ALFRE WOODARD As LUKE CAGE Villain?

New Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers #1 courtesy Marvel

Has Marvel found their villain for the Luke Cage Netflix show?

Alfre Woodard has joined the cast of Marvel’s Luke Cage according to Deadline as a character named Minetta, “a powerful woman in politics who will have an impact on Cage’s life” but the story reports she will actually be based on Black Mariah, a drug dealer who often clashed with Cage and Iron Fist in the comics.

No official word on the casting on potential character.

Mike Colter is playing Luke Cage in the third of four Marvel/Netflix series. Colter will be introduced in AKA Jessica Jones. Continue reading ALFRE WOODARD As LUKE CAGE Villain?

MARVEL’S MOST WANTED, MOCKINGBIRD Pilot Flies Again?

Adrianne Palicki on Agents of SHIELD courtesy Marvel
Adrianne Palicki on Agents of SHIELD courtesy Marvel

ABC is closing a deal to produce a pilot for an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars  starring Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood according the Variety.

Palicki and Blood as agent Barbara “Bobbi” Morse and Blood as mercenary Lance Hunter would star in Marvel’s Most Wanted.

ABC put a halt to the pilot earlier this year.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jeffrey Bell and Paul Zbyszewski co-created the project for Marvel and ABC Studios, co-writing the pilot. They will serve as showrunners and exec producers together with Marvel head of television Jeph Loeb also exec producing.

Don’t call it spinoff. Continue reading MARVEL’S MOST WANTED, MOCKINGBIRD Pilot Flies Again?

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Team Shake-Up

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared more big changes coming to the Guardians of the Galaxy.

It’s a whole new cosmic thing when the Guardians relaunch with a brand new number one this Fall.

Ben Grimm aka The Thing (formerly of the Fantastic Four) is just one of the new members of a Star-Lord free team with Rocket re-assembling the squad after Secret Wars.

An unlikely assembling of misfits is one of the great appeals of the Guardians. Marvel is shaking up the lineup again.
Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Team Shake-Up

ALL-NEW X-MEN On The Run

All-New X-Men #3 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #3 courtesy Marvel

Young mutants on the run and rebelling against the X-Men?

In Once and Future Mutants we pondered the fate of the most current class of mutants students (Tempus, Triage, Goldballs, Hijack and Morph) and past “new” mutants that didn’t make it to front burner fandom.

With Marvel‘s November previews we know one Generation Hope graduate and a Jean Grey School alum are officially part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this Fall.

Oya and Evan is on the run with the All-New X-Men (young Iceman, Beast, Angel and X-23) in issue three.

Idie and Evan may wish they stayed back at the Jean Grey School…if it’s still around. Continue reading ALL-NEW X-MEN On The Run

BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL Goes Global

Batman and Robin Eternal #5 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin Eternal #5 courtesy DC Comics

An old mystery comes back to haunt the Dark Knight and his family in Batman and Robin Eternal.

The first month of chapters of the new weekly series revealed the returns of Harper Row, Cassandra Cain and more favorites from the extended Bat-cast.

The global chase all goes back to a case in Prague from the early days of The New 52.

 In DC Comics November previews, the series next four chapters dives into what divided the Robins, Harper Row reaching our to Cain and takes fans to an infamous location. Continue reading BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL Goes Global

ALL-NEW INHUMANS

All-New Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel

The Inhuman invasion continues!

 Marvel announced writers Charles Soule and James Asmus, artist Stefano Caselli will launch All-New Inhumans this December.

The new book features the return of Crystal with a new look as her classic locks have been cut. Medusa’s sister will lead a team including Gorgon, Flint, Naja, and Grid. The squad will investigate mysterious “Skyspears” popping up around the globe. The mystery objects cause an Inhuman’s power levels to spike when in their proximity.

You may recall Black Bolt unleashed a Terrigen Bomb which turned into a cloud creeping across the planet creating NuHumans. Continue reading ALL-NEW INHUMANS

IRON MAN, NEW ARMOR, CLASSIC VILLAIN

Invincible Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel
Invincible Iron Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Tony Stark takes on a classic enemy and shows off what his new armor can do in Invincible Iron Man #3.

Madame Masque is making a big comeback on multiple platforms.

Whitney Frost returns to torment Tony in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this Fall and in 2016 she’s the main villain of Agent Carter Season Two.

Fans always wonder how will Tony upgrade his armor? What have new creative team Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez dreamed up for Stark’s armor?

As Marvel revealed in the November previews: Continue reading IRON MAN, NEW ARMOR, CLASSIC VILLAIN

BATMAN BRUCE & BLOOM Showdown in GOTHAM

Batman #46 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #46 courtesy DC Comics

A Gotham City showdown is coming!

The all-new Batman (Jim Gordon) is tracking the mystery man giving super powers to Gotham’s underworld’s criminals.

We just got a first look at the new villain Mister Bloom in the last issue. Bloom underwent a shocking transformation and The Penguin may be a casualty of a new crime war.

As revealed in the DC Comics November previews Gordon comes face to face with Gotham City’s deadly new enemy. Continue reading BATMAN BRUCE & BLOOM Showdown in GOTHAM