ANT-MAN Begins Filming

Ant-Man courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man courtesy Marvel

A big new chapter begins for one of Marvel’s smallest icons.

 

Director Peyton Reed announced filming began on Marvel’s Ant-Man via Twitter:

 

“Alright, gang. Today is the day.

LET’S GET small.”

 

Marvel’s newest  hero in the Cinematic Universe features not one but two heroes in one movie. Continue reading ANT-MAN Begins Filming

Welcome To MULTIVERSITY

The Multiversity #1 courtesy DC Comics
The Multiversity #1 courtesy DC Comics

President Superman.

Captain Carrot.

Red Racer.

Just some of the heroes from parallel universes in a new project from the mind of Grant Morrison.

 

The Multiversity #1 of 9 introduces 52 worlds each with a unique spin on classic DC heroes and villains. Morrison (Batman, Incorporated, All-Star Superman, JLA) teams with all-star team of artists to take you into 52 alternate Earths of DC Comics: The New 52 Multiverse. Continue reading Welcome To MULTIVERSITY

PROFESSOR X’S Greatest Secret In UNCANNY X-MEN #25

Uncanny X-Men #25 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #25 courtesy Marvel

Professor X’s greatest secret revealed!

 

The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier gathered the fractured mutant family for a double shocker from their late mentor.

 

Xavier has been hiding ” a mutant so powerful their very existence was a threat to mutant’s way of life. A destructive force that would’ve wiped out any chance of a peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants.”

 

Marvel shared a first look inside Uncanny X-Men #25 as Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine and all the teams must unite for Xavier’s final “gift” and deal with the powerful mutant that’s been exposed. Continue reading PROFESSOR X’S Greatest Secret In UNCANNY X-MEN #25

BATMAN AND ROBIN Writer Takes Over SUPERMAN AND WONDER WOMAN

Superman/Wonder Woman #13 courtesy DC Comics
Superman/Wonder Woman #13 courtesy DC Comics

Batman and Robin writer Peter J. Tomasi is taking on DC’s ultimate power couple next. Tomasi and artist Doug Mahnke will be the new creative team on Superman/Wonder Woman starting with issue 13 in November.

 

“I want to stare hard into the heart of both of these characters and their true love and see what that love means to us, the DC Universe and the people of Earth,” Tomasi tells USA Today. “Does it pose a danger or a threat? If two people like that are together and in love, where is the drama in that, and what repercussions does it have?” Continue reading BATMAN AND ROBIN Writer Takes Over SUPERMAN AND WONDER WOMAN

CAPTAIN AMERICA Writers Reveal Villain They Want

Super-Villain Team-Up: Modok's 11 #1 courtesy Marvel
Super-Villain Team-Up: Modok’s 11 #1 courtesy Marvel

The screenwriters of Captain America: The Winter Soldier are working on the sequel starring the Star-Spangled Avenger.

 

After introducing Winter Soldier, Falcon, Batroc, Sharon Carter and the S.H.I.E.L.D. traitor who could become Crossbones – which members of Cap’s cast will appear in the sequel?

 

After a talking Raccoon and Tree, is the world ready for a giant floating head? Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA Writers Reveal Villain They Want

VILLAINS Turned AVENGERS

AXIS #5 courtesy Marvel
AXIS #5 courtesy Marvel

Marvel will turn its heroes and villains upside down in AXIS. Avengers and X-Men will unite against the threat of the Red Skull. In a preview for Act Two: Inversion, classic villains fight for redemption and some heroes appear to have gone to the dark side.

 

Characters playing the role of hero, villain and every shade in between make for compelling stories that make us cheer, swoon and declare, “Nooooooo!”

 

Inspired by Rick Remender’s “recalibration of the moral compass” of our favorite icons in the upcoming event here are mighty Marvel heroes who went from villain to hero.

 

Let’s start with the Avengers: Continue reading VILLAINS Turned AVENGERS

X-MEN #18 Review

X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel

The X-Men go into orbit as a new creative team kicks off a new arc in X-Men #18. Arrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim and artist Harvey Tolibao wrap the all-female mutant team into an outer space mystery featuring the return of a classic villain.

 

When Deathbird shows up floating at The Peak’s door step…or airlock may be more appropriate…S.W.O.R.D. leader Abigail Brand calls in the Children of the Atom. Continue reading X-MEN #18 Review