This Week in Comics – November 5th

Next Week's Arrivals!

I'm sure most of you will wind up visiting our Comics Arriving Soon page on our site at gamersgambit.com, but I thought as a little change for the blog going forward would be spotlighting a few things to keep an eye out for next week! First off is All New Captain America #1; Marvel has really been on an All New kick for their titles this week and Cap is joining in.  This will be "Falc-Cap's" first official ongoing series and y'all know my feelings on Cap.  The other things I'd like to point out to everyone are the DC Bombshell art prints.  The variants a few months ago were fairly popular and the artwork was gorgeous.  They are well worth hanging up in your home!

Who Will Get the 3rd Entry in the Universal Avengers?

I've been reporting on Universal's attempt at revitalizing their classic monsters in a Marvel Cinematic Universe style for a couple of months now, and we have the first two members of the team already.  The first is Dracula from Dracula Untold and following that in June of 2016 The Mummy reboot will bring us another member of the team.  The question now is who will be next?  We've got Frankenstein, The Wolfman, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Invisible Man and Phantom of the Opera waiting in the wings for their reboots.  Seeing as how The Wolfman got a somewhat recent reboot 4 years ago, I doubt he'll be next, and the Frankenstein movie starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe is coming out soon, so we can narrow it down a bit more.  Presumably the Bride won't show up until they've established the monster himself; that leaves us with the Creature, Invisible Man, and the Phantom.  My bet would be on the Creature from the Black Lagoon, mainly because the reboot for him has been in production for years, but I can easily see the other two showing up in 2017 as well.  The Invisible Man and Phantom of the Opera can easily serve as the more "human" members of the Universal Monsters, and thus allow for an easier entry point when they finally team up in the relatively near future.  We'll see when the time gets closer!  I'd love to hear your thoughts as well!  Here's an Ain't It Cool News article for more.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den