The Year of the Villain was an event/crossover starting in March 2019 and ending in March 2020, which followed Dark Nights: Metal. The emphasis during this time was to give a little bit more attention to DC’s large roster of villains and supervillains throughout most of their active titles such as Batman, Superman and primarily …
Although Dan Slott didn’t get me into reading Spider-Man, it is his stories that I’ve read the most, probably because he wrote the most. Starting in January 2008, he started writing with a team on Spider-Man, before becoming solo writer from November 2010, he held this position until 2018 making him a Spider-Man writer for …
2018’s Infinity Wars was a way for Marvel to kick start their cosmic storylines for the 2018 Fresh Start relaunch. It serves as a vehicle to bring the infinity stones back into the Universe following the MCU’s success with Infinity War and Endgame to lure moviegoers into becoming comic book readers. There can’t be an …
Brian Michael Bendis’s 2016 Civil War 2 is a sequel to the original Civil War, although not directly – it just shares similar themes. Opposing sides due to conflict moral and philosophical views (Iron Man vs Captain Marvel) is again the core plot line surrounding what to do with a new Inhuman who can predict …
Tom King took over the reins of Batman in 2016 after Scott Snyder’s run finished during the New 52. This era was a part of DC Rebirth. Although a different name, the continuity more or less sticks around meaning the things that happened to Batman in 52 happened to Tom King’s Batman. King started writing …
House of M was a Brian Michael Bendis led 2005 X-Men/Avengers crossover event borne out of the aftermath of Avengers Disassembled, it is not the biggest but it is really well woven together and perhaps one of the best Marvel crossovers of the 2000s. Interestingly, back in 2005 I would not have said that and …
I can’t afford to buy every single comic or every trade that I would like, very few people can. So, generally I go for the ones which are ‘unmissable’. In 2019, when DCeased first came out I gave it a miss at first but a friend of mine told me that this was one to …
King in Black was a 2020/2021 Marvel wide crossover event which began with the very end of Empyre and then Absolute Carnage (not needed for King in Black but it helps with Venom and Venom is a major part of King in Black) then into Venom and beyond. The core issues are written by Donny …
Absolute Carnage was a 2019 crossover title which included many Marvel characters outside his usual sphere of Spider-man related characters. Written by Donny Cates and drawn by Ryan Stegman, Absolute Carnage merges with his other work at the time, specifically Venom and King in Black. In terms of scope, absolute carnage is one the character’s …
Punchline has become a runaway success since her debut in Batman #89 (a cameo) and full appearance in Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3 during James Tynion IV’s Batman run and drawn by Jorge Jimenez. With Harley Quinn out of the picture for The Joker, Punchline (real name Alexis Kaye) stepped in as an …
