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Marvel Comics' Big Push For 2018 Will Be The Avengers, Shockingly
In an absolutely shocking move, Marvel's biggest push for 2018 will be the Avengers OK, it was kind of a no-brainer After all, there's a certain Infinity War movie coming up And just as with Civil War II, Marvel does like to tie in with the big movies where it can — even if creators[...]
DC Releasing Marc Guggenheim Batman Comics Collection In 2018
But when it comes to comic books, right now Guggenheim is working for the competition, writing X-Men Gold twice a month for Marvel Comics So what can DC Comics do? Why, mine his back catalogue! Batman: Super Powers is a collection by Guggenheim and Jerry Bingham from Batman Confidential #50-#54, the final issues of that series[...]
How Marvel Comics Is Trying To Push Marvel Legacy #1
Marvel Legacy #1 will be published on September 27th, 2017 And Marvel Comics really wants this to land. So there are many variant and tiered covers: Alex Ross (1:50), B&W Joe Quesada (1:500), B&W Alex Ross (1:100), Amy Reeder (1:25) Skottie Young, John Tyler Christopher, Greg Land, and the Mark Brooks Wraparound (200% of orders for Secret Empire #6). But then[...]
phoenix marvel legacy
At this point, Marvel Comics' marketing folk were expecting everyone to be talking about Marvel Legacy ahead of their creative team reveals Unfortunately, they're all talking about a cover by Howard Chaykin And those who are still talking about Marvel Legacy, it's not in a positive way. The marketing has screwed the pooch, creators are gossiping against[...]
Creators Asked Not To Promote Their Marvel Legacy Comics…Yet
Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran a little gossip about Marvel Comics creators feeling a little out of the loop As part of the Marvel Legacy rollout over the last few weeks, Marvel has been releasing and promoting comics without creator input. I've also been made aware that a greater concern is Marvel Comics creators being specifically asked[...]
Why Robert Downey Jr. Keeps Playing Iron Man (It's Not Just The Money)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has one big problem and there's no way for it to really overcome it; the passage of time Unlike comic books, where characters can be as young or old as we want them to be, the actors that are playing our beloved costume heroes are getting older and will eventually want[...]
Will Marvel's First Female-Led Movie, Captain Marvel, Co-Star Samuel L. Jackson?
Jackson's Nick Fury will co-star with Brie Larson in Captain Marvel. The Marvel cinematic universe has taken a long time to release a superhero movie starring a woman By the time Captain Marvel debuts, Marvel will have produced twenty films starring male leads or male-majority ensembles, all of them also directed by men (Captain Marvel will[...]
You Could Win This Awesome Thanos Maquette From Sideshow Collectibles
Marvel's Thanos on Throne maquette is a beautiful piece that captures the majesty and power of the Mad Titan To enter to win one in Sideshow's new giveaway, you just have to click this link, enter your name and email address, and you're good to go Not much easier than that. This piece had multiple designers:[...]
Comic Store In Your Future: Bring Back The Fantastic Four, Start A Revolution
Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. I just got done reading Rich's article, Marvel Comics Claims The Fantastic Four Was Cancelled Because It Didn't Sell – But Marvel Two-In-One Could Bring It Back. I am stunned that Marvel or anyone at Marvel would claim sales were the reason the Fantastic Four[...]
Spider-Man
This week Marvel's TL;DR is sticking with the Wall-Crawler as Spider-Man: Homecoming will soon be in theaters Their focus this week is the Amazing Spider-Man #2 from 1963 Where we all know that the thief who killed Uncle Ben was the catalyst for him becoming Spider-Man, but the first issue of the series was all[...]
6 Marvel Film Release Dates Set By Fox — Start Your Guesses
When we say "Marvel Films by Fox," you know that means X-Men and co., right?  Not Iron Man? Not The Avengers? Just making sure.   The folio of Marvel comic titles that Fox still owns the film rights for is massive and mutant-tastic, meaning that as long as interest for funny paper film adaptations keeps the box[...]
What Do Those Marvel Legacy Titles Mean?
Marvel have released their latest delightfully hyperbolic press release about their upcoming Marvel Legacy initiative, including the titles for the brand new arcs to come as part of the new initiative We've seen the many covers harking back to classic covers of yore, and now we have a little more info. But just what do these[...]
HASCON 2017 Details Announced…James Gunn To Attend, And Events Galore
HASCON will also feature a headlining performance and meet and greet from Multi-Platinum GRAMMY® Award-Winning singer-songwriter Daya and an interactive sing-along with Sesame Street's beloved Muppets Elmo and Abby Cadabby.   Previously announced talent includes appearances by DUDE PERFECT, Stan Lee (Marvel Comics Legend), Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Producer of all the TRANSFORMERS films, as well as G.I[...]
Tom Holland Gets Some Sweet Action Figure Revenge On Chris Hemsworth
Despite pointedly not catching the tiny hammer that was thrown to him Holland smacks the Thor action figure and says "who's the kid now?" "I'm going to do a similar thing to Chris Hemsworth, just without the crazy good looks, Australian accent, and big biceps," he says in a video for EW. Can this be a[...]
[SPOILERS] Everybody Is Somebody In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'
To say that Spider-Man: Homecoming has a lot of callbacks to Marvel Comics and Spider-Man comics in particular would be an understatement This is one of those movies where every character on screen is a callback or a hint toward another character There are some that are obvious and some that we've known for awhile[...]
Mark Waid And Chris Samnee To Put Captain America Through Detox For Marvel Legacy?
Last weekend, Bleeding Cool ran some mindless speculation on the future of the Captain America comic book, given that Marvel hadn't included it in their Old 52 Marvel Legacy list of monthly comics out in October. We suggested that, as Donny Cates had just appeared as co-writer on the latest Captain America: Steve Rogers, he might[...]
New Mutants Has Lost Its Rosario Dawson, But Gained An Alice Braga
THR doesn't know the reason Dawson left, but we think it's safe to assume that this is yet another episode in the ongoing shadow war between Fox and Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter. Perlmutter has repeatedly punished the X-Men and Fantastic Four, and thus their fans, in retaliation for Fox owning their movie rights over the past[...]
Spider-Man Homecoming
Gargan lead a version called the Sinister Twelve during the Marvel Knights: Spider-Man run There has also been talk that Scorpion could be the villain for the Silver & Black movie. They also introduce Aaron Davis (Donald Glover) who goes on to become the villain turned hero the Prowler The fact he starts as a villain[...]
Jon Watts On Having His Spider-Man Already Chosen For Him
When asked what he wanted to bring to the character of Adrian Toomes, the actor admitted that Watts, Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal knew exactly what they wanted and he followed their lead. https://youtu.be/GKNqBGPmKzAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Michael Keaton Swoops Into the Spider-Man: Homecoming Red Carpet World Premiere (https://youtu.be/GKNqBGPmKzA) Jon Favreau talked about[...]