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KREE Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD! INHUMANS Next?

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. producers revealed the mystery alien seen earlier in the series is a Kree in this week’s episode.

(Lee Pace played the Kree villain Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy.)

It’s been a major story thread since the show began. The blood of his alien led to Phil Coulson’s resurrection and saved Skye.

From next week’s episode preview – Skye and villainess Raina could be radically transformed by the Kree. Continue reading KREE Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD! INHUMANS Next?

WHO IS SUICIDE SQUAD’S RICK FLAG?

Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag courtesy DC Comics

Warner Brothers lines up the stars for Suicide Squad.

Jared Leto as Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot and Tom Hardy as Rick Flag.

Most of the team is made of classic Batman villains but you may ask who is Rick Flag?

Flag is actually three generations of men connected to Suicide Squad. The original Flag and founding member was a World War II unit leader then he joined what was then called Task Force X. Continue reading WHO IS SUICIDE SQUAD’S RICK FLAG?

SUICIDE SQUAD Will Star JARED LETO, WILL SMITH, MARGOT ROBBIE, TOM HARDY

Harley Quinn and Deadshot in Suicide Squad #7 courtesy DC Comics
Harley Quinn and Deadshot in Suicide Squad #7 courtesy DC Comics

Rumors have been flying like bullets but Warner Brothers makes it official.

Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Tom Hardy will star in Suicide Squad for director David Ayer according to The Hollywood Report Heat Vision.

Three big stars playing Batman villains while the actor who played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises will portray an old school DC Comics icon.

Leto will play the Joker, Robbie is Harley Quinn and Smith is Deadshot. Hardy will play team leader Rick Flag – a founding member of the unit in the comics.

The Task Force X (as they were originally called in comics ) will also include Jai Courtney (Divergent) as Boomerang and  Cara Delevinge (Pan) will play Enchantress according to the story. Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Will Star JARED LETO, WILL SMITH, MARGOT ROBBIE, TOM HARDY

X-MEN Real World Inspiration

X-Men #23 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #23 courtesy Marvel

A real world phenomenon is part of the inspiration for G. Willow Wilson’s upcoming X-Men arc guest starring Gambit.

Storm, Psylocke, Monet and Rachel Grey investigate a mysterious event in The Burning World starting in X-Men #23.

This will be a four-part arc by  Ms. Marvel writer Wilson and artist Roland Boschi.

Will the powerful mutants be outmatched against what might be a natural phenomenon and how will a mutant like Storm react to this mysterious enemy. Wilson explains the unique challenge she’ll throw at the X-Men and how real world events inspire her story. Continue reading X-MEN Real World Inspiration

Top Comics Picks for December 3, 2014

Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1 courtesy Marvel
Angela: Asgard’s Assassin #1 courtesy Marvel

Angela: Asgard’s Assassin #1 The sister of Thor and Loki strikes out on her own. What does she have that Asgard and Heaven both want. A brand new series by writers Kieron Gillen, Marguerite Bennett with artists Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans.

Battlestar Galatica: Death of Apollo #1  Set 10 years after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, the survivors are ready to leave war behind them when a voice from the past changes their fate. A brand new series by Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Dietrich Smith

Detective Comics #37 Batman villain Anarky makes his New 52 debut! Continue reading Top Comics Picks for December 3, 2014

All-Out War AXIS #7

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #7 courtesy Marvel
Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #7 courtesy Marvel

AXIS, the final act begins with all-out war in the heart of New York City as Avengers, X-Men, ruthless villains and surprising new heroes battle for control of Manhattan.

Marvel shared this preview of Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #7 by Rick Remender and Adam Kubert.

In scenes right out of Age of Apocalypse, an army of X-Men at his the immortal villain’s side.

Fan-favorite Avengers are inverted – their moral compass spinning the wrong way.

Some of the world’s most infamous villains are now the Marvel Universe’s only hope. Continue reading All-Out War AXIS #7

ANARKY Returns in DETECTIVE COMICS #37 Preview

Detective Comics #37 courtesy DC Comics
Detective Comics #37 courtesy DC Comics

A classic Batman villain makes his New 52 debut this week.

Gotham City is in chaos.

Anarky returns.

Detective Comics #37 marks the return of
creative team Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato.

The team’s next arc starts with a murder and the arch-villain offers Gotham City a choice.

As the arc progresses will the citizens of Gotham let Batman save them from Anarky? Continue reading ANARKY Returns in DETECTIVE COMICS #37 Preview