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Why Doesn't Black Cat Get Top Billing... or Any Billing... in Marvel's FCBD Spider-Man/Venom?
Marvel has revealed the covers to its Free Comic Book Titles, one for the X-Men and one for Spider-Man/Venom We've already talked about what the X-Men one can tell us, but what about the other? Well, the biggest news seems to be that despite being called Spider-Man/Venom, this book really stars a trio: Spider-Man, Venom,[...]
Marvel Changes Artists on Captain America, Fantastic Four, Scream and Valkyrie
A fair few changes coming through for Marvel Comics titles, between solicitation and publication. Captain America #20 will be drawn by Robert Quinn, and not the previously solicited Jason Masters. Fantastic Four #20 will be drawn by Paco Medina, and not the previously solicited Sean Izaakse. Scream: Curse Of Carnage #5 will be drawn by Garry Brown, along[...]
Thanos Returns to Hot Toys with New Battle Damaged Figure 
This Marvel Cinematic Universe figure comes with a massive set of interchangeable hands, his double bladed sword and two Infinity Gauntlets (one open with LEDs and articulated fingers and one snapping) He will include two swappable head portraits one being shocked, the other being angry and an attachable helmet The skin is quite realistic and[...]
Let's Take a Look at the Marvel Legends Cosmic Ghost Rider
Marvel Legends collectors have been clamoring for years to get new characters in the line ASAP when they debut in comics Lately, with characters like Red Goblin, Hasbro has done a great job anticipating who the hot debuts will be and acting accordingly The new wave of Marvel Legends Deluxe Rides includes one such character,[...]
Since When do People from Queens Call Soda "Pop?" Today's Black Cat #9
Marvel Comics' editors aren't exactly known for their attention to detail when it comes to making sure everything that happens in their comics fits in with continuity, or even reality That kind of fact-checking and proofreading is time-consuming work, and there are so many hours in the day, and those tweets aren't going to tweet[...]
Marvel to Give Away 5-Year Marvel Unlimited Memberships in Trivia Contest Tomorrow
It's unclear if anything else is planned, but it looks like Marvel may have announced the "something cool" they were planning for their Marvel Unlimited digital binge-reading service In a press release on Marvel.com, the publisher announced a trivia contest taking place on the Marvel Unlimited Twitter tomorrow Trivia questions will be posted each hour[...]
Yondu #5 [Preview]
Yondu #5 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Zonnie Taddler and John McCrea, sadly the final issue of this Yondu series that Marvel fans demanded Presumably Someone must have wanted this. Yondu and his future descendant, also named Yondu (for licensing reasons), are in possession of a magical artifact called the Herald's Urn,[...]
Marvel Avengers: Hulk #1 [Preview]
This week, Marvel will release Marvel Avengers Hulk #1, a comic set in the Gamerverse and serving as a prequel to the upcoming Marvel Avengers video game It's unclear who buys these video-game tie-in comics, so we assume the purpose of these is to give them away as some kind of pre-order or deluxe edition[...]
Dark Agnes #1 [Preview]
Dark Agnes #1 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Becky Cloonan and Luca Pizzari, answering the outpouring of fan complaints that Marvel simply wasn't milking the Robert E Howard Conan license nearly enough, with just a half dozen Conan comics published each month. At least, this one doesn't star Conan himself Yet A crossover[...]
Daredevil #17 [Preview]
Daredevil #17 hits stores from Marvel Comics this week, by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Fornes, and we've got a preview just in time for the Iowa caucuses.   As we catch up with Matt Murdock, the Bernie Sanders of Hell's Kitchen. Matt is looking to get his socialist wealth redistribution scheme on track. But Murdock is about to get[...]
X-ual Healing
Which will win the coveted Wolverine's Weiner X-Pick of the Week? Not Fallen Angels, that's for sure. Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally[...]
X-ual Healing
Which will win the coveted Wolverine's Weiner X-Pick of the Week? Not Fallen Angels, that's for sure. Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally[...]
X-ual Healing
Which will win the coveted Wolverine's Weiner X-Pick of the Week? Not Fallen Angels, that's for sure. Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally[...]
X-ual Healing
Which will win the coveted Wolverine's Weiner X-Pick of the Week? Not Fallen Angels, that's for sure. Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally[...]
Retailer Variants
Marvel Comics is ramping up their exclusive retailer variant cover programmes again for March they pulled it back to seven but for April, it's double that at fourteen But, while DC Comics only offer up to two and lots of retailers dive in, Marvel having fourteen seems to make them feel less special, and only[...]
"Black Widow": New TV Spot and 4 New Character Posters
The first movie of phase three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe hits with Black Widow this May People have been asking for this movie for literally ten years since Natasha walked onto our screens in 2010 in Iron Man 2. Marvel kept saying no though and now that the character is, spoiler alert, dead in the present day[...]
Strikeforce #6 [Preview]
Strikeforce #6 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Tini Howard and Jacopo Camagni, and we've got a preview below. The Strikeforce team has found itself in quite a conundrum. They're besieged by zombies in a hospital… but they're not allowed to bash their brains out. But just because Moonstone might be able to restore consciousnesses[...]
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #12 [Preview]
Marvel #12 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung, and we've got a preview below. If you haven't been following the story so far, the current arc in Ms Marvel has Doctor Strange performing the longest surgery ever in an attempt to save Ms Marvel's dad Seriously, it's been[...]
Black Cat #9 [Preview]
Black Cat #9 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jed MacKay and Kris Anka, and we've got a preview below. Each issue of Black Cat so far has seen the titular hero(ish) team up with a different Marvel character, usually as a ploy to steal something from them. But this issue is a first,[...]
Immortal Hulk: Great Power #1
From Marvel Comics next week, Tom Taylor and Jorge Molina bring you the crossover you've been waiting for: The Immortal Hulk: Great Power #1, five dollars cheap! With great power, there must also come great responsibility And with the need to constantly boost sales, there must also come extraneous crossovers. And that's how we find Bruce Banner[...]
Savage Avengers #0 [Preview]
Savage Avengers gets a #0 issue next week from Marvel Comics, ostensibly providing backstory for the Savage Avengers series, but more accurately offering an excuse to reprint the classic story from Uncanny X-Men #190-191 by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr and sell it for five bucks But, following the Major X #0 model, it[...]
X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 [Preview]
And so Marvel is happy to oblige with X-Men/Fantastic Four by Chip Zdarsky and the Dodsons, with the first issue hitting stores next week Let's have a look at the preview. And just to show how important this crossover is, the preview requires three intro pages, one showing us which characters (all of which besides Kate[...]
Marauders #7 [Preview]
Marauders #7 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by the Gerry Duggan of Comics, Gerry Duggan, and Stefano Caselli Will this preview address the shocking cliffhanger of last issue which saw Kate Pryde doomed to a watery grave? It seems not But we do have the return of Callisto… …who pays a visit to Emma[...]