Even heroes eventually grow old, if fate is kind to them. In Wastelanders: Star-Lord by Sarah Cawkwell, Peter Quill, A.K.A. Star-Lord, and Rocket Raccoon have managed to achieve old age. But they’re no longer the heroes they once were. The rest of the Guardians are gone, it’s just Quill and Rocket trying to make ends meet. So they take a questionable
Read MoreDifficult divorce from a cocky jerk got you down? I’ve got a surefire cure: run off to Europe to look for a missing scientist with a handsome sweetie fellow spy. Narrowly avoid death multiple times and stop a potential new super soldier serum from falling into the wrong hands. Perfect right? Well, that might be a bit extreme but it worked
Read MoreNeil Kleid’s The Phoenix Chase is the newest addition to Aconyte book’s Marvel School of X line of novels. This time Kid Omega’s friends get captured and the only way to save them is by turning to those with more experience than him. Working on a team isn’t Kid Omega’s style, but if he’s going to track down the deadly Phoenix
Read MoreFelicia Hardy is arguably the best thief in the world. So when a magical golden apple shows up in New York promising the answer to any one question for the owner, everyone wants Felicia to nab it for them. But she has no interest in golden apples. Instead, a scruffy little teenager has stolen Black Cat’s attention. Casey Beck’s dad has
Read MoreDoctor Doom is again cast as the hero in David Annandale’s newest Marvel novel, The Tyrant Skies. This time Doom is pitted against his old enemy, the Red Skull. The Red Skull has found himself some new allies, billionaires who assume they are better than everyone else simply because they have money. He plans on using that money to bring the
Read MoreCountess Alessandra Zorzi and her apprentice Pepper are back in Shadows of Pnath by Josh Reynolds. This time the two have left Arkham for a wild adventure through France. The Countess and Pepper have been having a great time working their way through Europe. The Countess has been “acquiring” things of occult value to send back to Miskatonic University and teaching
Read MoreIn Victor von Doom’s last battle with Hell, he lost something. He lost the knowledge of his future and he wants it back. Now he believes he has found a way to recover those lost memories. But as he searches for his lost future he discovers something from the deep past. Something that should stay buried. Something that may destroy not
Read MoreDormammu has been busy with a plan to take over not just Earth, not just the universe, but the entire multiverse. Marvel’s mightiest heroes have been doing their best to thwart him but this villain has been planning for a long time and he’s covered all the contingencies. It seems like Dormammu has won. But it’s not in a hero’s nature
Read MoreSilver Sable has made a deal with the devil in Cath Lauria’s Silver Sable: Payback. Well, Doctor Doom anyway so close enough. Doom has been trying to track down the Clairvoyant, a future-telling machine, and has failed. He believes Silver Sable can succeed where he failed. Silver is reluctant to help but feels trapped. She’s certain that telling Doom no is
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