Judgement Day will see the Avengers try desperately to avert a war between the Eternals and the X-Men. Fans will get their first glimpse at the conflict in a prelude story by Kieron Gillen and artist Dustin Weaver. Judgement Day will also mark the exciting debut of a new hero that Marvel has big plans for this year! Meet Bloodline in an introduction story by writer Danny Lore and artist Karen Darboe!
From the screenwriter of the MAN-THING movie comes this prequel exploring the disappearance of the local sheriff in a backwater bayou town plagued by mysterious and horrific events. Featuring some of the cast from the film, as well as a new character – an unflappable insurance-claims adjuster named Nathan Mehr – this story further explores the mythology and backstory introduced in the movie, ending where the big-screen adventure begins.
After “Hereos Reborn”, Thor and several members of the Avengers battle the Destroyer. Thor is saved by an enigmatic being called Marnot, who binds the life-force of a mortal called Jake Olson to the thunder god. Thor enters into a war with the Dark Gods with Marnot revealed to be Hescamer, one of Odin’s ravens; and battles the returning Enchanters Three.
The Punisher: The End is a one-shot title published by Marvel Comics under the MAX imprint as part of their The End series. The story focuses on the Punisher‘s final days in a post-apocalyptic future. The date of the events are described in the opening page of the comic in one word, “soon”.
A new X-Force ongoing series was launched in February 2008, written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost and drawn by Clayton Crain.
Cyclops forms a black ops incarnation of X-Force that uses lethal force to permanently deal with threats against mutants. Warpath, Wolfsbane, Wolverine and X-23 form the starting lineup, with Angel, Domino and Elixir joining soon after. Yost had at one point stated that Deadpool would join the cast to bring more diversity to the team, but this did not happen until after his run and the launch of Uncanny X-Force. This team does battle Red Hulk and his team, consisting of Deadpool, Punisher, Electra and Thundra, as they try to hunt down Domino.
During the 2008 “Secret Invasion” storyline, Thor rescues and heals Beta Ray Bill, who after being temporarily given Mjolnir, aids Thor in defending Earth against an invading force of alien Skrulls. Due to Loki’s deception, Thor battles and kills his grandfather Bor, and is banished from Asgard. With Thor’s hammer Mjolnir damaged in that battle, Thor seeks out Doctor Strange, who is only able to repair the hammer by transferring the Odinforce from Thor to Mjolnir, binding the two in a symbiotic relationship. With the repaired hammer, Thor is able to draw out the imprisoned Sif, and return her to her own body, thereby restoring Loki to his male body in the process.
Spinning out of the events of the Inhuman ongoing series, this series had a special issue 0 and continued after the events of the Inhumans: Attilan Rising Secret Wars mini-series. This series was accompanied by the Uncanny Inhumans Annual. The series ended with issue 20, after the events of Inhumans v.s. X-Men. David Soule also ended his 4 year run on the various Inhumans series with this volume. The Inhumans’ story continued in the Inhumans Prime one-shot and the ongoing Royals series.
Volume 1 of the series originated as part of a revamp of the X-Men line of comics in 2001. Prior to this revamp, Claremont was writing both of the main X-Men titles (Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, the latter of which became New X-Men, and then X-Men: Legacy). He was removed from both core X-titles by Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada when his storylines fell apart due to editorial interference by the previous editor-in-chief in a failed attempt to capitalize on the first X-Men movie. Quesada offered Claremont the opportunity to write only one of the core X-titles (while allowing new X-writer Grant Morrison to have partial storyline input) or to write a third, new core X-Men title. Claremont chose the latter. That title was dubbed X-Treme X-Men.
In May 2004, prompted by Grant Morrison‘s departure from New X-Men, Marvel felt that another revamp of the X-Men titles was required. As part of this revamp, called X-Men ReLoad, Chris Claremont returned to writing Uncanny X-Men. X-Treme X-Men was cancelled, with most of its cast and running plotlines being transferred to Uncanny X-Men. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday‘s Astonishing X-Men replaced it as the third core title.
Nickelodeon approached Marvel, asking the company to produce comic book series for Rocko’s Modern Life and Ren and Stimpy. Marvel purchased the license for Rocko from Nickelodeon. The staff created the comics, and Susan Luposniak, a Nickelodeon employee, examined the comics before they were released. Joe Murray said in a December 2, 2008 blog entry that he drew some of the pages in the comic book series.
The comics contain stories not seen in the television show. In addition, the comic book series omits some television show characters and places, while some original places and characters appear in the comics. John “Lewie” Lewandowski wrote all of the stories except for one; Joey Cavalieri wrote “Beaten by a Club”, the second story of Issue #4.
Troy Little, a resident of Monroe, Oregon, wrote to Marvel requesting that the title for the comic’s letters column should be “That’s Life”. In Issue 3, published in August 1994, the editors decided to use the title for the comic’s “Letters to the Editor” section. In Issue 5, published in October 1994, the editors stated that they were still receiving suggestions for the title of the comic even though they had decided on using “That’s Life” by Issue 3.
On December 6, 2017, Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rocko’s Modern Life comic book series.
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