Comic Book Talk

I just got the "Marvel Previews" magazine at the LCS.

It looks like volume 9 of Captain America will end at #30 next week. In the meantime they're doing "The United States of Captain America." A super powered individual stole the shield and is dressed like Captain America. Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are chasing them and meeting individuals who cosplay Captain America and try to make a difference locally. It's a cheesy idea but the first issue is good.

This Black Widow run is very good. They're on issue 8. It became so popular that issue 6 sold out on day 1 and the price of some of the variant covers went nuts.

Hickman's X-Men run has been great. They're getting ready to tie that up.

There's a "Death of Doctor Strange" 5 issue series about to start.

A teamup of The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Champions, Heroes for Hire, and the Spider-People called Dark Ages (6 issues) looks interesting.

A one-shot called "The Darkhold Alpha" is coming which features The Scarlet Witch, Doctor Doom, and Chthon might be interesting.

Onslaught is back in a one-shot. This has been hinted at in the X books lately.

The Trial of Magneto is about to start. It'll probably end up being a humans vs. mutants thing. I don't want to spoil it but, the Mutants were having a big party. Representatives of most planets, nations, and super teams are present and the body of a super powered individual was found. At the end of X-Factor Wolverine is holding the body asking "Where's Magneto."

There's a Kang the Conqueror 5 issue series coming. I don't know if I'll mess with that.

Amazing Fantasy 1-5 will be a story where Captain America is pulled out of the 40's with Red Room Black Widow, and a teen-age Spider-Man to meet in some kind of battleworld. I'll buy it because two of my favorite characters are in it.

And a new volume of Moon Knight is starting up.