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Did Secret Empire #1 Sell Less Than Half As Many Copies As Civil War II #1?
It seems surprisingly, or unsurprisingly depending on your level of cynicism, low when compared to recent past Marvel super-mega-crossover events For comparison's sake, Comichron estimates that in June of 2016, Civil War II #1 (which was, by the way, the legitimate number one selling book that month), sold 381,737 copies The year prior, Secret Wars #1 sold[...]
Rumor: Kraven, Mysterio Latest Villains In Line For Sony Spider-Man Spinoffs
The idea, says a studio source, is to build out a world gradually rather than launch one immediately, as they had been trying with Spider-Man villain ensemble Sinister Six, which has been shelved. It makes sense that Sony would look to the Marvel approach to universe building, given they abandoned their own attempts at a franchise[...]
Hasbro Mega Man Figure Coming In Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite Set
I honestly can't believe that we are getting a Capcom figure from Hasbro right now! This figure two-pack is going to be in support of the new Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite game coming out on September 19 The game looks awesome, and I have very high hopes for it, especially now! The game description, from[...]
Rumours Of A New Fantastic Four Movie From Fox. You Know, For Kids.
Grahame-Smith is also the co-creator, head writer and executive producer of The Hard Times of RJ Berger, a TV comedy series on MTV. But he also did some script polishing on the Josh Trank movie. He has some Marvel comic book chops too — he wrote The Spider-Man Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual, an examination of Marvel[...]
'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Director On Bringing Spider-Man To The MCU
I just want to go home and cuddle my dog." Watts spoke about how integrating Peter Parker into the wider Marvel universe was one of the best parts of working on Spider-Man: Homecoming "That's where he was always meant to be, he was introduced to give a kid's perspective on this crazy world of superheroes, and[...]
Marvel Announces Rock Variants For September
Following in the success of Marvel's popular hip hop variant program, which exploited hip hop album art for profit… er, we mean, which paid tribute to classic hip hop album covers through a series of "homages," rock album variant covers will now begin rolling out from the publisher in September A bizarrely short press release[...]
Marvel Comics To Cut Titles Back As Part Of Marvel Legacy
Coming out of Heroescon, we're hearing that some retailers have been told to expect the number of Marvel titles on sale to fall Books will be cancelled due to natural attrition, but the publisher will also have fewer launches to follow. A few years ago, Boom! Studios made a big thing about cutting back on the[...]
'The Fall Of Parker' Possibly Coming From Amazing Spider-Man And Marvel Comics
Spinning out of Heroescon to Bleeding Cool's ears comes the word that the upcoming Spider-Man storyline in Amazing Spider-Man (possibly beginning with a Marvel Legacy renumbering of #788) will be dubbed The Fall of Parker. In the Amazing Spider-Man comic book, recent years have seen Peter Parker be an international multimedia mogul[...]
Marvel Comics Teases The Fantastic Three
When I was told the other day from a very trustworthy source that Marvel Comics would not be bringing back The Fantastic Four with Marvel Legacy and Make Mine Marvel, they were being completely sincere It looks like a Fantastic Three is happening. Back when we first reported that Marvel Comics was to cancel all their[...]
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We already know that Venom went from #6 to #150, as part of Marvel Legacy renumbering, taking the issue number of comic book series to where it would have been if it hadn't been multiple volumes, with relaunches and restarts. While Ultimates2, similarly, is going to Ultimates2 #100 But a lot of the other Marvel Comics titles[...]
Uncanny Avengers #24 Review: A Promising New Creative Team
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] *Ties into the Secret Empire crossover Uncanny Avengers initially had a lot of promise when it first headlined Marvel NOW! way back in 2012 The first team — which grouped at-the-time underused characters like Havoc, Scarlet Witch, and Sunfire with mainstays like Captain America, Thor, Wolverine, and Rogue — seemed like a cool pairing of[...]
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Yes, Danai Gurira can do The Walking Dead and Avengers: Infinity War…so relax. If you're like most, your "geek radar" went into overdrive when it was announced that The Walking Dead's Gurira (Michonne) would be reprising her Black Panther role as elite Wakandan fighter Okoye in Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Social media exploded with concerns over whether shooting schedules[...]
Marvel's Avengers: Secret Wars Returns Today With The Leader
Marvel's Avengers: Secret Wars season 4 kicks off this morning and we have a clip from the episodes Here we see the Leader and his Humanoids attacking the Avengers Marvel has also released a synopsis for the new season: This season the Avengers will muster all of their knowledge and strength to try and find a[...]
Early Concept Art For Black Panther Shows Off A Very Different Look
Marvel decided to drop that first teaser trailer on us and it kind of blew up the internet There were people looking at the fantastic costumes, the little details from various forms of African culture that have made their way into the movie (lip plates! in a superhero movie!) and racked up over 23 million[...]
Spider-Man Unlimited
A new arcade game based on the Sony / Marvel film is part of the restaurant chains sourcing strategy where they build partnerships with pop culture brands to come up with exclusive games and entertainment for their guests The new game is a custom arcade conversion by Adrenaline Amusements of the Spider-Man Unlimited game created[...]
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers Explained In 3 Minutes TL;DR
Marvel's TL;DR returns with a look at the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers series by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven For those who haven't read it, the series uses Star-Lord's original origin… he is the son of J'Son of Spartax and Meredith Quill J'Son crash landed on Earth during a fight with The[...]
The Defenders #1 Review – The Defenders Are Back To Kick Butt
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] If you haven't caught on by now, I'm not terribly familiar with a majority of the Marvel characters (hello team DC!), but I've been warming up to them over the past few months Thankfully Marvel has been releasing #1 issues like hot cakes, and low and behold I got The Defenders #1 this week. I[...]