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We’re practically at the end of summer, but that just implies it’ll get much hotter before the fall. Fortunately, we have plenty of reasons to stay inside: comic books! marvel has a lot going on, between Empyre and leading into X of Swords. This August is a busy month, with plenty of graphic novels and single issues from marvel Comics to read, but here are some you ought to read best away.

Top three marvel Comics August single issues You ought to Read.

Since we’re putting Empyre into checklists, it’s a bit harder to identify single issues without them all being X-Men (which I am always tempted to do). What August marvel Comics you ought to read comes down to nostalgia, energy, and a momentous development.

Maestro #1

(Marvel Comics)

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Writer: PETER DAVID
Artists: GERMÁN PERALTA & DALE KEOWN
Release Date: August 19th
One of the greatest—and many influential—Incredible Hulk stories is Future Imperfect. It’s akin to the X-Men’s Days of Future Past, but instead of someone in the future going into the past, Hulk goes to the future and meets himself—a ruthless dictator who goes by Maestro. and yet, for thirty years, we’ve learned very little about how Bruce Banner became Maestro. It’s also Peter David returning to his epic story. If you haven’t read Peter David’s epic run on amazing Hulk, you ought to try catching up on as much as possible before August 19th.

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THE story YOU’VE WAITED decades FOR: THE origin OF MAESTRO! practically 30 years after the landmark story Future Imperfect, legendary amazing HULK scribe Peter David returns to the far-future version of the Hulk known as Maestro — the master of what remains of the world. With astounding art from HULK veteran Dale Keown and up-and-comer Germán Peralta, Maestro will answer questions that have haunted Hulk fans for years — and inspire some new ones. how did the world fall and the Maestro rise? What happened to the world’s heroes in between? and where is the Hulk we know and love? find out here!

Wolverine #4

(Marvel Comics)

Writer: BENJAMIN PERCY
Artist: VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC
Release Date: August 19th
When Wolverine #1 debuted, his solo introduction into Dawn of X, Percy, Kubert, and Bogdanovic gave us two issues with one cover. now that the first story, Kubert’s story has wrapped, we’re going back to Bogdanovic’s Omega Red/Dracula story. Now, this is just a comment on Percy’s writing, not either artist—they are both phenomenal. The Bogdanovic story felt like it had much much more potential. It’s weird, it’s brutal (well, “brutal” and “Benjamin Percy” is synonymous at this point), and it’s not a common Wolverine story.

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THE RED TAVERN! After getting dressed down by the quiet Council for rogue activity, Wolverine escapes through his own secret gate to the Red Tavern, a snowbound, backwoods watering hole where he only wants to guzzle whiskey in peace. but Logan soon discovers that peace isn’t possible as a twist-and-turn murder mystery unfolds — and at the heart of it all is an enemy from the past.

Marauders #11

(Marvel Comics)

Writer: GERRY DUGGAN
Artist: STEFANO CASELLI
Release Date: August 12th
While mutants have conquer death, there is one they can’t bring back: Kate Pryde. previously in Marauders, Sebastian Shaw murdered Pryde, the one mutant Krakoa won’t allow on the island through the gates. but now, the mutant nation has to face a much more horrific reality: the five can’t resurrect Kitty either. After months of trying, professor X chooses that they need to relocation on. Now, we’re going to have the first, and possibly the only, funeral on Krakoa. need a good cry? Well, then you ought to read this when it comes out August 12th; marvel Comics wants us to weep.

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THE QUEEN IS DEAD! The Marauders…the Hellfire Trading Company…all of Krakoa is reeling from the death of Kate Pryde.

Top three marvel Comics graphic Novels You ought to read This August

A Reality-altering mutant. An Avenger turned heel. and another adventure with a murderous space demon. marvel Comics has been pumping out a lot much more graphic novels lately, and story arcs are reaching trade format even faster than ever before. So, if you feel that you ought to have read Captain marvel before her Empyre tie-in comics, that’s possible now because marvel published Vol 3 on August 5th, just three weeks after the final issue of the last arc came out. now is an outstanding time if you trade-wait your comics.

X-Men epic Collection: Proteus

(Marvel Comics)

Writers: CHRIS CLAREMONT with JOHN BYRNE & ROGER STERN
Artists: JOHN BYRNE with GEORGE PÉREZ, MICHAEL NETZER & rich BUCKLER
Release Date: August 26th
Everyone ought to read the epic Collections that marvel puts out, collecting some of the greatest comics ever produced. With X-Men: Proteus coming out at the end of August,you can read one of the X-Men’s many harrowing stories in their entire library. Currently, Proteus is one of the “Five,” the Resurrection team on Krakoa. He can alter reality, which, when he loses control of his power, turns him into a nightmare for everyone around him. but this is an epic Collection, so while the stories all result in Proteus, we get a lot much more too—440 pages, to be exact.

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Claremont and Byrne’s renowned run continues! Magneto has a score to work out with the X-Men — and when he strikes, they should struggle to hold on to their humanity even as their nemesis strips them to their cores. A narrow escape leads many of the X-Men out of the fire and into the frying pan (A.K.A. the savage Land), where they encounter Sauron! Meanwhile, thinking her teammates killed in the battle, Jean Grey mourns their loss — and heads for Muir Island. As the X-Men take the long road home, they face Moses Magnum and the debut of Alpha Flight! but soon they should deal with the reality-warping mutant horror Proteus! Plus: Arkon and the Hulk — and the first pieces of Wolverine’s past are revealed! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #111-128, X-MEN annual (1970) #3, marvel TEAM-UP (1972) #89 and amazing HULK annual #7.

Captain marvel Vol. 3: The Last Avenger

(Marvel Comics)

Writer: KELLY THOMPSON
Artists: LEE GARBETT and FRANCESCO MANNA
Release Date: available Now!

Captain marvel is possibly the most powerful Avenger—yes, even much more than Thor. Her abilities are unparalleled, and like Superman, she typically has to hold back; otherwise, she might go full Binary. So, when she goes rogue in Last Avenger, setting out to kill her teammates, it’s bad news for everyone. Of course, if you’ve been reading Empyre, it’s apparent that Captain Evil Sash is good again, but this was a fantastic arch for Carol. In fact, every issue of this arch on Comixology has an average five-star rating.

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Collects Captain marvel (2019) #12-17.

Captain marvel takes on the Avengers — to the death! Carol Danvers has fought alien hordes. Rescued the X-Men. Punched Thanos in the face. literally saved the world! but now she faces her greatest challenge: kill her fellow Avengers! and she has 24 hours to do it! but why?! As the nightmare becomes reality and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes begin to fall one by one, what does this imply for Carol — and for the world? When the mastermind behind Carol’s deadly change is revealed, she should finally fix up her human and alien sides — or lose them both. but as a plan begins to form, will the power of the Avengers be enough to save the world? It’s a shocking new direction for Captain marvel — and life on earth will never be the same!

Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider

(Marvel Comics)

Writers: DONNY CATES and DENNIS HOPELESS
Artists: SCOTT HEPBURN and GEOFF SHAW
Release Date: August 19th
It’s like the supreme what-if, but actually part of the marvel Universe. What if the Punisher became the Spirit of Vengeance, otherwise known as Ghost Rider? What if the Punisher became a Herald of Galactus? and what if the Punisher rose from the dead? and what if all three of these what-ifs happened to the same Frank Castle all at once? Cosmic Ghost Rider sounds like something you would roll your eyes at. However, it’s something you absolutely ought to read, whether you start with this August release or go back to the previous comics, don’t miss out on one of the best marvel characters created in years.

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Collects Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider (2019) #1-5.

He’s back, baby! With a credibility like Cosmic Ghost Rider’s, it’s only a matter of time before the law catches up to this flame-headed future version of Frank Castle and tries to put him in chains. too bad for the cosmic cops that chains are Castle’s new weapons of choice! On the run with a rogue hitchhiker in tow — the young earth woman named Cammi — Frank should take on one of the most significant crime syndicates in the cosmos! but with his soul hanging in the balance, will he damn the whole galaxy to hell to get what he wants? Plus: A new short story from Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, the crazed minds who kicked off the madness and introduced Cosmic Ghost Rider in the first place!

Next month: the end of Empyre! The start of X of Swords. and who knows what else. Really, who knows? I haven’t read the solicitations yet.

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Hulkverines #1

The clash that everyone has been waiting for has arrived!

New York, NY—November 14, 2018—What is a lot more hazardous than a creation made of a combination of Adamantium claws and gamma blood? The predecessors of weapon H – Wolverine and the Hulk!

This February, Marvel’s two fiercest heroes are teaming up in a three-issue miniseries that will see them coming after the hazardous creation made in their name. writer Greg Pak — a man who knows all three characters quite well — is teaming up with weapon H artists Ario Anindito (for #1 and #3) and Guiu Villanova (for #2) to bring you HULKVERINES!

It’s an action-packed adventure that you won’t want to miss, and it’s pertaining to marvel this February!

 

HULKVERINES #1 (OF 3)

Written by GREG PAK

Art by ARIO ANINDITO

Cover by GREG LAND

You may have already heard of interactive graphic novels – or IGN for short. For instance, The boat is an exceptionally immersive on the internet comic experience. The Land of the Magic Flute retells Mozart’s opera in a stunning, contemporary way. even marvel tried something similar: on the internet movement comics. Some worked, like Spider-Woman (the character of the marvel motion picture Olivia Wilde is set to direct, maybe). Some didn’t. In fact, not sufficient worked; it appears like some I wished to introduce right here are unavailable now. however if you notice something about the interactive graphic novels so far, it’s that they are all on the internet only. After all, exactly how can you make a printed graphic book interactive? The team at Bubba Dutch may have figured that out.

The Cursed Swords Logbook: An Interactive graphic book You Can really Hold…and Smell?

Everything about the Cursed Swords Logbook is hand-crafted – everything. even a lot more excellent is that it’s made with material precise to the 1800s, the age the story takes place. Handbound leather, cotton paper pages, etc. however the very best feature, as usual, is the art as well as the story:

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(Image: Bubba Dutch Studios)

As Zack Gutin, director of Media Relations at Bubba Dutch explains the interactive graphic novel:

“We online in an age where screens are the main medium. Cursed Swords is an alternate reading experience that brings pages to life with sight, touch as well as even smell. The book is a half graphic book as well as half novel. The visitor complies with the long-lost journal of a pirate in a mythical world trying to develop a much better future. Each system is hand-crafted to supply visitors with an authentic, special journey—while using special collectible quality.”

It’s an remarkable product…but with remarkable products come not-so-amazing prices. since of the production, the very first wave costs $100 for the hardcover. Additionally, there’s the softcover for $75. However, they’re only making 1000 units in this style, so it’s may someday be an incredible collector’s product too. as well as exactly how frequently can we checked out something that smells like the 1800s?

Whether you’re in it for the collectible or simply admire the hand-crafted concept, this experience is one only for those who can satisfy the cost tag. Yet, if all goes well, this won’t be the last one.

Featured image: Bubba Dutch Studio

catch the debuts of animal CASTLE VOL 1 Hardcover Collection, THE  VOICES OF WATER with art by Werther Dell’Edera and more!

Portland, OR – Comics and graphic novel publisher ABLAZE lines up a potent roster of titles set  for release in July that feature a stunning hardcover edition for the dystopian, Orwellian inspired animal CASTLE, including a signed edition, limited to 250 copies, and THE VOICES OF  WATER, an intense new work about one man’s quest to hold onto his sanity written by Tiziano  Sclavi, the designer of Dylan Dog, with art by Werther Dell’Edera, co-creator of the bestselling series, Something Is killing The Children. as well as the launch of the thrilling, fast-paced,  horror space drama PROMETHEE 13:13. 

These releases are augmented by the current editions of a quartet of continuing ABLAZE titles that include the sex and swordplay of BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS SORCERY issue 3, the  zombie horror action adventure of LIFE ZERO issue 6, the manhwa martial arts epic THE  BREAKER Omnibus Vol. 4, and THE IDUN CHRONICLES Vol. 2, the graphic novel that inspired  the hit Netflix animated series.  

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ANIMAL CASTLE Vol. 1 HC • MSRP: $24.99 • on sale July 27th  

On the farm all animals were equal. In the Castle some are a lot more equal  

than others. 

For fans of the bestselling stray Dogs and the Eisner award winning  

Beasts of problem comes an animal fable at once familiar and surprising!  

You may think you know the story but set aside your assumptions. This  

animal uprising is unlike any you have read! 

Nestled in the heart of a farm forgotten by men, the animal Castle is  

ruled with an iron hoof by president Silvio. The bull and its pet dog militia  

savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until  

the arrival of the mysterious Azelar, a traveling rat who will show them the secrets of civil  disobedience.

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This new edition from ABLAZE collects issues 1-5 of the bestselling comic series into a  handsome hardcover volume, with complete cover gallery and bonus material. 

ANIMAL CASTLE Vol. 1 SIGNED limited edition HC • MSRP: $99.00 • 

On Sale July 27th  

The Signed edition of animal Castle Vol 1 features all the same terrific  

content as the regular edition hardcover, but also includes a idea in  

signature plate, signed by both the writer and artist of animal Castle,  

Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep. limited to 250 copies.  

THE VOICES OF WATER HC • MSRP: $16.99 • on sale July 27th  

A dramatic graphic novel full of black humor, spectacular and  

disturbing, written with visionary power and amazing narrative  

impetus by an absolute master of comics, Tiziano Sclavi, the designer of  

Dylan Dog, and illustrated by one of the most crucial Italian comics  

artists of the last decade, Werther Dell’Edera, co-creator of the  

bestselling Something Is killing The Children. 

Under a persistent rain, which seems destined to never subside,  

Stavros lives and moves through the streets of a dark and gloomy  

nameless city. He has a job and a fiancée; his life is normal. Yet several,  

different voices speak to him – often whispering, often  

whining, or yelling – whenever he hears the water running. One day, as Stavros wanders the city  under a heavy rain, voices become insistent, revealing his deepest, unspeakable secrets, as well  as his dreams and memories. He is tormented by these mysterious voices, maybe a sign of his  madness. Or maybe of a wider, collective madness, which infects everyone around him, to the  point of being transmitted to the entire universe.

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PROMETHEE 13:13 issue 1 • MSRP: $3.99 • on sale July 6th 

In PROMETHEE 13:13 an inexplicable scientific phenomenon occurs  

across a 13-day period, happening each day at 1:13pm in the  

afternoon. As the danger of global apocalypse hangs over the planet,  

the future of humanity has been plunged into chaos and obscurity.  

What if you knew the world was about to end? What would you be  

willing to do to save the people you love? Darla Clemenceau has been  

plagued by apocalyptic visions ever considering that she was abducted by a UFO  

as a child. Now, she’s ready to put it all behind her and step on with  

her life. but what if it’s all true? A hazardous cult militia is prepping for  

the end of the world, and they see Darla as the crucial to their survival… 

Meanwhile, something alien is awakening on the dark side of the Moon, and the crew of the  space shuttle Atlantis have a rendezvous with destiny… 

PROMETHEE 13:13 comes from distinguished creators Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One, James  Bond, The Losers, Hellblazer), Shawn Martinbrough(Thief of Thieves, Batman: Detective Comics,  The Black Panther, Hellboy), Dave Stewart (Hellboy, DC: The new Frontier, The Umbrella  Academy), and Jock (Batman, The Losers). 

THE BREAKER Omnibus Vol 4 TP • MSRP: $19.99 • on sale July 27th  

In the current edition of the bestselling manhwa martial arts  

adventure, Chun-Woo Han, aka Goo Moon Ryong, aka Nine-Door  

Dragon, need to rescue his student Si-Woon from the martial arts  

alliance, and the only way to do so is to put his own life on the line!  

Taking a page from the book of his own master, Chun-Woo starts  

down a hazardous path for his disciple’s sake. 

Hoping to finally bring an end to his long-lasting misfortunes, the  

Goo Moon Ryong willingly jumps into a trap, leading to what could  

be his final battle against the skilled fighters of the alliance. and  

while the big clash between the showy techniques of the martial arts  

schools and the immovable will of the Nine-Door Dragon will make alliance fighters fall like  autumn leaves, Chun-Woo may not have what it takes to get past the most elite fighters of the  Murim worlds and save Si-Woon!

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THE IDUN CHRONICLES Vol 2 HC • MSRP: $12.99 • available July 27th  

Experience the hit anime Netflix show as a graphic novel series! 

Alsan, now Alexander, has returned to earth and wants to re-organize  

the Resistance. He need to locate Jack and Victoria and prepare them to  

fight. What hazardous adventures will they be involved in this time?  

The graphic novel based on Laura Gallego’s books continues the fight  

for peace in the world of Idhun. 

Also catch these most current issues of ABLAZE continuing series 

BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS SORCERY issue 3 • MSRP: $3.99 • Available July 13th  

Witness the true skull-cracking nature, unrestrained blood-splattering  

violence, mayhem, and sexuality of Bêlit & Valeria. 

Two she-pirates, one recently dead, and the other less than ready are  

all that stands between chaos and order. The secret behind Bêlit’s  

resurrection is revealed! and it involves the gods themselves! but once  

the source of this miracle pertains to light, a betrayal from someone  

close becomes imminent. will the truth supply her with a lot more power?  

Or be her doom? bonus material includes the original Robert E. Howard  

essay “The Hyborian Age.” 

LIFE ZERO issue 6 • MSRP: $3.99 • available July 20th  

A thrilling new adventure drawn by Marco Checchetto, the artist of  

Marvel Comics’ Devil’s reign and Daredevil! At the limits between  

science fiction, action and horror is LIFE ZERO!  

In the current issue, Captain Derek Shako has had to make some hard  

choices to keep as lots of of his people alive as possible, but some of  

those choices are about to come back and haunt him a lot more than any  

zombie outbreak ever could! 

All ABLAZE titles will be available in-print and digitally. ABLAZE titles are distributed in print  worldwide by diamond Comic and diamond book Distributors.

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ABLAZE is a publishing company releasing a variety of titles—in different formats, genres, and  age ranges—original material, crowdfunded titles, reprints, art books, including international  titles from Europe, Asia (manga, manhwa), and more.  

The mantra of ABLAZE is quality first, with the goals of giving creators a platform, bringing new  voices into the conversation, serving as diverse an audience as possible, and growing the  company’s publishing schedule sustainably over time.

Over the course of X of Swords, we’ve learned a lot more and a lot more about what happened to the mutants of Arakko after Okkara in half—Krakoa being the other half. There are two major questions left, however. Firstly, who held the twilight blade that ripped Okkara in half? and secondly, what happened to Genesis, Apocalypse’s wife, after she ousted him from Arakko and sealed the rift? Well, we finally find out in X-Men #14: X of Swords chapter Twelve.

From Genesis to Annihilation: how Did Arakko become part of the Amenthi Hoard.

You know it’s severe when the swords look like they’re exploding. (Image: X-Men #14, marvel Comics)

Early in Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men run, he described the Amenthi hoard not as evil, but chaotic. The Amenthi just want to destroy everything. They have no agenda beyond that. However, they are controlled. Whoever wears the Annihilation helm controls the hoard. but there’s a catch, of course. The Helm also controls and drives who wears it. In buy to save Arakko, Genesis challenges the current Annihilation. When Genesis wins, she puts on the Helm, and Arakko and Amenth become one.

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When Genesis describes this to Apocalypse in X-Men #14: X of Swords chapter Twelve, he pleads with her to fight the urge to destroy. but she smiles and tells him that no one is that strong. even worse, considering that the Annihilation helm wants Krakoa, Genesis wants it too. The Helm has entirely corrupted her.

The laws of Arakko presented in X-Men #14: X of Swords chapter Twelve are Horrifying

Please don’t make a lot more of these mutants. (Image: X-Men #14, marvel Comics)

There are three major laws in Krakoa:

Mutants need to not kill humans.

Respect the land of Krakoa.

Make a lot more mutants.

Pretty simple, right? Well, as with everything in Arakko, their policies are a twisted version of Krakoa’s. and the implications must terrify the mutants of Krakoa. They are:

Make a lot more mutants.

Defend this broken land.

Destroy our enemies.

Well, that’s just great. Krakoans want to make a lot more mutants to enrich their newfound paradise. Krakoans want to work with the rest of the world, supplying life-saving medications to humans across the world. The Arakkii want to destroy everything. and then there’s the “defend this broken land” mandate. Does that indicate they will secure Arakko, or is their utmost goal to secure Krakoa too? Both are pieces of a broken land.

X-Men #14: X of Swords chapter Twelve needs to be the Last flashback Issue

and what I want a lot of of all is some sword fighting. (Image: X-Men #14, marvel Comics)

I love superhero mythos—and Jonathan Hickman has added layers upon layers to what we know about the X-Men. ever considering that house of X and Powers of X, the, I guess you could say, universe of X has gotten richer and richer. However, we got maybe a bit too much in X of Swords. lots of of these flashbacks are beautiful character pieces as well as world-building, and X-Men #14: X of Swords chapter Twelve is no different. but unless there’s a crucial piece of information, like, say, who destroyed Okarra in the first place, then Hickman and company need to get to the main course. Still, though, this is a damn good story.

More X of Swords!

Marauders #14 is next, but in the meantime, click on chapter numbers for our recaps/reviews. Likewise, click the Series/Issue numbers for a lot more info on the comic from league of Comic Geeks.

Previous Chapters

Chapter One: X of Swords: Creation
Chapter Two: X-Factor #4
Chapter Three: Wolverine #6
Chapter Four: X-Force #13
Chapter Five: Marauders #13
Chapter Six: Hellions #5
Chapter Seven: new Mutants #13
Chapter Eight: cord #5
Chapter Nine: Excalibur #13
Chapter Ten: X-Men #13
Chapter Eleven: X of Swords: Stasis

X-Men #14: X of Swords Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen: Marauders #14
Chapter Fourteen: Marauders #15
Chapter Fifteen: Excalibur #14
Chapter Sixteen: Wolverine #7
Chapter Seventeen: X-Force #14
Chapter Eighteen: Hellions #6
Chapter Nineteen: cord #6
Chapter Twenty: X-Men #15
Chapter Twenty-One: Excalibur #15
Chapter Twenty-Two: X of Swords: Destruction

(Featured Image: X-Men #14, marvel Comics)

Isis is one of the characters we will see in the upcoming Black Adam movie, which is just a few months away from premiering in theaters. We have seen Isis previously in The secrets of Isis and will see her next in this new movie. She possesses healing powers as the goddess Isis and notably influences Black Adam. It is likely because of the similar origin of both being slaves of the Egyptian government, although in different eras.

They would form a family and secure the city of Kahndaq and, at the same time, secure and save abandoned and enslaved children, trying to find and save Isis’s brother. They would have terrific adventures in the process with Shazam’s support.

Who is Isis?

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Who is this character, and what’s her relationship with Black Adam? Isis was a slave named Adrianna who Intergang gave Black Adam, claiming she was the most stunning slave in Egypt. Black Adam kills Intergang’s messenger and takes off, leaving the young woman behind.

Isis heads to Black Adam’s village, and when he sees she is not afraid, he accepts her as a refugee in his village. They would make a friendship and then a a lot more intimate relationship, marrying some time later. Black Adam asks Shazam to help turn Adrianna into one of Shazam’s champions.

To achieve this, he gets an amulet that belongs to the goddess Isis and, with the help of Shazam, manages to activate it. The moment she says the phrase “I am Isis,” she obtains the goddess’s powers. She would spend her life by Black Adam’s side until the moment of his death at the hand of one of the horsemen of the apocalypse.

Origin and Biography

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Isis’s origin is not so old considering that it originates after Black Adam’s awakening. Intergang gives Isis as a gift to obtain favors from Black Adam, along with 2000 million dollars in gold. That displeases Black Adam, who kills the messenger and leaves Adrianna behind.

She goes to the city of Kahndaq, a town that Black Adam ruled and protected. Adrianna requests entrance, obtaining authorization from the antihero to stay as a refugee. Adrianna’s courage and lack of concern were qualities that attracted attention from the beginning.

Black Adam was a tyrant who mercilessly killed villains, criminals, and other organizations at that time. He bloodthirstily murdered any individual who attacked his land. In fact, he dismembered the messenger who tried to take Adrianna and sent his parts to Intergang’s house.

Adrianna would talk a lot with him about her life and impressions. gradually she would get Black Adam’s sympathy, who would continue to speak to her. She would tell him that he could show a lot more compassion for others and show himself as a a lot more benevolent person and less bloodthirsty as he had led the world to believe. Black Adam would follow her recommendations little by little and fall in love with Adrianna, trying to find a way to give her powers.

To achieve this, he seeks the amulet of Isis buried in the tomb where he was. The charm would have belonged to another champion of the magician Shazam called Pharoah Hatshepsut, a queen of the XV dynasty. She would fight to bring prosperity and peace to her people, but her amulet would become powerless and inactive upon her death.

To activate it, Black Adam asked Shazam to use his magic to bring it back to life. Shazam would help him return the power to the amulet.

Adrianna and Black Adam’s Power Couple
Image: DC Comics

When Adrianna said, “I am Isis,” she would have the goddess’ abilities, forming a hero couple with Black Adam. She would help him keep the peace in the city, and soon she would accept Black Adam’s marriage proposal. At the wedding came several people, including the marvel family. thus began the Black marvel family, which would continue to grow after that.

Black Adam and Isis would not only secure Kahndaq, but they would also initiate the rescue of young men all over Egypt. The reason was that Isis was trying to find her brother Aron, who separated from her long ago. They rescue lots of young men in the process, healing them and taking care of them in the city until they find Aron.

Isis’ brother received much physical abuse from his captors. They prevented him from walking, which saddened Isis at the time. To help them, Black Adam made a decision to share his powers with Aron, as he had seen Shazam do at the time, and thus Osiris, the new member of the Black marvel family, was born.

Isis was delighted to have her brother safe and sound beside them. They fought to secure Kahndaq successfully from lots of attacks. However, the most significant and that would have a terrific impact on their lives was the suicide Squad‘s attack on the city. They managed to repel them without problem, but Osiris would inadvertently kill a member of this team. Amanda Waller used this fact to discredit the Black Adam family before the world. Persuasorr’s death did not affect either Black Adam or Isis, but Osiris.

Intergang tricks Isis’ Brother, Osiris
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Osiris is dismayed, and a crocodile named Sobek appears in the city. Sobek tells Osiris that if he is so disturbed, he must return the powers to Black Adam. Osiris listens to him; at that moment, the crocodile eats him. Sobek was one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse Intergang sent to kill them.

Black Adam defeats Sobek destroying his jaw, and later, he goes to Intergang’s house to avenge Aron’s death. However, the rest of the horsemen would be waiting for them, having an all-out battle. The horseman of pestilence would contaminate both Adam and Isis. Isis would turn away the effects on Black Adam, and before dying, she would tell him to forget his benevolence recommendations and never show mercy to anyone.

Isis would die at that moment, and Black Adam would go into a deep depression. He would seek to revive her by any indicates possible. Black Adam would go through several cities where various heroes, including Batman and Shazam, enjoyed after him. They needed to stop Black Adam from causing damage in a fit of anger and sadness.

Black Adam would devote himself to reviving his wife, his first attempt at the source of Lazarus of Ra’s Al Ghul. Iris would return to life momentarily, but she could not resurrect as her body was missing a finger. Black Adam would go to one of doctor Fate‘s versions, Felix Faust. Faust would tell Black Adam that he must again collect the amulet of Isis that was divided into four parts.

Faust temporarily restored Black Adam’s powers, which he had lost for unknown reasons, and told him to avoid using them too much or Isis wouldn’t resurrect. Black Adam got the fragments and took them to Fate’s Tower, but he told Black Adam he had abused his powers and couldn’t revive Isis.

Faust’s control Over Isis
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That was Faust’s deception, who cast the real spell to revive Isis sometime after Black Adam left. He cursed to bind Isis to himself and bring her into submission. Isis was forced to do what Faust wanted, even paralyzing her to sleep with her.

Isis would not stay quiet and sent signals to Black Adam using her powers. She showed a bloody flower to this metahuman, and he soon understood who she was. She would continue to send clues, one of which was roses that formed Shazam’s lightning bolt and indicated where she was.

Black Adam went to the place immediately, and upon finding Faust with Isis, he released her from the mystic’s control and was reunited with his wife. However, scenarios would have radically changed Isis. She castrated doctor fate for what he did to her, showing little mercy for him.

They would unite in a plan to cleanse the entire world, imparting their justice, as Black Adam would have initiated at the time. Black Adam and Isis would attack the rock of Eternity, Shazam’s location. They eradicated him from the place, leaving a sad Billy on earth.

The Justice society united to fight Black Adam and Isis and help Billy in the process. However, everything became a lot more complicated when Mary marvel joined them in their cause, making the fight a lot more and a lot more difficult. This trio would defeat them one by one. Isis would even throw Mr. Terrorific into the mist in the eternal stone, a place from which no one has returned so far.

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The fight continued transporting everyone to earth and Black Adam’s home city. Citizens supported him and Isis upon return, cheering them on in the battle. At that time, Isis would eliminate the citizens, pointing out they were part of the planet’s corruption.

Black Adam Takes Isis’ Powers
Black Adam realized that Isis was no longer the partner he loved but was corrupted by her power. He began to immobilize her and asked Shazam to remove her powers. Black Adam finally managed to immobilize her, allowing Shazam to remove her powers and turn them into stone.

After the battle, the Justice society of America left them in place. However, a sinister shadow appeared and would declare that he already had his next champions. It was Osiris who took the statues to a hideout he had together with Deathstroke. The latter wants these two magical beings to be his titans and Osiris to complimentary both Isis and Black Adam. They release Isis; however, in this reincarnation, she cannot control her powers or body and reacts violently. She calms down, goes to the city Kahndaq and assumes her role as ruler, seeking to make this kingdom great.

Appearances

Isis appears in all the comics related to Black Adam’s story. She narrates her story with the antihero. Isis would have a couple of appearances in a participation show called The secrets of Isis. She also had a remastering in 2006 and then moved on to the version we will see soon by Sarah Shahi.

First appearance: The secrets of Isis
The first appearance of this character was in 1975 in the show The secrets of Isis, starring Joanna Cameron. It was the second part of The Shazam!/Isis Hour.

Appearances in the 1970s DC comics
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After this show, we would see Isis in DC Comics in the 1970s, after this company gotten the rights to Black Adam. She would appear in several DC publications after her appearance in the TV show pointed out above.

New Isis Incarnation (2006)
A new version of this character was introduced in the DC world in 2006. this one would be shown as a female version of Black Adam, as a part of Shazam. She would also have an appearance in a wonder woman comic.

The new 52
In a 2006 series called The new 52, we see this character named Adrianna Tomaz, part of the Black marvel family. A marvel Champions-style family but in a dark and twisted way.

Brightest Day
This appearance took place in 2010 and lasted one year. This comic was about 12 villains and 12 heroes who were resurrected; no one knows why. among them would be Isis, and we saw several of her adventures with the rest of the characters from June 2010 to June 2011.

Isis’ Powers

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Isis’ powers are varied and may even be remarkable to Black Adam’s in some cases. She possesses several similarities, such as flight, incredibly strength, incredibly speed, and invulnerability. She also has additional powers, such as creating spells. Isis also has telekinesis (moving objects with her mind). She can also alter the molecular structure of things so that people can pass through them without any problem.

Isis also possesses remote vision, which allows her to observe distant places. She can also alter time flow, stopping and even reversing it. Isis activates her powers through a ritual, chanting mantras, and Egyptian incantations. She is one of the DC characters who are part of Shazam and Black Adam’s story.

Isis has extraordinary powers and was the person who calmed the violent spirit in Black Adam at one point. She would join him in lots of battles and moments until he died.

This character has had several appearances in the DC world in different versions and forms. now we will see her in the new Black Adam motion picture as part of this antihero’s history. Hopefully, the film covers this character’s history, considering that the doctor fate we’ll see is not Felix Faustus but Kent Nelson’s version.

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It’s challenging to be the director of a big-budget superhero movie, but often it’s even harder to keep top secret images and information from leaking to the public (just look at what happened to poor Taika Waititi when leaked photos from the Thor: love and Thunder set revealed a big cameo). director David F. Sandberg (Shazam!) quite literally took matters into his own hands by tweeting a photo of the Shazam 2 first cast photo in an effort to avoid leaks. The photo depicts Shazam (Zachary Levi) along with his fellow foster brothers and sisters in their superhero forms (left to right: Adam Brody as Freddy Freeman, Meagan good as Dara Dudley, Ross Butler as Eugene Choi, Grace Fulton as Mary Bromfield, and DJ Cotrona as Pedro Peña).

Eagle-eyed fans will notice that the costumes have gotten upgrades. Gone are the overly cartoony outfits, which have now been replaced with a lot more form-fitting outfits that run on the darker side of the color spectrum. even the texture of the outfits look a lot more on-brand with the rest of the DCEU, reminding me of Henry Cavill’s Superman suit or Sasha Calle’s Supergirl costume in the upcoming The Flash movie.

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Sandberg also recently tweeted a Shazam! Fury of the Gods teaser, which you can enjoy below:

Given the teaser trailer plus the fact that we know that Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren will be joining the cast, the excitement for Shazam! Fury of the Gods is palpable. Both Liu and Mirren will play daughters of Atlas (Kalypso and Hespera respectively) and will be the main villains in the sequel. Shazam’s powers come from several gods from Greek mythology, namely wisdom from Solomon, strength from Hercules, courage from Achilles, power from Zeus, stamina from Atlas, and speed from Mercury, so knowing that he’ll have to go up against the daughters of the source of his stamina will be interesting.

Sandberg will be the director once again, with Henry Gayden penning the script. Peter Safran will produce through The Safran Company.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods will premiere June 2, 2023. 

What do you think of the Shazam 2 first cast photo? let us know in the comments below!

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another major convention has canceled its in-person event, opting to go virtual: new York Comic Con, otherwise known as NYCC. This is a significant and sadly needed development. Last year, I went to NYCC, which packed the Javits center in nyc with as many people as they could. If it weren’t for my professional credentials and the pro lounge, I’d have lost my mind. but still…it’s such an amazing event. Seeing legends in the industry face-to-face is a joy. Now, we’ll be seeing them on our computer screen. Sigh.

ReedPop’s statement about Going Virtual

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While NYCC might be a drain on our wallets, going virtual is a enormous revenue hit for the event organizer, ReedPop. but as their president indicates in far more graceful terms, this sucks.

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“We are thoroughly disappointed that we can’t gather together, in-person for the new York Comic con we love to build and our fans love to revel in,” ReedPop president Lance Fensterman said in a statement to Deadline, continuing:

“We look forward to this weekend all year long, just like you, and with this being our 15th edition, we were particularly excited. I will miss walking up and down artist alley and seeing pals that I’ve made since we were in the basement at the Javits Center. While this year will definitely be a different experience, we are going to look to bring the best and most engaging event to our fans, exhibitors, and studios through our partnership with YouTube.”

What Were We going to See if NYCC Wasn’t Going Virtual?

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Two major panels that ReedPop confirmed included American Gods (Starz), and star trek (CBS All Access). DreamWorks Animation, Hulu, and FX also had events planned. but NYCC is still about comics more than anything else. Last year, marvel and DC had several panels and events. Valiant, Image, Boom, Dark Horse, and basically every publisher imaginable had something going on. While SDCC kind of shifted more towards TV and Film, NYCC was still a comic book event. At the same time, this might make it a little easier for NYCC to go virtual than SDCC experienced. Not that expectations are lower, but it’s a bit easier to display and showcase comic news online than it is a multifaceted movie or TV panel.

Will it work? I hope so, as a fan. but also as a fan, I want to be amongst my people again!

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The DC pantheon is enormous. It’s scattered across decades of storylines that have begun, run, been considered seminal, ended, and been replaced by yet more seminal works. For the people who have grown up with comics, understanding the canon is easy: they’re the stories they’ve known for as long as they’ve known themselves. For others, getting into the DC universe is as difficult as getting really invested in marvel comics or French Romantic-era literature. just like the dense but delightful works of Honoré de Balzac, DC poses a considerable library of characters who are at once the heroes of their own stories and the side-characters in the tales of others. also they often take place in the same city. and at least one has red hair. Honestly, the similarities are startling. In either case, entering a comic universe can be confusing if you don’t find an accessible starting point. On the exact opposite end of the accessibility spectrum is Kingdom Come, a DC miniseries. and the comics that introduced me to DC as a whole. To date, I have not found a potentially more confusing introduction to DC comics than Kingdom Come. 

Kingdom Come, an introduction to DC

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Kingdom Come was published in 1996 and ran for four issues. It is widely regarded as one of the best DC stories around, and it is home to some of the best artistic renderings many DC characters have to their name. Kingdom Come was written by mark Waid and included paintings by Alex Ross, whose art style brought to life one of the most confusing entry points into the DC universe you can find, even if you consider Batman’s dream sequence in Batman vs. Superman. 

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Spoiler warning for the entirety of this series that came out 25 years ago. The story of Kingdom Come is simple. The Justice league has abandoned humanity after the rise of more violent heroes who still gain fervent public support. One such hero, named Magog, fails to capture a villain who then rips open Captain Atom and blows up most of the Midwest. Superman, now older and retired, is called back into action by wonder Woman. Together, they recruit heroes old and new to fight the increasingly violent groups of villains and villainous heroes. three factions emerge: a league of villains led by Lex Luthor, a league of Batman’s buddies, and most of the Justice league returned to action and beautifully depicted by Ross. They fight. wonder woman stabs a guy through the chest. Shazam is mind-controlled by Lex Luthor and made to fight Superman. It’s an ensemble cast and they’re all punching each other. then America nukes them. Superman sees a massive loss of life, thinks his comrades and age-old enemies have all been vaporized, and gets mad. just as he is about to slaughter the entire United Nations, he learns his friends have survived. 

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The story resolves with Superman entering a new political phase of his hero-ship. The final pages show Superman and Wonderwoman getting breakfast with Batman at a superhero-themed diner. Batman is recruited to be the godfather of Superman and Wonderwoman’s child and it all feels very much like an ending, not just of the comic, but an ending for the characters as a whole. Oh, and all this is told through the frame story of a pastor, Norman McCay, being guided Ebenezer Scrooge-style by The Spectre, an agent of divine wrath named James Corrigan. also none of it was canon. 

All told, as rad as it is and as much as it continues to be my favorite of any DC story, Kingdom Come is a terrible introduction to the DC universe. 

Entering The DC Universe 

Stories like Kingdom Come rely on a pool of existing knowledge their audience can draw from, and that’s what makes them incredible for people initiated in the lore and absolutely baffling for people who aren’t. In four issues, Waid and Ross craft a story that reimagines much of the DC universe while also relying heavily on the audience having a knowledge of what has been reimagined. That reimagining can only have effect if the audience knows it’s there otherwise it just seems like all of DC comics have a very bleak last chapter. costumes are changed or reverted to much earlier versions. Characters have their development go in a what-if direction, often completely different from other issues or an enhanced version of who they already were. Batman, for example, is older and turns Gotham into a police state. Only, the police are robots and the robots are bats. This is a direction his character could go and has kind of gone before, but seeing that character fully realized and developed throughout this whole series is intense on its own, but he’s only one of many established characters who have been taken further than they had before. people who know DC are getting two stories: the actual plot of the series and the implication of a story that led to this point. people who are new to DC, me, were getting an angry Superman and cyber stalker Batman. Kingdom Come was a lot of things, but a good introduction to DC did not feel like one of them. 

Reading Kingdom Come blind is kind of like going into star Wars: A new hope with no knowledge that it’s part of a series. everything is bleak. people are old but they clearly have had rich lives before that. The antagonists aren’t just powerful, they have been powerful for years. They won, and now the story is about a group of people picking up the pieces and trying to bring things back to a sense of normalcy that the audience has never ever seen. peace is theoretical and everything is a little bit dirty.

What Do We Take From Kingdom Come: A Destination That says more about The Journey

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Kingdom Come is pretty much the worst possible introduction to DC comics. It’s confusing, relies on a lot of knowledge of the characters, and it can be absolutely devastating. You see so many of these untouchable icons at their lowest, but even then, there is something awesome that can be gleaned from this series, whether you’re going in blind or fully immersed in the canon. 

This story gives you these old heroes struggling with who they are through the lens of who they used to be. through that, you can get a really unique look at the DC canon. Seeing an old flawed Superman gives depth to his often pristine past. Seeing wonder Womanfully at war confirms her intensity. Seeing a Batman who would absolutely look through your search history shows the depth of his zealotry which was only barely contained when he was matched by equally insidious villains. 

Kingdom Come was an incredible series that gave fans the chance to see an alternate future where characteristics of their heroes were enhanced by age and exhaustion. It’s an ending that gives meaning back to the series and the characters it’s a departure from.

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What was your entrance into the DC universe? Were you confused the entire time or did you feel like you had a good handle on things? tell us about it in the comments!
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Why an Alligator Loki? Easy. since he’s green. as for the other Loki variations our Loki satisfied at the end of The Nexus Event, their stories are both distinct as well as share typical elements. The central secret of Loki therefore far has been about the TVA, though we don’t journey as well far into that concern in this episode. Still, that concern does drive whatever that happens, while likewise providing us much more insight into the TVA as well as their whole deal, particularly exactly how they do their “job.” We likewise touch base with the two many intimidating TVA members, Ravonna Renslayer as well as hunter B-15. With only one episode left (in the very first season, at least), we’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s really going on here.

Now, we understand that many people don’t get up as well as instantly run to Disney+ to view the most recent episodes. So, we try to keep these evaluations as spoiler-free as possible. However, like with last week’s episode, there truly isn’t much to talk about that isn’t a spoiler. What we can state for those averse to diving into the details of what occurs is that the journey into secret episode of Loki still focuses on what the show has the entire time: Loki as well as his interior struggle rather than outside threats.

This episode’s name is a nod to the comic series that originally introduced Thor and, two problems later, Loki. once again without providing as well much away, Loki as well as his origins play a big function in this story. However, a theory that we posited in our last Loki spoiler podcast is verified to be true as well as discusses why the TVA has it out for so numerous Loki variants.

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Why journey into secret Is My preferred Episode of the Loki Series

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First as well as foremost, this episode features Richard E. grant as traditional Loki, implying the Loki using a stunningly Silver Age comics-accurate outfit. This is a personal bias, however I’ve just never not delighted in a performance by Grant. Yet, he’s eventually the “hero” of this episode together with offering confirmation that the “nexus event” for all Loki variations is the attempt to be happy. His timeline, apparently, saw the exact same thing occur as in the sacred Timeline: Loki seemingly dies at the hands of Thanos. only in this case, traditional Loki fled to one more world as well as hid out, alone. It was only after growing so awfully lonely as well as missing his sibling that he ended up getting dinged by the TVA. youngster Loki even states it aloud. As soon as any type of of them try to much better themselves, the TVA snatches them up.

What makes this episode so enjoyable, at least for me, is that we get to see several points-of-view on what it implies to be “a Loki.” They are all schemers, betrayers, as well as (most importantly) survivors. Yet, as this episode shows at least through the central group of Loki variants, is that this is a option they make in purchase to survive. If the TVA tries to ruin them for ending up being heroes, then their survival instinct makes them act like villains. It’s as if all versions of Loki have been conditioned throughout the multiverse to be “bad” since that is what they are “supposed to be.”

Again, this growth is shown through traditional Loki as well as his last-minute save of Sylvie as well as our Loki. Not only that, he utilizes his huge conjuration as well as illusion power to produce a replica of Asgard. It’s his house as well as he missed it, total with lightning strikes in honor of his brother, Thor.

What’s next for the TVA as well as who Is the person Behind the Curtain?

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The going theory, particularly since of the inclusion of the Ravonna Renslayer character, is that somehow Kang the Conqueror will be exposed to be behind it all. This is clearly a possibility. However, just like Mephisto in WandaVision or whoever people speculated the Power Broker would be other than Sharon Carter in The Falcon as well as the winter season Soldier, that character would imply nothing to anybody however us marvel nerds. The lesson of these series is that while they are certainly MCU stories, the focus is much more intently on the central characters than the larger universe. So, the person behind the TVA is far much more likely to be either one more Loki variant (who’s gone full dark side) or, as well as this is my newest guess, an alternate version of Mobius.

Either way, whatever the climax of this series will be, it will be one that resonates not just with the audience however the characters themselves. The Falcon as well as the winter season Soldier was not about the Power Broker or John walker or Zemo, however rather Sam accepting he [is deserving of] the shield. WandaVision was about Wanda not just handling her sorrow however likewise accepting her true power. So, whatever happens, it will likely be about Loki accepting that he can be great as well as heroic as well as deserving of like as well as friendship. Anything else hinting at Kang or Eternals or physician unusual in the Multiverse of Madness will just be incidental.

Also, unlike the other series therefore far, Loki is potentially going to have a second season. This implies that the character’s journey with the weirder side of the MCU as well as towards self-actualization is only just beginning.

The season finale of Loki will debut on Disney+ Wednesday, July 14, 2021.

What did you believe of the journey into secret episode of Loki? Share your thoughts as well as theories about where things are heading in the comments below.