I sincerely hope this is not the last we have seen of the Dark X-Men. They need a few more members, but they must not fade away, they have too much potential. Are you listening Marvel? Read more »
Tag Archives: Dark Reign
State of the Multiverse 68
It looks like Marvel have been listening to me, and my love of the 8-page story format, as once the Dark Reign draws to a close in the Siege of Asgard, we launch into the Heroic Age. Read more »
State of the Multiverse 51
So finally the end of the Dark Reign is in sight. Erm, am I a traitor if I root for Asgard? Read more »
State of the Multiverse 43
In this new age of technology, surely those of us who wish to dispense with paper, or even just make room for an expanding family, deserve an alternative. Especially one that doesn’t break the bank, or criminalise someone. Read more »
State of the Multiverse 31
As for Ant-Man, he is successful in escaping Osbourne’s clutches, but the escape route he has to take? Euuwwwww! I’m not gonna spoil that one for you, just don’t read this issue while you are eating. Read more »
State of the Multiverse 29
Crossovers in the past have been accused of either affecting too much pointlessly, or not having enough long-lasting effects. I don’t think Dark Reign can be accused of either of these. Read more »
State of the Multiverse 12
Not a lot released this week on the Big Two’s events. Blackest Night – Superman #1, the conclusion of the Dark Reign: Mr Negative mini and the penultimate issue of Dark Reign: The Hood. I have to comment that the first two really didn’t grab me a lot. In Blackest Night – Superman we see the resurrection of various characters, Zor-El as I had hoped for, and a pair that really surprised me, the original Earth-2 Superman Kal-L and his wife Lois. Now there was a couple that I had hoped were truly laid to rest. I wasn’t happy with how they were used in Infinite Crisis, and even less Read more »
State of the Multiverse 9
When Cloak and Dagger were revealed as members of the (Dark) X-Men, my initial reaction was ‘Huh?’ They are favourite characters of mine, and have been ever since their first appearance all those years ago in the Spider Man titles. In fact, they soon became my main reason for reading the Spider-Man titles, I never had much time for Peter at that age, not that I have a great deal now. (A story has to be highly recommended for me to dig it out of the back issue bins.) However, despite one encounter with four of the New Mutants back in an old Marvel team-Up annual, and maybe the big Read more »
State of the Multiverse 6
Have you been reading the War Of Kings? So much attention has been paid to the Blackest Night and it’s prequel the Sinestro Corps War, that it has been easy to forget that Marvel have also been having a big cosmic crossover. And it rocks. I’ve been as guilty as anyone, I admit. However I started reading comics with Marvel, and I have been blown away with their recent space sagas. Both Annihilation and Annihilation: Conquest, great epics on their own, have set the scene for the current War Of Kings. And let’s face it, everyone who is anyone on the cosmic scene has been in these, even the most Read more »
State of the Multiverse 3
So Captain America is alive again. Or will be. Or was somewhen and is coming back. Who does he think he is? Jean Grey? Actually I love the idea of the bullet locking his body in time and space at the point of his apparent death, causing him to come unstuck from the normal flow of time. Though how that causes his awareness to bounce around his personal timeline, well, I’m not sold on that yet, but I suppose it will enable him to leave messages for his teammates in the future. I’ll have a double helping of Deus Ex Machina please, hold the Exiles. We don’t want Cap working Read more »

















