Marvel Event: Original Sin Chronological Reading List (Updated 05/21/14)

I cannot for the life of me find a complete list of comics tying in to Marvel's new crossover event - Original Sin.  So here is a scan of a comic with some of the titles listed...hopefully in order.  I will update weekly as new titles are added.

In chronological order thus far:

Original Sin #0 (04/23/14)

Original Sin #1 (05/07/14)

Avengers #29 (05/14/14)
Original Sin #2 (05/21/14)

Mighty Avengers #10 (05/28/14)

Deadpool #29 (05/28/14)
Avengers #30 (05/28/14)
Original Sin #3 (06/04/14)
Original Sins #1 (06/11/14)
All-New Invaders #11 (06/11/14)
Mighty Avengers #11 (06/11/14)
Deadpool #30 (06/11/14)
Original Sin #4 (06/18/14)
Nova #18 (06/18/14)
Avengers #31 (06/18/14)
Original Sins #2 (06/25/14)
Original Sin 3.1 Hulk vs Iron Man #1 (06/25/14)
Fantastic Four #6 (06/25/14)

Unknown Dates (per solicitations)

Original Sin #4

Original Sins #1-2

Original Sin #3.3 - 3.4

2 Comic Books You Should Be Reading: IMAGE edition

Put down the typical superhero fare for just a moment and feast your eyes on these beauties that are full of mystery, conspiracies, stunning artwork, compelling tales, fantastic fun and so much for you brain to boggle!

 

MORNING GLORIES by IMAGE

Ongoing series currently at issue #32

Story by Nicke Spencer

Art by Joe Eisma (covers by Rodin Esquejo)

This is series is currently on issue #32 (moved back to 10/02/13 release date) and I still have not the faintest clue as to what is happening.  But I love it. The series takes place almost exclusively at the fictional Morning Glory Academy, an exclusive boarding school for teenagers. Beneath its placid facade, the school is actually involved in the murder and torture of students as well as various investigations into occult and supernatural phenomenon. This series has been accurately described as "Runaways meets Lost."  It is full of religious conspiracies, blood, gore, humor, and crazy time paradoxes.  What more could you want? 

SAGA

Ongoing series currently at issue #

Story by Brian K. Vaughan

Art and Covers by Fiona Staples

How are you not already reading this?! This is the BEST comic I have picked up in a very, very long time.  Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series. The series is heavily influenced by Star Wars, and is based on ideas Vaughan conceived both as a child and as a parent. It depicts two lovers from long-warring extraterrestrial races, Alana and Marko, fleeing authorities from both sides of a galactic war as they struggle to care for their newborn daughter, Hazel, who occasionally narrates the series.  Now this comic is not for the young ones, it has graphic nudity, sexual situations (like full-on sex), and lots of gore.  Plus some very odd looking aliens that I just love.  The story pulls you in and you are left begging for more!  I squee with absolute delight when a new issue finally comes out!  And the art work!! OH THE BEAUTIFUL ART WORK!  I am in love with Fiona Staples art work.

 

Skottie Young THANOS RISING Variant Cover

Only Skottie Young could turn a mass murdering demigod into this bundle of cuteness!

THANOS RISING hits store shelves and digital readers on April 3rd.

Look Who's Coming To Lunch?

X-Men: DOFP director Brian Singer tweeted this pic of his very special lunch date:

DC Announces Their Most Dateable Superheroes

Last Thursday DC asked it's fans to cast a vote for who they believed was the most dateable DC superhero.  The results were posted today and they are no shock to anyone.

Beating out the brooding Bat by a wide margin is Nightwing!

I just want to say thank you DC for this poll.  Without it I wouldn't have googled Nightwing photos and found this lovely mock poster featuring JGL.  It literally stopped me in my google scrolling.  Love it!  I wasn't surprised at all by Nightwing beating out the likes of Batman, Superman, Hal Jordan and all the rest.  He's tall, dark, handsome, a tad dangerous, but still a sweetheart.

Now the most dateable super-heroine did shock me. The winner ultimately was Zatanna!

It has to be those fishnets and the allure of dark magic!  I personally would have chosen Wonder Woman.  Though she is a strong women and probably most men are scared of her, she is a freaking amazon!  Like, literally!

Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask in X-Men: DOFP

I just learned that Peter Dinklage, of Game of Thrones fame, will be portraying the main villain in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (which will forever now be referred to as DOFP)!  MTVGeek is reporting that his character will be none other than Dr. Bolivar Trask, inventor of Master Mold and the Sentinel armies.  

For those uninitiated in DOFP lore, in the original storyline Bolivar Trask was an anthropologist who saw the rise of mutants as a threat to humanity.  Bolivar decides that humanity has to fight back against the mutants and develops robotic guardians for humanity, known as the Sentinels. Bolivar publishes articles on the threat of mutants and generally harasses mutants on a regular basis.  Ironically, Bolivar's own son and daughter are both mutants.  

Now there is also an alternative storyline in Marvel's "Ultimate" Universe that may fit the movie a bit better.  In those books, he’s a member of the government science team creating giant robot Sentinels as a direct response to Magneto’s attacks on the President of the United States.  The Ultimate Trask is definitely more of a sinister character, so I am very much hoping DOFP sticks with the Ultimate storyline.

Let's also not forget that Bolivar Trask has already been depicted in X-Men: The Last Stand by Bill Duke.  Though I personally choose to ignore The Last Stand entirely (mainly due to the killing of my favorite X-Man), I am pretty sure it still exists in movie canon.  Dinklage and Duke look completely different from each other, so either Marvel will just ignore that fact...or this is all make believe and MTVGeek has fed us nonsense.  Let's hope it's true though.

Here is the link to MTVGeek if you would like their full story: MTVGeek