Showing posts with label Jason Aaron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Aaron. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2015

Jason Aaron Writes Dr. Strange = Awesome!


     Entertainment Weekly announced this morning that Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo will be bringing back Dr. Strange this fall as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel.  This news along with Old Man Logan making it out of Secret Wars are the greatest bits I've heard so far about the Marvel Universe reboot.
     For those of you who didn't read Original Sin (completely understandable that you didn't, it started strong, weak middle full of delays, so-so last issue), one of the highlights was Aaron writing Dr. Strange as he worked with the Punisher to solve the murder of the Watcher.  The wit and sarcasm in that dialogue was exactly what I want to see in this series.  I'm always on the fence about Bachalo's artwork, but the preview designs in this article look pretty good.  The article is here:

Marvel announces Doctor Strange comic series

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Key Issues - Firestar (Angelica Jones)

Cover by Barry Smith
Like many of you I picked up the first issue of Amazing X-Men this week.  And though it was nice to see Nightcrawler again, I was much more excited about Firestar finally joining the X-men.  Aaron introduced the character to X-readers superbly by reminding us that not all mutants are X-Men or evil mutants.  Her first reactions to the Jean Grey School were perfect.  Firestar has been around as a character for over 30 years debuting in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends tv show in 1981.  She was introduced in comics as a member of the Hellions, later joining the New Warriors and the Avengers.  Also, thank you Jason Aaron for the nod to Firestar and Iceman's past history.


Cover by J. Scott Campbell
Key Issues:


Uncanny X-Men #193 - 1st appearance (in comics)
Firestar #1-4 - Origin, Joins the Massachusetts Academy under Emma Frost
Thor #411-412 - 1st appearance of the New Warriors
New Warriors #1 - Joins the New Warriors (takes place prior to Thor #411)
Marvel Comics Presents #82-87 - More of Firestar's backstory prior to New Warriors
Avengers Vol 3 #4 -Joins the Avengers
Marvel Divas #1 - Announces she has cancer as a result of her mutant ability
Marvel Divas #4 - Cancer in remission
Amazing X-Men #1 -Joins Wolverine's X-men