How well d you know the Marvel Universe? Do you know your Kree from your Skrulls? How about the original line up for the Guardians of the Galaxy? Do you know about the Secret Wars? Secret Invasion? Who’s Ironheart? How many iterations of the Avengers are there? While we sit and ruminate over what Phase…
Tag: spidey
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Official Guide (2018) – Shari Last
Spider-Man gets the animated cinematic treatment from Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment on 14 December. But the Spider-Man most of have grown up with is not the main character in this version of the beloved webhead. No, this time around, the new young, Miles Morales is getting a chance to take on the world, and…
Marvel Studios: Visual Dictionary (2018) – Adam Bray
Hitting book shelves next week from DK Canada is the Marvel Studios: Visual Dictionary that takes us into all the minutiae and details that the casual viewer may never notice in Marvel films, and things that fans have kept an eye out for since the Iron Man first launched in 2008. Adam Bray who has…
Marvel Studios 101: All Your Questions Answered (2018) – Adam Bray
Avengers: Infinity War is just a few weeks away, and DK Canada is going to make sure you are completely prepared for it with their handy new reference guide, Marvel Studios 101. Laying out the Marvel Cinematic Universe the book gives you the proper viewing order, as well as in-depth look at characters, locations and…
Avengers: Infinity War Teaser Trailer
‘Nuff said.
Ultimate Marvel (2017) – Adam Bray, Lorraine Cink, Melanie Scott, and Stephen Wiacek
Need to settle an argument? Want to know when Iron Man made his first appearance? Want to know what the Clone Saga was about? It’s all here at your fingertips as DK Books unleashes their comprehensive guide to all things Marvel with their release of Ultimate Marvel. Serving as a fantastic companion piece to books…
Marvel Spider-Man: Inside the World of Your Friendly Neighborhood Hero (2017) – Matthew K. Manning
Spider-Man. For a lot of kids, myself included, Web-Head is our first introduction to the world of superheroes. Over time some of us may leave him behind, some of us stay with him our whole lives, and some come back to check on him time and again, like an old friend. I think, whether we’re…
Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Anthony & Jo Russo
Marvel does what DC tried and failed to do just a month ago. Building on the universe they’ve already established, lending the stakes a heavier weight, the film brings a number of threads from the previous films, and tying it all together. In fact, they are dealing with the fallout from their actions in…
Spider-Man 3 (2007) – Sam Raimi
My web-slinging adventures continue with my screening of Spider-Man 3 for the Sc-Fi Chronicles, and this is a bit of a mixed bag, as instead of trusting to the director who brought them two very successful pictures, the studio wanted to shoehorn in a fan favorite character, Venom (Topher Grace) instead of letting Spidey…
Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Sam Raimi
Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) swings back into action with this, the second film directed by Sam Raimi about Marvel’s Web-Head. I’d previously covered the first one for the blog for a previous list, so I jumped right into the second one for the Sci-Fi Chronicles book. Young Peter Parker is having a tough time, he…
Issues Vol. 19
It was a quiet week last week, which was good, as Sue and I were busy with the con, but Kirk had quite a pull for me this week when I strolled into West End Comics, check out this list… Providence (Avatar comics) issue 5, written by Alan Moore, art by Jacen Burrows, colors by…
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
There are no surprises in the new Marvel/Sony reboot of our favorite wall-crawler when he returns to the big screen this summer in The Amazing Spider-Man. What Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer), the director does do is craft a solid summer blockbuster that will reinvigorate Sony’s tent pole franchise, and keep this little slice of…
