Royals #8
(W) Al Ewing (A) Kevin Libranda (CA) Sanford Greene
Rated T+
In Shops: Sep 20, 2017
SRP: $3.99
This issue: WAR!
• The Snarks want to watch the world burn – and they’ll use the powers of the Inhumans to make it happen!
• LOVE! Star-crossed romance – Inhumans style! Which of the crew ends up sucking face in the depths of space?
• AND EVERYTHING ELSE! The Skyspears reveal their secrets – but can Maximus be trusted with them?
Royals #7
(W) Al Ewing (A) Kevin Libranda (CA) Sanford Greene
Rated T+
In Shops: Sep 06, 2017
SRP: $3.99
THE RETURN OF THE SKYSPEARS!
• Their name means “genocide.” But what ARE the Inhuman-possessing Skyspears?
• Medusa and her team may not have a chance to find out: The Snarkwar is here!
• One Royal has already fallen. How will the rest fare against these power-stealing warmongers?
ROYALS #6
AL EWING (W) • KEVIN LIBRANDA (A)
Cover by SANFORD GREENE
VARIANT COVER BY BILLY MARTIN
FAMILY REUNION!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
A bit ago we showed off some of the homage covers Marvel will be releasing as part of their Marvel Legacy. Check out a new round of them below.
Royals #2
(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Jonboy Meyers
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 19, 2017
SRP: $3.99
The Inhuman Royal Family heads out of the Solar System – and into the oncoming Chitauri Invasion of Earth! As the most merciless creatures in known space try to tear the ship – and the crew – apart… Black Bolt reveals a shocking secret that could end their mission before it even starts.
You read that right! Yes, X-Men Trading Cards. As a team comprised of some of the most fan-favorite mutants ever assembled join forces in the pages of July’s Astonishing X-Men #1, Marvel is bringing the fanfare and returning to one of the most iconic pieces of X-Men history by one of its most famed artists! To celebrate the launch of this must-read new series, Marvel’s Merry Mutants take your comic shop by storm throughout the month of July for a series of nearly thirty X-Men Trading Card Variants by legendary artist Jim Lee!
Remastered and recolored from the original trading cards, relive this iconic era of the Children of the Atom with a series of eye-popping covers. Originally penciled by legendary X-Men artist Jim Lee with inker Scott Williams, colorists such as Jesus Aburtov, Israel Silva & Chris Sotomayor apply modern coloring techniques to these classic masterpieces!
Look for these can’t-miss X-Men Trading Card Variants on your favorite Marvel titles, coming exclusively to comic shops throughout the month of July:
It’s a new week and boy was this past weekend was full of fireworks. Will this upcoming week also? We’ll see! While you get settled for the week, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.
Around the Tubes
Comichron – Some improvement in March 2017 comics orders; $9.99 Amazing Spider-Man #25 tops charts – If you want THE take on March’s numbers.
NPR – Beyond The Pale (Male): Marvel, Diversity And A Changing Comics Readership – NPR takes a look at the state of comics.
Deseret News – How English students are discovering classics through comics – Any way is a good way.
The Beat – A Year of Free Comics: Rasl #1 by Jeff Smith – A free comic. Go read it.
The Beat – A year of free comics – The Adventurers by Kelly Tindall – More free comics. Go read it.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Comic Attack – Baltimore: The Red Kingdom #3
Talking Comics – The Circle #4
Talking Comics – Green Arrow #20
Talking Comics – Royals #1
Herts Advertiser – Spider-Gwen: Weapon of Choice
Herts Advertiser – The Unbelievable Gwenpool: Head of MODOK
A myth from the future. A quest to the far stars. A legend written across galaxies. Guided by the other-dimensional Kree warrior known as Marvel Boy, the Inhuman Royal Family departs on an odyssey across all creation on search for lost secrets – and the last hope – of their people. Royals kicks off a Marvel-style space epic that promises to take the Inhuman Royal family into the unknown seeking knowledge that will change the course of Inhuman destiny.
Writer Al Ewing makes the fact this is about the future very clear as the comic opens in the future, post great adventure and pretty bluntly shows things don’t go smooth at all if some death to come among the exploration. The comic is interesting in that it puts Marvel Boy from and center with his weird history and social awkwardness and also really dives into some of the more obscure stories like the Black Vault event that saw the Kree homeworld Hala destroyed.
The first issue is all set up with some action to start, reminding us of the Inhuman’s plight, and then a debate as to who will head out into space on this mission. That’s about it, and in that sense, the issue is drawn out and decompressed in some ways. Thankfully the comic doesn’t spend too much time dwelling on the current Inhuman situation instead focused on the adventure to come and whatever Marvel Boy is scheming. Ewing balances things well in that aspect catching readers up on what has been and what to expect to come.
The art is interesting. I normally praise Jonboy Meyers and his energy on Teen Titans was something I enjoyed (for the little it was there). And while that style that pops is here, there’s also some details that drove me insane, particularly Medussa’s neck which looks freakishly tiny. There’s a few other instances of this on due to Meyer’s slightly exagerated style things seem to be a bit amplified. But the vast majority looks fantastic! The spread of Marvel Boy describing his history looks fantastic as does the Inhuman ship taking off (and the final page of just Medusa looks amazing and her neck is more normal). It was just a very odd thing I noticed that I became slightly obsessed about reading the comic. Meyers is joined by Ryan Kinnaird on colors and Meyer’s energetic style is helped by a color palette that pops on the page.
The first issue is a fun read and sets the Inhumans off into a more sci-fi cosmic adventure which is something that I’ve felt they’ve lacked for a few years. The last page especially is interesting and has me wanting to find out more and with the combo of Ewing and Meyers I’m expecting a comic that’ll return me to the spacfaring hopping adventure from Marvel in the 00s that gave us some awesome modern classic storylines. To Hala and beyond!
Story: Al Ewing Art: Jonboy Meyers
Story: 7.85 Art: 8.05 Overall: 7.90 Recommendation: Read
Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in!
We’re bringing back something we haven’t done for a while, what the team thinks. Our contributors are choosing up to five books each week and why they’re choosing the books.
Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this Wednesday.
Joe
Top Pick: Superman #20 (DC Comics) – With the Superman Reborn arc finishing, I cannot wait to see where this book goes. The creative team has been amazing on this run, and it looks like we are going to get more information on Mr. Oz, and what we saw in the first Rebirth book. I love this comic!
Batman #20 (DC Comics) – Tom King has been building toward a crazy ending (hopefully), and this book has been off the wall with Bane being more crazed than ever. I trust King as a writer and expect all of this craziness and slow burn to pay off.
Extremity #2 (Image) – This is such a beautifully drawn comic, and Johnson writes the hell out of this book too. I have high hopes for this comic, and the first issue was amazing.
Paper Girls #13 (Image) – This book by Brian K. Vaughn has been so much fun, and it is an awesome 80s movie following the formula of Goonies or Stand By Me with all females. This is one of the best books out.
Black Science #29 (Image) – Remender doesn’t write too much I do not like, and this is one of his best.
Paul
Top Pick: X-Men Gold #1 (Marvel) – I am very excited for this book! Just when I thought Marvel had written off my favourite characters, we get ‘ResurrXion’ and the X-Men are coming back in force. I’m loving the line up of this book (not loving Rachel’s new ‘Prestige’ name and look) but these are some of my favourite X-Men and I know this is going to be an exciting book.
Royals #1 (Marvel) – So the Inhumans are heading to space, and I will be along for the ride. I’m curious as to how Marvel Boy plays into this, but it should be a fun romp to see the Inhumans travel space and discover unknown secrets about their race.
Uncanny Avengers #22 (Marvel) – The Red Skull has been captured and now the Avengers are going to perform brain surgery to remove Charles Xavier’s brain and telepathic abilities from the Skull. But what’s going to happen is anyone’s guess, and I’m sure this all isn’t going to go very smoothly. It’s all been leading to this and I can’t wait to see how it ends.
Alex
Top Pick: Faith #10 (Valiant) – I’m a huge fan of this series, and I make no effort to hide that.
X-Men Gold #1 (Marvel) – A new X-Men team book… I’m hoping it’ll be fun.
Nightwing #18 (DC Comics) – Hands down the best biweekly Batman family book right now, and this issue sees the former Batman and Robin reunited in the third part of the current arc. I do so enjoy the interaction between Nightwing and Damian.
All-New Wolverine #19 (Marvel) – I’ve been waiting for a new story arc to start in this series so that I can jump on board, and it looks like that point is finally here.
Shay
It’s a week of Lady Powered awesomeness at the comic book shop.
Top Pick: America #2 (Marvel) – In an issue that spawned the line ” Try me, Becky” America cranks it up to eleven and I’m all the way here for it!
Top Pick: Harley Quinn #17 (DC Comics) – Harley Quinn and Harley Sin are about to go head to head in the start of the Deadly Sin story arc. Got popcorn?
Hawkeye #5 (Marvel) – Hawkeye is opening her own PI shop and who doesn’t love some good Marvel universe mysteries?
Jessica Jones #7 (Marvel) – She’s trying to have it all and we are all rooting for her, especially with the way the writers screwed the pooch last time.
Brett
Top Pick: Motor Girl #5 (Abstract Studios) – Writer and artist Terry Moore has been crushing it on this series that is just too weird to describe. UFOs, a talking gorilla, protecting a junkyard, it’s fun sci-fi that has a kick-ass female lead and is packed with heart and humor.
Colossi #1 (Vault Comics) – With every release so far Vault comics has delivered an entertaining read. Written by Ricard Mo with art by Alberto Muriel and Amaya Diaz, Colossi is solid sci-fi with a shuttle being sucked into a wormhole and the passengers lost in a parallel universe fighting to survive.
Eleanor & The Egret #1 (Aftershock Comics) – Writer John Layman and artist Sam Kieth alone are reason enough for me to be excited for this series that revolves around a daring art thief.
Kill Shakespeare: Past is Prologue – Juliet #1 (IDW Publishing) – The Kill Shakespeare world is back!!! It’s been too long and I’m beyond excited to return to this world that’s a nice twist on the classic characters. Even someone like me who doesn’t know a lot of Shakespeare can enjoy it.
Love & Rockets Magazine #2 (Fantagraphics Books) – It’s Love & Rockets, do I need to give more of a reason than that?
Royals #1
(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Jonboy Meyers
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 05, 2017
SRP: $3.99
THE “RESURRXION” OF THE INHUMANS BEGINS!
A myth from the future. A quest to the far stars. A legend written across galaxies. Guided by the other-dimensional Kree warrior known as Marvel Boy, the Inhuman Royal Family departs on an odyssey across all creation on search for lost secrets – and the last hope – of their people.
Penned by fan-favorite Al Ewing (The Ultimates, New Avengers, Loki: Agent of Asgard) and drawn by the white-hot Jonboy Meyers (Teen Titans, Spawn), ROYALS is a Marvel-style space epic that takes the Inhuman Royal Family and plunges them into the unknown! The knowledge they seek could change the course of Inhuman destiny, but it cannot be attained without cost…for at the end of days, the Last Inhuman tells the tale of how seven left Earth for the stars…but only six returned.
