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Quicksilver Moving (At Speed) From X-Factor To Avengers
Currently Quicksilver is a member of the X-Factor team, while his movie counterpart (though never actually named as Quicksilver) appears in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. But, with an actually named Quicksilver character appearing in Marvel's Avengers: Age Of Ultron, the X-Factor thing won't be able to stand anymore And Quicksilver will be plucked for the[...]
So What Is Marvel's Axis Actually About? We Try And Find Out.
Yesterday, after receiving a ton of people asking about it, we ran a piece on the "X-Men To Be Cancelled" rumour doing the rounds on message boards. And as far as we could tell, denying what was at its heart, the cancellation of the X-Men in a reboot of the Marvel universe that does away with[...]
Naming Today's Original Sins – Hulk/Iron Man, Original Sins And Fantastic Four
Looks like the DRM has been cracked rather easily… Also, kids, do drugs. In conclusion, the most original sin is the torrenting, the least original sin is the Black Knight almost killing someone and the one that may have the biggest effect on the Marvel Universe is the gamma bomb repurposing… as far as we know. Comics courtesy[...]
The New Avengers Vs The Justice League
We previously pointed out the resemblance of a parallel Earth superhero team to a certain DC comic book. It's a crossover that has happened in the ast but, of late, has mostly been scuppered by Marvel and DC's unwillingness to get along, and Marvel's once-editor in chief's comparison made in the national press of DC's once[...]
Rumour Smackdown: Marvel Not To Cancel X-Men As Far As I Can Ascertain (UPDATE)
If the Karen Berger story is an amber traffic light, then this is deepest darkest red. So I received this email, I'm sure this can't be the first time someone has submitted this to you, but word got out this past weekend before the convention in New York that AXIS is Marvel's pre-reboot event comic, featuring both[...]
Thanos To Break Out Of The Amber This Friday?
From Marvel… Click to make it work… At the end of Marvel's Infinity series, Thanos was trapped in amber, thanks to one of the powers of his son. Well, according to this teaser from Marvel, it looks like he might be breaking out on Friday Or something.  Could it be something to do with this? [...]
How The Supreme Court And Jack Kirby Could Change Everything, Part II
A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran the story "How The Supreme Court And Jack Kirby Could Change Everything". Looks like we are not alone in that opinion. The Hollywood Reporter ran the story that Hollywood guilds have issued an amicus brief back the action by Jack Kirby's family to terminate Marvel and Disney's copyright on characters he[...]
The Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration, A New Anthology Comic Beginning In October
  Beginning in October, the new and the old, 75 years after the publication of Marvel Comics #1 in 1939, the comic that would give the publisher its name decades later. Bruce Timm adapts Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge, the prose stpry fron 1941 and Stan Lee's first creative work for Marvel. James Robinson and Chris Samnee recreate the birth of the[...]
Figment #2 Sells Out And Goes To Second Print Already
Yesterday, we let you know that Figment #1 was attracting some speculator attention, as Disney fans of the theme park figure tried in vain to by copies from their local comic shop. Well, that seems to have done the trick. I'm told that the second issue of Figment (rigt) has now sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors, after[...]
Chuck Dixon's Punisher Vs Dinosaurs Vs Conservatives
Back in 2007, Chuck Dixon wrote of Marvel EIC Axel Alonso, "were Axel to become the king of the world it would not affect my standing at Marvel one iota I'm blacklisted… "It's the same reason that you have for wanting me blacklisted I am apparently an intolerant, hate-filled bigot And it is as petty as me[...]
The Look Of Marvel At Licensing Expo 2014 – And What Are Their Plans For Wolverine?
This is how Marvel presents itself as part of Disney at the Licensing Expo today, or rather in the floor below, as Disney have set up their own separate event. The logos they were showing off had one mutant mention though, with possible repercussions Amongst all these logos for movies and TV shows.. …is Marvel Wolverine. Potential upcoming[...]