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No, 30 Marvel Titles Will Not Be Cancelled Based On April's Sales Numbers
Earlier this year, Marvel Comics held a retailer summit where executives David Gabriel and Axel Alonso did their best to blame a sales slump that began in October on pretty much everything in the universe other than Marvel Comics' own business practices In the course of two very unfortunate days where Alonso and Gabriel seemingly spoke[...]
[SPOILERS] James Gunn Talks The Future Of The Marvel Cosmic Universe
2 when it comes to the future of the Marvel Cosmic Universe and director James Gunn stopped by IGN to talk about them However, to get into that requires a pretty major spoiler warning so if you're one of the people that hasn't seen Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 perhaps come back to this[...]
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Crew Talk Making The World Of The Framework
The producers of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D didn't tell the cast what the third part of the 4th season was going to be about, or even what it was going to be called But building up the world inside the Framework was quite a bit of work, especially for the set, props, and costuming department, who[...]
James Gunn Suffered From Depression, Says Escapism Through Comics and Music Helped
Marvel directorial darling James Gunn is pretty awesome Love or hate his films (but really HOW COULD YOU HATE Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 & 2?!?), you have to admire Gunn's normal guy-ness. Ever-present on social media, James posted this on his Facebook page on Saturday, the day after his Marvel-ous sequel Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol[...]
Marvel Didn't Do It, Fake Defenders Image Implies Jessica Jones As Evil Jew
Just as Marvel is breaking out the champagne with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2's box office returns, another incendiary image has been making the rounds, this one associated with their upcoming Netflix series, The Defenders The image at a quick glance is the rundown of four of the show's leads, but while three of[...]
In Secret Empire, Context Is Everything
Today's Free Comic Book Day release of Marvel's Secret Empire title adds a number of additions to the Secret Empire story that could address many of the concerns critics have had with some of the more troubling optics. Spoilers follow! . . . As we've mentioned before, the FCBD issue explains why Vision and Wanda Maximoff, AKA Scarlet Witch, a Romani[...]
Marvel May Get Full Spider-Man Rights Back According To Dave Bautista
The complicated nature of who owns what characters in the Marvel universe is what of the reasons characters like Spider-Man had to wait until 2016 to get on screen with his fellow Avengers Marvel sold the rights of several of their characters back in the day and those rights are really the only reason that[...]
$17 Million Thursday Puts Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 On Path For Big Weekend
2 had the highest preview night of the year, pulling in $17 million overnight — 4th best for a Marvel film behind Avengers: Age of Ultron ($27.6M), Captain America: Civil War ($25M) and The Avengers ($18.7M). This puts estimates for today at $55 to $60 million and an opening weekend of $125 to $130 million It isn't the $150 million range[...]
Marvel's First Inhumans Teaser Trailer Takes Us To The Moon
I hesitate to even call this Inhumans footage for the IMAX/ABC series a teaser, because it's very little more than just a logo, except… what is that behind the logo?  Is that… a complex in a crater on the moon? After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to[...]
12 Comics Going To Second Printings From Marvel, Image, AfterShock, Titan1Studios And Scout
Coming through as second prints… Marvel Comics are reprinting the following titles for the 7th June. Captain America: Steve Rogers #16 Iron Fist #2 Old Man Logan #21 and #22 Royals #1 Venom #5 Weapon X #2 X-Men Blue #2 From other publishers, Pestilence #1 from AfterShock Comics has gone to second printing. Zomben #1 from Titan1Studios for 24th May Solar Flare #1  from Scout Comics[...]
James Gunn Has Already Started Writing 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3'
2 is off to a strong starting with Variety reporting that the Marvel sequel is looking at an impressive $150 million dollar opening weekend That's impressive and the reviews thus far have been very positive However, this is the era of modern filmmaking so before this movie was even out people were already asking director/writer[...]