16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO

Here we go with more of our 16 comic book characters to watch in 2016. Let’s begin part two with an “all the hail the King!”

Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel
Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel

Black Panther

After playing a central role as King of the Dead and The Illuminati in Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers/Secret Wars epic, T’Challa returns to his Wakanda in a brand new series and officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

T’Challa and Namor are leading an assault on Doctor Doom in Secret Wars #9 finale in January and T’Challa is now a member of the new Ultimates.

Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehesi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze launch a brand new Black Panther ongoing book in 2016. In the yearlong arc, T’Challa must cope with an uprising in Wakanda by a superhuman terrorist group. Continue reading 16 CHARACTERS TO WATCH IN 2016 PART TWO

AGENT CARTER SEASON TWO New Cast Revealed

Agent Carter Season 2 NYCC poster courtesy Marvel
Agent Carter Season 2 NYCC poster courtesy Marvel

Marvel announced four actors joining the cast of Agent Carter Season Two at New York Comic Con including main villain Madame Masque and the mysterious wife of Edwin Jarvis.

Marvel Head of Television Jeph Loeb also confirmed Dominic Cooper will return as Howard Stark and Bridget Regan will be back at Dottie Underwood, the Russian spy from the Black Widow program.

“Dottie is a true match for Peggy and Bridget plays this duplicitous role so compellingly,” said Loeb.

Here’s the official announcement about the new actors joining the series: Continue reading AGENT CARTER SEASON TWO New Cast Revealed

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

AGENT CARTER Season Two Villain Revealed

New Avengers: Illuminati #4 courtesy Marvel
New Avengers: Illuminati #4 courtesy Marvel

Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is moving to Hollywood for the second season of Marvel’s Agent Carter.

Producers reveal the big villain of the sophomore season is a “new spin” on a classic Iron Man enemy.

After the ABC Television Critics Association event, show executive producers Tara Butters and Chris Dingess revealed Madame Masque is the big bad Peggy will face in the City of Angels. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Season Two Villain Revealed

MARVEL Characters For AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Revisited

Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter promo art by Ferguson courtesy Marvel
Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter promo art by Ferguson courtesy Marvel

I lot can happen in a year and a half!

Just after ABC announced picking up a new Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD television series we revealed our top Marvel characters we want to see on the show.

Since then Lady Sif and Lorelei of Thor, Victoria Hand, Glenn Talbot of the Hulkbusters and Deathlok guest starred, S.H.I.E.L.D. was destroyed from within by Hydra in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a traitor was revealed. Continue reading MARVEL Characters For AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Revisited