David Harth

3 days ago | comicbook.com | David Harth

Marvel is the bestselling superhero comic producer in the United States, and the most well-known purveyor of superhero media in general in the entire world. Marvel has a lot of great eras of comics, but in recent years, many fans agree that the ’00s were the best of the 21st century. Marvel entered the ’00s in a bad place. While there are some great ’90s comics, very few of them were from Marvel. The publisher went all in on style over substance in the ’90s, and they suffered for it.

3 days ago | comicbook.com | David Harth

Ultimate Wolverine has been a wild ride, giving readers a view of what would have to Logan if he had been made into the weapon that the Western governments wanted him to be in the Cold War. Ultimate Wolverine is Weapon X mixed with the Winter Soldier, under the command of Eurasian Republic, the country ran by Colossus, Magik, and Omega Red. Ultimate Wolverine #5 introduces Ultimate Sabretooth into the mix, showing a very different, actually heroic Sabretooth.

3 days ago | comicbook.com | David Harth

DC’s Absolute books have been fantastic since they launched last year. Absolute Superman has been quite a surprise, redefining who Superman can be as a character. It’s taken the basics of the Superman mythos and brought them to entirely new places, with new villains from across the DC Universe taking their place in the battle against Absolute Superman. Absolute Superman #7 focuses on Brainiac, who has joined the Lazarus Corporation on Earth and helped them deal with Superman.

4 days ago | comicbook.com | David Harth

The X-Men are under attack, and Magneto may be their only hope. 3K — a pastiche of ideas from Grant Morrison’s monumental New X-Men run — has fielded the team of mutants they created against the X-Men in the action-packed X-Men #16. However, Cassandra Nova, 3K’s leader, is out to destroy the X-Men completely, bringing in a massive kaiju-sized mutant to destroy the X-Men’s new base.

5 days ago | comicbook.com | David Harth

The X-Men and the Avengers are Marvel’s two greatest teams. The Avengers have been on that level since day one, but it took years before the X-Men reached the top of the card. Since then, it’s arguable that the X-Men have taken the top spot from the Avengers, even with the Avengers’ part in the dominance of the MCU. The X-Men have starred in amazing stories over the years, at the very least creating superhero stories with more depth than the Avengers.