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How the Year 1986 Changed Comic Books Forever Twitter 0 comments Each medium has experienced its seminal year in which everything came together in a perfect storm. Film had 1939. For pop music, scholars often cite 1969 and 1984. And for comic books, especially superhero comics, the year that changed everything: 1986. In many ways, 1986 ranks as important a year to the medium as 1938—the year that launched Superman in Action Comics. Not only did the comics of 35 years ago change the game, t...

Al Ewing, Crystal Frasier, and Lan Medina bring you GAMMA FLIGHT this June! From the pages of one of Marvel’s most critically-acclaimed titles comes a new series: GAMMA FLIGHT! Launching out of Al Ewing’s Eisner-nominated work on IMMORTAL HULK, GAMMA FLIGHT will introduce a new Marvel super team consisting of Bruce Banner’s allies, friends, and even former archenemies! Featuring artwork by Lan Medina, the new series will be co-written by Ewing and Crystal Frasier. Fraiser will make her Ma...

Marvel Announces Hulk Spinoff Gamma Flight Immortal Hulk, is getting its own series in June. Immortal Hulk writer Al Ewing will team with Crystal Frasier, whos making her Marvel Comics debut in Marvels Voice: Pride #1 and consulted on an earlier issue of Immortal Hulk, to write the series. Theyre working with artist Land Medina to bring Gamma Flights next adventure to life. The team consists of allies and enemies left damaged by getting too close to the Hulk after being tasked with taking in...

Bruce Banner MIA So… Plus Alpha Flight and Another Team Return! The book opens to a nod to an iconic writer and artist in lieu of Starbucks as readers learn that Bruce Banner is MIA and the Gray Hulk has control of his body in the real world. Elsewhere, Sasquatch – a little greener than I remember – Puck and Shaman… …are in New Mexico and… …have a grotesque encounter. We also get Bruce Banner / Grey Hulk grappling with whether to gett involved when faced with injustice, but… …...

Written by John Byrne (#42-57, Annual #4), Mark Gruenwald (Annual #4), Fabian Nicieza (Annual #4) Pencilled by John Byrne (#42-57, Annual #4), Mike Manley (Annual #4), Gavin Curtis (Annual #4) Inked by Mike Machlan (#42-48, 50-52), John Byrne (#49), Keith Williams (#53), Paul Ryan (#54-57), Terry Austin (Annual #4), Mike Manley (Annual #4), Chris Ivy (Annual #4) Colour by Paul Becton (#42-45), Bob Sharen (#46-57, Annual #4), T. Fine (Annual #4), Chris Ivy (Annual #4) Spoilers (from thirty-one t...

Marvel Reveals Another One of the X-Men Becomes a Symbiote Soldier Another one of Marvels mutants is now a symbiote soldier conscripted by Knull in SWORDseriess second installment reveals that those werent the only heroes to fall into Knulls clutches, and this character is bringing the battle to Krakoas shores. SPOILERS for SWORD#2 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, VCs Ariana Mahar, and Tom Mueller will follow. Abigail Brand has resurrected SWORD, Earths interstellar defense force, ...

Kang the Conqueror Reading Order! Time based hijinks are a well known trope in comic book history. While DC typically has Booster Gold and the Flash to thank for timeline troubles, in the Marvel Universe, Kang The Conqueror is usually to blame. Kang, whose first Marvel appearance can be tied back to 1963, was born Nathaniel Richards in the 31st century on an alternative peaceful earth (earth-6311). Kang stumbled upon time travel technology developed by Doctor Doom and has been a major threat to...