Marvel is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Fantastic Four” #1 with a new image teasing at the possible return of the Human Torch to the Marvel Universe. The image consists of a shot of the Fantastic Four’s icon set against a satellite photo of the Earth with a date of November 2011 at the bottom. Listed at the top is the project’s creative team — last names only — of Hickman, Epting, Di Giandomenico, Yu and Dalrymple. While the first two are obviously referring to the team…
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Media Release — The original Starship Enterprise has traveled across time and space on its five-year mission, but it will be entering the DC Universe for the first time this summer. IDW Publishing is proud to announce its first-ever crossover with DC Comics’ Super Heroes in STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES, a six-issue monthly series beginning in October 2011. STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES tells the tale of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise, who beam down to a planet only to discover that the planet isn’t their intended…
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When the Thor movie came out we saw what we thought was the Infinity Gauntlet in Asgard but with the ending of the Captain America movie we now know that the Cosmic Cube was handled by the Red Scull towards the end of the movie and was recovered by Howard Stark the father of Tony Stark who is Iron Man. Well in the Avengers Secret trailer at the end of the Thor Movie the Cube is seen briefly in the film in a post-credits scene. Nick Fury shows the box…
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J. Michael Straczynski has been touted as one of the great writers of this Century. CBR TV at the San Diego Comic Con this year talks comics with him, what he likes in the industry and how he grades himself as a writer and what the future holds for Straczynski. Below is the lead story from CBR TV and video of the great interview with J. Michael Straczynski. Sorry won’t work on IPhone or IPad. Only on Mac or PC. J. Michael Straczynski, or JMS to his fans, spoke with…
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SPOILER WARNING: Plot points from this Wednesday’s “Ultimate Fallout” #4. News release from Marvel in CBR. Readers following Marvel Comics many teaser images for this week’s “Ultimate Fallout” #4 may have noticed that the daily countdown aspect promising a revelation as to the identity of the new Ultimate Spider-Man didn’t count down to the book’s on sale date of Wednesday. It counted to today. In accordance with their recent string of high profile mass media announcements, Marvel let early news of the reveal slip to USA Today…
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SPOILER WARNING: Green Lantern #67 has the biggest surprises for a Green Lantern fan in many years. The “War of the Green Lanterns” arc has come to an end but not without some controversy in the Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan who has been called the greatest of the Green Lanterns has killed the renegade Guardian Krona and set all the prisoners free and saved the Corps but was rewarded by being stripped of his Green Lantern Ring and kicked out of the Green Lantern Corps. Evidently the Guardians who…
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At their “Fear Itself” panel Sunday afternoon at Comic-Con International: San Diego, Marvel revealed what’s next: a brand new Incredible Hulk #1 in October, from the high-profile creative team of writer/Marvel Architect Jason Aaron (Wolverine, Scalped) and artist/Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri (Uncanny X-Men, The Darkness). I just read an exclusive interview by Albert Ching, Newsarama Staff Writer with Jason Aaron who is the new writer for Incredible Hulk with Greg Pak leaving the title in August with #635 as we have featured previously here. The Hulk has had many…
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Captain America the movie had surprise for those who saw it the first Avengers trailer. Here it is poor quality and all ,the end credits showing the Avengers preview for 2012. Tell me who you see in this preview, yes there is Loki in the movie. More Avengers Trailers
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It’s Friday! That means it’s movie time. As a comic book aficionado like us, we’re pretty sure you’ll be checking out Captain America this weekend. We are stoked for the release of the movie ourselves, and wanted to spread some cool facts about the history and story behind this iconic superhero with an info-graphic. You can see it in all of its glory here: Captain America Shield Click image to enlarge
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Colombia Pictures) 3 July 2012 (USA) Release date Cast: The film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen, and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves Official Link Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller Here is the first trailer for 2012′s Amazing Spider-Man
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SPOILER WARNING: Superman #713 was not what I expected from a J. Michael Straczynski story line I respect him and his writing skills. Having reached the pleasant town of Portland, Oregon and having no actual crime to fight, Clark suddenly finds himself wallowing in self-doubt and asking “Must There Be a Superman?” The strongest man in the world has doubts about who he is and his role in the world and how he should help people. This surely is brought out by the depression he feels from the destruction of…
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Spidey’s back! Well, almost. The Amazing Spider-Man doesn’t hit theaters for another year, but in anticipation of next week’s Comic-Con (July 21-24 in San Diego) we’ve got first looks at the new pictures from comicbookresourses.com we have our best looks to date at Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man, director Marc Webb’s franchise reboot. Four years after Spider-Man 3, starring Tobey Maguire, The Amazing Spider-Man promises to be a “more contemporary,” “more gritty,” and “more character-driven” look at the comic book hero. He’s a hero the 27-year-old Garfield knows well.…
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Here is a twist in the Fear Itself story. Who are the Mighty? Soon to be introduced to fight the Serpent and his Worthy. We know who “The Worthy” are, but who will become “The Mighty”? If you’ve been following the Fear Itself story line then you already know that Odin’s arch nemesis and brother has teamed up with the Red Skull‘s daughter, Sin. Together, they have chosen and resurrected “The Worthy,” heroes and villains who have been altered to do The Serpent‘s bidding. But how will the heroes fight…
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I was waiting to give a review of Green Lantern the Movie till I saw it again with a friend to brainstorm the good and the bad points of the movie. After the mixed reviews I wanted not to rush to a hurried conclusion. Below is some of the reviews of critics of the movie. 6 out of 36 critics gave a fresh rating to the movie on Rotten Tomatoes, 30 gave a rotten rating. Resulting in an overall 17 rating: Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an…
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A Fear Itself #5 teaser has been released by Marvel Comics. Following on the heals of the release of Fear Itself #4, the images promise an all-out brawl in next month’s issue. The teaser shows close-ups of Thor, the Hulk and the Thing – the latter two having fallen under the power of the Serpent and transformed into his hammer-wielding ‘Worthy’. And while the brawl rages, the Serpent’s forces deal Captain America a blow not even he can withstand. A second teaser hints at the ongoing events in Fear Itself:…
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Well we have a pretty good idea what DC is trying to do with the new titles and re-numbering. They are trying to attract new readers and they are betting on the new digital market to be a gold mine. Just maybe they will do a great job with the Re-Launch the talent is there, but what was so bad about the old universe? The answer is nothing except the fact Marvel has beat you for the last 40 years in every way possible. So it is time to shake…
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For those of you that did not know “Powers” is an American creator-owned police procedural comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Michael Avon Oeming (artist). The series’ first volume was published by Image Comics (2000 to 2004). Subsequent volumes (beginning in 2004 along with David Mack’s Kabuki) have been published by Marvel Comics as a part of the Icon imprint. Powers is set in a world where superpowers are relatively common but not mundane. It follows the lives of two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, police…
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PowersMajor Spoilers: Ultimate Spider-Man #160 has made it clear the character that started the Ultimate Universe the Peter Parker Spider-man is dead. #160 of Ultimate Spider-Man is bringing an end to the 10 year run of the character. This will end the sold out “Death of Spider-Man” story arc, and it will set up an all new Spider-Man book. In a recent press release, Marvel Senior Editor, Mark Paniccia, had this to say: 10 years ago, Brian Bendis and Mark Millar changed the way people saw super heroes with the…
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Here it is the latest in trailers for the new Captain American Movie coming July 22 next month. Watch closely contains new scenes not seen by the general public. Nostalgic and awesome this movie will be The first Avenger by Marvel Entertainment. This is one I would not miss the introduction of an icon.
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I just read an article about comic creativity from Mark Millar on the current state of comics and why he left the big two Marvel and DC. He was very negative about the Big Event comics and why Marvel and DC do them. The Article is found on Comic Book News if you would like to read it. I must say that I understand why he may criticize the big guys, Millar is currently doing only his creator owned comics, having recently announced he will no longer be doing work…
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Supergirl is being re-introduced this September with a new restart of the character. The female Girl of Steel and what will be different about her is not clear but she is getting some new threads. Wow has her costume changed over the years. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959, and she first appeared in Action Comics, in whose first issue Superman himself was introduced. The official first appearance of Kara Zor-EL was in Action Comics #252 you see a great example…
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Stormwatch #1 is one of DC’s harder Edge books coming out this September courtesy of The Source. They are Stormwatch, a dangerous super human police force whose existence is kept secret from the world Directly following the ominous events of SUPERMAN #1, Adam One leads half the Stormwatch team to recover the [INFORMATION REDACTED] from deep in the Himalayas. Meanwhile, Jack Hawksmoor and the rest of the Stormwatch crew look to recruit two of the deadliest super humans on the planet: Midnighter and Apollo! And if they say no? Perhaps…
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Media Release — It has all been leading to this! Buckle your seatbelts, True Believers, for an action-packed emotional roller coaster that will forever change the X-Men and the landscape of Mutantkind forever in X-Men: Schism #1! Courtesy of Marvel Architect Jason Aaron and superstar artist Carlos Pacheco, the opening salvo for the X-Event of the century begins with a bang as a mutant-triggered incident sends humankind in a frenzy! They’ve always been brothers in arms, but finally one of them has gone too far. The long awaited confrontation between…
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Media Release — Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Fear Itself #4 (of 7) from the chart-topping team of Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen! The unthinkable has happened—Sin has dealt a crushing blow to Bucky Barnes, aka Captain America, unleashing her full fury on the Marvel Universe! With his country in flames, Steve Rogers enters the trenches, forcing the biggest decision of his entire life. And as the Marvel Universe hangs in the balance, Thor must finally confront the Serpent himself. Can the God of Thunder overcome…
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Let me introduce you to IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title “Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share” for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic Distributors.IDW is currently recognized as the fifth largest publisher of American comic books by Diamond Comic Distributors.In addition to their printed comics and graphic novels, IDW has more than 650 books in…
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