Evan's Comic Book Blog

Avengers Infinity War "trailer" leaks! So I guess someone leaked the trailer from the Marvel event the other day. Well I just watched it and I wouldn't really call it a trailer. Basically it's clips from previous Marvel movies with the Infinity Gems and it ends with Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, which is where the still shot that was released was taken from. So don't go crazy trying to find this leaked "trailer", there is no footage from Infinity War, remember this movie doesn't come out until May of 2018, it probably won't even start filming until 2016. But it was still cool to see Thanos!

Marvel announces movie schedule through 2019. Well Marvel had its special event today and hit us head on with a ton of movie news. So let me start with Captain America 3 which will be titled Captain America Civil War , and hits theaters on May 6, 2016. Next we get Doctor Strange on November 4, 2016. Then Gaurdians of the Galaxy 2 on May 5, 2017. After that is Thor Ragnarok on July 28, 2017. Then a big confirmation, the long awaited Black Panther movie will happen and be released on November 3, 2017. We will then get Avengers Infinity War Part 1 in May of 2018. Then we get another highly anticipated addition with Captain Marvel on July 6, 2018. After that is Inhumans on November 2, 2018. And lastly Avengers Infinity War Part 2 in May of 2019. Wow that is a lot of big news. A few other things were revealed as well. They showed the logos for all the movies. Concept art for Black Panther was shown, and it looks amazing!  And Chadwick Boseman has already been cast as...

Age of Apocalypse will be here summer 2015. No not the movie..., Marvel has announced yet another comic storyline that they will be revisiting. This time it's Age of Apocalypse. We can only speculate if this story will relate to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the next Xmen movie is slated to have Apocalypse and the Four Horsemen. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Five Ghosts will begin filming in January. Syfy has said that production of Five Ghosts will begin in January. They said the scripts are currently being written and casting will start once the scripts are completed. Syfy also stated that the show will stay true to the comic book story, which makes me very excited for this show. Five Ghosts should premiere next fall if all goes well. Are you guys looking forward to a Five Ghosts TV series? I know I am. I'll definitely keep you all updated with any news about the show!

A Krypton TV show in the works? Supposedly David S. Goyer is being tied to a pre-superman show. Not a lot of details have come out yet but it's being speculated that the show will take place on Krypton and deal with the people of Krypton. We can only speculate what characters would be in the show from the comics, perhaps Jor-El and Zor-El, maybe General Zod, but who knows? I'll keep you guys updated if any other news arises!

Doctor Strange finally cast. Well it's offical, it was announced today that after months of speculation around who would play Steven Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch will play The Master of the Mystic Arts. About time Marvel! No offical date has been set for the movie yet but Marvel is supposed to have some big announcement tomorrow. What do you guys think of this casting choice?

Constantine season 1 premiere review. So let me start by saying I'm not all that familiar with Constantine in the comics. So it's starts off with John in a mental institution. He then sees a cockroach and then another, he follows it and finds a woman who is possessed. He exercises the demon. And then leaves the institution. So we see this girl named Liv as she's leaving work, as she's leaving her car dies and she starts walking, then the ground begins to crumble and opens up and fire comes up from the ground. Then John pulls up in a cab and introduces himself to her. He goes down in the hole and an angel appears. The angle tells John that something is on the way. So Liv gets driven home by a friend. As she enters her apartment she sees a man. She goes inside and the man carves something on her door. Then something happens and her friend that lives across the hall is killed... So we think. Her body starts moving in the back of the medical examiner's van. She is ...

Marvel annouced another title that it will be revisiting. So today Marvel annouced yet another title that it will be revisiting in 2015, this time it's Old Man Logan. So far Marvel just keeps announcing titles that it will revisit with no explanation why. If someone knows why please let me know. I'll keep you guys posted if any more news comes up!

Arkham Manor issue 1 review. So this book sounded interesting which was why I picked it up. So I haven't been keeping up with the Batman titles so I was a little confused at first. Apparently Arkham Asylum has been destroyed and Gotham needs a place to keep the inmates. Bruce Wayne is living in an apartment and not in Wayne Manor for some reason, but is obviously still using the Batcave. So they start using Wayne Manor to house the inmates. They change the name to Arkham Manor and make it suitable to house inmates. There has already been a murder and Batman is investigating. The introduce a guy at the end named Jack Shaw, I don't know if he will be the main villain but it seems like he's going to have a bigger role and was possibly the guy that committed the murders. So honestly I don't really know what to think of this book. I guess I had a thought in my mind of what it was going to be before I read it and it wasn't what I was expecting. I don't know how I...

Five Ghosts issue 13 review. I'm so glad this book is back, it's been way to long and I'm excited for this new storyline. First off for those of you who haven't read Five Ghosts before this is a good jumping on point because it does start a new storyline. So this arc is called "Monsters and Men", Pretty appropriate considering it's October. As always it was a quick read but it was really good. Fabian is traveling though Eastern Europe looking for Sebastian who he thinks has been kidnapped. As he's traveling he sees a kid in the woods surrounded by these monsters that look somewhat like zombies, he then kills them all and saves the kid. They travel to a village together where the kid was delivering medicine because there is a plague spreading thought the village. They go to the village doctor and the kid tells him of the monsters and the doctor takes Fabian in for the night. The doctor tells Fabian of an old legend surrounding a wealthy family that...

Avengers Age of Ultron Trailer update. So it seemed like just mere minutes after the trailer had leaked Marvel pulled it off the internet and you couldn't find it anywhere. But now Marvel has had a change of heart and officially released it themselves. So you guys should be able to find it pretty easy now. Let me know what you guys think!

Avengers Age of Ultron trailer leaked. So yesterday it was announced that the Avengers Age of Ultron trailer would premiere on next weeks Agents of Shield episode. But someone leaked it today. And it looks AMAZING! It was only a teaser so it was just over a minute long. We get to see a little of each character. We get our first look at Ultron. We get to see the Hulk-Buster Armor, which looks awesome. We also get to see Cap's shield broken into pieces. So this looks like a much darker movie than the first Avengers movie. Our heroes don't look happy. Why is Iron Man fighting the Hulk? How will Cap get his shield fixed? Will there be a Wakanda and Black Panther appearance? Who knows but this movie looks awesome and I can't wait to see it!

The Flash Good news everyone, The CW has ordered a full season of The Flash. So we will get 23 episodes this season, which is great because I'm really enjoying the show so far and I'm looking forward to seeing how the stroy will progress and how the characters will develop. What do you guys think? Are you enjoying The Flash so far?

Fantastic Four cancelled. Well it looks like the rumors of Marvel cancelling the Fantastic Four comics in protest of the FOX movie is true. It's definitely surprising to see the title that launched the Marvel Age of Comics is being cancelled. For those of you who don't know,while DC was flourishing in the early Silver Age with all its newly reinvented characters like The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and it's mainstay characters like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, along with the creation of the Justice League of America, Marvel Comics was struggling. It wasn't until Stan and Jack collaborated in 1961 to come up with the Fantastic Four, that Marvel began to flourish as well. And the success of Fantastic Four let Marvel move forward, introducing books like Amazing Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, Xmen, and the Avengers. I know Marvel wants to get the movie rights to Fantastic Four back from FOX but I'm not sure cancelling the comics title is the way to do it...

What is Marvel up to? Part 2 So in a previous post I mentioned how Marvel was rebooting a lot of titles next year that they had already done. Well since then they announced a few more. Marvel will be doing another House of M series as well as another Infinity Gauntlet series. Which leaves the question of why? Why is Marvel releasing all these titles next year that they had already previously released? Are these going to be sequels? Are they going to be reboots? I have also heard that some will be one shots and not ongoing series. If any further info is released I will be sure to let you guys know!

What is Marvel up to? So recently Marvel has announced a number of upcoming comic series that they are working on and will release next year. They've annouced Secret Wars, Civil War, Armor Wars, a Marvel Zombies and Age of Ultron crossover event and a Planet Hulk storyline. So with all that being said, why is Marvel revisiting old story lines? They have done all those before. Are they just rebooting those stories? Are they going to be sequels to the originals? Who knows? But it does seem odd that they would revisit so many stories that they have done in the past. I guess another Civil War story would make sense because it's been rumored that Marvel is heading in that direction with their movie universe. But why all the others? And especially a story like Secret Wars, it was a pretty big event in Marvel Comkcs history, especially with the introduction of Spider-Man's black suit. So it would be hard to reboot something like that. So I guess we'll just have to wait and se...

Batman vs Superman leaked info? So apparently an extra in the movie has leaked some info to a news station. And I guess that person could face a $5 million dollar fine if they are found out because of a confidentiality agreement you sign to work on the movie. But anyway let's get to the info. So according to the source, there will be a Robin in the movie, and it will be Carrie Kelley, which will be played by actress Jena Malone. Also according to the source, there is a pretty big fight between Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor and the military will also be involved in the fight. I will keep you posted with any further updates!

Justice League movie updates. Some sources are reporting updates on the Justice League movie. Apparently the events of the Man of Steel movie has set the course for all the rest. According to sources, Batman vs Superman will end with the Justice League appearing and figuring out the mastermind behind the events of that movie was Brainiac. And so Justice League part 1 will consist of the Jutcie League, made up of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg, defeating Brainiac and that movie will end with Green Lantern arriving and warning the League that Darkseid is coming. So I assume Justice League part 2 will be a battle against Darkseid. I'll keep you guys updated wi any further news.

BREAKING NEWS!!! Update on DC movies! So earlier today the news broke that DC had 10 movies planned from 2016-2020. We have since got a few more details on those movies. In 2017 we will see a solo Wonder Woman movie, obviously the role will be played by Gal Gadot. Also in 2017 we have the first of two scheduled Justice League movies, Henry Cavil and Ben Affleck will reprise their roles for those movies. In 2018 the Flash be released and Ezra Miller will play the fastest man alive. So what does this mean for the Flash TV series with Grant Gustin, will it end before the Flash movie is released or will DC just have a movie universe Flash and TV universe Flash? Who knows? Also slated to release in 2018 is Aquaman. And the long standing rumor was that Jason Momoa would play the King of Atlantis, and it looks like that's finally been confirmed. In 2019 the Shazam movie will be realesed and as already confirmed Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will play Black Adam. And in 2020 R...

BREAKING NEWS!!! DC ANNOUNCES MOVIE SCHEDULE THROUGH 2020!!! I guess unlike Marvel, DC doesn't mind telling its fans what upcoming movies will be. So here's the schedule, 2016: Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice Suicide Squad 2017: Wonder Woman Justice League 2018: The Flash Aquaman 2019: Shazam Justice League 2 2020: Cyborg Green Lanter Well those are some awesome movies coming up. I look forward to seeing who is cast in those rolls. If any further details emerge I will let you guys know!

Robert Downey Jr joining Captain America 3? It is now being reported that RDJ might possibly be joining, and it's looking very likely, the cast of Captian America 3. It's also being reported that, that film will use elements from the Marvel Comics event, Civil War, and lead the MCU in that direction. RDJ had said that there was a big announcement coming and we all thought that meant another Iron Man film in his future, but that rumor was shot down pretty quick. So now it's looking like Marvel might be headed for a Civil War, which is interesting considering Marvel just announced at NYCC that it was launching a new Civil War event in the comics next summer. So this leaves a lot of questions unanswered, Avengers Age of Ultron is obviously centered around Ultron, so when is Thanos getting his movie arc? We thought that the Avengers movies were headed towards an Infinity Gauntlet storyline, but now if Marvel is headed for a Civil War, where does that leave Thanos in all this...

Wonder Woman's origin. So there has been a lot of speculation around what Wonder Woman's origin in the Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice movie would be. And it looks like it's been confirmed that they have decided to go with the New 52 origin, where she's a demigod and the daughter of Zeus. I'm ok with them using that origin story. I'm definitely happy that the earlier rumor of her possibly being a Krytonian wasn't true because that would have been awful. So let me know what you guys think, are you cool with them using the New 52 origin?

Marvel: Civil War coming? So today Marvel announced that a new Civil War storyline is coming next summer. And this announcement comes just days after they revealed that they were relaunching Secret Wars. As far as Civil War goes there really haven't been any details released yet, and who knows if it will crossover into the Secret Wars storyline. I'll keep you posted when more news hits!

The Walking Dead season 5 premiere review. It's been a long wait but the Walking Dead is finally back. "They're screwing with the wrong people" let's see if that's true. SPOILERS ahead if you haven't seen the episode. So we start right were we left off, with the group trapped in the train car, and it looks like they are prepping for battle. Someone drops a flash bang in the train car and takes the group into this room. It looks like these guys are dismembering a body in there. These guys start cutting people's throats and letting them bleed out into a big tub. They stop at our group. And Bob is talking to Gareth. Then Gareth is asking Rick about the bag that he hid. Rick tells him what's in it then tells him he's going to kill him. Then we hear gunfire outside. And a big explosion. So far it really isn't looking so great for our guys here. Now to Carol and Tyreese, they have to hide from a huge heard of walkers, they heard the g...

The year of the comic book shows is upon us! Quick reminder that the Walking Dead season 5 premieres tonight at 9pm est on AMC, I will post my review for that episode tonight. But anyway, comic book adaptations certainly seem to be taking over television. With existing shows like Arrow, Agents of S.HI.E.L.D., and the Walking Dead, along with shows that were just added this year like Gotham, the Flash, and shows still to come like, Constantine, iZombie, and Preacher. It's crazy to think just a few years ago none of these shows existed but know they are hits. And the comic book adaptations won't stop there, there are already more shows in the works like, Five Ghosts, Supergirl, and Teen Titans. And more shows seeminly being optioned for movie or TV deals each day. It's great to see how the comic book industry is finally getting the long overdue respect that it has deserved. With hit TV shows and box office hits I think the future of our beloved medium looks very bright. S...

Marvel It was announced at NYCC that Marvel had three more ongoing series planned. Those new series will be a Gamora series, an Ant-Man series staring Scott Lang, and finally a Spider-Gwen series that I know a lot of people are excited for. Let me know if you guys are interested in these new books!

NYCC final day updates. So I haven't heard much in the way of news coming out of New York Comic Com today, but that's to be expected, Sunday is usually a slow day. However I was able to watch the Gotham panel on the live stream today. I didn't really take away a lot from the panel but there were a few interesting things said. As to the question of whether or not we would see Harley Quinn in the series, there wasn't really an answer for that. And a fan had asked if the comedian telling Fish Mooney jokes in episode 2 was the Joker, they'd didnt really answer that one either, but said if they were developing a Joker character he probably wouldn't be telling jokes at that point in his life. They did however confirm that we will see Victor Zsasz in episode 7. They also mentioned that there is a great moment between Alfred and Bruce in episode 8. And finally they confirmed that we will see Harvey Dent in episode 9. If I hear anything else I'll let you guys know...

NYCC goes wild? Whenever you have large crowds there are known to be unruly people especially at sporting events and clubs, but generally not at comic book conventions. But apparently today Marvel was scheduled to have a cast signing for the cast of the upcoming Daredevil series that will air on Netflix. But it was cancelled after the crowed was to unruly for Marvel. From what I understand announcements were made for people to form an orderly line and I guess Marvel wasn't satisfied by how people were acting so they cancelled the event. Naturally the people that had been waiting in line weren't to happy with that. No word yet if the event will be rescheduled or not. I'll keep you guys posted if there is anymore news on the event or anymore NYCC drama!

NYCC day 3 updates. So there has been a lot of cool news coming out of New York Comic Con today. I'll start with the big event of the day first, but let me say I want to thank New York Comic Con and Twitch TV for partnering and broadcasting there panels on a Twitch live steam so that those of us who couldn't make it to the con could also enjoy the panels. So that being said, let me start with the Walking Dead panel. I watched the entire panel, except they cut away when the exclusive footage was shown. It was said that the season 5 premiere takes place right after the season 4 finale. Robert Kirkman stated that this season will stick closer to the comics than any of the previous seasons. It was announced that the second half of the season will premiere on Sunday, February 8th. Andrew Lincoln also joked about wishing he hadn't killed Shane, because he said that Rick is brutal this season and kills a lot of people. Ok so after I watched the Walking Dead panel I swtiched o...

Wytches movie? It looks like Wytches, the new Image Comics title, written by Scott Synder and drawn by Jock, has been optioned for movie development. Prices for this book are already on the rise and some variants, especially the NYCC variant, are reaching very high prices right now. So pick this book up now if you can!

Some new rumors. So it's been rumored for quite a while now that the big bad in the Justice League movie would be Darkseid, now it's being rumored that Braniac will be the villain in the movie, not Darkseid. Also rumored for quite some time is that DC is working on a Suicide Squad movie, now it's being rumored that squad will consist of, Blockbuster, Multiplex, Jaculi, Mindboggler, Vixen, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot. If there is anymore life given to these rumors I'll let you guys know!

NYCC day 2 updates. So I didn't really hear a lot of news coming out of the con today. I know there were a lot of panels going on, they had the Comic Book Men panel, Marvel and DC both had a few panels and the Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. Panel was today. Marvel did announce that they are making a Guardians of the Galaxy animated series. Sticking with animation, DC had a panel for their upcoming animated film, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. I know Image had some panels today as well but not a whole lot of news coming out of day 2 of New York Comic Con. That's ok because everyone knows that Saturday is the big day, the Walking Dead panne is tomorrow and I'm excited to see if Marvel and DC have any other announcements. I will keep you guys posted!

Some news and NYCC updates. So New York Comic Con started today. Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to the show this year, but news from the show has slowly been reaching the internet. The big news from Marvel Comics so far is that they are relaunching their Secret Wars series in May. I know DC was showing the second episode of the Flash tonight and screening the pilot episode of Constantine. Also in Flash news, they signed someone to play Pied Piper on the show, as well as someone to play Dr. Martin Stein, the other half of Firestorm alongside Ronnie Raymond. Also in Archie Comics news, Archie will be collaborating with Dark Horse Comics to do an Archie meets the Predator series... Yes you heard me correctly, Archie meets the Predator. Todd McFarlane had a panel today and announced that he will be releasing a new Spawn number 1 in January. Thursday usually isn't a big announcement day so I'll keep you guys posted as the con goes on.

Arrow Season 3 Premiere review. Amazing, that would be the word I'd use to describe tonight's episode. It was great from start to finish. So we start the episode off with Oliver having a flashback, and it looks like this season's flashbacks will take place in Hong Kong. We then get to see the team together again as they take down another bad guy. And we get to see Roy suit up, which was petty cool. Detective Lance is still having health problems and Laurel doesn't want him going in the field but of course he doesn't listen to her. We meet Ray Palmer in this episode. We got to see the Oliver and Felicity relationship get confusing... Well even more than usual, they go on a date, and I'm pretty sure I had the same reaction Oliver did when he saw Felicity in that dress. Anyway they seemed to be having a moment when their date is interrupted by an RPG being shot through the window of the restaurant they were at. Oliver is really struggling with trying to be bo...

The Flash Season 1 Premiere review. Ok wow that was a really great episode. The story was great and I really liked the characters. So as a comic book fan I always expect the studios to take liberties with the property and change some things, which they did, but I didn't really mind. So we see quite a bit in this episode. We see the death of Barry's mother at the hands of Professor Zoom aka Eobard Thawne. And his father is framed for his mothers murder. We also meet detective Joe West and his daughter Iris, who we all know from the comics as the love interest and future wife of Barry Allen. We also meet the S.T.A.R. Labs team members, one of which happens to be Caitlin Snow, and for those of you have have been reading the New 52 comics, might know her as Killer Frost. And the lead member of the S.T.A.R. Labs team is Doctor Harrison Wells, who is pretty mysterious. The villain in this episode was Weather Wizard, which was done pretty well. We also got to see a cameo appearan...

BREAKING NEWS!!! It has been officially confirmed that the Syfy channel is developing a Five Ghosts TV series. Based on the Image Comics title Five Ghosts, with its main character Fabian Grey. Fabian has a powerful magic stone imbedded in his chest and it allows him to access the abilities of five ghosts, a vampire, an archer, a wizard, a samurai and a detective. Five Ghosts is my favorite ongoing title, I can't wait until the new story arc starts. Five Ghosts was created by writer Frank Barbiere and artist Chris Mooneyham.

The strain episode 13 season 1 finale review. So we start off with the old rich guy who has now been healed, going down to the pawn shop and he meets the nazi vampire there. The nazi tells him that the Master healed him but he didn't turn him. So he's not immortal. So now we are seeing a flashback of Eph's wife and kid, then we see the team discussing their next plan. Now we see Gus, who was taken by those vampires that hunt other vampires. One of the vampires tell him to follow him somewhere. So the rich guy and his bodyguard are having problems. His bodyguard doesn't want to follow his plan anymore. The bodyguard quits and leaves. Eph and the exterminator go looking for the Master. They manage to find where they think the Master is hiding. So they leave and go to get backup. So the team regroups. So the rich guy and the nazi go to see some woman, I don't know if she's the mayor or what, but she has the authority to shut down roads and declare Marshall la...

Haven season 5 update. So I said before that I wasn't going to review each episode of Haven because I love the show and every episode is great. Well so far that's been true. We are four episodes into the season and each one has been great. This season has been very different from the rest with Mara opposed to Audrey. But it's still been good. The story is very interesting and progressing well. We are learning more about Vince and Dave, which has been cool. And we have learned more about Mara as well. Duke and Nathan are still awesome and the show as a whole has been just as good as I had expected. I'll keep you guys updated if there are any drastic changes to the story or if any significant event takes place. If you guys aren't watching Haven you need to be!

Update on Doctor Strange movie. Well it looks like Marvel has ended its negotiations with Joaquin Phoenix after months of trying to ink a deal for him to play Stephen Strsnge, it looks like that all fell apart. So the Doctor Strange movie is still without it's lead character. So who do you guys want to play Stephen Strange? I'll keep you posted with any additional news.

Gotham Academy #1 review. So for the first time in a while I picked up some new comic books on a Wednesday. I haven't been buying new issues lately because nothing has really interested me, until today. So I picked up a few things but the book I wanted to talk about is Gotham Academy. The initial reason that I picked this book up is because it's written by Becky Cloonan and I'm a big fan of her work. She's probably more known for her art but I was excited to see what she would come up with. She did do a variant cover for issue 1, but unfortunate my shop didn't have it so I'll have to pick that up at some point. But let's talk about the book. So not a lot happens in this issue but it's the first issue so that's understandable. We are introduced to a few characters. One student, Olive seems like she will be the main character in the series. Bruce Wayne does make an appearance in the book. As for what the book is about, Gotham Academy is a school in...