Ultimate Spider-Man #1

In the original Spider-Man origin, Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben was killed by a burglar. In the new Spider-Man origin, Miles Morales’ Uncle Aaron is the burglar. Nice guy, though. He’s young Miles’ favourite, the understanding guy he can visit when parental expectations get a bit much. And that’s what Miles is doing when a genetically […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #6 review

Her memory and sanity restored, the Scarlet Witch resolves to undo the madness of M-Day, when she depowered most of the world’s mutants with three little words – ‘No more mutants’. Before that, she learns that Speed and Wiccan may be her lost boys. The meeting between the three, which is as poignant as one […]

Widowmaker #1 review

Someone is killing spies and Black Widow and Mockingbird are on the hit list. Their mutual ex, Hawkeye, joins them on a trip to Russia to sort things out. Mockingbird’s employee, the mercenary Dominic Fortune, goes along to stir. Russian metahumans show up, and Hawkeye is being framed as the master assassin dresses up in […]

Amazing Spider-Man 588 review

This is part 4 of 4 of the Character Assassination storyline, but it’s more than that; it’s the wrapping up of the first batch of plotlines since Brand New Day began bringing us an almost weekly Spidey book. That’s over 40 issues and editor Steve Wacker and his assistants deserve a big spider-tracer on the […]