MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE Preview

courtesy Marvel and Feld Entertainment
courtesy Marvel and Feld Entertainment

Imagine the mightiest heroes and vilest villains fighting it out right before you very eyes – live!

Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. soared from comic book pages to conquer the multiple screens. Now these legendary characters star in a spectacular live show coming to KeyArena and the Tacoma Dome.

Marvel Universe Live! brings comic book action and adventure to arenas around the globe and the tour storms into the Pacific Northwest for seven nights in two cities. Continue reading MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE Preview

DEADPOOL For Virgins

Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel
Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel

As you may have picked up from the movie trailer, Deadpool is unstoppable.

After a supporting role in X-Men: Origins: Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds is back leading a spinoff that’s true to the ultra-violent, darkly hilarious anti-hero that’s been shooting and hacking his way through 25 years of adventures in Marvel Comics.

Who is Deadpool?

In the tradition of our for Virgins series, here’s what you need to know about the man in black and red if you’re read one, hundreds or no comics. Continue reading DEADPOOL For Virgins

DEADPOOL Inspired Heroes For Your Consideration

Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox and Empire
Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox and Empire

Deadpool is ready to kill it with fans and critics. Fox’s new Marvel film is a risk-taker with extreme violence, dark humor in a meta packed flick that exists in the X-Men movie universe but unlike any X-movie you’ve seen before.

Could Wade Wilson’s new adventure by director Tim Miller slash the creative strings and inspire even wilder superhero films starring other unorthodox anti-heroes?

If The Merc With a Mouth can survive an earlier first appearance, go back to his comic book roots and live to kill again then maybe these other characters can leap to the big screen.

Here are four unconventional heroes ready to follow Deadpool down the unconventional road to the big screen: Continue reading DEADPOOL Inspired Heroes For Your Consideration

DEADPOOL Sequel In the Works?

Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox
Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox

Fox is betting the Merc With a Mouth with kill it at the box-office.

Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working on a sequel according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tim Miller directed the upcoming film but is not signed on  a follow-up yet according to the story.

The writers, director and star Ryan Reynolds have fought for the film to get made. Now a sequel may already be in the works for the rated R superhero starring the mercenary from the X-Men universe. Continue reading DEADPOOL Sequel In the Works?

DOWNTON ABBEY Star Joins LEGION

X-Men Legacy #1 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #1 courtesy Marvel

A Downton Abbey veteran plays the title character based on Professor Xavier’s son.

Marvel announced Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza and Jean Smart (Fargo) have joined the cast of the pilot for Legion.

Here are the official descriptions of characters.

DAVID (Dan Stevens) – Diagnosed as schizophrenic at a young age, David is a haunted man, trying to find his way back to sanity, but he’s getting tired and is about to give up when he meets the girl of his dreams.

LENNY (Aubrey Plaza) – David’s friend, who despite a life of drugs and alcohol abuse, knows that any day now her life is gonna turn around, which gives Lenny the likeable energy of the impossible optimist despite her rough demeanor. Continue reading DOWNTON ABBEY Star Joins LEGION

New Comics Picks for February 3, 2016

Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Miles Morales swings solo in the main Marvel Universe, a Birds of Prey reunion, the hunt for the killers of an X-Man and more in this week’s new comics picks of the week:

Spider-Man #1

Miles Morales survived the end of the Ultimate Universe and Marvel’s new friendly neighborhood Spidey in a new beginning by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli.

Midnighter #9

Midnighter…Agent of Spyral? The new mission sends Midnighter on a collision course with Suicide Squad. The former Stormwatch operative is fighting his way to a reunion with Apollo by Steve Orlando and Aco. Continue reading New Comics Picks for February 3, 2016

MORE MARVEL ’90s COMICS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

Thunderbolts #1 courtesy Marvel
Thunderbolts #1 courtesy Marvel

The Thunderbolts are coming back. Cable and Deadpool are headlining a new buddy book again. The Dark Riders are on the attack in the Uncanny X-Men. Is a Nineties resurgence on?

Winter Soldier will be leading the newest volume of the T-Bolts with original members from it’s original incarnation. Is the announcement making you nostalgic for the ’90s?

If the T-bolts can go back to their roots for a comeback, here are four Marvel comics from the era of big guns, big shoulders and gun pouches we would want to see again. Continue reading MORE MARVEL ’90s COMICS COMEBACKS For Your Consideration

OLD MAN LOGAN’S MISSION REVEALED

Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel
Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel

A double shot of Old Man Logan by Jeff Lemire in two books this week with one deadly mission revealed.

Old Man Logan lived in a future where the villains banded together to wipe out the heroes and rule the planet. Wolverine was tricked into killing his fellow X-Men but he found refuge and happiness in a desert wasteland until a savage gang of Hulks slaughtered his family.

The Wolverine of Mark Millar’s future tale returned in Secret Wars and is now in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now reality just a few years from the horrific future he escaped.

The former X-Man is part of Storm’s Extraordinary X-Men but he has his own mission of vengeance mixed with redemption in Old Man Logan – both by Jeff Lemire. Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN’S MISSION REVEALED