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Saturday Trending Topics: The Spider-Man Sequel Sort-Of Spoiler
When it comes to Marvel comic book movie news, I'm never quite sure what's a spoiler and what isn't. Because much is based on comics that have been essential-reading classics for a long time. Of course, it's remixed and built on for film, but still — if you made a list of Spider-Man storylines that they'd likely build a movie around sooner or later, this one would be pretty high on your list.
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Will Loki Be In Thor 2? And What Will He Do If He Is?
It seems like the chief co-ordinator of evil and badness in Thor 2: The Dark World is set to be Malekith the Accursed, as played by Christopher Eccleston. Will this deny the naughty-naughty Loki a role? And if he does have a part, how big will it be?
Amazing Spider-Man Sequel Spoiler Comes With Casting News
Quickly, they get to Spider-Man. Then back to Divergent. Then back to Spider-Man.
Idris Elba Announces Luther Series 3 With A Wicked Laugh
The BBC commissioned the series in late 2011 but no moves had been made, as yet. If that's a real script in his hands, we're looking at some real progress. I hope a full announcement from Auntie is imminent.
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Scott Lobdell Will Join You In The Sun
My favourite Superman line is "They will join you in the sun." From All Star Superman.
When Josh Hoopes Stole From His Place Of Work… And From Artist Pasquale Qualano
In our many investigations of the comic indusry conman Josh Hoopes, we discovered that he was working at a saw mill in Sacramento, California, appropriately ACME Saw.
Swipe File: Asterix & Cleopatra & Demon Knights
Thanks to Little Bleeder Paul DiFilippo for this one. On the left, a panel from Demon Knights, on the right, a scene from Asterix & Cleopatra. In which there were many references to exactly how nice Cleopatra's nose was…
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When The Black Cat Was Sexually Harassed At NYCC
At Comic Con today, I went as Black Cat. This is a shitty picture and there will be better ones of my whole costume coming up but I just want to say something.
Numbercrunching The DC New 52 Year-On-Year
There are some who have taking last month's comic book sales numbers, compared them to last year's September numbers, and have declared as a result that the New 52 is a failure, because DC Comics sold fewer copies and had a smaller market share.
Marvel Announces Bendis And McNiven's Guardians Of The Galaxy And Loeb And McGuinness' Nova
Bleeding Cool reqders all knew these two were coming. But yes, Marvel just announced Guardians Of The Galaxy by Brian Bendis and Steve McNiven, and Nova by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness for Marvel NOW!