Category: Books

Behold PAUL BETTANY as THE VISION in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Poster

The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel
The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel

Behold The Vision.

Marvel revealed a full look at Paul Bettany as the iconic android in a new Avengers: Age of Ultron poster.

Bettany voiced Tony Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S. in four earlier Marvel films and materializes on screen as The Vision.

In comics, Ultron creates the red-faced android to infiltrate and destroy the heroes from within but he turns on his creator and became a fan-favorite member of the team.

Now as we’ve seen, Marvel Studios does not always follow comics canon. For example, Tony Stark creates Ultron in the film instead of Hank Pym. Continue reading Behold PAUL BETTANY as THE VISION in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Poster

VALIANT Kills With BOOK OF DEATH

Book of Death courtesy Valiant
Book of Death courtesy Valiant

Valiant is killing it’s gallery of heroes in a major summer event.

The death of Ninjak.

The final fate of Bloodshot.

The redemption of Toyo Harada,

The next bearer of the X-O Manowar armor.

After the ominous tease at Emerald City Comicon…today Valiant announced BOOK OF DEATH – the epic new Valiant event of 2015 starting with BOOK OF DEATH #1 (of 4) from writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR, Green Lantern), Robert Gill (ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER, Batgirl) and visionary artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS). BOOK OF DEATH continues throughout the summer with four standalone one-shots.

A new Geomancer emerges to build a bridge to the future of the Valiant Universe! Continue reading VALIANT Kills With BOOK OF DEATH

DAREDEVIL For VIRGINS

Charlie Cox in Daredevil courtesy Marvel
Charlie Cox in Daredevil courtesy Marvel

Marvel is about to make the leap into Netflix with an original series starring Daredevil. Matt Murdock (his alter ego) is one of Marvel’s most enduring and gripping characters with a huge history and even a movie in his past but it’s an all-new start for The Man Without Fear.

Here’s what you need to know about the crusading attorney by day and masked vigilante by night to be ready for the Netflix series when it’s ready for download on April 10th:

Matt Murdock was raised by single father in Hell’s Kitchen of New York City. “Battling” Jack Murdock was a boxer who pushed his son to focus on education, a life of non-violence and to be a better man. Matt was bullied a school, called “Daredevil” as a joke but trained in secret to learn to defend himself. Continue reading DAREDEVIL For VIRGINS

MIDNIGHTER Solo Preview

Grayson #6 courtesy DC Comics
Grayson #6 courtesy DC Comics

One of the most extreme and uniquely dark anti-hero of DC or any comics gets his own new series this June – one of 24 new books following Convergence.

You might call Midnighter a hybrid of Batman/Wolverine/Captain America but he’s very unusual and distinct as one of the few openly gay heroes and he’s an extremely violent hero.

Midnighter debuted in Stormwatch, then co-starred with his future husband Apollo in The Authority, had a brief solo Wildstorm. In teh New 52, Midnighter was part of a revamped Stormwatch and recently clashed with super spy Dick Grayson in Grayson.

He’s one of our top picks for a GLBT DC character to star in their own television series.

Writer Steve Orlando explains why he’s taking on Midnighter in a new DCComics.com interview: Continue reading MIDNIGHTER Solo Preview

SUICIDE SQUAD Cast Photo Reveals New Actors, No Joker

The cast of Suicide Squad courtesy David Ayer via Twitter
The cast of Suicide Squad courtesy David Ayer via Twitter

Director David Ayer brings on the bad guys in Suicide Squad, based on the DC Comics book in which super villains are recruited for covert government missions as part of their sentence.

The director revealed the cast including new actors via Twitter in a cast read through.

Here’s who’s who from top left then bottom right back: Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Cast Photo Reveals New Actors, No Joker

RYAN REYNOLDS ON DEADPOOL DEATH

Deadpool #45 courtesy Marvel
Deadpool #45 courtesy Marvel

Deadpool is dead…long live Deadpool?

The Merc With a Mouth died in Deadpool #45 this week. That’s not a spoiler since Marvel had been promoting the big event which is also the 250th issue of Wade Wilson’s comic.

Ryan Reynolds made a comment while filming the Deadpool movie on location with via Twitter:

“Smells like someone died up in here. #alivepool”

Is that Reynolds in costume taking a bathroom break while reading the momentous issue? Continue reading RYAN REYNOLDS ON DEADPOOL DEATH

AGENTS OF SHIELD Leads To CIVIL WAR And INHUMANS Movies?

Agents of SHIELD Afterlife by Dave Johnson courtesy Marvel
Agents of SHIELD Afterlife by Dave Johnson courtesy Marvel

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to reveal more Inhuman secrets in Afterlife, an episode packed with triple crosses and maybe setting the stage for events in Captain America: Civil War and Inhumans films.

Before we recap and ask our latest burning questions…

Here’s a SPOILER ALERT!

If you did not see this week’s episode yet stop reading now.

Here it comes: Continue reading AGENTS OF SHIELD Leads To CIVIL WAR And INHUMANS Movies?

MARVEL TEAM MIX-UPS

All-New, All-Different Avengers courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers courtesy Marvel

Johnny Storm in the Inhumans?

Ultimate Spider-Man in the Avengers?

On Free Comic Book Day we’ll see a look at Marvel after Secret Wars with the All-New, All-Different Avengers and Uncanny Inhumans.

The days of mutants only in X-books or other Marvel mainstays sticking with the same team are over. Sometimes mixing it up is just what a character, team or book needs.

Here are our favorite Marvel team mix and matches that shocked at first but worked. Continue reading MARVEL TEAM MIX-UPS