Rise of Hydra - Comic Book Influences on the Upcoming Game

During the Epic Games’ State of Unreal keynote at GDC 2024, Skydance New Media shared a trailer for their upcoming game, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Amy Hennig, the game’s director, joined the keynote to go over the details of the game and speak about the power of Unreal’s new engine. Rise of Hydra will feature an original story, but that story is likely inspired by the events of the comic Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers. Flags of Our Fathers was released as a 4-part mini-se

Black Panther #1 Review

Black Panther #1 features writing by Eve Ewing, pencils by Chris Allen, Chris Allen and Craig Young on inks, Jesus Aburtov on colors, and VC’s Joe Sabino on letters. This is the third renumbering the comic has undergone since 2016. However, this issue picks up where the previous run left off. John Ridley’s time on Black Panther concluded with T’Challa in exile; #1 opens with the king opting to observe and protect his country using different methods. Ewing’s Black Panther brings us to Birnin T’C

Generation Joker #1 Review

Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker #1 is the latest series in the White Knight universe under DC’s Black Label. It’s brought to you by the writing team of Sean Murphy, Katana Collins, and Clay McCormack. Because this isn’t the main Batman book of this universe, Murphy is only on cover duty this time around. Art and colors are provided by Mirka Adolfo and Alejandro Sánchez. Lastly, Andworld Design is tasked as Letterer. Since this isn’t the main Batman book of this universe, Murphy i

Superman #3 Review

Superman #3 continues the story of establishing Lex and Superman’s current dynamic. Lex even receives something at the end of the issue that was only reserved for those closest to him. Superman #3 is published by DC and written by Joshua Williamson, art and colors by Jamal Campbell, and Ariana Maher is the letterer. Issue #3 picks up with Parasite-infected Superman breaking Lex and Livewire out of prison. Lex has done a poor job of warning Superman since issue #1, but Lex isn’t exactly forthcom

Marvel Fires Chuck Wendig ⋆

Earlier today Chuck Wendig; Times Best Selling Author and writer of Shadow of Vader, announced that he had just been fired from Marvel with two issues left to write. He was also working on an unannounced Star Wars book. He was apparently told his social media was the reason the reason for his release. However the only problem with his social media is that it’s the target of a lot of harassment. Wendig went into detail about the harassment he encountered around the release of Star Wars: Aftermat

The Blogger Turned Novelist Turned Comics Writer: Leah Williams Interview

Fan Bros recently spoke with comic book writer Leah Williams, whose work can be seen at Boom and Marvel. We spoke about the transition from blogger to novelist and her eventual arrival in comics. She also drops some gems for you up and coming writers out there. Can you explain how you made the transition from blogging on Tumblr to writing comics? Does one fuel the other? Absolutely without question. Tumblr is sort of the catalyst for all of this. Because it started out with me kind of just cur

Rise of The Black Panther #4 Review ⋆

In case you haven’t been following Rise of The Black Panther, it follows the adventures of a young T’Challa as he breaks with traditions as the newly crowned king of Wakanda and exposes the country to the world stage. This was part of the reason it was timed to coincide with the release of the film. But the comic is much more than well timed promotion. It’s an amalgamation of previously told Black Panther stories with an up to date retelling. Its one of the comics that publishers use to move the

'Wolverine: The Long Night' Chapters 1 and 2

Many were excited when Marvel announced they were getting into serialized stories. It’s no surprise that their first effort is with Wolverine. Wolverine’s solo stories can often go the noir route which seems to be the tone of this story. He’s handled like the boogie man and for the first two chapters at least, he’s spoken about in the past tense. There’s been a series of grizzly murders in a remote Alaskan fishing town, and our hero is the prime suspect. We follow Agents Pierce and Marshall as t

Mister Miracle #7 Review ⋆

Mister Miracle #7 picks up some time after #6. In the previous issue, Barda reveals she’s pregnant and Scott ends up on the throne of New Genesis. Unfortunately the events of the final panel of #6 are not addressed in this issue, we just know that Scott has become Highfather. All of that takes a backseat though to the most important thing: is the birth of their child. Tom King gives the reader a surprisingly realistic look at what a couple may experience but with a New Gods twist. Life doesn’t

Black Panther Annual #1 Review ⋆

The first story is written by Christopher Priest and reunites us with a fan favorite, Everett Ross. This is story is essentially a throw back to his run with the character that began in 2001. which should be a real treat for older Black Panther fans and give some insight to newer ones. It also brings T’Challa’s adopted brother, Hunter; into the mix. Like with many Annual comics, no sense of time is really established except we do know it’s acknowledging the current political situation in Coates’

Justicevengers World: DC Announces New Justice League Dynamic that Should Feel Familiar ⋆

Last week, DC announced that Christopher Priest’s Justice League run would be coming to an end in late spring and there will be an event followed by a reboot of the title. Per IGN: “Following the events of Metal, which ends on March 14 with Issue #6, there will be a four-issue weekly miniseries that kicks off on May 9 called Justice League: No Justice co-written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson with art by Francis Manapul. Upon concluding, ‘No Justice’ will set the stage

FIGHT NIGHT: Deathstroke vs Batman April 2018

Over the weekend it was reported that Deathstroke and Justice League scribe Christopher Priest, will be pinning a new series putting Deathstroke vs. Batman. This is, apparently, the comic book showdown you have been waiting for. Master assassin Deathstroke versus the world’s greatest detective Batman. Last time, Batman just punched him. This time? Well, this time Deathstroke writer and general all-round genius comic book auteur Christopher Priest is writing him, so it may go slightly differentl

10 Months In Wakanda: An Analysis of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s First Ten Issues of Black Panther ⋆

Was Marvel’s questionable decision to hire a writer untainted by the industry a smart move? Comic book fans and media outlets were excited when they learned that Ta-Nehisi Coates would be writing Marvel’s Black Panther. Coates’s writing would be brought to life by the pencils of Brian Stelfreeze. Coates isn’t the first writer to essentially skip the line and jump into writing comics by immediately working for one of the big two. Marjorie Liu was an established novelist before she began writing

Christopher Priest On Justice League: "...Will be treated like a workplace drama"

Last week DC announced that Eisner Award nominee, Christopher Priest will be writing Justice League starting with issue #34, due in December. Priest has been integral to DC’s Rebirth launch with his work on Deathstroke and the first major event of the new era; The Lazarus Contract. This is great news. He’s easily one of the top 3 writers at DC, and being on a bigger project will put his work in more readers’ hands. Priest is known for putting characters through arcs that forces them to confront

Teen Titans Annual #1: Lazarus Contract Finale (RECAP)

‘The Lazarus Contract‘ has finally concluded, leaving us more with questions than answers. This story is the first major arc for the younger DC heroes since Rebirth started and will probably be the most important one for quite some time. What happened in this issue will define relationships between many characters going forward, and may lead to the demise of at least one key figure. The issue starts off explaining how Grant ended up working with HIVE. When he ran away from home, he ended up wit

The Lazarus Contract Part 2 and 3 : Teen Titans #8 and Deathstroke #19 (RECAP)

‘The Lazarus Contract’ is picking up steam with part 2 and 3 taking place in Teen Titans #8 and Deathstroke #19 respectively. The story arc spanning 3 titles continues to create new possibilities as it positions DC’s top killer on the track towards redemption. Both issues answer the major questions that were created from the plot threads in part 1, which makes for a well paced story arc. But like part 1, part 2 and 3 introduce concepts and motivations that may put a strain on various relationshi

Titans #11: The Lazarus Contract Part 1 - The Test of DC Comics (REVIEW)

This past week marks the debut of DC’s first major event for the current Titan and Teen Titan teams since the launch of Rebirth. The Lazarus Contract is a call back to an New Teen Titans story titled The Judas Contract. New Teen Titans was written by George Perez and Marv Wolfman. The book was used to raise the profile of the young sidekicks as well as introduce a new villain, Deathstroke The Terminator. The Judas Contract is a very important story in the history of DC because it marks the end o

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