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What Is Going On With The Spider-Man Casting?
Add the complication that the casting is being done by two studios: Marvel and Sony, and it's bound to be a mess. A few weeks back we got a report that Asa Butterfield was a lock and was in contract negotiations Now he seems to be out of the picture all together. Then on Thursday, The Walking[...]
Latest Ant-Man Posters Focuses On Ties To The Avengers
In the latest batch of posters for Ant-Man, the studio focuses on his ties to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers specifically Each poster shows him with a piece of Avengers weaponry Below those three there is probably the best looking Ant-Man poster yet… from Russia For me it really nails the feel of[...]
AKA Jessica Jones Steps In Line And Thor Gets A What If?
So the books are having another namechange to match it. So the upcoming AKA Jessica Jones Alias Vol 1 and 2 will be now simply be Jessica Jones: Vol 1 Alias and Vol 2 Alias. Not the only Marvel collection change of note, the Premiere collection of Thor Vol 2 collecting Thor 6-8 and the Annual #1[...]
Latest Marvel Contract Demands No Criticism from Creators?
Comic book writer Brian Keene interviewed veteran comic creator Scott Edelman on his podcast The Horror Show, embedded below. During which Edelman gave details on a new Marvel contract he was asked to sign I was asked to write an essay to go with the Marvel Masterworks for Captain Marvel, they just got up to volume no[...]
Marvel Publish Captain America White, After Waiting Seven Years
We told you this was coming… Captain America: White, Marvel's latest book – in both senses of the word Only seven years late Makes Uncanny X-Men #600 look on time By Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale and with its first two issues out in September, as if to make up for the delay. It is an peculiarly[...]
Marvel To Publish 'Adult Colouring Books'
Anyway, Marvel – who have been happy providing normal kids colouring books, have stepped in With Civil War, Age Of Ultron and… Okay, how in the world is Little Marvel an adult colouring book? Look I get it with the art for Age Of Ultron… And for Civil War, maybe Lots of tricky bits[...]
We Stand On Guard Tops This Weeks Advance Reorders
Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And the biggest increase of advance reorders for a comic yet to be published is the debut of Bryan K Vaughan and Steve Skroce's new[...]
Disney's SDCC Plans Are A Whole Lot Of Star Wars
There will be no presentations from Marvel Studios and everything else from the parent company will take place on Friday, July 10th And all of it but one is focused on Star Wars. It seems odd to me that Marvel aren't having a panel for Ant-Man as the film opens after the convention Seems like a new[...]
Chiwetel Ejoifor Cast Opposite Cumberbatch In Doctor Strange As Baron Mordo
Because, according to Deadline, Chiwetel has been cast as Baron Mordo. The golden age of  cinema is upon us again and its name is Marvel. Although he's an enemy in the comics, don't look for him to be necessarily a completely villainous character Rather, he's an amalgamation of characters culled from Doctor Strange's mythology[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – We're All Doomed
On Wednesday, the launch of Plants Vs Zombies, Black Canary, Doomed, Harley Quinn & Power Girl, Dr Fate, Justice League Of America, Prez, Martian Manhunter, Robin Son Of Batman, TMNT Casey & April, Astronauts In Trouble, Empty Zone, Tales Of Honor: Bred To Kill, Runaways, Squadron Sinister, Thors, Princeless: Be Yourself, Fathom Blue, Fiction and[...]
How Secret Wars-y Are Today's Secret Wars Crossovers? Part III
Although in today's Captain Marvel And The Carol Corps #1, whether or not they have a sun seems to be in debate… Could they both be right? Anyway, what with border invasions and lotsa Doom, this gets a considerable head count as a result. The opposite of Secret Wars 2099 #2 which doesn't acknowledge the wider[...]
Brian Bendis Kills Hawkeye For One Last Time
He famously opened his career-defining Avengers Disassembled story with the death of Hawkeye, Clint Barton, a scene that I managed to accidentally spoil, after a Marvel creator was heard boasting about it in the gym True story. Well, in today's Ultimate End, he does it again. Note that's the 616 Hawkeye who is talking there, courtesy[...]