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Hello, Marvelites.
You're watching Marvel's Pull List,
and I'm Ryan, aka Agent M.
And I'm Tucker Markus.
And every week we read every single Marvel
comic that comes out.
We get excited for them.
We pick a topic.
We pick a couple books.
We tell you why you need to read them too.
Tucker, what are we talking about this week?
This week we're talking about grand endings.
We've picked four issues that each represent
the end of something really big, either in the Marvel Universe
or elsewhere.
We are starting elsewhere with STAR WARS:
EMPIRE ASCENDENT # 1.
Look, it's a big week, a big month,
a big year for Star Wars.
And everything going on with Star Wars comics
is absolutely right at the forefront of all of that.
This issue combines so many threads from across Star Wars
comics including Star Wars the flagship series,
TARGET VADER-- a bunch of amazing Star Wars comics,
and it's going to take us straight
into the events that take place after this story of Empire
Strikes Back.
This issue sets it up beautifully,
tying in so many storylines into this tale
and also introducing some new characters,
which was really, really fun.
Really, I couldn't be more excited about what's to come
in the world of Star Wars.
Even if you never read any of the Star Wars comics
but you're in the throes of all the Star Wars hype right now,
you should read EMPIRE ASCENDENT.
It's really cool.
All right, you should also get on board with TONY STARK:
IRON MAN issue # 19.
This is the final issue of this series.
Because, like, in just a couple of days, we're going
to be in 2020 with y'all.
And it's going to be very exciting.
There's a new Iron Man on the scene, Arno
Stark, brother to Tony Stark.
But oh man, so much has gone down.
Tony is dealing with Pym Ultron hybrid creature.
Jocasta's over here.
Machine Man's over there.
Rhodey's in the War Machine suit again for the first time.
The Avengers are all, like, crazed,
and everything is going wild.
Just know that next year is going to be a very
difficult one for Tony Stark.
And Arno Stark is going to be the one running things.
And you should see how it shakes out.
Yeah, a lot going on there and a lot
going on in KING THOR # 4.
Not only do we have some of the greatest characters
across Asgard and the Marvel Universe,
some of the great storylines.
This is the end of Jason Aaron's multi-year run
on the God of Thunder.
His run with this character is without a doubt
going down in Marvel history.
It's one of the greats of all time.
This is where it ends.
And man, what an ending.
It's really hard to sum up if that isn't clear.
There's so much encapsulated in here.
It's all brought to you, also, by the Asgardian all-stars,
and that's some great creators that Jason has worked
with across the years, led by Esad Ribic and Ive Svorcina
on colors there, some of the most gorgeous art in a Thor
book you will ever see.
And I just love this book. - Yeah.
It's so good.
I'll be real. That book choked me up a bit.
- Yeah. - It got me.
It was real good.
Another one of my favorites of all
time is HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE issue # 6,
out this week.
And it is a doozy.
It is really just this beautiful telling of the entirety
of Marvel history in some incredible ways,
weaving characters and stories.
This issue features the very end moments of the Universe.
And it is touching, and it is sad and sweet.
There's also, though, in here a little bit of a hint of what
might be to come.
If for you, who is a reader, want to know what's up
and what's ahead, you've got to check this book out.
It's something that you can give to anyone who likes the Marvel
characters, and they will learn something new in HISTORY
OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
But there are so many comics out this week.
We can't tell you all about them right here.
You're going to have to listen to the podcast version
of the show.
Get it wherever you get your audio,
and then we'll be back with another episode next week.
I'm Ryan. - And I'm Tucker.
And this is Marvel.
Your Universe.
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