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Diamond Select Toys In Stores Now: Black Panther, Infinity War and Gwenpool!

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team

Fans of the Marvel Universe, specifically the Marvel Cinematic Universe, have plenty to look for this week, as six new Marvel items have shipped to comic shops across North America, five of them from the MCU! Black Panther and the Iron Spider each do double statue duty this week, while Thor and Groot team up in action figure form, and Gwenpool does her own thing!

Marvel Comic Premier Collection Gwenpool Resin Statue

A Diamond Select Toys release! The Merc with a Smirk leaps into the Marvel Premier Collection with this dynamic sculpture! The death artist formerly known as Gwen Poole wields twin katanas as she lands a jetée amid pizza boxes and tiny MODOKs in this limited-edition 12-inch-scale statue. With only 3,000 pieces made, the statue comes packaged with a certificate of authenticity in a full color box. Hand-sculpted by Clayburn Moore! (Item # MAY182306, SRP: $150.00)

Marvel Movie Gallery Avengers Infinity War Iron Spider PVC Diorama

A Diamond Select Toys release! Spider-Man just got an upgrade! As seen in Avengers: Infinity War, this Marvel Gallery PVC Diorama depicts Peter Parker in his new “Iron Spider” armor with prehensile spider-arms! Measuring approximately 9 inches tall, this plastic diorama has all of the sculpted and painted detail of a resin statue for a fraction of the price. Statue comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Dave Cortes! (Item #JUN182325; SRP: $45.00)

Marvel Movie Milestones Black Panther Resin Statue

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Wakanda Forever! To celebrate the monetary milestones reached by the Black Panther movie, DST is returning to Wakanda to create the ultimate Black Panther collectible! This approximately 14” resin statue depicts the Black Panther himself crouching atop a massive panther statue in his native land. Sculpted by Rocco Tartamella, this statue is limited to an edition of only 1,000 pieces, this incredible statue is the ultimate collectible for fans of the Black Panther movie or comics. Includes numbered certificate of authenticity in a full-color, hand-numbered box. (Item #JUL182504, SRP: $250.00)

Marvel Movie Premier Collection Black Panther Resin Statue

A Diamond Select Toys release! The Black Panther strikes again! Leaping from a flaming neon sign, the Black Panther lands in the Premier Collection with his first-ever resin statue from Diamond Select Toys! Inspired by a scene from the smash hit Black Panther movie, this approximately 16 inch statue is limited to only 3,000 pieces, and comes packaged in a hand-numbered box with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Rocco Tartamella! (Item #JUN182322; SRP: $150.00)

Marvel Premier Collection Avengers Infinity War Spider-Man Resin Statue

A Diamond Select Toys release! This resin statues of Spider-Man in his Iron Spider armor, as he appears in Avengers: Infinity War, is approximately 12-inch scale, and features high-quality sculpting and paint details. This statue is limited to a production run of 3,000 pieces, and each is hand-numbered, with an accompanying certificate of authenticity in a full-color, hand-numbered box. (Item #APR182165, SRP: $150.00)

Marvel Select Avengers Infinity War Thor and Groot Action Figures

A Diamond Select Toys release! These 7-inch scale action figures of the Avengers Thor and Groot are based on their appearances in the new movie Avengers: Infinity War. Each features approximately 16 points of articulation with interchangeable parts and accessories, and they come packaged in the full-color, display-ready Select packaging, with side-panel artwork for shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios! (Item #APR182167, SRP: $24.99)

Review: West Coast Avengers #1

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Logan Dalton

Spinning out of her fantastic Hawkeye run, Kelly Thompson kicks off the next stage in Kate Bishop’s heroic career and makes her the leader of the Avengers with artist Stefano Caselli and Triona Farrell. Well, it’s the West Coast Avengers to be honest, and they fight lands harks and 200 feet Tigras and are funded by Quentin Quire’s reality TV show and camera crew. But questionable credentials aside, Thompson and Caselli have created something special: a comedic superhero team in the vein of the classic “bwahaha” Justice League International for 2018. Caselli can do literal big action and big funny as well as romance (Kate’s boyfriend from Hawkeye is on the team as the rookie superhero, Fuse) and even capture the watercolor beauty of traveling through America Chavez’s star portals. He gives West Coast Avengers a blockbuster scope while not sacrificing the humor or quirkiness.

Like most team superhero first issues, West Coast Avengers #1 is all about assembling the team and setting up the team’s first obstacle. Thompson and Caselli create this new Avengers squad from a highly organic place: Kate Bishop freaking out. Seriously, fighting land sharks with a bow and arrow and some martial arts is a tall order. There’s also the more logical place that most superheroes in the Marvel Universe are clustered around New York City and really there needs to be a dedicated, experienced superhero team to protect the West Coast, especially the United States’ second biggest media market, L.A. (Sorry Runaways!) Thompson and Caselli immediately set up the team’s key relationships by having Kate call in the other Hawkeye, Clint Barton and her BFF, America Chavez to help out with the initial threat. They have an easy conversational rhythm in the heat of battle, and Barton especially fits into his supporting role with Stefano Caselli drawing hilarious reaction shots of him watching Kate ride a herd of sharks into the ocean or his responses when Fuse acts about Kate’s ex Noh Varr, who wasn’t invited to the team. He also acts as the connection

The two wild cards on West Coast Avengers are Gwenpool and Quentin Quire, who brings in the reality TV show angle and makes sure everyone around him knows that he’s an omega level mutant and the strongest member of the team. Since the mid-2000s and the New Warriors, the reality TV superhero angle has been used a lot in comic, but Thompson and Caselli don’t use it for broad brushed satire. Instead, they use the sound bites for characterization and quick moments of levity like when Quire and Gwenpool blow something up in the background while Kate is doing a semi-serious confessional. During these big gags, colorist Triona Farrell’s palette is bolder and absurd than her usual sunny SoCal color choices with the soft purple of Kate’s costume or the glow of the horizon.

West Coast Avengers is a grounded world of ex-boyfriends and sprawling and eating pizza after a hard day’s work, but it’s also a world of Looney Tunes Gwenpool guns and this never gets old, land sharks. Stefano Caselli uses reaction panels to wink at the audience and say, “Yes, this book is weird. Enjoy it!” It can segue from a romance beat to a comedy beat and then an action beat and back again in the space of a couple pages like when Kate and Fuse are making out, run into Quentin Quire and Gwenpool aka “useless Deadpool knockoff” bickering about a wet towel prank to jumping into action via an America star portal. West Coast Avengers has a light tone without devolving too much into parody. For example, giant Tigra is a very real threat to the team and also an opportunity for team leader, Kate Bishop, to exercise situational ethics as she begins with getting Tigra’s old teammate Clint to try to talk her down before bringing in Quentin Quire with the psychic knockout punch.

In recent years, Marvel Comics has had several strong comedy titles in their lineup (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Howard the Duck, and Max Bemis’ Worst X-Man Ever come to mind), but Kelly Thompson, Stefano Caselli, and Triona Farrell bring the funny to a team superhero book in West Coast Avengers. It also continues the fantastic arc that Thompson has crafted for Kate Bishop over the past two years and providing a new home for the madcap antics of Gwenpool, the goofiness and salt of the earth earnestness of Clint Barton, the laconic punching of America Chavez (Hopefully, she isn’t relegated to team chauffeur.), and the pompous edginess and untapped potential of Quentin Quire. In one issue, a team with an interesting dynamic has been assembled as well as a bad guy that fits the tone of the book so all in all, West Coast Avengers #1 is a win.

Story: Kelly Thompson Art: Stefano Caselli
Colors: Triona Farrell Letters: Joe Caramagna
Story: 8.4 Art: 8.7 Overall: 8.6 Recommendation: Buy

Marvel Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Diamond Select In Stores Now: Dark Tower, the Punisher and Will Shakespeare!

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

It’s a post-Comic-Con week, and while fans are still buzzing about the upcoming Diamond Select Toys items they saw on display there, there are a ton of new DST items shipping to their local comic shop they can actually buy! From the Dark Knight to The Dark Tower, from mini-busts to Minimates, there’s something for every kind of collector at your local comic shop this week!

Batman Animated Series Riddler Resin Bust

A Diamond Select Toys release! Riddle me this, riddle me that – who’s the Bat-foe with the most stylish hat? Joining DST’s epic line of resin busts based on Batman: The Animated Series, this bust of Edward Nygma, a.k.a. the Riddler, captures him in his suited look from the early seasons of the show. Measuring approximately 6 inches tall, this bust is in scale to other pieces in the series, and sits atop a pedestal base inspired by Gotham’s art-deco architecture. Packaged in a numbered, full-color box with a numbered certificate of authenticity, this bust is limited to just 3,000 pieces. Sculpted by Varner Studios! (Item # FEB172600, SRP: $59.99)

Batman Classic TV Series Shakespeare Bust Vinyl Bank

A Diamond Select Toys release! Quick, to the Bat-poles! Okay, so you haven’t installed those Bat-poles yet, but if you keep your spare change in this vinyl bank, you’ll save up for them in no time! Based on the bust of Shakespeare that unlocked the moving bookcase in the Batman Classic TV Series, this 20-inch tall vinyl bank features a working neck hinge, so you can tilt the head back to reveal a dial and button, as well as a real, working coin slot! With a coin access door hidden in the base, no one will suspect that this realistically painted bust is secretly a bank, or that you’re secretly Batman. Packaged in a full-color box. Sculpted by Paul Harding! (Item # JUN162388, SRP: $85.00)

Caddyshack Vinimates Gopher Vinyl Figure

A Diamond Select Toys release! Fore! Get ready for another round of Caddyshack Vinimates, based on the classic golf comedy! This nearly 4-inch vinyl figure of the Gopher is sculpted in the Minimates block-figure style, and features an articulated neck for further posing options. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. (Item # FEB172607, SRP: $9.99)

Dark Tower Movie Minimates Series 1 Box Set

A Diamond Select Toys Release! The epic novels by Stephen King are now an epic feature film, and DST is epically excited about it! This all-new box set of four Minimates mini-figures features four characters from the upcoming film – Jake, the Gunslinger, the Man in Black and a Tracker – each with up to 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts and accessories. All four figures come packaged on a full-color blister card. (Item # APR172628, SRP: $24.99)

Marvel Gallery Gwenpool PVC Diorama

A Diamond Select Toys Release! When Gwenpool takes a selfie, it’s time to practice your selfie-defense! Coming from a world where everyone in the Marvel Universe is just a comic book character, Gwen Poole is a rookie mercenary on the rise, and she feels no guilt when her targets are fictional! This 9-inch sculpture, the first merchandise ever made of the hot new character, is made out of PVC plastic and features detailed sculpting and paint, atop a circular Gwenpool logo base. In scale to all Gallery and Femme Fatales PVC figures, Gwenpool comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Alejandro Pereira! (Item # DEC162562, SRP: $45.00)

Marvel Gallery Jean Grey PVC Diorama

A Diamond Select Toys Release! The Phoenix rises! The popular Marvel Gallery line of PVC dioramas continues with the first member of the Uncanny X-Men, the telepathic/telekinetic host of the Phoenix Force, Jean Grey! Standing approximately 10 inches tall, this diorama shows a happy Jean Grey in her classic green costume, hovering over a fiery Phoenix symbol! This PVC figure features detailed sculpting and paint applications, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Alejandro Pereira! (Item # FEB172612, SRP: $45.00

Marvel Milestones Armored Thor Resin Statue

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Prepare for the coming of the Odinson! The God of Thunder heralds the return of the Marvel Milestones line of statues, wearing his full armor as seen in Walt Simonson’s issues of the Marvel comic. Swinging his hammer Mjolnir, Thor hovers above the ground, ready to repel any horde that would lay waste to his beloved Asgard! Measuring approximately 18 inches tall, this statue’s production run is limited to only 1,000 pieces, and comes packaged with a certificate of authenticity in a full-color box. Sculpted by Phil Ramirez! (Item #JAN172646, SRP: $225.00)

Marvel Retro Cloth Punisher Action Figure Gift Set

A Diamond Select Toys release! Is the Marvel Retro line ready for…The Punisher?! Never released in the classic Mego toy line of yester-year, violent vigilante The Punisher is the latest Marvel character to get the 8-inch Retro action figure treatment from DST! This gift set features one classically-styled white-gloved Punisher figure, in a vintage-style box, plus two additional heads and outfits: a bandaged head with a trenchcoat and bullet-proof vest, and the civilian streetwear of veteran Frank Castle! With interchangeable heads, hands, costumes and accessories, you can display your Punisher however you want! Packaged in a full-color gift tray! Designed and sculpted by EMCE Toys! (Item# DEC162577, SRP: $80.00)

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Pop! Marvel: Gwenpool in February

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Gwen Poole, aka Gwenpool, has left the real world to join the world of Funko Pop! vinyl!

A longtime fan of the Marvel Universe, The Unbelievable Gwenpool is eager to make a consequence-free impression on the world with her mask and katana!

Add Gwenpool to your collection this winter when she’s released this February.

Coming in 2017 from Diamond Select Toys: Gotham, iZombie, Luke Cage and More!

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Diamond Select Toys prides itself on offering the best of all worlds, and the newest offerings from DST come from a whole bunch of worlds! From the world of television, new figures from Gotham, iZombie and Luke Cage! From the world of comics, figures of Gwenpool, Lady Deadpool and Wolverine! From animation, new Catwoman and Aquaman collectibles! And from the movies, a new Back to the Future Time Machine! Read on for more info, and reserve yours at your local comic shop, or order online!

Back to the Future 2 Frozen Hover Time Machine Electronic Vehicle

A Diamond Select Toys release! Is it hot? No, it’s ice cold! DST has upgraded their bestselling electronic 1:15 scale Time Machine from Back to the Future with the additions shown in Batck to the Future 2! Having just arrived in our time from 2015, this Version 2 Time Machine has adjustable hover wheels, the iconic Mr. Fusion fuel device, and a thin coating of “frost” over its entire surface, to replicate the effects of time travel. Vehicle measures approximately 14 inches long with opening gull-wing doors, and time-travel lights and sounds are triggered at the push of a button. Packaged in a full-color window box. (Item # DEC162558, SRP: $59.99)

Batman Classic TV Series Catwoman Season 3 Bust

A Diamond Select Toys Release! This tiger has changed its stripes! Like many of Batman’s classic foes from the 1960s TV series, Catwoman underwent several metamorphoses over the run of the show, and in Season 3, she was played by sultry singer Eartha Kitt! This 6-inch-tall resin bust depicts Kitt as Catwoman, perched atop a colorful base inspired by the show’s animated opening credits. It’s the purr-fect addition to your Batman Classic TV Series bust collection! Packaged in a full-color box with a certificate of authenticity. Designed by Barry Bradfield! Sculpted by Jean St. Jean! (Item # DEC162560, SRP: $59.99)

DC Gallery Batman New Adventures Catwoman PVC Diorama

A Diamond Select Toys Release! We’ve never been more excited for a black cat to cross our path! This black-costumed rendition of Catwoman is based on her drastically different appearance in the fourth season of Batman: The Animated Series (titled New Batman Adventures). Standing approximately 10 inches tall, this all-new sculpt shows off her darker, more dangerous look, with pale skin and wielding a whip. This PVC figure features detailed sculpting and paint applications, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Varner Studios! (Item # DEC162561, SRP: $45.00)

Gotham TV Select Action Figures Series 4 Asst

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Gotham! The critically acclaimed action figure line based on the hit Fox TV series serves up the Wrath of the Villains, with three new 7” scale figures of Gotham’s most dangerous men! Azrael, Mr. Freeze and Professor Hugo Strange each feature up to 16 points of articulation as well as character-appropriate accessories, and each comes with an awesome diorama piece inspired by the show! Hugo Strange comes with the conditioning chair from Arkham Asylum, and Freeze and Azrael each come with part of the jail cell from the Gotham City Police Department! Collect them both to build the diorama and put them in a cell where they belong! Packaged in the display-ready Select packaging with side panel artwork for shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! (Item # DEC162557, SRP: $24.99/ea.)

iZombie TV Liv Moore Season 2 Action Figure

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Liv Moore is back from the dead! Again! The iZombie action figure line returns with an all-new Liv Moore action figure based on her appearance in Season 2! This new 6.5” action figure of TV’s most popular undead medical examiner features a new outfit and head sculpt, plus all-new accessories taken straight from episodes of the show, including a phone, mug, purse, rat and more! This figure features approximately 16 points of articulation, and comes packaged in a full-color blister card. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! (Item # DEC162559, SRP: $19.99)

Justice League Animated Aquaman Resin Bust

A Diamond Select Toys Release! All hail the king of Atlantis! Based on his appearance in the classic Justice League animated series, this 6.5-inch resin bust of Arthur Curry, a.k.a. Aquaman, features detailed sculpting and paint, The part-time Justice Leaguer and full-time monarch of the Seven Seas sits atop a pedestal base inspired by the League’s Watchtower satellite. Limited to 3,000 pieces, it comes packaged in a full-color box with a certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios! (Item # DEC162563, SRP: $59.99)

Marvel Gallery Gwenpool PVC Diorama

Marvel Minimates Series 72 Wolverine Comic Asst.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Wolverine is the best he is at what he does, and his enemies aren’t bad at it, either! This all-new assortment of Marvel Minimates is based on the rich comic book history of Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, and features four different two-packs: Weapon X Wolverine vs. Lady Deathstrike, the first-ever Minimates of Mojo and Spiral, Ninja Attack Wolverine vs. a Hand Ninja, and the Silver Samurai vs. a Hand Ninja! Each 2-inch mini-figure features up to 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts, including removable helmets, armor and weapons! Each 2-pack comes packaged in a full-color window box. (Item # DEC162568, SRP $9.99/ea.)

Marvel Minimates Luke Cage TV Series 1 Box Set

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Say his name! The newest Marvel TV star is Luke Cage, a.k.a. Power Man, and the Marvel Minimates line is celebrating the release of his first season with a box set of Minimates based on the Netflix series! Luke Cage, Misty Knight, Cottonmouth and Mariah Dillard each measure approximately 2 inches tall and feature up to 14 points of articulation. Each figure features interchangeable parts and accessories, and Luke Cage can transform from his hooded streetwear to his post-experiment Power Man look! Figures come packaged in a full-color window box. (Item # DEC162569, SRP: $24.99)

Marvel Premier Collection Thanos Statue

A Diamond Select Toys Release! The Mad Titan stands triumphant! With the Cosmic Cube in one raised hand and the Infinity Gauntlet on the other, there is no whim that cannot be granted to Thanos of Titan. This approximately 12” tall statue of Thanos shows him at his most powerful, wearing his classic costume, and places him atop a diorama base. Limited to only 3,000 pieces, this statue includes an interchangeable clenched right fist, without the Cosmic Cube. Statue comes packaged in a full-color box with a certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Clayburn Moore! (Item# DEC162576, SRP: $150.00)

Marvel Retro Cloth Punisher Action Figure Gift Set

Marvel Select Lady Deadpool Action Figure

A Diamond Select Toys release! The Marvel Select line just got a lot more lethal! The Deadpool from parallel Earth-3010, Wanda Wilson is a part of the rebellion against a fascistic US government, but she’s just as deadly as her 616 counterpart! This approximately 6.5” action figure features 16 points of articulation, as well as a diorama base and accessories including swords, a bazooka and Headpool! (Item # DEC162578, SRP: $24.99)

Marvel Teases The Unbelievable Gwen-pions

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Marvel’s STEAM Variants this Fall

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Marvel’s best and brightest heroes are stepping to the head of the class for a series of special variant covers! Marvel has announced 5 special STEAM Variants coming to some of your favorite Marvel titles this November!

Check out the full list of STEAM Variants by some of Marvel’s great cover artists:

S (science) – Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #13 by Joyce Chin
T (technology) – Spider-Man #10 by Pasqual Ferry
E (engineering)— Invincible Iron Man #1 by Mike McKone
A (art) — Champions #2 by Pascal Campion
M (math) – Gwenpool #8 by Will Sliney

Through Marvel’s STEAM Variants, this campaign plans to ignite the spark of creativity and innovation that fuels and empowers the very heroes that have helped inspire generations around the world. Though Marvel hasn’t explained how that’s happening or how these actually benefit this focus on education…

Review: The Unbelievable Gwenpool #1

Posted on April 13, 2016 by sarahrasher

After so many years of sarcastic self-awareness, how can Marvel out-meta itself? First, create the visual joke of Gwen Stacy in a pink Deadpool costume. Then, start treating her as an actual character, with a lead role in a holiday special issue and a supporting arc in Howard the Duck. In the course of that character development, give her the worst traits of both of the figures she’s based on: Deadpool’s crass sense of humor and conscience-free recklessness, and Gwen’s lack of superpowers. Establish that she’s neither a clone of Wade Wilson nor an alternate-universe Gwen Stacy, but a girl who happens to be named Gwen Poole. Throw it all in a blender, glue a heavy rock to the puree button, and let the gory, sparkly mess splash all over Gwenpool #1.

As it turns out, Gwenpool is a delicious experiment.The title character is a terrible superhero by design, but she’s a great vehicle for the kinds of narrative reflection that both Deadpool and Gwen do best. Deadpool’s brand of fourth-wall busting is now so far from innovative that it’s looped back into retro charm, so Gwenpool goes a step further. Our antiheroine is a comics fan who’s been swept into the world of Marvel Comics – method and backstory unknown – and who retells her adventures in the hopes of communicating with the folks back home. Since she comes from our mundane world, her only special abilities are her bottomless genre savviness and her even more inexhaustible self-confidence.

The catch, of course, is that Gwenpool might be crazy, after all. The fourth wall might be just another wall, and she might be one of the “extras” in the superhero pageant that she derides. Maybe everyone she encounters is right, and no matter how many times she reasserts that she’s a hero, she’s nothing more than a normal girl who’s going to get herself killed.

Throughout the issue, we encounter normal people who, unlike Gwenpool, acknowledge that they’re normal – the many Gwen Stacys of the Marvel universe. We meet a cop haunted by memories of invaders from another dimension, a teen hacker who can only hack into things that a regular person could actually hack into, and the beleaguered assistant to the guy who hands out jobs to heroes. We, as readers, are continually faced with the conflict between other people’s resigned realism and Gwenpool’s insistence that all she needs to save the world are a cool outfit and a bag of guns. Realism should win out, shouldn’t it?

Except that, despite constant warnings, Gwenpool persists in not dying. And that, in the end, is why Gwenpool #1 works, and why I suspect that this entire series – for however long Marvel lets it continue – will continue to eloquently answer questions way above its pay grade. That’s a testament to Christopher Hastings‘ script, which does a masterful job of building fully realized personalities in a few short panels. It also stems from the brilliant editorial decision to split this issue between two artists: Danilo Beyruth‘s conventional comics style in the prologue, and Gurihiru’s manga-influenced art for what I assume will be the majority of the series.

This is a comic that really knows what it’s doing, so much that it wants you to feel bad about yourself if you take it at face value. If you’re laughing at Gwenpool’s tired and mean-spirited jokes, you’re as self-deluded as she is. (For the truly funny lines, look to the shopkeeper at Big Ronnie’s Custom Battle Spandex, whom I hope we’ll get to see more of in future issues.) Whether you’re fetishizing her in her pink-and-white leotard or self-righteously criticizing its impracticality, there’s a scene to take you to task for that – and it takes place while Gwenpool lies in the bathtub, implicitly referencing the violent sexualization of certain DC characters whom she might or might not resemble. And if you think you know where all this is headed, the last two pages of the issue will tear your heart out of your chest, then send you running to put this title on your pull list.

Gwenpool isn’t perfect, and it’s not for everybody. I’m still not sure whether it’s a step forward for female-led comics, or if it’s wryly undermining its own feminism. Gwenpool herself is a grating character, a little too anti-heroic for readers who prefer to relate or aspire to their heroes. But it’s cool and clever, and it manages to take self-referentiality in a different direction than Marvel titles usually do. Even if you doubt Gwenpool is your cup of tea, you owe it to yourself to get your hands on this first issue.

Story: Christopher Hastings Art: Gurihiru (main story), Danilo Beyruth (prologue), Tamra Bonvillain (prologue colorist)
Story: 10 Art: 10 Overall: 10 Recommendation: Buy

Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review