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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK TWELVE PREVIEW ROUND THREEBATTLE TWO WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1-3 GARTH ENNIS (w) – RUSSELL BRAUN (a) – Karl Kaufmann, the Phantom Eagle, finds himself prisoner of a tribe of beautiful Amazon warriors. – His dreams of such a situation always involved less pain and solitude. Live and learn… VS INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-3 DUSTIN WEAVER…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 6 Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORPS #2 VS 1602: WITCH HUNTER ANGELA #2 I think at this point I’m enough of a grizzled old vet when it comes to Battleworld that I know when to keep my head down and push through. Whenever there’s a Thor…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK ELEVEN PREVIEW ROUND TWOBATTLE SIX CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAPTAIN CORPS #1-2 KELLY SUE DECONNICK & KELLY THOMPSON (w) DAVID LOPEZ (a/C) – Let’s get you spun up, Airman! – After the explosive events last issue, Captain Marvel and her Carol Corps are determined to never again be left in the dark. – Together…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 22 Follow the bracket here! SEIGE VS STARLORD AND KITTY PRIDE Okay, down and dirty plot dump for those who haven’t read these books. In Starlord and Kitty Pride, 616 Peter Quill was separated from the other survivors from REAL Marvel and is hiding out in Black Bolt’s swanky nightclub as…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 7 Follow the bracket here! MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-2 VS RUNAWAYS #1-2 At this point in Battleworld, old-school Marvel readers have come to the conclusion that none of the 48 spin-off titles mean a damn thing in the overall narrative. Is this a big deal? To most Marvel readers, maybe. Your average…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK TEN PREVIEW ROUND TWOBATTLE SEVEN MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-2 SIMON SPURRIER (w) – KEV WALKER (a/C) – Stranded in the Deadlands and saddled with a mysterious child, Elsa Bloodstone is determined to traverse the zombie-ridden landscape and get home. – But haunted by ghosts from her past–including visions of her stern father, Ulysses Bloodstone…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 21 Follow the bracket here! GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE VS HAIL HYDRA Battleworld Battleworld, Schmattleshmorld Schmattleshmorld, I say. In yet another powerhouse battle, Hail Hyrda is forced to wield its proverbial sword and S.H.I.E.L.D. (do you see what I did there?!) against the sword and shield of Guardians of Knowhere. Both books…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 20 Follow the bracket here! SPIDER ISLAND #1 VS CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND THE MIGHTY DEFENDERS #1 I’m at the point with Battleworld where I have to make sure I don’t let fatigue affect my reviews. Popfilter selected its Battleworld Battleword writers from among the strongest and most highly trained endurance athletes in the…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK NINE PREVIEW ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY SPIDER-ISLAND #1 CHRISTOS GAGE & TOM DEFALCO (w) PACO DIAZ & RON FRENZ (a) – The Spider-Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of Spider-Madness and Peter Parker has lost, thanks to Spider-Scribe CHRISTOS GAGE (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN) & rising star artist PACO DIAZ (WOLVERINE, SCARLET SPIDERS). –…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 19 Follow the bracket here! AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 VS CIVIL WAR #1 While the other Secret Wars books based on major events used their origins as a jumping off point, twisting the situations readers are familiar with, today’s battle focuses on books that don’t so much twist as follow their…
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