Punisher – COMICS BLEND

DEFENDERS: BENDIS, MARQUEZ Talk New Team Book

The Defenders are coming.

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist are uniting in a new comic book by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez.

Fans will get a preview of the upcoming series on Free Comic Book Day this weekend ahead of the series launch on June 14.

The Defenders marks a reunion between Bendis and Marquez (Spider-Man, Civil War II) and the writer with the street level heroes he wrote in solo books and his massive New Avengers run.

Bendis, Marquez and Editor Tom Brevoort revealed new details about the project during a Marvel Next Big Thing livechat.

The creative team talked the big villain, guest stars, team chemistry and how the Punisher joins the action: Continue reading DEFENDERS: BENDIS, MARQUEZ Talk New Team Book

THE PUNISHER Gets NETFLIX Series

Jon Bernthal as the Punisher courtesy Marvel/Netflix

Marvel makes it’s official.

Netflix has ordered a full first season of “Marvel’s The Punisher,” continuing their collaboration with Marvel Television.

Jon Bernthal will return as vigilante Frank Castle, after joining the second season of the Netflix original series “Marvel’s Daredevil” earlier this year. Steve Lightfoot will serve as Executive Producer and Showrunner in addition to writing the series’ first two episodes.

“We want to thank the fans who are clamoring for more of Jon’s stunning and powerful performance as Frank Castle from ‘Marvel’s Daredevil,’” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb, “Now combined with Showrunner Steve Lightfoot’s compelling writing, we’re thrilled to bring ‘Marvel’s The Punisher‘ to Netflix.” Continue reading THE PUNISHER Gets NETFLIX Series

MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW?

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?

JON BERNTHAL Joins DAREDEVIL as THE PUNISHER

The Man Without Fear meets the Marvel’s ruthless vigilante next season.

Looks like The Punisher is gunning for Daredevil on the hit streaming series.

Marvel announced Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, The Wolf of Wall Street) will join the cast of the Netflix/Marvel’s Daredevil series season two.

Bernthal will play Frank Castle aka The Punisher described as “a vigilante who aims to clean up New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results.” Continue reading JON BERNTHAL Joins DAREDEVIL as THE PUNISHER

TOM HARDY Wants THE PUNISHER

Tom Hardy played a DC villain, almost played a DC badass and wants to play…a Marvel anti-hero.

Hardy is burning through the post-apocalypse in Mad Max: Fury Road this summer. He had to drop out of playing Rick Flagg in the supervillain team-up movie Suicide Squad due to a scheduling conflict.

When asked about possible comic book roles, Hardy went for a Marvel icon:

“I want the Punisher. I want the Punisher or Splinter Cell, I want something, I don’t what I want,” he told Collider.

“”I’m not big enough to be the Punisher, I’m 5’9” Continue reading TOM HARDY Wants THE PUNISHER

GERRY CONWAY SPINS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SPIRAL

Amazing Spider-Man #16.1 courtesy Marvel

Make way for the return of a legendary writer back with a character he helped define for a generation with landmark stories and iconic foes.

Gerry Conway succeeded Stan Lee on Amazing Spider-Man. During Conway’s acclaimed, lengthy run he co-created the Punisher, Jackal and scripted the death of Gwen Stacy

Conway launches Amazing Spider-Man: Spiral in Amazing Spider-Man #16.1 this week. It’s gang war in New York City after the Kingpin’s fall in this four-part limited series. Continue reading GERRY CONWAY SPINS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SPIRAL

Top Comics for August 6, 2014

Alex + Ada #8 The relationship between Alex and his android is tested by the government crackdown. After giving Ada more freedom, has Alex doomed her? The science fiction “romance” by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn begins a new arc and explores this future world.

Black Widow #9, Punisher #9 Natasha’s solo mission sends her on a collision course with Frank Castle! Nathan Edmondson brings two of Marvel’s deadliest anti-heroes together in a killer crossover. Will they fight together or each other to complete their missions? Continue reading Top Comics for August 6, 2014

BLACK WIDOW & PUNISHER Crossover Begins

Black Widow and Punisher together!

Writer Nathan Edmondson launched the new series starring two of the deadliest anti-heroes in the Marvel Universe.

This week Natasha Romanoff and Frank Castle’s separate missions bring them together in a two-part crossover.

Will the Widow and Punisher clash when they collide?

Friend From Foe story kicks off in Black Widow #9.

“Frank and Natasha are a really interesting pair to combine together: on the one hand, they seem to exist in the same kind of heroic/antiheroic space in the Marvel Universe, but at some point the similarities stop and the disparity begins, and the tug and pull between those two ends will be at play here,” Edmondson told Marvel.com. Continue reading BLACK WIDOW & PUNISHER Crossover Begins

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