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Updated: Uncanny Avengers Collecting Guide & Reading Order

December 7, 2017 by krisis

Today I have my first update to a team guide, and it’s a team I have had a love/hate relationship with over the past decade – The Definitive Guide to the Uncanny Avengers!

Don’t need a full reading order right now, but want to know what the Avengers are doing with the X-Men’s “Uncanny” adjective? Keep reading for a brief history, where to start reading, what the team has been up to in 2017, and just how much of it you can own in oversize format.

Crushing Comics S01E034 – Planning your own funeral + Civil War, Secret Invasion, & Siege

December 7, 2017 by krisis

Today starts a little dark as I discuss how getting ready for an international move is a lot like planning your own funeral… and then, honestly, it stays pretty dark as we explore three harrowing events for Marvel’s heroes – Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Siege.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 34 features the oversize hardcovers of Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Siege. Learn more about all three books in my Guide to Marvel Events!

Crushing Comics S01E033 – Finding foreign spices + Angel & Faith Library Editions from Buffy Season 9

December 6, 2017 by krisis

In this episode I share an anecdote about going spice shopping with my E and then unwrap the trio of Angel & Faith Library Editions from Buffy Season 9. I haven’t read these books yet, but my brain is packed with information from Buffy Season 1-8, so I give a rundown of how Faith came to be (although I inexplicably don’t mention The Mayor!) and discuss my love for Christos Gage.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 33 features Angel & Faith: Season 9 Library Editions Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3.

Gwenpool – The Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide

Updated: The Definitive Guide to Marvel’s Nova

December 5, 2017 by krisis

Today I have an update to a character who Marvel has really transformed in the past decade – The Definitive Guide to Nova!

You might think I’m being tongue-in-cheek about “transformation” since we went from an older, established Nova to an inexperienced kid, but I’m talking about Marvel’s dedication to making Nova into a recognizable, franchise-able hero in a way they never had in his previous 30 years of publishing history.

Don’t need the full guide right now but curious about why I’m so bullish on Nova? Keep reading for a brief history, where to start reading, what Nova’s been up to in 2017, and how much of Nova’s now forty-year-long history Marvel has gathered into collected editions.