VIXEN ROARS AGAIN

courtesy The CW and DC Comics
courtesy The CW and DC Comics

Vixen will roar again!

The CW announced Vixen will have a second season on CW Seed.

The animated series is set in the same universe as The Flash and Arrow television series. Megalyn Echikunwoke is the voice of Vixen (real name: Mari Jiwe McCabe) and will play her in live action life on Arrow in episode 15. Continue reading VIXEN ROARS AGAIN

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS MYSTERY STORMTROOPER REVEALED

Art from "Before the Awakening" courtesy Star Wars.com and Disney
Art from “Before the Awakening” courtesy Star Wars.com and Disney

Let’s face it, it’s hard to be a breakout character when you’re one of millions who all look the same but one Stormtrooper from Star Wars: The Force Awakens is having a moment.

Now fans have answers.

In a universe of compelling lead characters Star Wars always features an army of small roles with big impact and breakout potential. The Force Awakens has its share of “firsts” especially within the evil First Order.

A nameless, faceless soldier with a cool new weapon is revealed.

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AGENT CARTER Meets MADAME MASQUE

Hayley Atwell as Agent Carter courtesy Marvel
Hayley Atwell as Agent Carter courtesy Marvel

Peggy Carter faces a new adversary in season two of Marvel’s Agent Carter.

Peggy and Jarvis go west in a new adventure in Hollywood. Whitney Frost is one of the new characters. A name that’s chilling for Iron Man and Avengers readers.

Here’s a look at Hayley Atwell as Peggy and Wynn Everett as Frost in new photos courtesy Marvel.

Frost is more infamously known as Madame Masque in the comics. She was born Giuletta Nefaria, daughter of criminal mastermind Count Nefaria of the Maggia (the Marvel Universe version of the Mafia) but was given to the wealthy Frost family and renamed Whitney because her father wanted a better life for his child. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Meets MADAME MASQUE

X-MEN Class of 2016 Role Call

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All-New, All-Different Marvel Now X-Men Teams by Ken Lashley courtesy Marvel

The third flagship X-Men book of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now arrives this week. Uncanny X-Men #1 by Cullen Bunn and Greg Land is a nearly all-villain strike force.

All the teams are facing the wrath of a classic villain in The Apocalypse Wars this Spring. This widescreen collection of all three variant covers by Ken Lashley and Nolan Woodard courtesy Marvel gives you a full look at the new roster for the heroic mutants.

If you’re rejoining or joining the X-Men for the first time here’s a who’s who from left to right. Roll call! Continue reading X-MEN Class of 2016 Role Call

FIRST NEW COMICS PICKS OF 2016.

A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

Happy New Year!

New arcs, new team-ups and brand new number ones are in our first new comics picks of 2016 arriving 1/6/16.

To celebrate the start of a new year and a ton of new comics we’re expanding our picks.

A-Force #1

One of the biggest Secret Wars hits is back! New hero Singularity assembles She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Captain Marvel and Nico Minoru to fight threats across the multiverse. G. Willow Wilson and Jorge Molina re-Assemble an all-female Avengers.
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16 GEEK WISHES FOR 2016

courtesy Disney and Lucasfilm
courtesy Disney and Lucasfilm

Time for our 16 geek wishes for 2016! Here are the new comics, casting calls and what we want to happen next.

The Force Awakens Comics

Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars comics set after A New Hope are the new canon and make you feel like the film never ended. The Lando and Chewbacca limited series were stellar. Now we have Obi-Wan and Anakin. With the success of The Force Awakens can we please have a limited series starring Captain Phasma and the Stormtrooper who would become Finn or an adventure with Rey? Continue reading 16 GEEK WISHES FOR 2016

MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2016

Captain America: Civil War courtesy Marvel via Twitter
Captain America: Civil War courtesy Marvel via Twitter

DC vs Marvel at the box office, one of the X-Men’s greatest enemies strikes, a Star Wars legend revealed, two huge video game inspired fantasies and two of the naughtiest comic book films yet.

Here are our 16 most anticipated movies with comic book/sci-fi twist coming in 2016:

The BFG

Steven Spielberg directs this children’s tale of a young girl and a big friendly giant fighting to stop an army of evil, hungry giants. July 1.

Passengers

When Mystique met Peter Quill? No, but Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in a sci-fi romance from the director of The Intimidation Game. Pratt plays a man who awakens from his ship’s sleep chamber too early and awakens another from hibernation rather than live and die alone. December 21. Continue reading MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2016