Let's start with Marvel. The company has promised big changes for Moon Knight, Daredevil and the Punisher, hoping to turn the three traditionally B-List characters into icons. Now, I understand the need to change things up with Moon Knight, but both the Punisher and Daredevil both have strong followings and legendary runs. Today Marvel announced the inclusion of Mark Waid on Daredevil and Greg Rucka on the Punisher. Although I'm not especially excited for the new Daredevil (his comic has been consistently solid for the past few years), the new artwork on the Punisher looks wonderful.
There's also been plenty of updates on Fear Itself, including the introduction of a new Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider has been on the fringes of the Marvel Universe for years now, and is currently without an ongoing monthly series. He's a fairly tricky character to write about, although I am curious who will take over the Ghost Rider mantle. Fear Itself won't be boasting a huge number of tie ins, but the ones described so far seem promising, like one focusing on Namor. The event feels pretty well planned out, and the prologue issue about the Red Skull was a great start.
DC didn't have too many big announcements, instead keeping Flashpoint shrouded in mystery. A good move. It's their summer event, and I don't see any reason to spoil the mystery. We also heard that the constructs Green Lantern creates in the comics will start to resemble those used in the movies. This is interesting, since the constructs are pretty perfect as is. Other minor updates such as Cassandra Cain returning to Batgirl sound fun, but ending the Flash solo series as Flashpoint starts up feels...unnecessary. DC didn't have too much big news, but then again their major projects are mostly set to go.
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