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CYCLOPS Soars With Starjammers

Cyclops #1 variant by Greg Land courtesy Marvel
Cyclops #1 variant by Greg Land courtesy Marvel

Marvel is giving something for every Cyclops fan thanks to Brian Michael Bendis. In Uncanny X-Men it’s the Scott Summers you love to hate or staunchly declare “Cyke is Right” as he leads the mutant revolution.

 

Spinning out of All-New X-Men, the younger and more innocent original Scott Summers is charting out a new course for himself in Cyclops #1 by Greg Rucka. The young Scott learned his father was alive in The Trial of Jean Grey. Now Cyclops will join Corsair and Starjammers in outer space adventures while catching up on long-lost father/son time. Continue reading CYCLOPS Soars With Starjammers

CATWOMAN Enters RACE OF THIEVES

Catwoman #30 courtesy DC Comics
Catwoman #30 courtesy DC Comics

Catwoman #30 is the start of Race of Thieves as Selina goes against the best of the baddest.

 

It’s a worldwide contest to see who’s the best thief on the planet! Selina is going up against super powered criminals like the Rogues so how can she beat them?

 

In an earlier Emerald City Comicon one-one-one interview, writer Ann Nocenti explained how Catwoman is adapting to survive: Continue reading CATWOMAN Enters RACE OF THIEVES

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Producer On ROGUE Role

X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel

Anna Paquin reprised her role as Rogue in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Then came rumors the fan-favorite mutant was cut from the film and now she may have a cameo.

 

Producer Simon Kinberg took questions at WonderCon this past weekend about the upcoming film. Kinberg tells CraveOnline about the Rogue storyline that might have been:

 

“It’s kind of a hard question. We shot with Anna [Paquin] a big subplot in the movie and we watched it in the movie and then we cut it out of the movie because, she’s great in it and it was well shot, it just didn’t fit the film. Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Producer On ROGUE Role

KAARE ANDREWS On IRON FIST’s Dark Origin

Iron Fist: The Living Weapon courtesy Marvel
Iron Fist: The Living Weapon courtesy Marvel

Kaare Andrews just relaunched Danny Rand into a brand new solo series: Iron Fist: The Living Weapon. This weekend at Fan Expo Vancouver the celebrated artist (Spider-Man: Reign, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate Comics X-Men) talked about his return to comics after directing films.

 

Andrews is writing, drawing, inking, and creating covers for the new series. In a one-on-one with Andrews I asked the creator what drew him to chose Iron Fist for a major comic book comeback: Continue reading KAARE ANDREWS On IRON FIST’s Dark Origin

KAARE ANDREWS At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER

Iron Fist: The Living Weapon courtesy Marvel
Iron Fist: The Living Weapon courtesy Marvel

Kaare Andrews is back at Fan Expo Vancouver. The celebrated artist (Spider-Man: Reign, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate Comics X-Men) is back in comics after directing films.

 

Andrews is writing, penciling, inking and creating covers for Iron Fist: The Living Weapon. In a one-on-one with Andrews I asked the creator about what brought him back to comics after directing movies. Just as Danny Rand breaks barriers with kung fu, Andrews is breaking creator roles with the new Marvel project. Continue reading KAARE ANDREWS At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER

MORENA BACCARIN At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER

courtesy Fan Expo Vancouver
courtesy Fan Expo Vancouver

Morena Baccarin is a shining sci-fi star among a galaxy of celebrity guests appearing at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend. Fans packed a ballroom Friday evening for the chance to ask questions with Baccarin and lined up today for autographs and to express their endless devotion to Firefly.

 

After Firefly the series and Serenity the movie Baccarin went on to roles on V, Stargate S.G. One and the acclaimed drama Homeland. After playing the heroine Inara she left the Firefly ship to invade Earth as the evil Anna on V.  I asked if the shift to the dark side of sci-fi was on purpose. Continue reading MORENA BACCARIN At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER

How BATMAN Ended Up in MAN OF STEEL Sequel

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

The Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) will face the Dark Knight in 2016. How did the Man of Steel team decide to go with a full-on showdown with Batman with a new actor under the cowl and cape?

 

Director Zack Snyder reveals his initial vision for the followup in a new Forbes interview:

 

“I gotta be honest, it definitely was a thing that … after Man of Steel finished and we started talking about what would be in the next movie, I started subtly mentioning that it would be cool if he faced Batman,” he tells Forbes. “In the first meeting, it was like, ‘Maybe Batman?’ Maybe at the end of the second movie, some Kryptonite Continue reading How BATMAN Ended Up in MAN OF STEEL Sequel