Frankie's Blog — marvel

Written by Angela Rairden The Ragin’ Cajun has been one of my favorite X-Men ever since I first watched the 90’s X-Men: The Animated Series as a kid. Everything about Gambit, real name Remy LeBeau, was slick and shiny. Not to mention that Cajun accent and his intriguing on again off again relationship with the powerful mutant known as Rogue. Honestly, if any animated comic book character is swoon-worthy, it’s Gambit. I didn’t start reading comic books until I was an adult. However, that love of Gambit has always stayed with me and I have happily scooped up every issue...

Written by: Angela Rairden In a sense, Marvel’s latest installment in the MCU, Thor: Love and Thunder is a call back to the very first Thor film. In that movie, released all the way back in 2011, audiences were first introduced to Chris Hemsworth’s god of thunder – young, brash, and not entirely aware of what life had in store for him. That Thor was one who needed to do a lot of growing up in order to reach his full potential.   Now, in 2022’s Love and Thunder, we are reacquainted with a Thor has been through a lot...

Written by Angela Rairden Spider-Gwen is one of my favorite Spider-people, mostly because I’ve always loved Gwen Stacy. Actually, if I’m being completely honest, I’m a big fan of all of Peter Parker’s love interests – I guess he has good taste or something. However, there’s something about the role reversal of the uber smart Gwen becoming Spider-Gwen instead of Peter that really appeals to me. Not to mention, her spider suit is really slick-looking. Therefore, when I picked up Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse #1, I didn’t expect to find it as disappointing as I did. The official Marvel description for this...

This month, Marvel launched a slew of new superheroine comics, introducing new storylines, villains, and even some unlikely partnerships. Whether struggling to understand their place in the world, or sacrificing everything to protect those who need it, each of these illustrious leading ladies prove that they are forces to be reckoned with. Here are my reviews of a few of them, and a list of the impressive amount of variant covers that were released with each title (because there are a lot of them and they are all very pretty). ELEKTRA: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #1 Release date: January 5th,...

If you trust the rumor and innuendo, Marvel is about to write off Peter Parker. His replacement will be his dear old clone, Ben Reilly, but could it be a setup for Miles Morales to become the one and only Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?