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This week on Creannotators, I talk with Ahoy! Comics editor-in-chief Tom Peyer about his books Penultiman and The Wrong Earth: Night and Day, and we talk about what it’s like to be an editor-in-chief of a comics publisher in 2021! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Penultiman is: Author: Tom Peyer Artist: Alan Robinson Publisher: Ahoy! Comics ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #47: “Penultiman” & Dragonfly-verse with Ahoy Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Hey so… what’s going on with the Avengers as we enter the 90s! We talk Walt Simonson, John Byrne, and Larry Hama’s runs from late 89 through 1991. Our guest today is Vishal Gullapalli: On Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Walt Simonson Avengers – 291 – 299, Annual #7 John Byrne’s Avengers run Larry Hama Avengers – 326 to 333 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 1 X-Tinction Agenda Reading Order —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 90s Avengers Special (W/ Vishal Gullapalli)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Ken Quattro about his book Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books. We discuss the history of black comic book artists in the Golden Age, Ken’s research into these missing histories, and what comes next in the ongoing project. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Find more from Ken at: http://www.comicsdetective.com/ Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books is: Author: Ken Quattro Publisher: Yoe Books (IDW) ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #46: “Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books” with author Ken Quattro appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. Deathlok rebooted, Todd McFarlane’s Spider-Man, and New Warriors begins! Our guest today is Ashley from Bookish Realm. Find more from Ashley: On Twitter On Youtube On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Deathlok (1990) #1 to 4 Spider-Man #1 to #5 New Warriors #1, 2, 3 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 1 X-Tinction Agenda Reading Order —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 6: McFarlane Spider-Man, New Warriors Begins! (W/ Ashley aka Bookish Realm) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Why does Dave yell at us? * Do artists like Steve Dillon and Jae Lee work best only with certain kinds of stories? * When/if will someone besides Millar or Bendis soar in the Ultimate U? Comics covered in this episode: – Ultimate Secret #1-4 – Ultimate Vision #0 -Ultimates (v2) #1-5 -Ultimate X-Men #61-65 -Ultimate Fantastic Four #19-26 -Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 Up Next for Episode Twelve (5/01/20): -Ultimate Extinction #1-5 -Ultimates (v2) #6-13 -Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1-6 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #12: Ultimate Secret & Ultimates Vol. 2! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Fabian Nicieza about his recent X-Men books X-Men Legends and Juggernaut, as well as his long and varied career in comics, plus his upcoming novel, Suburban Dicks! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Juggernaut is: Creator: Fabian Nicieza Artist: Ron Garney Colors: Matt Milla Publisher: Marvel Comics ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #45: “X-Men Legends” & “Juggernaut” Interview With Author Fabian Nicieza! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. But the greatest of these is BRUTE FORCE #1! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Incredible Hulk #373, #376 Fantastic Four #337 to #341 Daredevil #278 to 282 Brute Force #1 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 6 Deathlok (1990) #1 to 4 Spider-Man #1 to #5 New Warriors #1, 2, 3 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 5: Hulk, Daredevil & Fantastic Four! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Kat Leyh about Thirsty Mermaids. We talk about creating graphic novels vs. single issue comics, creating Thirsty Mermaids right after the release of Snapdragon, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Thirsty Mermaids is: Creator: Kat Leyh Publisher: Gallery 13 ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #44: “Thirsty Mermaids” Interview With Creator Kat Leyh! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1990! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Muppets! SEO! Falcon and the Winter Soldier and how the MCU talks about race! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 5 — Incredible Hulk #373, #376 Fantastic Four #337 to #341 Daredevil 278 to 282 Brute Force #1 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Variant Cover B: Comics Websites, Falcon & the Winter Soldier, & More! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Steve Foxe about Cheat(er) Code his erotic graphic novel, as well as his work editing Razorblades and The Department of Truth. We talk Steve’s varied comics career, writing erotica, working on a horror anthology with James Tynion IV, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Steve on Twitter! Cheat(er) Code is: Writer: Steve Foxe Artist: Daz ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #43: “Cheat(er) Code” Interview With Writer Steve Foxe! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. A new Ghost Rider! Wolverine vs. Apocalypse? Black Widow’s graphic novel! Guest Host: Sara Century! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Ghost Rider #1 to #6 Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure OGN Black Widow: The Coldest War OGN Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 5 Incredible Hulk #373, #376 Fantastic Four #337 to #341 Daredevil #278 to 282 Brute Force #1 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 4: 90’s Ghost Rider, & Wolverine & Black Widow (W/ Sara Century)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Stephanie Williams about “Living Heroes,” “But What If Tho,” and her comics career. We talk the humor in superhero universes, Stephanie’s excellent coverage of the MCU on Disney+, her Monica Rambeau story in Marvel Voices: Legacy, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Stephanie on Twitter! Living Heroes is: Writer: Stephanie Williams Artist: O’Neill Jones ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #42: “Living Heroes” Interview With Writer Stephanie Williams! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. Rebirth of Thanos, Stan Lee Silver Surfer, and Guardians relaunch! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Silver Surfer / Thanos Quest #34 to #38 / #1 to #2 Silver Surfer: Enslavers OGN Guardians of the Galaxy #1 to #4 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 4 Ghost Rider #1 to #6 Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure OGN Black Widow: The Coldest War OGN —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 3: Jim Starlin Returns! Thanos Quest! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * What spark does the Ultimate U really need to soar? * Why does the Ultimate Universe bring such so-so work out of acclaimed writers? * What does it mean to malt something? Comics covered in this episode: *Ultimate X-Men #54-60 *Ultimate X-Men Annual #1 *Ultimate Nightmare #1-5 *Ultimate Spider-Man #70-77 *Ultimates Annual #1 Up Next for Episode Twelve (5/01/20): – Ultimate Secret #1-4 – Ultimate Vision #0 -Ultimates (v2) #1-5 -Ultimate X-Men #61-65 -Ultimate Fantastic Four #19-26 -Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #11: Ultimate Nightmare & Friends! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Dan Watters about his ongoing Image Comics series Home Sick Pilots (one of my favorite comics of 2021 so far!), as well as his work across series like Lucifer, Coffin Bound, and Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman. We talk 90s punk, writing a “pop” comic, and much much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Home Sick Pilots is: Writer: Dan Watters Artist: Caspar Wijngaard Letters: Aditya Bidikar Designer: Tom Muller Publisher: Image ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #41: “Home Sick Pilots” Interview With Writer Dan Watters! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1990! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Snyder Cut! Falcons! Winter Soldiers! Socks! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 3 — Silver Surfer / Thanos Quest #34 to #38 / #1 to #2 Silver Surfer: Enslavers OGN Guardians of the Galaxy #1 to #4 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Variant Cover A: Snyder Cuts, Falcons, & Socks! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Nick Roche about his IDW miniseries Scarenthood, one of my favorite comics of 2021 so far! We talk parenting, horror, and Nick’s work on Transformers among other topics! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Scarenthood is: Writer/Artist: Nick Roche Colors: Chris O’Halloran Publisher: IDW ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #40: “Scarenthood” Interview With Creator Nick Roche! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. Enter Cable & Gambit! Cross Time Caper Concludes! Finally! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Excalibur 24 to 25 New Mutants #87 to 90 Uncanny X-Men #266 to #268 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 3 Silver Surfer / Thanos Quest #34 to #38 / #1 to #2 Silver Surfer: Enslavers OGN Guardians of the Galaxy #1 to #4 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 2: Cable & Gambit Debut! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Ibrahim Moustafa about his work on Count, a new graphic novel inspired by “The Count of Monte Cristo” from publisher Humanoids. We talk Ibrahim’s artistic process, Monte Cristo, the modern relevance of “revenge fantasy,” Ibrahim’s hobby customizing miniatures, and much more. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Count is: Writer/Artist: Ibrahim Moustafa Colors: Brad Simpson Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Publisher: Humanoids ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #39: “Count” Interview With Creator Ibrahim Moustafa! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1990. Acts. Of. Vengeance! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Acts of Vengeance reading order Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 2 Excalibur 24 to 25 New Mutants #87 to 90 Uncanny X-Men #266 to #268 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1990 Pt. 1: Marvel’s Acts of Vengeance Event! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, guest hosts Mark Turetsky and Stuart Wellington talk to comics writer Kieron Gillen about Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar, and his vast comics library! They talk about all things Warhammer, the intersections between hobby gaming and comics, and Kieron’s creative approach. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! *Please note there’s some explicit language in this episode!* You can find Mark Turetsky: @mturetsky You can find Stuart Wellington: @flophousecat Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar is: Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Jacen Burrows Colors: Javier Tartaglia Letters: Clayton Cowles ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #38: “Warhammer 40k” Interview With Writer Kieron Gillen! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1989! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 1 — Acts of Vengeance The CBH Reading Order You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Variant Cover B: The End of the 80s! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with writer David M. Booher about Canto and Canto II: The Hollow Men from IDW. We talk about creating modern mythologies, the challenges of all ages comics, and what’s next in the saga of Canto! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Canto is: Writer: David M. Booher Artist: Drew Zucker Colors: Vittorio Astone Letters: Deron Bennett, Andworld Design ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #37: “Canto” Interview With Writer David M. Booher! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. Damage Control debuts, She-Hulk gets Sensational, and welcome to the MMY Jubilee! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Damage Control (1989) #1 to #4 Sensational She-Hulk #1 to #4, #8 Uncanny X-Men #244 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1990 Pt. 1 Acts of Vengeance reading order You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 6: Damage Control & Sensational She-Hulk Begin! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * How does good dialogue function? Does tonal coherence with the story matter? * Why does Ultimate Fantastic Four exist? * How Brian K. Vaughan created a new and improved version of Mr. Sinister. Comics covered in this episode: *Ultimate Spider-Man #65-69 *Ultimate Fantastic Four #13-18 *Ultimate X-Men #40-53 Up Next for Episode Eleven (4/01/20): *Ultimate X-Men #54-60 *Ultimate X-Men Annual #1 *Ultimate Nightmare #1-5 *Ultimate Spider-Man #70-77 *Ultimates Annual #1 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #10: Brian K. Vaughan’s Ultimate X-Men! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Aditya Bidikar about his work lettering everything from Blue in Green to The Department of Truth to Future State: Batman and beyond! We talk about what it’s like to letter all my favorite comics, the importance of lettering in a comics narrative flow, and how to balance a virtuoso approach to your creative output. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Aditya can be found on the podcast Lines and Letters: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/letters-lines/id1377279954 The Department of Truth is: Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Martin Simmonds Letters: Aditya Bidikar Editor: Steve Foxe ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #36: Interview With Letterer Aditya Bidikar! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. Venom vs Spider-Man, and John Byrne’s West Coast Avengers. On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Amazing Spider-Man #315, #316, #317 West Coast Avengers #42 to #49, #52 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 6 Damage Control (1989) #1 to #4 Sensational She-Hulk #1 to #4, #8 Uncanny X-Men #244 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 5: Venom Returns & “Vision Quest”! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Kelly Thompson about Black Widow and her Marvel Universe comics. We talk all things Natasha, writing a comic with a huge upcoming MCU film, & whether she’d return to Krakoa (among many other things)! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Black Widow is: Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Elena Casagrande Colors: Jordie Bellaire Covers: Adam Hughes ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #35: “Black Widow” Interview With Writer Kelly Thompson! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1989! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Byrne vs Claremont Hidden gems to look forward to in the 90s Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 5 — Amazing Spider-Man #315, #316, #317 West Coast Avengers #42 to #49, #52 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Variant Cover A: Byrne vs. Claremont, Marvel’s 90’s Hidden Gems & More! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Ryan North about Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel, an incredible comics adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut classic novel. We talk Vonnegut, Squirrel Girl, Power Pack, and a whole lot more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Slaughterhouse-Five is: Author: Kurt Vonnegut Writer: Ryan North Artist: Albert Monteys ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #34: “Slaughterhouse-Five” Interview With Writer Ryan North! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. Triumph & Torment by Stern and Mignola, Iron Man and Doom back in Camelot, and Excalibur in the “Cross Time Caper.” On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment OGN Iron Man #249 to #250 Excalibur #12 to #16 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 5 Amazing Spider-Man #315, #316, #317 West Coast Avengers #42 to #49, #52 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 4: Doctor Doom Teams Up w/ Doctor Strange & Iron Man! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Chip Zdarsky about the Eisner-winning Afterlift, Daredevil, and a whole bunch more. We dig into the religious themes of Afterlift, Chip’s upcoming work on Marvel What If works like Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow, and the challenge of writing in the shadow of Daredevil’s legacy! Note: Some spoilers for discussed comics follow! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Afterlift is: Writer: Chip Zdarsky Art: Jason Loo Colors: Paris Alleyene Letters: Aditya Bidikar Editor: Allison O’Toole ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #33: “Afterlift” & “Daredevil” Interview With Writer Chip Zdarsky! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Is being breezy and fun enough for a comic? * Does USM do justice to Gwen Stacy’s end? * Is Ultimate Adventures really the hidden gem/ masterpiece that Dave Zack says it is? Comics covered in this episode: *Ultimate X-Men #34-39 *Ultimate Adventures #1-6 *Ultimate Spider-Man #54-64 Up Next for Episode Ten (03/01/21): *Ultimate Spider-Man #65-69 *Ultimate Fantastic Four #13-18 *Ultimate X-Men #40-53 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #9: Ultimate Carnage & Ultimate Adventures! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. Patch & Mr. Fixit, and then “The Captain” saga concludes! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Incredible Hulk / Wolverine #352 to #354 / #7 to #8, #10, #14 to #16 Captain America #350 to #351 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 4 Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment OGN GREAT read from Roger Stern and Mike Mignola! Iron Man #249 to #250 More Doom. Part two of the Camelot Trilogy. Excalibur #12 to #16 Cross time caper runs through Excalibur #24 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 3: Patch, Mr. Fixit, and “The Captain”! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with Danny Lore (the recently announced new writer of Marvel’s Champions!) about Queen of Bad Dreams, an excellent five issue graphic novel from Vault Comics. We talk about the message of Queen of Bad Dreams, writing James Bond, writing a Captain America King in Black tie-in, and more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Queen of Bad Dreams is: Writer: Danny Lore Art: Jordi Perez Colors: Dearbhla Kelly Letters: Kim McLean Designs: Tim Daniel Editor: Adrian Wassel The post Creannotators #32: “Queen of Bad Dreams” Interview With Writer Danny Lore! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

We interview longtime Marvel editor and writer Danny Fingeroth about his time on Marvel works like Amazing Spider-Man and Darkhawk! Plus, we dig into Danny’s biography about the life of Stan Lee, A Marvelous Life. On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 3 Incredible Hulk / Wolverine #352 to #354 / #7 to #8, #10, #14 to #16 Captain America #350 to #351 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MMY Interview: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee w/ Danny Fingeroth! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with Vali Chandresakran and Jun-Pierre Shiozawa, the creators of webcomic Genius Animals, one of my favorite reads of 2020 and available online for free! We talk about Vali’s crossover from writing for the likes of 30 Rock to comics, Jun-Pierre’s artistic progression on a first formal graphic novel, and the trouble with conspiracy theories, among much, much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Genius Animals is: Writer: Vali Chandresakran Art: Jun-Pierre Shiozawa The post Creannotators #31: “Genius Animals” Interview With Vali Chandrasekaran & Jun-Pierre Shiozawa! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. X-Men Inferno continues with Daredevil v. Vacuum, Todd McFarlane on Spidey, & some really good Excalibur. On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Inferno The Tie-Ins: Simonson Avengers – 298 to 300 Amazing Spider-Man – 311 to 313 Daredevil – 262, 263, 265 Excalibur 6,7 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 3 Incredible Hulk / Wolverine #352 to #354 / #7 to #8, #10, #14 to #16 Captain America #350 to #351 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 2: X-Men Inferno Crossovers! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Jed MacKay about Black Cat, one of the best Marvel comics since launch in 2019! We talk about Felicia Hardy, heists across the Marvel Universe, and what it’s like launching a new #1 comic into the King in Black event. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Black Cat is: Writer: Jed MacKay Art: Travel Foreman The post Creannotators #30: “Black Cat” Interview With Writer Jed MacKay! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1989. X-Men Inferno! Burn baby burn! Connor Goldsmith can be found… @Cerebrocast @dreamoforgonon On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Inferno The X-Men bits! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 2 Inferno The tie-ins! You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1989 Pt. 1: X-Men Inferno w/ Connor Goldsmith! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer John Jennings about After the Rain, the first graphic novel from the Jennings curated Megascope line of comics, adapted from a short story written by Nnedi Okorafor! We talk about adapting prose into comics, Jennings approach to curating Megascope around Black speculative fiction, and what it was like adapting Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! After the Rain is: Writer (Original): Nnedi Okorafor Writer (Adapatation), Colors: John Jennings Illustrator: David Brame Letters: Damian Duffy The post Creannotators #29: “After the Rain” Interview With Writer John Jennings! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

2020 was the first full year of Jonathan Hickman era X-Men comics, following the summer 2019 House of X / Powers of X status quo reconfiguration, and the launch of the Dawn of X. We started the year early in the formation of Krakoa with Professor X, Magneto, and Apocalypse convening with world leaders in Davos, and we ended the year after the X of Swords event and the transition from the Dawn of X into the new era known as the Reign of X. All in all, 2020 was a consistently interesting year for all things mutant, with some fantastic highs, and unquestionably moments that never lived up to the impossible highs of House / Powers. I’ve covered it all here in my Krakin’ Krakoa series, where I review every X-Men comic the day of release, and cover bigger topics, questions and themes with weekend videos. For those who missed out, are looking to get into X-Men in 2021, or just want a recap of what happened, this video will cover off on what I remember as the most important moments in the X-Men comics of 2020, with some thoughts on their relevance for anticipated or predicted stories in 2021. 11) Mutants Into The Vault Kicking things off with the saga of the X-Men vs the Children of the Vault, since this storyline is upcoming in X-Men #18, scheduled for release February 2021. What’s the Story So Far: In X-Men #1, Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu teased the return of the Mike Carey written creation, the technologically evolved Children of the Vault, who believe themselves the rightful inheritors of Earth, and then in 2020’s X-Men #5, the hunt for the Children and their Vault led to an X-Men infiltration scheme involving Laura Kinney (Wolverine), Synch, and Darwin. As I’ve highlighted a bunch, during this plan, Professor X calls the Children of the Vault “the greatest threat to mutantkind.” Now, since this infiltration which we saw as readers in very early 2020, we haven’t heard hide nor hair of these three mutants, or the Vault. To add to the intrigue, we know that time passes differently in the vault, and that spending an hour inside the Vault, might mean days, months, even years in the outside world. So when Laura, Synch, and Darwyn return to the X-Men – assuming all of them do return – they’ll have been gone for a fairly unpredictable amount of years most likely. Where’s It Going: Again, we know from solicits we’ll get a return story in X-Men #18, and Laura and Synch are teased on the what’s to come “Reign of X” teaser promo for the year. 10) Scarlet Witch seeks forgiveness What’s the Story So Far: Since House of X #1, Hickman and company have established a clear priority of Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, as a new bogeyman & one of the forsworn enemies of Krakoa, with her actions during Marvel’s House of M and Decimation, and her subsequent 2015 retcon removing her mutant status, leading to her new X-Men era label as “The Great Pretender.” In 2020, there were two, fairly short but both essential, additions to Scarlet Witch’s place in the mutant narrative. The first came during the first and fourth issues of the Empyre: X-Men miniseries, both written by Jonathan Hickman, where Wanda sets out to atone for her crimes against mutantkind, depowering nearly a million mutants with three words “No More Mutants.” Wanda attempts to use her mystical prowess, and the aid of Doctor Strange, to resurrect the mutants in the leading mutant catastrophe this millennium, the Genosha genocide caused by Cassandra Nova and the Trask sentinels. Despite Strange’s warnings against this approach, Wanda maintains her course, only to see her spell go awry, resurrecting the deceased Genoshan mutants as corrupted zombies, which she and Stephen promptly have to undo (but not before the mutants, the invading Empyre Cotati, and those resurrected zombies) all clash in a very fun miniseries. Most recently, in SWORD #1, Al Ewing and team also introduced the thread that Krakoa’s vilification of Wanda has cosmic alliance implications, since Wanda is now the official mother-in-law of Teddy Altman, aka Hulkling, aka the King of Space and leader of the newly solidified Kree/Skrull empire. This quick sequence was fascinating (like all of SWORD #1), both because it solidifies Wanda as a political inconvenience for the mutant space program, and because the information was delivered to long-time-father, first-time-PEAK visitors, Magneto. Where’s It Going: Unquestionably, mutantkind’s relationship to Wanda Maximoff and her role in Decimation will be discussed in the pages of SWORD (Al Ewing confirmed as much in his most recent AIPT interview). This could be as simple as a reluctant formal pause to the chilly hostilities, or even something more interesting, like fully integrating Wanda as a SWORD liason (while her powerset does actually seem like something that could benefit the program, welcoming the Great Pretender feels pretty unlikely). 9) The World of Storm What’s the Story So Far: In the pages of the Jonathan Hickman written Giant-Size

We highlight the best of Marvel in the 80s as we prep for the MMY’s journey into the 1990’s! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 1 Inferno The X-Men parts! You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month (which will get you complete access to the master spreadsheet!). The post Best of the 1980s Recap! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Should Sinister Six be more unforgiving of Nick Fury? * Dave and Zack don’t find Black Cat sexy, MARK! * Happy to report that Ultimate Fantastic Four has no writer! Phew! Comics covered in this episode: *Ultimate Spider-Man #46 *Ultimate Six #1-7 *Ultimate Spider-Man #47-53 *Ultimate Fantastic Four #7-12 Up Next for Episode Nine (02/01/21): *Ultimate X-Men #34-39 *Ultimate Adventures #1-6 *Ultimate Spider-Man #54-64 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #8: Ultimate Sinister Six & Ultimate Doctor Doom! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1988. Captain America & Iron Man Armor Wars! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Captain America #337, 340 to 341, #345 Iron Man #225 to #231 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 1 Inferno reading order. a zillion tie-ins. You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1988 Pt. 5: Iron Man Armor Wars & Captain America by Mark Gruenwald! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your holiday questions and share their year-end favorites from 2020! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Our favorite comics, books, games, & music of the year! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – Marvel Year Twenty-Seven: 1988 Pt. 5 — Captain America #337, 340 to 341, #345 Iron Man #225 to #231 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 2020 MMY Year-End Holiday Special! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

In late 1988 and 1989, Marvel’s X-Men line built to a decade in the making universe-wide crossover event, Inferno! The world outside your window became infested with a demonic takeover, literalizing Hell on Earth, and arguably the first and largest all-hands-on-deck Marvel Comics invasion, in what has now become an event staple, from Secret Invasion to Empyre to King in Black. While conceptually this may sounds simple, Inferno is anything but, with years of X-Men storylines and continuity woven into the saga that in so many ways marks the end of both the Chris Claremont and Louis Simonson corners of the X-Men Universe that dominate Marvel’s 1980s. Today I’ll answer: What is Inferno and what’s it’s legacy in X-comics today? What happens in Mister Sinister’s true debut and his obsession with the Summers/Grey bloodline? Is Inferno satisfying as the unofficial END of Chris Claremont’s time of X-Men? It all builds to this – does it work? A theory for how Inferno connects to Sinister’s secrets from House and Powers of X Much, much more Get the Inferno Omnibus Here (affiliate link): https://geni.us/x-men-inferno Taken on its own, Inferno is a fairly confusing, sprawling massive event, with enough standalone highlights – Mister Sinister’s star debut, Daredevil fighting a vacuum cleaner – to remain entertaining if a LOT. Plus, there’s enough star power across various tie-ins – The Michelinie/MacFarlane Amazing Spider-Man fresh off the debut of Venom in issue #300, Walt Simonson writing Avengers, Nocenti/Jr Jr Daredevil, Claremont and Alan Davis on Excalibur – to make Inferno Marvel’s best mega crossover event of the 1980’s (sure, the bar to clear is basically Secret Wars II, but still!). But really, it’s nigh on impossible to take Inferno on its own, and again, I think it’s far more accurate to view the event as the end of an X-Men era. And as with all moments in ongoing Big 2 superhero comics, every ending is also a beginning. There are effectively two primary threads that drive Inferno, Illyana Rasputin, aka Magik’s, full transformation into the Darkchylde and ruler of Limbo, and the revelations of Madeylne Pryor’s true origins, and the ramifications that knowledge has turning her into the Goblin Queen. In either case, women of the X-Universe turn to demonic allies for a full-on takeover of Earth, and desire to see the world burn in Hellfire. Both threads were impressively set in motion years earlier. Modern readers like to talk a lot about Jonathan Hickman’s ability to seed plots and storylines years in advance, and to effectively tackle them and give each seed its due much later in a grand tapestry of interlocking story. I actually think the 1980’s X-Office’s ability to do this same thing, but often without necessarily planning to, goes extremely underrated. Uncanny X-Men #160 by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson plants the seeds for everything to do with Illyana Rasputin, Limbo, and Sy’m and the demons of that realm, and that was was released in August 1982, more than 8 years before Inferno. Over that time, Illyana’s journey continues across her own miniseries, and New Mutants written by both Claremont, and especially in the build to Inferno by Louis Simonson and Bret Blevins. Whether it’s something that was known right from the jump, Illyana’s story was always building to an event like Inferno. The saga of Madelyne Pryor is a bit different, although again, years in the making, just more adaptively so. Scott Summers first meets Maddy – the Alaskan redhead who looks a startling amount like the recently deceased Jean Grey – in Uncanny X-Men #168, the famous “Professor X is a Jerk!” issue, released in April 1983. Originally, Claremont has said in interviews that he intended this as a mysterious similarity, but ultimately just a bonkers coincidence that set the stage for Cyclops truly “graduating” from life with the X-Men, and starting a family with wife Madelyne and little baby Christopher. These plans were interrupted when the Jean Grey remains dead edict that followed “The Dark Phoenix Saga” was overturned – against Claremont’s wishes – in the 1986 Fantastic Four / Avengers two-part story that established Jean and the Phoenix Force as two distinct entities (effectively absolving Jean for the Phoenix’s genocide of the D’bari). All reports are that Claremont was furious, but ultimately he did one of his most underrated traits as the Head of X in the 80s’: he adapted. I’ve talked about this before, but when you look at situations where writers are sort of forced to connect their stories to some editorial linewide edict – Secret Wars II probably the most notorious – nobody is better at turning dung into gold like Claremont. Secret Wars II is literally one of my least favorite comics of all time, yet Claremont’s tie-in issues across Uncanny X-Men and New Mutants (especially New Mutants) are quite good, and utilized to great affect across each series.

Year-end picks for the best comics of 2020! Zack Quaintance (Comics Bookcase, the Beat) and I share our picks for top 5 comics of the year, best single issue, best surprise, and biggest disappointment. For full lists from Zack and myself: Zack’s picks on Comics Bookcase My picks on Comic Book Herald ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Best Comics of 2020 (w/ Zack Quaintance)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1988. Venom! Kross Time Kangs! Secret Wars III!!!! We’re joined by Brad of Comic Book Couples Counseling! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Amazing Spider-Man #300 to #301, #307 to #309 Punisher War Journal / Punisher Assassins Guild #1 to #2 / OGN Avengers #295 to #297 Fantastic Four #318 to #319 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – Marvel Year Twenty-Seven: 1988 Pt. 5 Captain America #337, 340 to 341, #345 Iron Man #225 to #231 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1988 Pt. 4: Venom Debuts, Kang Kangs, & Secret Wars III! (W/ Comic Book Couples Counseling!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

The conclusion of the X-Men’s X of Swords crossover event teased the upcoming Reign Of X, as the Hickman era of X-Men comics moves out of the Dawn of X and into the Reign. It’s a wonderful teaser, full of references and possibility, hot on the heels of a satisfying conclusion to the Dawn of X and X of Swords. Now, it’s worth noting that previous Marvel teaser images do NOT lock in stories or characters to come. The Mark Brooks promos for House/Powers and X of Swords tease things (like Professor X leaping into battle with a sword) that simply never come to pass. Nonetheless, it’s quite fun to think through what may come to pass in upcoming comics. Today I’ll answer: + Who is on Marvel’s Reign of X teaser image? + What do these clues & hints mean for the next era of X-Men comics? + Theories and predictions for all things X-Men! ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis, or Bensound. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com or https://www.bensound.com. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Krakin’ Krakoa #126: 17 Reign of X Theories, Pt. 1 — What’s NeXt for Hickman’s X-Men? appeared first on Comic Book Herald.