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The Top Five DC Comics You’ve Been Missing Out On

I make no secret of the fact that I am, at heart, a DC Comics guy. Sure, I love lots of Marvel books, and most of my favorite books these…

The Five Artists (Plus One) We’d Most Like to See in Charge of Superhero Redesigns

In the wake of the Manara/Spider-Woman controversy, there has been a good amount of conversation about one aspect that may have contributed to the generally “sexy” (well, ish) nature of…

Our Six Favorite Announcements and Reveals From San Diego Comic Con 2014

For an event that has become the epicenter of humanity’s thoughts on comic books, San Diego Comic Con was strangely light in really interesting announcements this year. Part of that…

Five Comics and Five Toys To Not Miss at San Diego Comic-Con 2014

Well, boys and girls, San Diego Comic-Con is this week — and for the first time ever, a representative of Multiversity (ie, yours truly) will be heading over to the…

Five Things We Hope DC Learned from the “Batgirl” Announcement and One Thing We Hope Comes From It

This past week, DC Comics announced a new direction and a new team on “Batgirl”, one of their longest running books. Very rarely does an announcement in comics receive as…

The Ten Most Interesting Comic Book Movies That Almost Happened

We at Multiversity were all quite bummed out to hear that Edgar Wright was no longer going to be directing Ant-Man for Marvel. This is just the latest in a…

The Ten Best Image Comics Books, Right Now

Because we can’t resist a good list and updating our thoughts a year later on things, the editorial team at Multiversity has been looking at the best comics at certain…

The Ten Best DC Comics Books, Right Now

Yesterday, Matt shared his picks for the best Marvel books, and tomorrow, David will share his thoughts on Image’s. This is a decidedly different list than either of theirs. Here’s…

The Ten Best Marvel Comics Books, Right Now

A year ago, the other editors and I here at the site did a series of articles in response to another site’s declaration of what was the best at that…

The Five Most Anticipated Free Comic Book Day 2014 Releases

This Saturday is every comic fan’s favorite day of the year: Free Comic Book Day! Combining our love of comics with our desire for them to be inexpensive, this day…

Five Biggest Snubs and Five Amazing Surprises from the 2014 Eisner Nominations

The 2014 Eisner Awards nominees have been announced, and perhaps more than any year I can remember, it’s pretty hard to disagree with anything they came up with. I’m not…

Five Things I Learned at Emerald City ComiCon 2014

This past weekend was the 12th Annual Emerald City ComiCon in the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, and Multiversity editors Matthew Meylikhov, Brian Salvatore and myself made our way…

Counting Down the Ten Best Castings in Comic Book Movies

Lately, there has been a whole lot of conversation about bad castings in comic movies. Whether you’re talking about the recent “Fantastic Four” castings, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, everything…

Countdown: The Top 5 Hits and Misses of “Arrow” Season 2 So Far

One of the most pleasant surprises of my entertainment-engaging year has been Arrow. I started watching the show over the summer, and caught up about 5 episodes into this current…

Our Five Most Anticipated Image Books of 2014 (Times Two)

Recently, our MC2 column broke down our five most anticipated Marvel titles for 2014, and one of the comments suggested we do the same for Image. We thought that was…

Countdown: Our Ten Favorite Young Marvel Characters Right Now

For fans of the new and young characters in Marvel, this is a banner week, as we get two big debuts from the House of Ideas. What are they? First,…

Countdown: Top 10 Things That Made “Superior Spider-Man” a Superior Comic Book

When it was announced that “Amazing Spider-Man” was coming to an end and that Doc Ock would be taking over Peter Parker’s mind to become the “Superior Spider-Man,” you could…

The Top 10 Reasons Apple Fucked Up By Banning “Sex Criminals” [NSFW]

In case you still have not heard, Apple has officially banned “Sex Criminals” from iOS. While you can still get the comic digitally through other means (Image’s website, Comixology’s website),…

The Top 5 Most Bizarre (and now Canon) Things about Lego Marvel Superheroes

If you’re like me, you’re secure with yourself enough to admit that you love Legos, no matter the age. Why not? Legos are awesome. And you know what’s even more…

Countdown: The Top 5 Things The Crime Syndicate Have Done to the Justice League for “Forever Evil”

With Villain’s Month in full swing, now is a horrible time to be a hero in the DC Universe. Everything is all bad news this, bad guys that. Nobody is…

Counting Down the Ten Best Comic Creative Team Shifts

Much ado has been made about not only JH Williams III and W. Haden Blackman’s departure from “Batwoman,” and with good reason: it’s a great team leaving a top book…

Counting Down Comics’ Five Greatest Events

Today brings a pretty damn interesting confluence of events for Big Two comics: the release of not one, not two but three event comic issues. As you likely know, events…

Countdown: Our Top 10 Jack Kirby Creations

Born August 28th, 1917, one of the most prolific and important creators in the world of comics is Jacob Kurtzberg also known as Jack Kirby, the King of Comics. A…

Counting Down Today’s Five Best Horror Comics

Recently, when putting together another edition of 4 Color News and Brews’ (our weekly video podcast) month in review, I realized something: I am reading a LOT of horror comics….

Our Ten Favorite Announcements from San Diego Comic Con 2013

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this but San Diego Comic Con – also known as Comic Con International – has grown into something that has become just a little…