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Another Of The Avengers Is Set For Iron Man 3 Appearance
As well as Tony spewing his well intentioned and cheerfully fatalistic crazy juice all over the place, it gives Gwyneth Paltrow someone new to bounce off and leads to the best fight scene gag that Marvel have done to date, with Widow destroying a legion of guards in the time it takes Happy to hit[...]
How To Claim Your Free $5 Of Print Comics Through Marvel
Marvel has done this digital-to-print voucher before but there are a few new rules this time. Rather than get the voucher with any purchase, you have to buy from a set list of Avengers and X-Men related titles (below) None of the items are marked at 99c or $1.49, $1.99 is the minimum you can spend[...]
Sunday Runaround – Breasts, Fairies, Tattoos, Serial Killers And Mitt Romney
The artist's name was Fran Matera. Sneak Peek: AvX: VS #1 | Marvel Heroes | Comic News | News | Marvel.com Marvel is proud to present your first look at AVX VS #1, the explosive, high-octane action packed tie-in to the hotly-anticipated blockbuster event of the year–Avengers VS X-Men Hip-Hop Rumors: Will T.I Be Starring As A Superhero[...]
This Avengers Comic Is Very Bad. But It Is Also Free.
Actor and comics writer James Amus, who has recent written a Generation Hope arc that I much admired, has a new Marvel comic out It's completely free And it's completely awful. Part of some special projects deal, Marvel have created an Avengers comic to emphasise good personal banking practices, with Visa The usual thing, the Avengers[...]
Avengers Heroic Age Hardcover (Hulk Not Included)
Tom Huxley writes for Bleeding Cool; The Avengers: Heroic Age by Brian Michael Bendis, which came out this week, features Bendis' first seventeen Avengers comics under the "Heroic Age" banner from just over a year ago, in Marvel's oversized hardback format at a pretty reasonable price, just in time for The Avengers movie[...]
The Return Of Stephen Platt
He later created his own book, Soul Saga and then… nothing., He disappeared into film. Recently he returned to comics, drawing cover for Marvel And now he's having a look at some of his board, old and new, and posting them on Facebook  Care for a blast from the past? [...]
Roger Bonas Passes
Roger Bonas, manager at DC Comics, working on foreign licensing and in charge of reproduction and the film archives, passed away on Tuesday afternoon. He had a long career in this field, ove twenty years, working at both at Marvel and DC. While you may not find his name as a creator credit on many comics, you[...]
Buy Avengers Vs X-Men #0, Get Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Free
Yes folks, it's time for another $5 of free print comics when you buy selected X-Men or Avengers digital comics on the Marvel App from March 25th to March 31st. Basically, buy Avengers Vs X-Men #0 digitally, get Avengers Vs X-Men #1 and more for free We've pointed out how retailers have basically ordered it for free,[...]
Yes, America, There Will Be A S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 And #6
Marvel representatives have told me that the final two issues wil, most definitely, see publication in 2012… after all there's a hardcover volume scheduled for November the 21st – my fortieth birthday, you'd better get a move on, Marvel. You don't want to spoil such a momentous occasion, do you?   The fourth issue of Jonathan Hickman[...]
Thursday Trending Topics: Bendis, Simonson, Avengers
Nobody doesn't like those rather wonderful Avengers #25 pages that Marvel sneak previewed today,  written by Bendis and drawn by Walt Simonson Walt, good to have you back. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Everybody Stop And Look At Walter Simonson's Artwork For Avengers #25  As you were. STOLEN: Trailer With Thousands Of Avatar Comics And Graphic Novels  Avatar Press has suffered[...]
Amazon Glitch: Days Of Future Comics
Marvel have most titles, but IDW have a fair number too Fill your boots, folks… Amazing Spider-Man: Ends Of The Earth HC $10.41 Full price $29.99 65% off August. Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 2: Devil in the Details $5.25 Full price $12.99 60% off July. Avengers: X-Sanction $10.51 Full price $24.99 55% off May. Iron Man: Revenge of[...]
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Season Two Trailer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojm5KsKXAA8[/youtube] Here, have some promotional text courtesy of Marvel; Assemble!! Marvel's The Avengers hits the big screen May 4… But in the meantime, get your hero fix with Marvel TV's trailer for season 2 of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, premiering April 1 inside Marvel Universe on Disney XD!  The Avengers have fought against some of the[...]
Supercrooks, Kick Ass 2, Secret Service – And The Films That Inspire Them
Especially if it's one of his. Today we get Kick Ass 2 #7 with John Romita Jr, Supercrooks with Leinil Yu, and a preview of The Secret Service with Dave Gibbons, all of which are published from Marvel Comics And they all wear their film influences on their sleeves, while being simultaneously embedded in comic books[...]
Tuesday Trending Topics: Paper Chase
Or maybe it'll be something about a DC Nation cartoon first, or a Marvel Studios movie, or a convention, or a local shop.         [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TOo9Zm4A8Q[/youtube]     Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Top Ten Horrific Reasons To Love WonderCon  In no particular order, here are the top ten reasons horror comic fans should have attended this past weekend's WonderCon in Anaheim: The Killing Joke[...]
Avengers Vs X-Men #1 To Ship To Stores A Week Early, Under Lock And Key!
And they will then have to keep them away from sale for a whole week. Already Diamond and Marvel are promising dire retribution to any retailer who does sell copies up to a week early Such as not being able to run a Marvel promotion again There is also shaming by either retailers, it is likely[...]
Marvel "Greatly Reduces" Newsstand Distribution
It was only a few years ago that Marvel was following the Panini model by collecting 2-3 copies into one and selling them on newstands for $3.99 or $4.99 It was seen as a solid way to "get them when they were young", expanding out, beyond the traditional comic store. But of late, Marvel has been[...]
Tuesday Runaround – The Secrets Of Marvelman And Miracleman
"As he is essentially the last remaining acolyte of Ducra's, it's going to put him in a terribly awkward position moving forward." Sneak Peek: Secret Avengers #24 | Avengers | Comic News | News | Marvel.com Marvel is proud to present your first look at SECRET AVENGERS #24, from the team of Rick Remender, Gabriel Hardman &[...]
An Iron Man Made Of Urine Wins Art Prize
Taiwanese art student Wong Tin Cheung has won a major art prize from the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts worth $13,500 for an artwork depicting the face of Iron Man, made with a variety of types of his own urine. A fan of Marvel Comics, he was inspired by finding blood in his urine, to create[...]
Brian Wood Takes On Both X-Men And Ultimate Comics X-Men This Summer
It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Marvel mutants at Wondercon, and here's the latest… Marvel has just announced that Brian Wood will take over writing both X-Men and Ultimate Comics X-Men beginning in June with X-Men #30 and Ultimate Comics X-Men #13  More on this to come, I'm sure… It's shaping up to[...]
Exclusives No More…
Both at Marvel and DC, the word has come from on high that the exclusive deal, guaranteeing a creator a guaranteed amount of work, at a negotiated high pay price along with employment perks, is to be – if not dropped – then reduced. The move began last year when certain creators found that they were[...]
Swipe File: Captain Marvel And Rosie The Riveter
While some have noted the resemblance of the new Captain Marvel to Marvelwoman/Miraclewoman, as portrayed by John Totleben below, there's one of the released images of the new Ms Marvel that bears another resemblace to the World War II poster image, now associated with Rosie The Riveter. Rosie The Riveter first appeared in wartime US[...]
The X-Men Get Bedazzled
Quite a few eyebrows were raised last week when Marvel teased a new title called X-Treme X-Men, revealing no other info  What puts the X-Treme in X-Men? Well, Dazzler, for one thing  At WonderCon today, Marvel revealed that she would be one of the key characters of the title, along with alternate reality versions of Wolverine,[...]