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UNCANNY X-MEN #9 Review: Dazzler of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Dazzler…as you’ve never seen her before!

One of the many elements I loved about Brian Michael Bendis on Avengers is how he took forgotten favorites (Luke Cage, Jessica Drew) and breathed new life into these characters with exciting new roles for them.

Bendis has recruited Dazzler as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Yes, the disco singer is the new mutant liaison for the world’s biggest spy agency.

Uncanny X-Men #9 picks up with Agent Alison Blaire at the home of new mutant dropout Fabio Medina. After joining Cyclops’s new school and literally going to hell Fabio wants a normal life. Bendis and Chris Bachalo orchestrate a tense tug of war between SHIELD and the X-Men over custody of Medina.

I really loved how Bendis wrote Ali as strong, smart and witty. There’s a great demonstration of Ali’s power with a nod to her disco diva past. She’s always has great potential. Remember when she was up against Juggernaut (her number one fan?) and she was wearing a headband?

Uncanny X-Men #9 is the latest fun chapter by Bendis that winks at the past while making the mutants exciting and new.

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Cobie Smulders on Agents of SHIELD, Captain America & Avengers 2

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.courtesy ABC/Justin Lubin. An EW exclusive — MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.courtesy ABC/Justin Lubin. An EW exclusive

Cobie Smulders plays superspy Maria Hill but she’s authorized to drop hints about Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Joss Whedon revealed Smulders will appear in the first episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but is committed to the final season of How I Met Your Mother so she will not be a regular. Continue reading Cobie Smulders on Agents of SHIELD, Captain America & Avengers 2

X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1 Preview

X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared a first look inside X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1. Past, present and future mutants will clash in this 50th Anniversary event by an all-star team.

Beast brought Professor Xavier’s original five students into the present in order to stop Scott’s mutant revolution. Now X-Men from the future arrive in the present on a mission to force the past X-Men to go back home.

If you read Age of Ultron, you know how twisting time has affected the Marvel Universe. What will the past and future X-Men do to the already damaged timeline? Continue reading X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1 Preview

INHUMANITY! Banner’s Big Bomb In HULK

Bombs and Bruce Banner don’t have the best history!

After the cosmic war Infinity, Dr. Banner plans to build a bomb with more devastating power than the Hulk!

In Indestructible Hulk #16 – Mark Waid and new artist Mahmud Asrar launch Banner and his alter ego into Inhumanity. Because I love the new Hulk book and the Inhumans I wanted to share part of Waid’s new Marvel.com interview: Continue reading INHUMANITY! Banner’s Big Bomb In HULK

Secret Avengers & SHIELD Exposed in INFINITY

The Avengers go into outer space to protect Earth from the mysterious Builders in Infinity but new heroes will rise to save the world when Thanos launches a sneak attack.

The Agents of SHIELD will join new and out-of-retirement super heroes (like Luke Cage in Mighty Avengers) in the big event. With costumed heroes like Black Widow and Hawkeye on an interstellar mission, other members of Secret Avengers will get the spotlight.

“In Secret Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. and company have to step out from the shadows,” guest writer Ed Brisson tells Marvel.com. “It’s a prime opportunity for our core S.H.I.E.L.D. team—Nick Fury, Continue reading Secret Avengers & SHIELD Exposed in INFINITY

New Television Show Picks for Geeks!

The biggest news of the network Fall up fronts (when all the U.S. television networks reveal their new shows and lineups) is the official word that Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been picked up and will air on Tuesdays at 8pm on ABC. Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon wrote and directed the pilot starring Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson leading an elite team of spies working for S.H.I.E.L.D. as seen in Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers.

Here are some other picks for sci-fi and comic book geeks to look forward to:

Almost Human Karl Urban (Star Trek Into Darkness, Lord of the Rings) and Michael Ealy in a new series from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) as police officer forced to work with an android partner in this sci-fi crime drama. This will air Mondays on Fox midseason.

Crisis Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) returns to U.S. television in new thriller. Anderson plays a powerful CEO who teams up with her rookie FBI agent sister (Rachael Taylor) to solve a multiple kidnapping case.

Dracula Jonathan Rhys Myers plays the Count, Thomas Kretschmann plays Van Helsing, Jessica De Gow (recently seen as Huntress on Arrow) plays Mina Murray. Dracula will follow the renewed Grimm on Friday nights.

Believe Kyle MacLachman (Twin Peaks) stars in a new series by J.J. Abrams. In this supernatural drama a man spring from prison fights to protect a gifted young girl from evil forces who want to control her.

Crossbones John Malkovich will play Blackbeard in this mid-season series by the writers of Luther.

More to come!

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IRON MAN: Howard Stark Secrets!

Iron Man 3 is still shining on top of the U.S. box office. Robert Downey Jr is in negotiations with Marvel/Disney but it looks like Tony Stark’s dear old dad will appear in the Marvel cinematic universe next year.

Will Dominic Cooper reprise his role as Howard Stark in Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Cooper played Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger and the genius industrialist play a huge role in the creation of the super soldier. It’s possible Howard Stark will appear in flashbacks that will reveal the creation of the Winter Soldier, Cold War Russia’s answer to the Star-Spangled Avenger.

In the comic books Iron Man writer Kieron Gillen is exploring Howard Stark’s past in The Secret Origin of Tony Stark. Part Two comes out this week in Iron Man #10 in which Tony and Death’s Head make a startling discovery in space that triggers a search for answers in the past.

“Howard Stark has a secret. A dirty dirty secret,” Gillen said of the current arc.

“Tony discovers something from the past that Continue reading IRON MAN: Howard Stark Secrets!

Black Widow in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

Scarlett Johannson will have a major role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Black Widow was introduced in Iron Man 2, kicked butt in Marvel’s The Avengers and will now join the action in the Cap sequel! Writer Christopher Markus told Collider how the SHIELD operative makes a foil for Steve Rogers:

“[Black Widow is] a great—both in attitude Continue reading Black Widow in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

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