The last few weeks have been rough for female heroes at Marvel with the cancellations of America, Hawkeye, She-Hulk, and The Unbelievable Gwenpool, but Laura “Wolverine” Kinney has managed to survive the culling. With the original Wolverine back from the dead, Laura’s extended future in the role is a question, but Tom…
Tom Taylor’s run on All-New Wolverine has been a highlight of Marvel’s X-Men line for the past two years, so it was exciting when Marvel announced last week that he would be launching a new X-Men team book with artist Mahmud Asrar in February. X-Men Red features the soon-to-be-revived adult Jean Grey as leader, and…
From war-torn South Vietnam to the apartment of supernatural stoners to a psychedelic plane of reality inside a laundry machine, the best comic books of 2017 (thus far) have taken readers to some fascinating places. The A.V. Club has assembled a list of the can’t-miss titles from the first half of the year, and it’s…
Tom Taylor’s run on All-New Wolverine has been incredibly fun while maintaining high emotional stakes, and Taylor has brought a lot of depth to Laura Kinney’s character by exploring her tragic past and her present-day need to be more than the killer she was created to be. So much of Laura’s life has been defined by…
Big pieces of Marvel’s core lineup these days is defined by what it isn’t, rather than what it is. Many titles unapologetically point out what’s missing: Captain America: Sam Wilson isn’t about the real Captain America, or even the other two Captain Americas—it’s about Sam Wilson. It leaves the impression that these…
