<p>Star of the hit show Comic Store Heroes, Midtown Comic’s Thor Parker, filled us in on the latest comic news across the board!<br /><br />When you hear the word Marvel at New York Comic Con, chances are it is followed by the word ‘NOW’!<br /><br />But be careful not to refer to Marvel ‘Now!’ as a re-boot or re-launch, according to the publisher’s editor-in-chief, Axel Alonso, Marvel is simply hitting the ‘refresh’ button.<br /><br />At the official Marvel ‘NOW’ Comic Con panel on Friday, a handful of Marvel’s major players explained how some of your favorite characters are getting a change of scenery and an attitude adjustment.<br /><br />Marvel’s new beginning kicks off with it’s flagship title Uncanny Avengers and next month we get Iron Man.<br /><br />Tony Stark, our favorite corporate superhero, will now be accompanied by a mobile armory… ready to create new armor, anywhere in the world, based on the Stark’s needs.<br /><br />The first twelve issues will provide story building and an all-new villain!<br /><br />With Thor: God of Thunder we get to travel through time, getting to know old King Thor, current Thor, and young Thor, before he was worthy of wielding an ax.<br /><br />With Captain America you get to see him grow up, learn more about his parents, and see him fight Zola, a villain Marvel re-worked to become a bigger A-level threat.<br /><br />Indestructible Hulk takes a different look at Banner. Marvel’s Mark Waid explained that Banner doesn’t want his gravestone to read ‘Hulk smash!’<br /><br />The Fantastic 4 will be gone in space for a year, which is just 4 minutes on earth, but before they go, they need recruit a team of ill-prepared misfits to look after earth in FF, or Future Foundation. The team includes Ant Man, Medusa, She Hulk, and the new Miss Thing.<br /><br />DC Comics, home to the likes of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Watchmen and the Justice League, have big plans for their loyal DC fans.<br /><br />Digital content is all the rage at New York Comic Con, and from what I heard, it isn’t trying to replace traditional print methods, in fact it is helping boost sales, both in print and online.<br /><br />Digital content makes it easy to read comics online and on your iOS or Android devices!<br /><br />Dark Horse comics is best known for titles such as Star Wars, Buffy & Hellboy.<br /><br />We had the chance to talk with Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson about the latest news from Dark Horse, including a new title he wrote himself!</p>
