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Could Speedball Be An Inhuman Next?
There are spoilers for  recent issues of Axis and for aired episodes of the TV show Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD coming up Be warned. Speedball, Robbie Baldwin, was created by Tom DeFalco and Steve Ditko as a Marvel Comics New Universe character that never made it to publication. Appearing in Amazing Spider-Man, he then had his own[...]
Talking To Mark Gruenwald About Captain America And DP7 Back In 1988 (VIDEO)
I think we completed two episodes and didn't use any of the footage we shot in 1988 at The Wonderful World of Comics Convention (phew! No 'wonder' we shortened the name!) So one of those interviews, with the late Mark Gruenwald, who in 1988, was Marvel's Executive Editor and a writer of a couple of titles[...]
How Will Marvel Try To Make Star Wars #2 The Best Selling Comic Of February?
But will Star Wars #2 be the biggest dropoff in sales of any comic book ever? It also has multiple covers, (including one from Berke Breathed) but not quite the intensity… Well, this is how Marvel want to keep things going. If retailers order as many of Star Wars #2 as they did #1 (fat chance normally),[...]
In Its 75th Year… How Are Marvel's Ongoing Comic Book Titles Looking?
A mixture of news, rumour and more mindless speculation… how are Marvel's ongoing titles looking right now? Which will stay, which will go and which will… transform?? Ending Cyclops (Likely to end after Black Vortex.) All-New Ghost Rider (Looks like #12 is the end.) Nightcrawler (seemingly done by #12) X-Force (likely to end at #16?) Avengers World (Mostly be redundant after the pre 8[...]
Star Wars #1 And Marvel Dominate Advance Reorders More Than Ever Before
Their perfect ten was marred only by Marvel's Ant-Man which, itself, grabs four slots In all, Marvel have the top twenty completely to themselves, with only Batman Mad Love and Tooth & Claw stopping them from having the whole twenty-five It's the most dominnt a publisher has ever been in the advance reorder stakes as[...]
Bookmarks Reveals Which Books Crossover In The Black Vortex
Keep up with your favorite cosmic titles as they prepare for an epic battle unlike any they've ever faced! Billions of lives are at stake, and to prevent The Black Vortex from falling in to the wrong hands, the heroes of the Marvel Universe will have to face the darkness inside themselves Would you submit to[...]
Marvel Updates Ant-Man Synopsis And Adds A Few Names
Marvel has released an updated synopsis for the Ant-Man movie that includes four characters we hadn't seen before: Dave, Kurt, Gale and Castillo With only one name to go by, it would be difficult to match these characters up to anyone in the Marvel Universe. The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member[...]
Ch-Ch-Changes – From Death of Wolverine To Suicide Squad (UPDATE)
A run through a few solicitation changes from Marvel and DC Comics of late, twixt solicitation and publication… including the new cover to Justice League #37, above. Futures End #33 was solicited with art from Scot Eaton but has been replaced by Stephen Thompson. Legendary Star-Lord #8 will now be drawn by Freddie E[...]
Here Comes The Trial Of Hank McCoy…
At the Cup Of Joe panel at San Diego Comic Con this year, Brian Bendis told one questioner that Bendis told a fan that, as well as big plans for the