Marvel Comics is one of the premiere purveyors of superheroes. While the House of Ideas is no longer the bestselling company, the successes of the publisher have made their characters some of the most well known in pop culture. Marvel’s road to that success is quite interesting, because there was a time when the company […]
The Hulk is one of Marvel’s biggest heroes, and not just because he’s a giant. He’s been a major player for decades, firmly establishing his place as the strongest one there is. There’s no villain, hero, or major threat that the Hulk hasn’t at least tried to smash in his career. Marvel has made it […]
SHIELD has long been one of the most important parts of Marvel Comics. The organization was introduced in the ’60s, when Nick Fury of Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos fame, would become an agent, then Director, of SHIELD. SHIELD was the ultimate representation of the superhuman national security apparatus. They’ve proven to be an […]
Amazing Fantasy is one of the most seminal comics of all time. It’s the series that introduced the world to Spider-Man, who would go on to be Marvel’s biggest hero to this very day. Funnily enough, despite how iconic we see it as today, Amazing Fantasy (1962) only existed for a single issue. Before that, […]
Venom has undergone countless changes in the last decade. From the revelation that Marvel’s symbiotes were created as the ultimate weapons by the God of the Void, Knull, to Dylan and then Mary Jane Watson bonding with the once-villainous ooze, Venom has changed a whole lot. A huge swath of those changes, including MJ and […]
Disney owning everything is bad in some ways, but in others, it’s honestly kind of good. The Mouse owns Marvel, Star Wars, the Predator, the Aliens, the Planet of the Apes, and numerous other classic franchises and that means that we can get crossovers that we’ve always dreamed of thanks to Marvel Comics. Marvel’s line […]
The eternal battle between superheroes and supervillains defines the entire superhero genre and has been the source of countless stories. In both DC and Marvel Comics, heroes constantly fight to protect the innocent and uphold the law against immoral villains. However, not every confrontation between a costumed crimefighter and criminal ends in violence. In fact, […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has a lot of characters appearing in the movie, and while it almost seems overloaded, there is a good chance that not all of them will play an important role in the movie. However, there will be no fewer than three major MCU heroes in the movie, with the possibility of […]
Marvel Comics didn’t originate the multiverse concept in superhero stories – that was DC Comics – but thanks to the MCU, most non-comic readers think they did. The Marvel Multiverse as we now know it first appeared in 1977, when What If… started taking readers to worlds where certain events didn’t happen in the same […]
Marvel Comics had a great first day at San Diego Comic-Con, charting the course of the Marvel Universe in the days after Avengers: Armageddon. However, it’s not just Earth’s Mightiest Heroes that are benefiting from the sweeping changes wrought by this story, but also the X-Men. Marvel’s Merry Mutants are also getting their own new […]