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Marvel SDCC X-MEN Panel Hits

Amazing X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Amazing X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Here’s a rapid fire rundown of the big announcements from Marvel’s X-Men panel at San Diego Comic Con:

 

RETURN OF NIGHTCRAWLER! Yes, I’m excited about this!

Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness launch Amazing X-Men this November. Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Beast, Northstar and Firestar go in search of the real Kurt Wagner.

“We’ve planning this and keeping it a secret for a long time. You’re finally going to get the story of the Bamfs.” said X-Men Editor Nick Lowe.

“We want Nightcrawler back, but it better be a damn good resurrection story. We take stuff like that very seriously.” responded Bendis to a fan question. Continue reading Marvel SDCC X-MEN Panel Hits

Steve McNiven Joins UNCANNY AVENGERS

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Uncanny Avengers have faced Red Skull, Apocalypse, Kang and the Apocalypse Twins but the Unity team’s ultimate destruction could be from each other.

 

Artist Steve McNiven (Civil War) joins Rick Remender with Uncanny Avengers #14 for the finale of what’s been building since the team formed in the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men. Wolverine’s actions in Uncanny X-Force by Remender are back to haunt him and his friendship with Captain America.

 

“They’ve allowed personal differences and petty rivalries, all of the things we humans allow to create conflict amongst us, to fester,” Remender tells Marvel.com about the next act. Continue reading Steve McNiven Joins UNCANNY AVENGERS

SUPERMAN vs. H.I.V.E. QUEEN

Superman #22 courtesy DC Comics
Superman #22 courtesy DC Comics

Superman fights Zod in Man of Steel but a different kind of threat is here in the comic book pages!

 

Kal-El may be romancing Wonder Woman in Justice League and in the upcoming Superman/Wonder Woman series but another woman has him under her thrall!

 

Enter the H.I.V.E. Queen!

 

This classic villainess makes her New 52 debut in this week’s Superman #22 by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort. Continue reading SUPERMAN vs. H.I.V.E. QUEEN

Wolverine Back From the Wild in ORIGIN II

Origin II
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Origin II explores more of the tortured past of the young man who would grow up to be the X-Man known as Wolverine. On the heels of Marvel’s surprise announcement at SDCC, writer Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man, Young Avengers) talks about where his story will pick up 10 years after the events of Origin.

 

“The last we saw of James was disappearing into the woods with wolves at the end of Origin,” Gillen tells Marvel.com. “That’s where he’s been ever since. He runs with a family pack, and has completely removed himself from human civilization. He’s found a kind of peace. He’s found a kind of family. The first scene is him, with the pack, hunting. The opening is really raw; I talk about the period novel feel a lot, but I have a sort of ‘Jack London with modern research’ approach to the wolves. Hell, the whole structure does owe a little to ‘White Fang.’ Continue reading Wolverine Back From the Wild in ORIGIN II

Superman/Batman Movie Announced!

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

Superman will meet the Dark Knight for the first time on the big screen! Warner Brothers announced the Man of Steel sequel will be a Superman/Batman team-up at San Diego Comic Con.

 

Henry Cavill will return as Kal-El with a new actor to be cast as Batman. As for the story well this might give you a BIG hint:

 

Actor Harry Lennox (Man of Steel) read the following from The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller:

“I want you to remember, Clark, in all the years to come, in all your most private moments, I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you.” Continue reading Superman/Batman Movie Announced!

Cobie Smulders in AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.courtesy ABC/Justin Lubin. An EW exclusive
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.courtesy ABC/Justin Lubin. An EW exclusive

One of Joss Whedon’s best kept secrets is declassified!

 

Cobie Smulders will reprise her role as Maria Hill in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hill is Nick Fury’s second in command in Marvel’s The Avengers on the big screen.

 

“I wanted very much to have Cobie in the pilot because as much as anyone else, she IS SHIELD,” pilot’s writer-director Joss Whedon tells EW.Com. Continue reading Cobie Smulders in AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.