With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Writer Kyle Higgins | Artist Daniele Di Nicuolo | Cover Goni Montes (BOOM! Studios)
Netflix is developing a live-action Carmen Sandiego movie in addition to the animated series the streaming service already has in the works.
Deadline reports The standalone adventure will star Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez in the titular role. Rodriguez’s recent credits include Annihilation and 2017’s animated film Ferdinand.
Rodriguez is also acting as producer on the project through her production company I Can and I Will.
Netflix announced in April 2017 plans to continue the Carmen Sandiego franchise, revealing a 20 episode animated series with Rodriguez lending her vocal talent to the lead role.
Many recent Ubisoft games have had you climb towers to unlock new sections of the in-game map. The company first used the mechanic in Assassin’s Creed, before later bringing it to Far Cry and Watch Dogs, and even The Crew. Now, with Far Cry 5, Ubisoft has poked fun at itself and the mechanic.
During the game’s opening, your handler–a character named Dutch–instructs you to climb a tower to activate an antenna. While doing so, he reassures you that, no, he won’t have you climbing towers all over the game’s fictional Hope County, Montana, USA, and that this is just a one-off. Take a look at the moment in the video above.
Previous Far Cry games have required you to climb towers scattered across their worlds to see what activities are available in their region. Far Cry 5 drops this mechanic in favor of more organic exploration: you’ll unlock activities and gain map markers by talking to NPCs and traveling past points of interest.
For more on the open-world shooter, take a look at our Far Cry 5 review-in-progress. Critic Edmond Tran has provisionally awarded the game a 9/10. “Despite some brief irritations and missed opportunities with its narrative, spending time in the world of Hope County remains absolutely delightful,” he wrote. “Far Cry 5 boasts a wonderfully harmonious flow to its adventure, with its smart changes to exploration, discovery, and progression distinctly bolstering the enjoyment of creatively engaging and experimenting with its spectacular open world.” Check out our Far Cry 5 review roundup for a wider view of critical opinion.
If you can’t wait to revisit the trippy world of FX and Marvel’s Legion, this news should blow your mind: To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Legion Season 1 on March 27, Mondo and Phantom City Creative have designed two limited edition posters inspired by the show in the style of vintage travel art, and IGN has an exclusive first look.
The posters feature the mysterious mutant training facility of Summerland by day and night. In honor of the show’s home entertainment release, Mondo will be selling 200 copies of the Night poster and 75 copies of Day for $50 each via the MondoTees website on March 27. Keep an eye on Mondo’s Twitter account to find out when the posters will be available for purchase. Both iterations of the 24″x 36″ Screen Prints come in limited editions of 200.
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
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Scarlet Witch and the Vision met in Avengers: Age of Ultron, they made a deeper connection in Captain America: Civil War, and in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War their blossoming romance will face the ultimate test.
Thanos wants to destroy half the life in the universe, and to do that he needs to collect all six Infinity Stones, one of which gave Vision life and is currently embedded in his forehead. That means if Thanos completes his quest to get all Infinity Stones, it will presumably also mean Vision’s death. While the other Avengers are fighting to save the universe, these two heroes are fighting for their love.
On a visit to the Atlanta set of Infinity War, we saw a scene being filmed where the Avengers had just landed in Wakanda and were being greeted by King T’Challa. However, Vision had been wounded and was clutching his side and leaning on Scarlet Witch for support. From what we can piece together, earlier in the movie Vision was skewered by a member of the Black Order when they attempted to rip out his Infinity Stone, meaning that the couple’s love is literally on the line. Failing to stop Thanos will surely mean that Vision is toast.
The first details about Stranger Things’ third season have emerged, including that Season 3 will take place one year after Season 2.
On the red carpet before a panel at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night, executive producer Shawn Levy announced Season 3 is set during the summer of 1985, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Eleven (Millie Bobbie Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard), as well as Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Max (Sadie Sink) will be couples at the start of the season.
“Mike and Eleven and are going strong, so that’s a relationship that continues, and same with Mad Max and Lucas,” Levy said. “But again, they’re like 13- or 14-year-old kids, so what does romance mean at that stage of life? It can never be simple and stable relationships and there’s fun to that instability.”