Author: Walt

Marvel’s Secret Empire Top Secret Villain Variant

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In early March, Marvel Comics announced a line of villain variants for the upcoming Secret Empire event series. The Secret Empire villain variants each feature a different major Marvel villain drawn by Dan Mora for each issue of the Secrete Empire series. The villains include Madame Hydra, Baron Zemo, Magneto, Kingpin, and Baron Mordo. However, the villain variant cover for Secret Empire #2 was held back and marked as “top secret.” Marvel was clearly trying to avoid spoiling something for fans, but now Marvel let the cat – or the…

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Marvel’s new Spider-Man chat bot: Captain America evil?

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[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Secret Empire.] To celebrate the start of the miniseries, which sees Captain America lean into his new Hydra-aligned history and take over the country, Marvel released a new chat bot that allows readers to chat with Spider-Man about the series. Although, the term chatting might be giving the bot a little too much credit. The conversation, which takes place in a Facebook Messenger window, starts with Spider-Man asking if you’re ready to join the fight against Hydra, but instead of allowing you to simply…

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New AMERICAN GODS Featurette

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Starz has debuted a new featurette for their upcoming small-screen take on Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and it serves as a handy introduction for those unfamiliar with the source materiel… The pilot episode of Starz and Bryan Full’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods will be with us very soon, and we have a new featurette (it’s being sold as a trailer but clearly isn’t) that provides a much better idea of the plot for those that might have been feeling a little lost by the previous promos and teasers.…

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Secret Empire #0 Hydra Cap’s Master Plan

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Story by Nick Spencer Art by Daniel Acuña and Rod Reis Cover by Mark Brooks  Publisher Marvel According to Marvel the “Secret Empire” #0, is the last big event in comics for them for a while. It has all the action and surprises of a Marvel-wide event. Individual heroes and teams are challenged to the limit of their abilities and overcome by a masterminds plan to take over all they hold dear and control the governments of the world and defeat all opposition to their domination of the world. Every…

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Where are the Fantastic Four?

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The Fantastic Four #1 (cover dated Nov. 1961), helped to usher in a new level of realism in the comic medium. The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics. This title would set the pace for the Marvel universe for years to come. It formed a cornerstone of the company’s 1960s rise from a small division of a publishing company to a pop culture giant. The first 100 comics would bring the Marvel…

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Dolph Lundgren in DC Films’ Aquaman

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Veteran superhero actor Dolph Lundgren has been cast in DC Films’ Aquaman as King Nereus of Xebel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Xebel is an seperate underwater kingdom neighboring Atlantis, and Lundgren’s Nereus is described as a rival “who claims Mera as his own and wants to kill Aquaman.” Nereus was created by Geoff Johns and Paul Pelletier in 2012’s Aquaman #19, and was tipped to play a part in Geoff Johns’ long-promised Aquaman: Legend of the Seven Seas story-arc. Director James Wan is scheduled to begin shooting Aquaman this…

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The Flash “The Once and Future Flash” Extended Trailer

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The Flash Trailer “The Once and Future Flash” The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 Trailer – Check out the new Trailer for The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 “The Once and Future Flash” airing Tuesday April 25th on The CW. Barry (Grant Gustin) travels to the future to find out Savitar’s still unknown identity in the hopes of saving Iris (Candice Patton). Upon his arrival in 2024, Barry encounters future versions of his Team Flash friends, who, following the death of Iris, have become very different people, profoundly impacted by…

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Thor Ragnarok Teaser Trailer Official

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Thor facing Hela, Thor loosing Mjölnir, Thor facing chains, Thor facing Valkyrie, Thor meeting Grandmaster, Thor vs Hulk, Thor and Loki all in this trailer. A must see for comic fans. This November, Thor: Ragnarok. Watch the teaser trailer now! Storyline: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

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Why Are Marvel Comic Sales Down?

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Recently I have been monitoring the message boards and blogs about the drop in sales of comics in general and especially Marvel sales. Many people blame the drop in Marvel sales is because of the direction they are going by abandoning the classic characters and becoming more diverse in story telling. The classic Marvel heroes have been primarily white and not of color, so their efforts are to introduce more people of color like Miles Morales (Spider-Man) and Riri Williams (Ironman). While that may have been the perception in modern…

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Spider-Man Homecoming New Trailer

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Spider-Man Homecoming New Trailer Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine — distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear. Micheal Keaton’s…

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New Justice League Movie Trailer

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Justice League Movie Trailer was released by Warner Bros. this Saturday. It was very good and highlighted the recruitment of Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash with shots of Batman and Wonder Woman and the others in action. No sign of Superman but there is a panel with Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Also there is a scene with J. K. Simmons as James Gordon Police commissioner. All in all it is worth viewing. May the movie itself be as entertaining. Check it out and comment. Justice League unites in theaters…

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BATMAN V SUPERMAN Final Profits

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Box Office Grosses aren’t the final story for most films… The actual money a studio makes depends on an assortment of factors and costs. Deadline Hollywood has crunched the available numbers and best estimates from Hollywood insiders to determine what kind of profits Batman V. Superman ultimately made after considering all revenue streams for the film itself and subtracting all of the assorted costs.  In the end, the film grossed $873m at the Worldwide box office, of which WB will pocket $367m. (The rest going to the theaters that showed…

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Game of Thrones Season 7 Teaser

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The dragons are bigger this season. Okay, we say that every year. But this time, they are a lot bigger. For Game of Thrones season 7, which has Daenerys’ trio of beasts headed to Westeros as part of the dragon queen’s invading fleet, the creatures are more fearsome than ever before. “The dragons this year are the size of 747s,” director Matt Shakman tells EW. “Drogon is the biggest of the bunch — his flame is 30-feet in diameter!” Shakman is one of four directors helming next season (the others…

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Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead Interview

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It’s already been confirmed that the duo will return, but the actress has now talked for the first time about her role in Deadpool 2. She hasn’t seen a script but is expected to get an updated appearance. “I’ve not yet actually read the script,” Hildebrand admitted, adding “But I do think she will be a lot cooler, based on the wardrobe ideas and stuff. I’m very excited.” She explained she’d just seen some concept art, “Just some ideas, nothing that’s concrete or anything. But I think it’s cool that…

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