This Week in Spandex – Avengers Academy #3

Written by Nicholas Yanes on August 30, 2010 – 11:49 am -

Hey all,

Sorry this review is late.  The semester has just started and the first week was kind of hectic.  But worse than that, I had a hard time simply deciding which issue I wanted to review this week.  All the books that I got this week were fine, but none really stood out as the book I had to preach about.  I think this is because while all the books were okay, they were all in middle of a story arc.  So I went back to my store and found that they had neglected to put Avengers Academy #3 in my box.  Once I realized this, I knew I had found my pick.

  • Avengers Academy #3
  • “Scared Straight Part1: Boyfriend in a Coma”
  • Writer: Christos Gage
  • Penciler:  Mike McKone
  • Company:  Marvel Comics

I really love this series.  I’ve mentioned in the past that I liked this title because as someone who owns Disney stock, I truly feel that these characters are fantastic intellectual properties worthy of existing beyond the pages of a comic book.  This issue not only reinforces my capitalistic deconstruction of this series, but also highlights just how good the book is on its own merits.

Now just to be clear, if there is one thing that someone should take away from this title it is that Christos Gage is a writer with an incredible future.

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Wilcox Discusses She Hulks Series

Written by Ian Cullen on August 30, 2010 – 9:37 am -

Comics writer Harrison Wilcox has teased fans about his ongoing series She Hulks, and has revealed a few spoilers to wet the appetite of the comics loyal readership.

The new series will launch following up on events depicted in the event comic World War Hulks, and will see a return of original She-Hulk Jennifer Walters, who will be teamed with Lyra, a character from an alternate dimension who is the daughter of the Hulk and superheroine Thundra.

The new book will see the two characters attempt to track down the remaining members of the Intelligencia, a team of supervillains which includes the likes of MODOK, The Leader, and the Wizard.

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Rogen: ‘I Gave Up On DC Comics’

Written by Wayne Hall on August 16, 2010 – 11:39 am -

If you are promoting your comic-book movie, you probably don’t want to alienate any portion of that audience … that is, unless you are Seth Rogen.

“I like Marvel,” Rogen said during a recent interview. “I’ve kind of given up on DC at this point,” reported the Los Angeles Times.

“I was pretty into Marvel growing up. Ed Brubaker came on the set of Green Hornet a couple of times,” he said. “That’s what’s cool is meeting these guys. I met him at Comic-Con a few years ago. It was one of those surreal moments at Comic-Con because it was me, Method Man and Ed Brubaker. But he’s great.I love his stuff.”

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