MAKING YOURS MARVEL At EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015

Marvel's Agent Carter courtesy Marvel
Hayley Atwell in Marvel’s Agent Carter courtesy Marvel

Marvel fans have multiple reasons to “Assemble” at Emerald City Comicon. Stars of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. plus top comic book creators and a living legend arrive for the big event in Seattle this weekend.

Anthony Mackie of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Clark Gregg and Chloe Bennet of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hayley Atwell aka Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger, The Winter Soldier and Agent Carter are on the stellar list of celebrities. Continue reading MAKING YOURS MARVEL At EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015

IRON MAN VS. THOR VILLAIN

Iron Man #23 courtesy Marvel
Iron Man #23 courtesy Marvel

An Avenging twist – One of Thor’s greatest enemies vs. Iron Man. It’s just the first salvo in Tony Stark vs. Villainy to the Tenth Power in Rings of the Mandarin. The new Iron Man arc begins Wednesday.

 

The Mandarin is Tony Stark’s greatest enemy. What happens when the foe’s ten rings of power fall into the hands of ten different villains?

 

It’s the latest shock to Tony as writer Kieron Gillen tests the Iron Avenger like never before starting with Iron Man #23.Now.

 

Tony learned he’s adopted, has a half-brother and now one of Thor’s greatest enemies is armed with one of Mandarin’s alien power rings. Continue reading IRON MAN VS. THOR VILLAIN

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER World Premiere Clip

The cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel
The cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel

Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson walked the red carpet for the World Premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in Hollywood.

 

Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Colbie Smulders, Frank Grillo and cast members from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. also were greeted by fans.

 

Emily Van Camp (Revenge) was at the event but so far no clips of her character, Sharon Carter aka Agent 13, love interest of Steve Rogers.

 

Captain America (Evans) and Falcon (Mackie) leap and soar into action in this new clip shown at the red carpet premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As Steve, Natasha and Sam fight to uncover a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. it’s hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys as you’ll see in this action-packed clip below: Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER World Premiere Clip

ANTHONY MACKIE in FALCON Solo Poster

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Anthony Mackie joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe as high-flying S.H.I.E.L.D. agent code-named Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

 

Mackie soars in this new solo poster for the sequel courtesy Marvel.

 

Falcon and Steve Rogers are one of the best teams in comics and were partners for years. Falcon is a member of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the comics so we could see Mackie appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers 3. Continue reading ANTHONY MACKIE in FALCON Solo Poster

Black History Month Comics Countdown Part 1

MIghty Avengers courtesy Marvel
MIghty Avengers courtesy Marvel

It’s Black History Month in North America and the United Kingdom.

 

I’m inspired to celebrate some of my favorite African-American superheroes and update fans on their status in their comic book universes.

 

These fictional characters are not as important as civil rights leaders, boundary breaking athletes, artists or scientists. It’s important to celebrate diversity in comic books. The irony is most these fan-favorite black characters were created by white males but by recognizing these heroes it might inspire new writers and artists of all backgrounds to push for new voices to be heard and give all readers more diversity in comics. Continue reading Black History Month Comics Countdown Part 1