This chronic feature lets me review what recently has passed my bloodshot eyes. So pull up a chair, and welcome to Mr. Zad's comic critique: * X-Men: Magneto Testament, Nos. 1 through 5 (Marvel Publishing, $3.99 each) - An ambitious and required story sheds light on the X- Men ubervillain's early years. Tapping into Chris Claremont's origin efforts, which reveal Max Eisenhardt (aka Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) to be a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, writer Grek (Hulk) Pak extends the legend.
PHILADELPHIA - After more than a decade spent guiding several of Marvel Comics' biggest characters as an editor, Axel Alonso has been promoted to editor-in-chief, Marvel Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday. Alonso will oversee all of Marvel's publishing aspects and will advise on their creative direction, as well as help develop new story lines and new initiatives for the heroes and villains that make up Marvel's roster, including the Avengers, Spider-Man, Punisher and Dr. Doom, among others.
Dwayne McDuffie PHILADELPHIA - Dwayne McDuffie, who wrote comic books for Marvel and DC and founded his own publishing company before crossing over to television and animation, has died. He was 49.
[Diane Rhoades] professes that his collecting instincts are driven by his attraction to the subjects in the photographs and the techniques involved with the making of the image. He calls himself a frustrated photographer who grew up to be a publishing executive. Rhoades is a former executive vice president for Marvel Entertainment Group and has retired as an executive with the Reader's Digest Association. He has been collecting work by notable photographers for more than 40 years. His reasons for doing this are multifaceted. Rhoades takes satisfaction in finding a rare item that no one else has, revels in the connection to greatness that the images convey and thoroughly enjoys building relationships with the living artists whose work he admires. Rhoades' generosity steins from his...
Summer is as big a time for mainstream comics as it is for movies. It's the season when the two big publishing houses, Marvel and DC, each releases "event" books. DC's Infinite Crisis and its follow-up series, One Year Later and 52, started strong but started to tread water after the first few books. So far, Marvel's Civil War is starting out on the same path but we'll have to wait a few months to find out whether it winds up at a similar destination. Civil War, a seven-part miniseries written by Mark Millar, is the central title, but the event is spreading across most of Marvel's line. After a fight causes hundreds of civilian deaths, the public, led by a Cindy Sheehan-esque character, turns against heroes and demands super heroes register with the government and unmask themselves.
PHILADELPHIA - Dwayne McDuffie, who wrote comic books for Marvel and DC and co-founded his own publishing company before crossing over to television and animation, has died. He was 49. The Detroit native died Monday, a day after his birthday, DC Comics said. His cause and place of death weren't immediately known.
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