Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market. AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING…
TRADE WAITING #1: Week of September 8, 2021
TRADE WAITING RETURNS! It’s been a bit, but we’re back, baby. And with this return, we’re going to call this column “issue #1”, cause comics have volumes and issues and stuff, right? Yeah. Yeah, let’s do this. Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read…
The Comics Classroom: THOR and the Eternal Return
Thor is a character who has long held a unique place in graphic/textual history as both a “comic” character — he was the creation of Stan & Larry Lee and Jack Kirby for Journey into Mystery #83 in 1962 — and as a religious/mythological figure. Few beings of genuine religious and mythological status (in the…
Review: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw, Marte Gracia, and Cory Petit Edited by Danny Khazem and Darren Shan Released by Marvel Comics Release Date: January 23, 2019 “This is my new crew.” Since 2008, this is the seventh time I’ve reviewed a #1 issue of a Guardians of…
Preview: MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #4
MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #4 Written by Vita Ayala, Donny Cates Art by Joshua Cassara Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: December 19, 2018 What has changed the world around them? Who has taken their memories of who they were, and why? And why are they all haunted by the same ghost? Only one man can…
Preview: WEB OF VENOM: CARNAGE BORN #1
WEB OF VENOM: CARNAGE BORN #1 Written by Donny Cates Art by Danilo Beyruth, Cris Peter Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: November 21, 2018 Join DONNY CATES as he continues to snake his tendrils through the VENOM mythos – this time visiting the sickening sociopath called CARNAGE! A cruel cannibal obsessed with death and…
Preview: DEATH OF THE INHUMANS #5
DEATH OF THE INHUMANS #5 Written by Donny Cates Art by Ariel Olivetti, Jordie Bellaire, Clayton Cowles Edited by Sarah Brunstad, Wil Moss, Tom Brevoort Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: November 7, 2018 The Royal Family has been broken. Now, something new and terrible rises from its ashes. Who is Vox? Where are the…
Preview: VENOM ANNUAL #1
VENOM ANNUAL #1 Written by Donny Cates, David Michelinie, Jeff Loveness, James Stokoe Art by Kev Walker, Ron Lim, Tigh Walker, James Stokoe, Scott Hanna, Chris Sotomayor, Rachelle Rosenberg, Travis Lanham Edited by Lauren Amaro, Devin Lewis, Nick Lowe Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: October 17, 2018 For the first time in Marvel history,…
Preview: COSMIC GHOST RIDER #4
COSMIC GHOST RIDER #4 Written by Donny Cates Art by Dylan Burnett, Antonio Fabela, Clayton Cowles Edited by Annalise Bissa, Jordan D. White Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: October 3, 2018 The Rider is determined to save the universe by ridding it of the greatest threat that ever existed…and that’s why he’s kidnapped Thanos…
Preview: VENOM #6
VENOM #6 Written by Donny Cates Art by Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin, Clayton Cowles Edited by Lauren Amaro, Devin Lewis, Nick Lowe Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: September 19, 2018 After a brief connection to the GOD-HOST, EDDIE and the VENOM symbiote have emerged with brand new powers! A good thing too,…