By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 12/31/2015
With so many different Marvel comics shipping each and every week, it can be hard to track exactly which comic books ships on which day. In fact for the All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown, (our ongoing column where we take a look at each Marvel #1 in the All-New, All-Different line,) we were sure that the comics […]
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 6/29/2015
Marvel has just announced a new Contest of Champions title — a return to the three-issue mini-series of 1982 originally dubbed: Marvel Super Heroes Contest of Champions. The new game on IOS bearing the same name serves as the inspiration of the comic, which includes Maestro (Hulk villain) headlining the cover to the first issue. Al Ewing and Paco Medina are chronicling the adventures of this new team of Champions who have been gathered by the Collector to do battle with each other. Ewing wondered aloud: “Where are the trapped heroes stored when they aren’t fighting?”
Venom and Gamora appear to be locked into a battle with various other characters in the Marvel Universe frozen over in blocks of ice. CNet announced the news — along with the cover to the issue. Contest of Champions will launch in October as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe. Also featured in the series is Guillotine, a new character created jointly by Marvel and Kabam, the developers of the Champions IOS title. The heroine is powered up via a special sword handed down all the way from the French Revolution.
“The publisher erroneously shipped these titles to retailers early on Oct. 30.”
October 30th? That can’t be correct.