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BLACK BOLT Rises in UNCANNY UNHUMANS

A fallen King rises in Uncanny Inhumans #0 this Spring.

Marvel announced a brand new series by Charles Soule starring Black Bolt. The Inhumans leader has been MIA since his showdown with Thanos in Infinity. His Queen, Medusa, is leading her race and rescuing NuHumans in the Inhuman series by Soule.

Black Bolt rarely speaks because his voice can destroy entire cities so he rules with actions not words. The leader’s agenda for his race will be made loud and clear in the new series. Continue reading BLACK BOLT Rises in UNCANNY UNHUMANS

THE WALKING DEAD Season 5 Midseason Poster

Where will the survivors of The Walking Dead go next?

AMC TV revealed the poster for the Season 5 Midseason premiere featuring the map Abraham gave Rick with this route to Washington, D.C.

“The new world’s gonna need Rick Grimes” is a phrase from Morgan, last seen tracking Rick’s group and discovering a map at the ashes of Terminus. Continue reading THE WALKING DEAD Season 5 Midseason Poster

MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL Release Date

Marvel sets the date for the debut of Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix.

Season One will premiere on April 10 at 12:01 am.

The Man Without Fear will star in the first of four new series on Netflix.

Marvel is celebrating the announcement with a new motion poster showing the vigilante’s symbol lighting up a dark city.

See it below (Warning if you’re watching at work: it has audio.) Continue reading MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL Release Date

AGENT CARTER Evil Easter Eggs

Hayley Atwell is back as Peggy Carter in Marvel’s Agent Carter. The new television series picks up Peggy’s story in 1946 after losing Steve Rogers. Peggy is in New York City working for the S.S.R. while going on a secret missions for Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) with his butler, Edwin Jarvis.

The action-packed premiere was filled with classic Marvel comics villains and homages so who’s who and what’s what?

In the tradition that started with Avengers for Virgins…here’s a breakdown of the Easter eggs in Agent Carter. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Evil Easter Eggs

ANT-MAN Trailer

Marvel debuted the first trailer for Ant-Man in the premiere of Agent Carter.

Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang, a criminal who get a second chance to be a hero from inventory Hank Pym played by Michael Douglas.

The first official trailer also gives us a first look at Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne with a hairstyle homage to Janet Van Dyne (aka Wasp) and Corey Stoll who will become the villain known as Yellowjacket.

The iconic suit, the helmet, the shrinking and of course…ants!

Take a look! Continue reading ANT-MAN Trailer

G. WILLOW WILSON on X-MEN

A Seattle writer’s comic book success keeps soaring as she takes on one of the most famous teams in comics.

G. Willow Wilson launched a brand new Ms. Marvel to critical acclaim and sales success in 2014. The book was named the number one series of 2014 by Comic Book Resources.

Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel’s real name) was the first Muslim character to to lead their own mainstream comic book. Wilson is now a Marvel exclusive creator and writing the all-female X-Men book.

X-Men #23 arrives in comic shops this week. The Burning World is the name of Wilson’s first arc as Storm, Psylocke, Rachel Grey and Monet investigate a mysterious event at a “Burning Man” style concert.

Will the mutants be outmatched by what could be a natural phenomenon?

What it’s like to write an iconic superhero like Storm (as played by Halle Berry in movies) and will a mutant connected to mother Earth fight the planet? Continue reading G. WILLOW WILSON on X-MEN

Marvel Launching UNCANNY INHUMANS by CHARLES SOULE

Uncanny Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel, an IGN first

Like a Terrigen Cloud covering the globe – the Inhumans invasion by Marvel continues! Get ready for a brand new comic book series to emerge.

An Inhumans movie is slated for 2018 and Inhuman themes are appearing in Agents of SHIELD on television. Inhuman in 2014 by Marvel exclusive writer Charles Soule introduced a new generation of NuHumans and raised Medusa into a higher profile player in the Marvel Universe.

Now Marvel will launch Uncanny Inhumans by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven in April according to IGN. This is the creative team behind Death of Wolverine.

The new series will start with issue #0 in April and focus on Black Bolt – the fallen King of the Inhumans. Black Bolt unleashed the Terrigen Bomb and destroyed their floating city of Attilan in a fight to stop Thanos in Infinity. Black Bolt has been MIA since then except to his brother Maximus and members of the Illuminati in New Avengers.

Soule explains how the two books will differ and connect: Continue reading Marvel Launching UNCANNY INHUMANS by CHARLES SOULE

WONDER WOMAN’S 2015 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE

Wonder Woman was one of our Women of 2014 in part because of the huge announcements (new creative team, solo movie plans, new comic series.)

Meredith and David Finch’s game-changing first arc continues in 2015 as Diana’s status is challenged.

Will Wonder Woman be dethroned?

Is that the only status change for the DC icon?

Here’s a preview of March’s penultimate chapter of the first story and Diana’s first New 52 Annual by the new creative team: Continue reading WONDER WOMAN’S 2015 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE

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