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

This Week in Comics – October 29th

Marvel’s Phase 3 Unleashed!

     So yesterday in L.A. Marvel Studios revealed their scheduled movies for the next 5 years, commonly referred to as Phase 3.  Some films like Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 aren't huge surprises, but a few are surprising and/or about-dang-time titles.  After rumors of the 3rd Avengers movie being themed around the Civil War comic storyline we've learned that it’s actually Captain America who gets the Civil War treatment and Avengers 3 & 4 (yes it’s getting split) will follow the Infinity War story.

The other exciting movie slated for the future is Captain Marvel featuring the Carol Danvers version of the character.  In the about-dang-time part of this news story was that Black Panther has been slated for November 3rd, 2017 and has Chadwick Boseman cast as the titular character.  Here’s the link for everything for phase 3!

By the Vishanti!

     Spinning off of the above entry, we more or less may have a definitive casting for the Master of the Mystic Arts, a.k.a. Doctor Strange.  It appears that Star Trek: Into Darkness and The Hobbit villain Benedict Cumberbatch is in final talks to take up the role of Sorcerer Supreme.  Based on the couple of episodes of Sherlock that I've seen, he can easily pull of the aloofness of the good doctor.  Hopefully we will get to see him in the costume soon! View the news here.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

This Week in Comics – October 22nd

There’s a Juggernaut Heading for Arrow

Mockingbird

Vinnie Jones is probably best known for his Juggernaut role in the X-Men movie that actually doesn’t exist thanks to Days of Future Past.  You may ask yourself why I’m bringing up this giant of a character actor.  You may also be asking yourself how you got here, but I digress.  Anyway Vinnie Jones will be appearing as a DC Character known as Danny “Brick” Brickwell, who has invulnerable skin, in the CW’s Arrow.  For whatever reason the show runners are going to have it that he isn’t powered, but instead is said to be invulnerable because he survived being shot several times.  I’ve loved Vinnie Jones in everything he’s been in, so I can’t wait to see this one! View the announcement here.

When There’s Trouble You Call DW!

In January we will be lucky enough to see a collection of Boom! Entertainment’s full run Dark Wing Duck in comic form from publishing company Joe Books.  This was one of my favorites of the Disney revival books from Boom! I’m surprised that Marvel didn’t take up doing collections for this.  To be titled Disney’s Darkwing Duck: Definitely Dangerous Edition, just remember to look out for this one in January! Read the solicitation here.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach


Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

This Week in Comics – October 15th

Hot Off the Presses!

     There is so much that came out of New York Comic Con this past weekend that it’s nigh impossible to get all of it in one weekly entry. So I will be putting one or two of the stories into the next few blog entries. The first I’d like to bring up is the epic cross over story of Archie Meets Predator! The story sounds a lot like Final Destination with Archie and the Predator thrown in. Basically, from what I’ve managed to hear, is Jughead wins a trip to Costa Rica and Predator begins taking out the Riverdale crew. This will be the most ridiculous story involving Archie since his crossover with the Punisher. More details to be announced for release dates and the like for this one! In similar ridiculousness news Jem and the Holograms will be receiving their own comic as well. Read the Archie news here.

To Quote Scarlet Witch…

     …“No More Mutants!” At least for a little while with Marvel anyway. Hot off the heels of the cancellation of Fantastic Four we've gotten some pseudo-news involving the X-Men, or at least mutants in general. All we know so far is that in January 2015 we will be seeing some sort of X-Men related event centered around Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. As far as further details go there isn't much more other than the Witch and Quicksilver are involved. We’ll have to wait a month or two for more info and see exactly what the No More Mutants event does to the Marvel Universe! View the teaser here.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach


Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den