JourneyIntoMystery

Taking the reigns from Kieron Gillen after his departure was certainly going to be a challenge. Starting in April 2011 Gillen spent over a year on Journey into Mystery, until his highly regarded run on the series came to an end this fall...

"Crikey" was all comics writer Kieron Gillen could say when confronted with what's surely one of the most enthusiastic fan letters he's ever received in this week's final issue of his run on Journey Into Mystery. Effusive praise and camaraderie was transmitted by none other than Tom Hiddleston, the English actor who portrays JiM star Loki in the Marvel Studios films Thor and Avengers...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Slaying the father ^ Stan is smilin' % The end is not in sight * BATMAN: THE BLACK GLOVE DELUXE EDITION HC There are oversized hardcovers collecting most of Grant Morrison's Batman comics, but the early part of that run isn't available in a uniform edition, and collector culture means we

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * From the people who brought you "X-Ships" ^ Sex panic % Prosolar * % ACTION COMICS #10 Grant Morrison and Gene Ha open their three-part summer story with "Clark Kent Is Dead"--G...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: ^ Bagman * Wingman % Swagman * BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 I believe Grant Morrison described his initial plan for the second year of this international-minded Batman-and-his-team book as being "a roller coaster ride through hell...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Remarkable writer/artists who started still-unfinished projects in the '90s ^ Five % At least some character-creator involvement ¢ At least some creator ownership Comics adjectives are the best % ¢ SPACE DUCKS: AN INFINITE COMIC BOOK OF MUSICAL GREATNESS Anyone know if Daniel Johnston ha

It was a somewhat slow day for announcements this Sunday at C2E2; besides the announcement of a new Gambit ongoing series, we learned that the Ultimate Comics "Divided We Fall" event will include all three Ultimate Comics titles and begin in July; the Asgardian titles Thor and Journey Into Mystery are set to clash in a major crossover in August titled "Everything Burns"; and J

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Continuity implants ^ Stars and/or garters % What lies beneath ^ % UNTERZAKHN The wonderful Leela Corman's long-in-the-works graphic novel, which was appropriately enough serialized in the Forward, concerns two sisters growing up in the Jewish community on the Lower East Side in the earl

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * The realm of the quotidian % The realm of the fantastical * SHOWCASE PRESENTS YOUNG LOVE VOL. 1 Holy wedding dresses, this looks great, even in a week as full of excellent new and old material as this one...

Marvel announced Exiled, its upcoming five-part, weekly-shipping crossover story spanning Asgard and Earth during a live-blog PR event on Monday. Following the Exiled #1 in May, two issues apiece of New Mutants and Journey Into Mystery will be devoted to the multi-realm storyline...