Hola, Marvelites.
You are watching "Marvel's Pull List," and I'm Ryan a.k.a.
Agent M.
Y me llamo Tucker Markus.
Y-- you threw me off there.
I wasn't expecting you to do that.
This is the show-- what are we talking about?
Uh, yeah, we're talk-- we pick comics.
We talk about comics.
Right.
We've picked four comics, two of which say hola, say hello,
with brand new number ones.
And the other two say adios.
They say goodbye, wrapping up some really,
really excellent runs.
We're starting with an ending here with ABSOLUTE CARNAGE # 5.
What a journey it has been.
One of the biggest stories in recent Marvel memory.
Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, the entire team
have brought it to the next level here.
This issue is worthy of being the final issue.
It is so massive.
For me, one of the breakout stars of this story--
of the VENOM run that Donny and Ryan have been crafting
is Dylan Brock. RYAN PENAGOS: Yeah.
TUCKER MARKUS: Some of the moments
in these issues between Dylan and some other folks,
between Eddie and Dylan, just add another dimension
to this story, which is so horrific, so epic, so huge,
the action is unbelievable.
And to have the heart underneath it all
is really, really something special.
This has been a great series.
Heck, yeah.
Yeah.
While you say goodbye, I say hello to ANNIHILATION SCOURGE.
This is the alpha issue, and it ties into a couple of stories
in our Cosmic Marvel universe, particularly,
of course, the original ANNIHILATION that's over
10 years old at this point.
And it takes little bits and pieces.
You got the negative zone.
You go Annihilus, Blastaar, big invasions.
But then it throws in a curveball,
one I will not spoil for you.
But if you read all your Marvel Cosmic stories,
you'll recognize the threat, the scariness, the enormity
of what's here and why it makes Annihilus
basically flee terrified from what's going after him.
It's really cool.
It is funny.
It's quirky.
It is dark.
It is everything you want out of a book called ANNIHILATION.
Yeah.
Going from Marvel outer space to a different kind of space.
This is STAR WARS # 75, another big ending here.
In 2015, STAR WARS # 1 came out, and it was a huge moment
in the history of STAR WARS and the history
of STAR WARS comics.
And this wraps up that run.
It started off with writer Jason Aaron and John Cassidy
and then moved on to Kieron Gillen,
and now it's with Greg Pak and Phil Noto.
And Greg and Phil wrap it up in spectacular fashion.
We have the crew back together again--
Han, Luke, Leia, 3PO, Chewy.
Everyone's in there.
Some wonderful rock aliens.
And then we have, of course, Darth Vader
here, who we're all running from.
We're constantly running from him.
But this is a conflict that really hits home.
It's really, really excellent stuff.
We've been in the aftermath of a "New Hope,"
but now we're moving very quickly towards the "Empire
Strikes Back."
And when STAR WARS picks up again in 2020 with STAR WARS #
1 and DARTH VADER # 1, we will be in the direct aftermath
of the "Empire Strikes Back" and get to explore
all of that fertile ground.
I could not be more excited for the future of STAR WARS comics.
Well, you know what else is a new hope.
That is DEADPOOL.
TUCKER MARKUS: Yes.
RYAN PENAGOS: Issue number 1 of brand new Deadpool series.
He's a new hope for monsters of all kinds
because Deadpool is king of the monsters on Staten Island.
It all makes sense.
It's all great.
It's all in this story.
It's a lot of fun.
You have Deadpool taking on a mantle actually
being in charge of stuff.
We're going to see how that goes for him, but it's really fun.
It's very quirky.
Kelly Thompson just crushing it with the dialogue
and the action, all those bits and pieces.
And Chris Bachalo-- man, he could just design the hell out
of anything and make it look cool and weird
and, like, your brain just broke trying to look at it.
It's fantastic.
It's a lot of fun, great starting point.
And if you are a fan of Jeff the Land Shark, he's in this book.
Don't you worry.
He's on Staten Island being safe.
Is anything safe on Staten Island?
I don't know.
But there's so many more books for us to tell you about.
Check 'em out on Marvel's Pull List, the podcast version.
Get it wherever you get your audio.
And we'll be back with another episode next week.
I'm Ryan. - And I'm Tucker.
And this is Marvel.
Your universe.