Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. The last new comic book day arrives with big issues wrapping up major storylines (Civil War II, All-Star Batman) and new number ones. Here’s our final new comic book picks of the week in 2016: Continue reading Final New Comic Book Picks of 2016
A huge week for fans of kick-ass female heroes and spy conspiracies inour new comics picks of the week:
Natasha Romanoff becomes S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Most Wanted in this new series from the acclaimed Daredevil team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. The former Avenger goes on the run to find who’s making her darkest secrets public with S.H.I.E.L.D. on her trail.
James Bond is back in SPECTRE. Daniel Craig returns as 007 on a mission against the evil organization we haven’t seen on screen since Sean Connery’s final canon film in the series.
The latest Bond made us peer into the vault to pick four of our favorite spies from comics books.
No costumes. No masks. No problem.
These are the coolest covert operatives in the DC and Marvel Universes:
Grayson
No mask. No code-name. New mission. The man who was once known as Robin and Nightwing is his own man with a covert agenda. Dick Grayson is no longer a sidekick under Batman’s shadow and now operates in the shadow world of the DC Universe. Dick faked his death to infiltrate Spyral, a covert organization plotting against costumed heroes. Dick’s new adventures in Grayson are co-written by Tim Seeley and Tim King, a former CIA counter-intelligence officer. Continue reading FOUR COOLEST COMIC BOOK SPIES
Captain America: Civil War will be Avengers 2.5+ as heroes choose sides in an epic battle that disassembles Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
The government cracks down on costumed crime fighters. The Superhero Registration Act is passed. Heroes are ordered to reveal their identities, register and work for the government. Tony Stark sides with the government. Steve Rogers leads the opposition.
Who will follow Iron Man? Who will side with Captain America?
Here’s our breakdown: Continue reading MARVEL CIVIL WAR CHOOSING SIDES
Marvel revealed 45 new books and creative teams coming this fall in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now relaunch.
All-New, All-Different Avengers, Extraordinary X-Men and Invincible Iron Man, Spider-Man are flagship books. We have two Spider-Men, two Wolverines and a totally new Hulk. Some fan-favorite heroes are on new teams but some iconic characters are MIA!
More new books may be coming but so far these heroes are missing from the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now that have us on edge: Continue reading MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW?
The Avengers reassemble for Earth’s Mightiest Sequel. (“Avengers Assemble!” is their comic book battle cry – for the non-comic reader.)
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, our heroes face one of their oldest and most relentless enemies from comics.Ultron is an artificial intelligence who can download his evil sentience into a legion of robot bodies.
A lot has happened since the epic battle with Loki in their first cinematic meeting so it’s time to catch up on our heroes and villains.
In our continuing series that started with Avengers for Virgins, here’s our guide to get you on up to speed for the biggest movie of the summer. If you’re film fan only or hardcore geek here’s what you need to know to be ready for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Continue reading AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON For Virgins
You could call Scarlett Johansson Marvel’s utility player having appeared in Iron Man 2, Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and soon in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
What about a solo film for Black Widow?
While there isn’t one on the massive schedule of Marvel Studios movies, the actress says she and President Kevin Feige have discussed it.
“I’ve spoken to Kevin about it. I mean, of course, of course we’ve had that conversation before, and I think Kevin would also like to see a standalone film. I think I can speak for him and say that. That’s all, really. Right now I think this character is used well in this part of the universe, but I think that Kevin—I mean, we’ve talked about it and we both share similar vision for what could be a standalone series.” Johansson told Collider.
The actress went on to reveal how her Marvel contract is evolving: Continue reading SCARLETT JOHANSSON & MARVEL Have Talked BLACK WIDOW Movies
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are assembling as Marvel unveils character posters for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Samuel L. Jackson first shared the posters for Nick Fury, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) via Twitter.
Earlier this week Robert Downey Jr revealed the Iron Man poster and teased a big announcement followed by Mark Ruffalo sharing the Hulk poster.
The heroes will take on an army of robots controlled by the evil A.I. Ultron – a Tony Stark invention gone wrong.
Ladies first…here’s Black Widow who Jackson called “the baddest woman on Earth!”
And below check out Fury and the Odinson: Continue reading AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Black Widow, Thor & Nick Fury Posters