Category Archives: Marvel

Playing Around – Keeping Thanos Down

In keeping with this week’s hype for Avengers: Infinity War, it seems only fitting that there’s a tabletop gaming tie-in as well. USAopoly, the makers of games like Monopoly, Clue, Battleship and so much more, recently released Thanos Rising – Avengers: Infinity War. Now it’s your turn to defeat the mad Titan!  Continue reading Playing Around – Keeping Thanos Down

Comics Cosmos – Approaching Infinity

This week, the culmination of 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to a head with the release of Avengers: Infinity War in theaters. We all know where the last Avengers movie left off, but what has been going on since then? And what’s the big deal with the stones that Thanos is trying to collect? Marvel answers some of the questions in the mini-series Infinity CountdownContinue reading Comics Cosmos – Approaching Infinity

Comics Cosmos – Let’s Get Lucky

If you’re interested in Marvel comics at all you’ve invariably heard of Domino (or if you’ve seen the trailer for a certain upcoming sequel). She’s been around since the 90s, most often as part of X-Force, but sometimes affiliated with other groups and, especially in recent years, a compatriot of Deadpool. Now Domino has returned in her own comic, written by the legendary Gail Simone with impressively fun art by David Baldeón.  Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Let’s Get Lucky

GW1 Issue 146 – Cons and Sparrows and Jones, Oh My!

We have a packed issue for you this week, with details from the recent Cleveland ConCoction, a review of the spy thriller Red Sparrow and our thoughts on the new season of Jessica Jones. We also have some new kickstarter campaigns that friends of GW1 started over the past week that we want to mention. Plus, we take a quick look at some geek news you might have missed. Listen now!  Continue reading GW1 Issue 146 – Cons and Sparrows and Jones, Oh My!