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Marvel's Biggest Event Ever Gets Even Bigger with War of the Realms: War Scrolls
Marvel has heard what you're saying, true believers! You want more super-mega-crossover events, with more tie-ins, more spinoffs, more variant covers Well, fear not! Marvel has announced another companion mini-series for War of the Realms, which they're billing as their biggest-ever super-mega-crossover event, of "unparalleled scale," and likened to Secret Wars And now, 3 issues[...]
Age of Rebellion Comes to Marvel's Star Wars Comics in April
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Darth Vader, Jabba the Hutt, and Grand Moff Tarkin are all getting comic book #1 issues starting in April as Marvel's Age of Star Wars initiative shifts from the Age of Republic to the Age of Rebellion, focusing on characters from the original Star Wars trilogy. A press[...]
[RUMOR]: X-Men TV Projects May End Up on Disney+ Following Merger
We've been doing a lot of talking about the possible implications if/when the Disney purchase of FOX goes through, primarily about the fate of the Fox-owned Marvel X-Men franchise. There was a story earlier this week, a rumor, that Dark Phoenix and New Mutants (if it ever sees the light of day) will be the last two Marvel property[...]
The Fantastic Four Get a Death Sentence in April
The Fantastic Four have only just returned from their Ike Perlmutter mandated absence, but it looks like Marvel is already planning to kill them off! In Perlmutter's ultimate revenge, as enacted by the very Perlmutter-like figure Doctor Doom, the Fantastic Four will be sentenced to death in April. A press release contains more details about Fantastic[...]
Doctor Strange Puts on His Galactus Hat in April
In April's Doctor Strange #13…he might become Galactus himself? That's what we call a promotion! Marvel teased the issue, which will be solicited soon, on their website: Last month, Marvel.com teased the new role of Doctor Stephen Strange as the Herald of Galactus in DOCTOR STRANGE #12 (on sale Wednesday, March 6) Writer Mark Waid said that[...]
Malekith Takes Manhattan in War of the Realms #2; Plus: a Midnight Release
Ahead of their April solicitations, Marvel has revealed more details about War of the Realms, specifically War of the Realms #2, which sees Malekith's invasion come to New York City And with Thor too busy to get involved (come on, Thor!), it could mean trouble as Marvel kicks what they've promised is their biggest-ever super-mega-crossover[...]
The Next Update to Disney Infinity Would Have Been Crossover Heaven
For the first time, it's now been confirmed the next step would have ended up having a massive roster of Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel characters from multiple IPs in one new storyline. credit//P Tologist The primary mission, which is basically an alpha design of the story and has some rocky animations and cutscenes, shows Aladdin[...]
The Punisher Season 2: 4 New Images and 2 New Posters
The show, which will drop next week on Netflix, is rumored to be one of the last seasons we'll see from the Marvel-Netflix partnership Maybe that's why there hasn't been a huge marketing push for this season; a lot of people are expecting that the show is going to be canceled not long after the[...]
Will a Non-Core X-Book Ever Survive the Experience? [X-ual Healing 1-9-19]
As we move into the next era of X-Men, will Marvel figure out a strategy to make a non-core title last more than 12 issues? We'll talk about it as we recap this week's X-books… Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered[...]
Namor is Kinda Useless in Next Week's Invaders #1
Invaders #1 hits stores next Wednesday, January 16. Invaders #1 (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Carlos Magno (A/CA) Butch Guice THE GREATEST GENERATION OF MARVEL HEROES IS BACK – TO STOP ONE OF THEIR OWN! In commemoration of Marvel's 80th anniversary and springing from events in the pages of AVENGERS and THE BEST DEFENSE, the Marvel Universe's first super-team is[...]
So Many Nazis Will Be Punched in Next Week's Marvel Comics Presents #1
For example, Namor was still kind of a grouch, and in this preview of next week's Marvel Comics Presents debut, taking place back in the Golden Age, he just wants to be done with the surface world and all their wars. Unfortunately, the Americans have other ideas Hitler may be dead, but there are still Nazis[...]
Ghost Snake Problems in Next Week's Conan the Barbarian #2
Conan the Barbarian is just 2 issues into his triumphant return to Marvel Comics, and he's already gotten himself into quite the mess Next week sees the release of the second issue of the barbarian's eponymous series and in the preview below, we see that Conan has already ran afoul of a ghost snake. Yikes! What[...]
Kelly Sue DeConnick Says Captain Marvel's Cat Goose is Female!
One of the interesting changes coming in Marvel Studios' upcoming Captain Marvel film is the name difference of Carol Danvers' cat In the comics, the cat's name is Chewy (after Chewbacca, of course), but in the film, the feline will have a new name. As revealed through some of the early merchandise for the Marvel Cinematic Universe[...]
The Least You Can Do is Get Her Name Right…Next Week's Ironheart #2
We know Ironheart is one of Marvel's newest superheroes, but with all the hype in the media, you'd think the denizens of the Marvel Universe would have learned her name by now! In a preview of next week's issue of Ironheart, Riri Williams breaks up a robbery at a local store, teaching criminals that not[...]
[Rumor] 'Dark Phoenix' $200 Million Budget Due to Reshoots?!
Pushed back twice–once for reshoots, once for…we're still not sure–the Simon Kinberg-directed feature could very well be the last of the Fox Marvel X-Men films. We say that because of course with the Disney/Fox merger looming, things will change for the Marvel-ous properties Fox has maintained a death-grasp on[...]
So, What is Actually Going On With X-Men: Age Of X-Man? (Major Spoilers)
Below are the solicitations for opening issues of Age Of X-Man. The upcoming Marvel mutant event was rapidly pushed together as the main planned-for big mutant event wasn't quite ready and was delayed to the summer But, necessity is always the mother of invention. We've had a sneak peek at Age Of X-Man: Alpha, the opening issue by Zac[...]
[RUMOR] Are 'Gambit', 'X-Force', 'Multiple Man' Films Dead?
Strap on that snorkel, we're diving deep into the rumor waters for this one. The future of the Marvel properties that Fox holds the film rights to is very much up in the air with the looming Disney purchase The pushback of release dates for both Dark Phoenix (twice) and New Mutants (also twice) was the spark of much[...]
RUMOR: Lady Sif TV Show in the Works for Disney+
They say that another Marvel show is on the way to Disney+ and this one will star Lady Sif, portrayed in other media by Jamie Alexander. In some ways, this makes a lot of sense One of the reasons Sif was missing from Thor: Ragnarok is because of Alexander's commitments to her show Blindspot on NBC[...]