms, in various versions of “the same” story. They are many different things at the same time as being one unified identity. It can be tricky to navigate the differences without help, so here’s a friendly hand. First? Black Widow. Between Marvel Comics’ primary “Earth-616” timeline and…
Five Times the Grey-Summers Family Tree Got Weird
X-Men history time again! Today we take a look at the Grey-Summers family—clones, time-travel, and all. After her first clone died, Scott Summers married a second clone of his dead girlfriend. For today’s purposes, there are three Jean Greys: Jean Phoenix Jean Madelyne Pryor Scott Summers’ DNA and Jean Grey’s DNA have been combined several…
Getting a Feminist Makeover: Red Sonja, Gail Simone, and Chainmail Bikinis, Pt. 1
Gail Simone’s run on Red Sonja has been a huge boon to the character. Simone has changed the character’s origins, tweaked some of her personality (or more accurately, “enhanced”), made her canonically bisexual, and worked with artists who are willing to depict Red Sonja as the powerful warrior woman and complex character that she should be. Issue 18 will…
Where Do We Stand: July’s Look at Women in Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
July is a mixed bag when it comes to female representation best selling comics. It’s a month where the one-step forward, one step back and now we’re cha-cha-ing dance feels more relevant than others. Secret Wars Still On Top For the third month in a row, Secret Wars takes the top single spot, this time with Secret…
The Winners of the 2015 Hugo Awards: Puppies Lose, Translations Win
WorldCon opened this year in Spokane, Washington, amid roiling controversy that’s been brewing ever since Vox Day, editor, publisher, and blogger created a voting slate for the Huge Awards back in February. An industry award for science fiction and fantasy works, the nominees are voted on by fans who pay to become members of World…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Ms. Marvel and More
Welcome back for another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! It’s a short and sweet link dump this week. Our largely positive review of Secret Wars: Secret Love #1 can be found here. Marvel took away two Hugos this weekend, one for Guardians of the Galaxy as Best Dramatic Presentation – Long, and one for G….
Review: Marvel Anthologizes Romance in Secret Wars: Secret Love
Secret Wars: Secret Love #1 Various. David Nakayama (cover), Pasqual Campion (variant cover) Marvel August 19, 2015 Marvel has released a number of tie-in titles for its Secret Wars event this summer. The structure of the event has allowed for a number of spin-off titles with reimagined domains unlike any we’ve seen before, including books…
Mighty Marvel Monday: D23 and More!
It’s Mighty Marvel Monday! It figures that right after I catch up with what’s going on with Marvel movies and TV, D23 happens, and there is more awesome to share. For those who are unaware, as I was up until about a month ago, D23 is Disney’s personal con, and this year it ran from Friday through…
Silk: The Miles to Gwen’s Peter
With the support of readers and moviegoers, the comic book industry is finally moving towards showcasing a more diverse series of heroes. Last year, Marvel gave us Kamala Khan as the new Ms. Marvel, the first Muslim heroine to headline her own comic in the publisher’s history. In 2015, Marvel followed up the progressive move…
Mighty Marvel Monday: What’s Next?
This week feels strangely anti-climatic to me. Or maybe it’s just that I’m still processing Fantastic Four, and mourning the movie we could have had. In case you haven’t heard, the reviews say that Fantastic Four is unforgivably bad, and while it’s far from a perfect movie, I think those reviews are unduly harsh, and…
Polyvore Challenge: Let’s Play Dress-up with Emma Frost
As Claire recently pointed out in this piece, Emma Frost’s wardrobe is in serious need of an update. Clearly, the White Queen still rocks white like few others, but the lingerie and lingerie-influenced outfits of her Hellfire days are long past her. She’s on the side of good now and a dedicated teacher of new…
Four Hollywood Truisms Not to Take Away From the Fantastic Four
(Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fantastic Four) The reviews are in, and Fantastic Four is not good. It’s not bad, necessarily, but when the comic book movie bar has been set so high, the consensus seems to be that anything less than perfect should have never been made. Worse, people look at movies…