VIXENS, VAMPS & VIPERS: GEEK GIRL CON Preview

Vixens, Vamps & Vipers courtesy Mike Madrid & Exterminating Angel Press
Vixens, Vamps & Vipers courtesy Mike Madrid & Exterminating Angel Press

The original bad girls of comics seize the spotlight in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of the Golden Age of Comics.

 

The man who wrote the book(s) on female comic characters returns to the convention that celebrates women in geek and pop culture.

 

 

After bringing back lost heroines in Divas, Dames and Daredevils, author Mike Madrid (The Supergirls) takes us to the other side with ruthless women who broke society’s boundaries. Continue reading VIXENS, VAMPS & VIPERS: GEEK GIRL CON Preview

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Confirms IRON MAN 4 Talks

Iron Man 3 courtesy Marvel
Iron Man 3 courtesy Marvel

Will he or won’t he? (Robert Downey Jr. play Tony Stark in Iron Man 4.)

 

Will they or won’t they? (Marvel Studios/Disney find a way to make it work.)

 

Robert Downey Jr. confirmed he’s negotiating with Marvel/Disney to reprise his role as Tony Stark in a possible Iron Man 4.

 

The star will play Tony Stark in Avengers: Age of Ultron and in Avengers 3 but fans hope the Armored Avenger will have one or more solo movies.

 

While on The Ellen Show – the host asked the star point blank.

 

Watch and see: Continue reading ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Confirms IRON MAN 4 Talks

HAVOK In AXIS

Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #18 courtesy Marvel

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS begins this week. Alex Summers could be a pivotal hero in the war against the new Onslaught.

 

Rick Remender took Havok from back burner X-Man to leader of the Avengers Unity Squad two years ago in Uncanny Avengers. Now Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom are united against the power of the Red Skull.

 

Alex and Janet Van Dyne shared a love and a daughter in an alternate world that was sacrificed to defeat Kang the Conqueror and reset reality. Will that loss lead to Havok joining the Red Skull? In an earlier AXIS teaser it seemed the villain was making a direct appeal to Alex. Continue reading HAVOK In AXIS

Could FISH MOONEY Be the Next HARLEY QUINN?

Jada Pinkett Smith in Gotham courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics
Jada Pinkett Smith in Gotham courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics

Jada Pinkett Smith strikes like a tiger shark on Gotham as Fish Mooney. Could the mobster muscle her way into Batman comics?

Gotham reveals the origin stories of the Dark Knight’s greatest allies (Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Renee Montoya, Sarah Essen) and enemies. The future Penguin, Riddler, Poison Ivy and Catwoman have been seen so far.

Producers created Fish Mooney just for the series. Jada Pinkett Smith brings the the sexy, ruthless and vicious mob boss to evil life. Fish runs the theater district under Carmine Falcone and made Oswald Cobblepot her slave until she had him “retired.” Smith and Robin Lord Taylor fittingly “stole the show” as the criminal mistress and misfit in the premiere episode. Continue reading Could FISH MOONEY Be the Next HARLEY QUINN?