Tag FredVanLente
Hercules: Four Incredible Years with the Mythical Marvel Hero Come to a Close
Filed under: Marvel
Most heroes of the stories we tell each other are slowly forgotten over time, or if they're lucky, enter into myth, their details slowly blurred by decades. Every so often, though, this process goes in reverse, and legends are pu... [read more]
‘Comic Book Comics’ #6 Recalls the Rise of Digital Comics and Piracy [Exclusive Preview]
Filed under: Indie, Previews
On Monday ComicsAlliance previewed five pages from Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's sixth and final issue of Comic Book Comics, a series distilling the most pivotal moments in sequential art history in a humorous and e... [read more]
‘Comic Book Comics #6′ Examines the Rise of the Direct Market [Exclusive Preview]
Filed under: Indie, Previews
Action Philosophers all-stars Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey have spent the better part of the past few years chronicling a concise history of the comic book industry in their appropriately titled series Comic Book Comi... [read more]
Marvel Cancels ‘Destroyers’ Mini by Fred Van Lente and Kyle Hotz
Filed under: Marvel, News
Even before the first issue was solicited to comics retailers, Marvel Comics pulled the plug on Destroyers, a miniseries by writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kyle Hotz. Announced at FanExpo Canada in August, the project was ... [read more]
Marvel Fan Expo Canada Roundup: ‘Alpha Flight’ Ongoing, ‘Destroyers’ And Brian Wood Coming In 2012
Filed under: Marvel, Conventions
Marvel Comics let loose a few key announcements at Fan Expo Canada this weekend, including the news that Fred Van Lente and Kyle Hotz were teaming for the five-issue Destroyers series, that Brian Wood would be writin... [read more]
Pak, Van Lente and Pham’s Resurrected Hercules to Lead an All-New God Squad in ‘Chaos War’ This October
Filed under: Marvel, Capes and Tights, Crossover
Reviving the Prince of Power, establishing a huge cosmic threat, uniting an unlikely team of warriors - it's all in an autumn's work for Hercules writers Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and artist Khoi [read more]
Zombies and Draculas and Robots (Oh My): Marvel Zombies 5 #4 / The Death of Dracula One-Shot
Filed under: Marvel, Hot Ink, Opinion
ZOMBIES AND DRACULAS AND ROBOTS (OH MY) - Marvel Zombies 5 #4 / The Death of Dracula One-Shot Unless you've been buried alive for the past decade you've probably noticed that various incarnations [read more]
Sidekick to Hero to God: Prince of Power #4 [Review]
Amadeus Cho finally got a chance to step into the spotlight with his own miniseries in "Prince of Power." Written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, with art by Reilly Brown and Adam Archer, the series concluded [read more]
Anything You Can Do He Can Do Exactly the Same: Taskmaster #1 [Review]
Taskmaster has been something of a fan favorite B-list supervillain in the Marvel Universe, using his abilities to mimic any physical skills he observes as both a mercenary and a trainer of fledgling superheroes, supervillains, and random cannon [read more]
Nothing is Bad: Chaos War #1 [Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Hot Ink, Opinion
"Chaos War" has had me both excited and worried since it was first announced. On the one hand it's another story in Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente's saga of Hercules and Amadeus Cho. [read more]
‘Warriors Three’ #1 and ‘Taskmaster’ #3: Evil Science and Endless Hitlers [Review]
If the current political landscape of the United States makes one thing clear, it's that certain aspects of science can polarize a populace. It often seems as though scientists are viewed less as benevolent knowledge-seekers and more as [read more]
Fred Van Lente Penning Digital ‘Captain America’ Movie Prequel Comic
Filed under: Marvel, Digital Comics
Following in the footsteps of its Iron Man: Fast Friends, Hulk: The Fury Files and Iron Man 2: Public Identity series from years past, USA Today has revealed that Marvel will unveil a Captain America: The First Avenger [read more]
Van Lente Confirms Nazis Will Appear in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
We've tried really hard to manufacture controversy and stoke the fires of nerd rage over this whole "there won't be any Nazis in the Captain America movie" thing, which really kicked off when behind-the-scenes photos revealed HYDRA tanks that [read more]
Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente on ‘HERC’ #1: Meet The New God, Same as the Old God
Filed under: Marvel, Interviews
With the final issue of Chaos War, writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente brought the three-year saga of Incredible Hercules to a close, but as it turns out, they weren't done with the character just yet. [read more]
Ryan Dunlavey’s $10 Commissions Turn Alexander Hamilton into Batman, Fred Van Lente into a Centaur
Filed under: Art
There's a good chance you might already be a fan of Ryan Dunlavey thanks to his work on Action Philosophers, Comic Book Comics, Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.: Reign Delay and his work for Toyfare and Wizard, but if you haven't been checking out [read more]
‘Taskmaster: Unthinkable’ – One of Marvel’s Best Books of 2010 [Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Reviews, Opinion
Taskmaster had previously been a character who drifted through the backgrounds of larger Marvel Universe stories, a supporting player in adventures that weren't his own, but developed a cult fanbase largely thanks to his knack for [read more]
‘Taskmaster: Unthinkable’: One of Marvel’s Best Books of 2010 [Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Reviews, Opinion
Taskmaster had previously been a character who drifted through the backgrounds of larger Marvel Universe stories, a supporting player in adventures that weren't his own, but developed a cult fanbase largely thanks to his knack for [read more]
Canada’s Heroes Brave ‘Fear Itself’ in ‘Alpha Flight’ #1 and 2 [Exclusive Preview]
Even if it's a sweeping generalization, Canadians have been doing pretty okay with the "nice" label for awhile. This summer even the friendliest Great White Northerners will be faced with the influence of Fear Itself, however, pitting [read more]