"Defenders #3" arrived on comic shelves last week. Andrew Ardizzi takes a look at the issue this week for Comic Book Daily.

Hammers have fallen from the sky left and right, one of which lands in Beijing near Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. After failing to lift the hammer, Absorbing Man and Titania arrive to secure it. Soon after, the Immortal Weapons arrive after being summoned together to close the gate to the eighth city. Wukong awaits them as they regain consciousness, while James Rhodes struggles to understand why he's there with them at all.

Writer: Fred Van Lente Pencils/Inks: Wellington Alves and Nelson Pereira (p. 1-9, 21-22) Art: Pere Perez (p. 10-20) Colours: Bruno Hang (p. 1-9, 21-22), Antonio Fabela (p. 10-20) Letterer: Joe Caramagna Cover: Mike Perkins and Dan Brown Publisher: Marvel Comics   Spiraling out of...

Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Pencils: Brad Walker Inker: Andrew Hennessy Colourists: Jay David Ramos and Guru eFX Letters: Joe Caramagna Covers: Doug Braithwaite and Rob Schwager; Harvey Tolibao and Morry Hollowell (variant) Publisher: Marvel Comics Spiraling out of Shadowland, a...

We’re going to take a little departure from the usual format here. I’ve kept mum on the most part about Shadowland mostly due to the sheer volume of titles published since the story began in July. That’s especially the case with legitimate stinkers like the Bullseye one-shot....

Shadowland is about to descend upon Marvel’s heroes. With the summer event drawing ever closer, this week we’re previewing the potential blockbuster that will pit a dozen of Marvel’s best characters ranging from super powered arachnids to adept martial arts masters against one another...

Marvel Comics has released the second in a series of teasers for “Shadowland,” the new miniseries by Andy Diggle and Billy Tan that’s billed as the “battle for the soul of New York.” This one really should have been the first one as it makes me much more...