Marvel reveals Kael Ngu’s Blood Hunt #1 variant cover
Check out a brand-new cover for Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz’s Blood Hunt by Kael Ngu! Blood Hunt #1 features a main cover by Larraz and colors by Marte Gracia. It comes to shops May 1, 2024.
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Who will bite? Blood Hunt sees the Marvel Universe dragged into Darkness!
Announced in October at New York Comic Con, Marvel’s next crossover event, Blood Hunt, launches this May. Written by current Avengers and Moon Knight scribe Jed MacKay and drawn by X-Men artist Pepe Larraz, the monumental story begs the question, “WHO WILL BITE IT?” as vampires emerge from the shadows like never before.
Across the main limited series, tie-in issues, and spinoff limited series, readers will experience their favorite heroes fall helpless to the dark ways of the creatures of the night and bravely overcome their tempting ways. United with a single vision for the first time in millennia, the overwhelming army of bloodsucking terrors will transform the world in their image by turning the lights off across the Marvel Universe. In order to turn them back on, a new world order may need to be put in place…
Check out the first issue cover from Marte Gracia along with a glimpse at the Avengers’ opening battle with the vampire nation’s forces.
The skies have gone dark, the sun hiding its face from the carnage to come. The children of the night, the vampires, have risen from the dark and hidden places of the world as one to drown the Marvel Universe in blood. Earth’s final night has fallen – can even the heroes of this doomed world stem the tide of blood that is to come? Join the Avengers, Blade, Bloodline, Spider-Man, Hunter’s Moon, Tigra, Doctor Strange and Clea as the dance of death begins.
Preview: G.O.D.S. #3
G.O.D.S. #3
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Mateus Manhanini
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 20, 2023
SRP: $4.99
Cassandra is cursed with knowing the future, but no one believes her. There are Black Swans in the bar. Oblivion wants to drink alone, but kids these days don’t respect authority figures. Most of the ingredients are illegal outside of Hell’s Kitchen.
Preview: G.O.D.S. #2
G.O.D.S. #2
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Mateus Manhanini
Rated T+
In Shops: Nov 08, 2023
SRP: $4.99
Jonathan Hickman & Valerio Schiti continue to redefine the Marvel Cosmology! The Centum normally has twenty-five Primes, now only three remain. College isn’t worth the time or the money. There’s a hidden book in the hidden library that hides a hidden door. Kubisk Core is from Georgia, like that matters.
G.O.D.S. #2 continues a middling experience
The Centum normally has twenty-five Primes, now only three remain. College isn’t worth the time or the money. There’s a hidden book in the hidden library that hides a hidden door. Kubisk Core is from Georgia, like that matters. That word salad description? That really does sum up G.O.D.S. #2, a series that was pumped up with such hype but has delivered a ho-hum experience.
Pitched as a “redefinition of the Marvel Cosmology,” G.O.D.S. #2, like the first issue, feels like a story that both doesn’t fit the current Marvel Universe but also a Doctor Strange story with different characters. Written by Jonathan Hickman, G.O.D.S. #2 deals with the fallout of the debut issue with lots of discussion of recruiting new members, figuring out what happened, and the introduction of a new magical character. It’s all ok and if it was a creator-owned series with another publisher it might work better, but as is it weirdly just doesn’t feel like it fits the Marvel Universe. Like the first issue, the second feels like it’s a square being shoved into a circle hole.
There’s also the issue that while it acts like it adds this whole new experience and aspect to the Marvel world, it just feels like it’s a story meant for other magical Marvel characters. In fact, we get Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, and Doctor Voodoo as part of the second issue taking what is pitched as this story of gods and their handlers/avatars and makes it feel like a low level magical threat Strange might otherwise deal with.
The art by Valerio Schiti is solid though. With color by Marte Gracia and lettering by Travis Lanham, the visuals feel much grander than the story itself. There’s so many interesting things shown but none of it feels expanded upon. It teases the grand story that hasn’t been delivered yet. But, it looks pretty and the characters are cool to look at.
G.O.D.S. #2 continues to show potential but never feels like it commits to its greater concepts. Everything feels rather pedestrian and like any other magical Marvel story. It’s been hyped up so much at this point, it’s hard to see it living up to expectations, the pitch, or hype.
Story: Jonathan Hickman Art: Valerio Schiti
Color: Marte Gracia Letterer: Travis Lanham
Story: 7.0 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read
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Preview: G.O.D.S. #2
G.O.D.S. #2
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Mateus Manhanini
Rated T+
In Shops: Nov 08, 2023
SRP: $4.99
Jonathan Hickman & Valerio Schiti continue to redefine the Marvel Cosmology! The Centum normally has twenty-five Primes, now only three remain. College isn’t worth the time or the money. There’s a hidden book in the hidden library that hides a hidden door. Kubisk Core is from Georgia, like that matters.
NYCC 2023: Marvel’s Blood Hunt. Who will bite it?
Each year at New York Comic Con, the Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel delivers some interesting announcements. Today was no exception with the reveal of Marvel’s next major crossover event—BLOOD HUNT!
Vampires have always walked amongst the shadows of the Marvel Universe, but in Spring 2024, the long night arrives and these bloodsucking terrors will endure the spotlight like never before. The main event series will be brought to life by an A-team of Marvel talent: current Avengers scribe Jed MacKay and acclaimed X-Men artists Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. In classic Marvel fashion, Blood Hunt will also spill out into a host of tie-in issues in Marvel’s hottest current series and see the launch of all-new limited series, one-shots, and redefining status quos.
Brimming with unsurmountable stakes, this startling saga will drag the world into darkness as your favorite heroes struggle to ward off the vampire race’s cursed crusade of terror! Fans will have to wait with bated breath for more story details and information. In the meantime, sink your teeth into a special Blood Hunt trailer and a viciously visceral promotional image by Leinil Francis Yu and Sunny Gho!
Stay tuned for a feast of exciting Blood Hunt announcements in the months ahead!
NYCC 2023: Get a glimpse at Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s G.O.D.S.
During the Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel, mastermind writer Jonathan Hickman and visionary artist Valerio Schiti teased the future of their revolutionary new series, G.O.D.S.! Launched last month, G.O.D.S. represents a bold transformation of the Marvel cosmology with the introduction of The-Powers-That-Be and The-Natural-Order-Things. These two opposing groups of mystics and scientists serve Marvel’s classic pantheon of cosmic entities, and their eons-old conflict has finally come to light!
In G.O.D.S. #1, fans witnessed Wyn, chosen avatar of The-Powers-That-Be, gathered with the 100 brilliant minds of the The-Natural-Order-Of-Things, including his ex-wife Aiko Maki, to prevent a reality-shattering Babylon Event caused by the mysterious Cubisk Core! Fans can see how this threat deepens in upcoming issues in the all-new G.O.D.S.: Coming Soon Trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork!
You’ve met the heroes… Now, fear the villains! Science and Magic must stand together as game-changing shifts in the pantheon erupt and oblivion approaches! The trailer opens with Mia the Magic Girl, a young mage with startling potential, taking her first steps towards an uncertain destiny as she’s recruited by Aiko for the Natural-Order-Of-Things. And things take a dramatic turn when Wyn, his apprentice Dimitri, and Doctor Strange confront Cubisk. As they dive deeper into their new enemy’s plans and learn the power that’s behind him, they’ll discover the stakes at hand are greater than anyone could’ve imagined!
Check out upcoming covers and don’t miss a single issue of this once-in-a-generation Marvel saga each month!
Mini Reviews: G.O.D.S. #1 arrives!
Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.
These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.
Logan
G.O.D.S. #1 (Marvel) – Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, and Marte Gracia set out to flesh out the magical side of the Marvel Universe and mostly succeed. Their take on the mystical arts reads like philosophy 101 meets a tabletop RPG with two players going through a divorce, but it makes for a lot of action and some heartfelt moments. I initially wasn’t sold on protagonist Wyn and his wish.com Dr. Strange energy, but his interactions with his wife Aiko (Amplified by Schiti’s nine panel grid layouts.) show how romantic he is. Wyn would rather find true love than upset the current magical order so I find myself rooting for him as he barters for magical objects with sidekick Dmitri in tow. G.O.D.S. #1‘s price tag is steep, but it feels like a full meal with a summer event level of stakes that still has room for filling out a whole section of the Marvel Universe and introducing compelling new characters. Wyn is like a Vertigo or Image protagonist stranded in the Marvel Universe and sans Dr. Strange and some cameos, G.O.D.S. #1 feels like Hickman’s new creator-owned universe rather than a take on a pre-existing property although some of the fight scenes evoke classic Steve Ditko psychedelia. Overall: 8.1 Verdict: Buy
Pharoah Miles
G.O.D.S. #1 (Marvel) – Neil Gaiman is one of those authors that you feel like as if he could be your best friend. His works always consist of characters that we always root for. As most are flawed but have the capacity to be and do good. It is their fallibility is where we identify with them the most. Gaiman’s American Gods is a perfect example of what fans love most about his works. We see how, despite the fact most of the characters are deities, their flaws are what rules them in the end. Gaiman seeks to show that despite their perceived power, they more human than us. In the debut issue of G.O.D.S., writer Jonathan Hickman delivers a similar concept. The issue pulls back the veil, uncovering just how powerful deities are in a world filled with aliens, mutants and super powered beings. Overall, G.O.D.S. #1 is an engaging debut which more than excites. It adds to Marvel’s vast canon. The story by Hickman is masterful. The art by Valerio Schiti, and Marte Gracia is gorgeous. Altogether, the debut is a fun introduction to these exciting new characters and teases how they fit into the greater Marvel Universe. Overall: 9.0 Verdict: Buy
Get a look at the new vision of Marvel’s cosmology in G.O.D.S. #2 from Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti
This week, readers discovered a side of the Marvel Universe they never imagined existed in Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s G.O.D.S. #1! The highly-anticipated issue will return to comic shops with a second printing on November 1, and a week later, a new chapter arrives in G.O.D.S. #2. See all three G.O.D.S. #2 covers, the main cover by Mateus Manhanini as well as variant covers by Alan Quah and Mike Del Mundo, along with never-before-seen interior artwork.
This once-in-a-generation comic series kicked off a bold transformation of the Marvel cosmology with the introduction of The-Powers-That-Be and The-Natural-Order-Things. These two opposing groups of mystics and scientists serve Marvel’s legendary pantheon of cosmic entities, and their eons-old conflict has finally come to light!
In G.O.D.S #1, Wyn, chosen avatar of The-Powers-That-Be, gathered with the 100 brilliant minds of the The-Natural-Order-Of-Things, including his ex-wife Aiko Maki, to prevent a reality-shattering Babylon Event! The mystery behind this threat and its culprit, Cubisk Core, will deepen in future issues as Hickman and Schiti open the floodgates to this new mythology with new versions of Marvel’s classic abstract entities and more insights into the secret history and methods of The-Powers-That-Be and The-Natural-Order-Of-Things. In the all-new G.O.D.S. #2 preview, behold Wyn joining forces with Doctor Strange, Clea, and more to track down Cubisk Core. And then see Mia the Magic Girl, a young mage with startling potential, take her first steps towards an uncertain destiny as she’s recruited by Aiko Maki.
G.O.D.S. #1 will return to comic shops with a second printing on November 1. Check out all the art now and preorder G.O.D.S. #2 at your local comic shop today!
