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Prints Charming – Female Thor And Spider-Gwen Go To 4th Printings
The women of Marvel appear to be selling out. Thor #1, promoted on The View, featuring the first appearance of a new female Thor, is now to go to a fourth printing from Marvel Comics. While Edge Of Spider-Verse #2, featuring he first appearance of the Spider-Gwen character, soon to get her own series, is also going to[...]
Prints Charming – Thor #1 Goes To A Third Printing
As has Godkiller: Walk Among Us #2. Meanwhile, Robert Kirkman and Daniel Azaceta's Outcast has seen #2 go o a third print and #5 go to a second. While at Marvel, Thor #1 has a third print Thor #2 has a second, and so does Superior Iron Man #1 and All-New Captain America #1… [...]
63 Thoughts About 62 Of Today's Comics – Prometheus, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batgirl, Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn, Lady Demon, Copperhead, Charmed, Spider-Verse Team Up, Spider-Man, Supreme, Bitch Planet, Spider-Man & The X-Men, Skylanders, My Little Pony, Mercy Thompson, Fraggle Rock, Little Nemo, Peter Panzerfaust, Empty Man, Crossed Badlands, Wild Ones, God Is Dead, Earth 2, Batman Eternal, Thor, Avengers World, Carnage, Constantine, Amazing X-Men, Rocket Raccoon, Winterworld, Futures End, Alice Cooper, Shutter,  Magdalena, The Valiant, Princess Ugg, Helheim, V-Wars, TMNT, Angry Brids, Angry Birds Vs Transformers, Transformers, Bravest Warriors, Regular Show, Star Trek, Samurai Jack, October Faction, Suicide Risk, Maxx, D&D, 7th Sword, Hexed, Sirens, Eternal, Thomas Alsop, Deep State, Solar, Flash Gordon,  Ex-Con and John Carter
And it looks like Batgirl's new Burnside look hasn't been welcomed by everyone… That's the closest we're going to get to see Thor's real face for some time I'm thinking. And yes, as we predicted, a certain someone seems to be making a comeback in the Marvel Universe, courtesy of an Axis-inverted Doctor Doom and his new[...]
Idris Elba And The Science Of Racing
Luther and Thor star Idris Elba has signed on to front a new Discovery Channel show that will focus on the science of racing In the four part series, Elba will try to master rally driving, street racing, power boating and aerobatics while looking at the science, engineering and history of the sports. "I'm taking on[...]
Kids React To Avengers: Age Of Ultron Trailer
But the fact that the one kid regularly reads manga while another read a Thor comic once while the rest haven't read any is kind of a stark reminder that the movie success does not translate to new readers. [youtube]http://youtu.be/L1o90_YmtvI[/youtube] When I first saw the link to the video below, I figured it would be a[...]
Prints Charming – Marvel's Changing Trinity And A Deep State
And comics news reporting sites become implicit in that market distortion every time we run them as a story. Thor is now a woman Captain America is now a black man And Iron Man is now a right bastard. Storytelling or stunt, it's enough for the second issues of the first and the first issue of the[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column – Django/Zorro,The Bigger Bang, Deep State, All-New Captain America, Captain America And The Mighty Avengers, Superior Iron Man, Thor
This Week's Reviews: Django/Zorro #1 Bigger Bang #1 Deep State #1 All-New Captain America #1 Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 Superior Iron Man #1 Thor #2 Django/Zorro #1 (of 6) (Dynamite/Vertigo, $3.99) By Graig Kent When news hit from San Diego Comic Con of the Django/Zorro crossover, I was beyond excited.  I've been an avid fan of Quentin Tarantino since watching Pulp Fiction[...]
A Comic Show – Black Cap, Female Thor, And Douchey Iron Man!
Thor #2 continued the new adventures of the female Thor I don't even care that I don't know who she is Jason Aaron is first making us care about her, then he'll let us know her backstory. Image is on fire these days We got Outcast, The Walking Dead, Wytches, and more The new Drifter #1[...]
Heimdall And Loki In Avengers: Age Of Ultron
paper The Telegraph when he let slip that he and fellow actor Tom Hiddleston (Loki) had been in a scene with Chris Hemsworth (Thor) in the new Avengers: Age of Ultron film. "Ironically, yesterday I had to…" Elba chuckles He's not meant to talk about this, but he clearly enjoys doing things he's not meant to[...]
Marvel Announces Phase Three From 2016 – Including Civil War, Avengers Infinity War Two Parter, Captain Marvel, Black Panther (Starring Chadwick Boseman), Inhumans, Doctor Strange And Thor: Ragnarok (UPDATE)
Phase One was Iron Man 1 and 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's The Avengers Phase Two was Thor: The Dark World, Captain America; Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Ant Man. And Phase Three? Captain America: Civil War – May 6th 2016 Doctor Strange  – November[...]
Thor Fights Tooth And Claw Over 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! Looks like the female-lead relaunch of Thor #1 performed well in store as retailers up their numbers on #2 and reorder plenty of #1 A[...]
No, Everyone, This Is Not #ComicGate – Milo Manara Is Still Creating Covers For Marvel
We'd already pointed out that Milo Manara's variant cover for Thor #1, featuring the new female Thor, had slipped to Thor #2. But then I learnt that Milo was no longer doing that cover either, and the solicited cover for Avengers & X-Men: Axis #1 would now be by Siya Oum. Naturally it occurred to me that this could be as a result of the recent fuss[...]
When Deadpool Macks On To The New Thor – 8 Exclusive Covers From Hastings
The largest direct market comic store in the US, Hastings, has a batch of new variant editions for upcoming Marvel, Image and IDW titles… let's take a peek. Deadpool welcomes the new female Thor to the Marvel Universe as you might expect. And sees off Wolverine as… you might not expect.   We get to identify another of the[...]
The Marvel Cinematic Method – Can It Be Taught?
But it's more than just the big companies trying to mimic their success… The University of Baltimore announced in a press release that they will be offering a course this Spring focused on Marvel's interconnected universe and cinematic storytelling. A new University of Baltimore course, to be offered in the 2015 spring semester, will scrutinize the intricately[...]
Fox News Takes Sexism In Comics To A Whole New Level
In a segment that looks like its right out of the 1950s, Fox & Friends this morning did a report that started off with what they called the "wussification" of Popeye and lead to complaints about Thor being a woman and Wonder Woman not being in short shorts and a halter top in the new[...]
32 Thoughts About 32 Comics – Batman Eternal, Multiversity, Thor, Original Sin, Uncanny Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine & The X-Men, Miles Morales, Trees, Supreme, Sirens, All New X-Men, Deadpool, Gwen Stacy, Superior Spider-Man, The Shadow, Solar, Purgatori, The Wicked + The Divine, Devilers, Translucid, Bionic Woman, Hellraiser, Storyteller,  Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Cataclysm, Turtles In Time, X-Files, Transformers, Maxx, Littlest Pet Shop And Judge Dredd
Another week, another lovely batch of comic books to read through… so what takes your fancy today? Stephanie Brown gets some fatherly advice regarding using mobile devices while driving, in Batman Eternal.   Simon Bisley doesn't so much draw Thor as regurgitate it Raw, powerfel, syrong and possibly a little smelly. So, basically, Angela's real name has "Spawn" in[...]
Official Synopsis For Avengers: Age Of Ultron Released
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to[...]
Thor Sixth Scale Figure From Thor: The Dark World Review
I did the Sideshow Collectibles / Hot Toys Predator figure review typed up with pictures, but I figured since I'm actually out of town at a convention this weekend, I'd do the review of the Thor sixth-scale figure from Thor: The Dark World on video Now I'm still working the kinks out here, I can[...]