August 2013 archive

Preview: ‘Hello Kitty: Here We Go’

Hello Kitty: Here We Go (Viz Media)

After debuting her first wordless comic, Fashion Music Wonderland, at Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, Viz Media have previewed (via Amazon) some pages from the forthcoming Hello Kitty: Here We Go comic due out in October. The 64-page wordless volume is written by Jacob Chabot, perhaps best known for his comic The Mighty Skullboy Army, and …

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Bryan Singer poses with life-sized Sentinel for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

Bryan Singer and a Sentinel

Serial Tweeter and director Bryan Singer has released our first look at a full-sized Sentinel from the forthcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. After teasing them via viral site trask-industries.com, this surprisingly practical version of some of the most famous mutant-killing robots in comics is  certainly not the work of CGI. The X-Men interquel will star Omar Sy, …

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New poster for ‘Thor: The Dark World’ revealed

Thor: The Dark World poster (Australia)

The first poster was released all the way back in April, and now Walt Disney Studios (Australia) has sent over has unveiled the second theatrical poster for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. This one gives us a look at the assembled cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and some other people up the back. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: William Shatner and Gigi Edgley added to Brisbane/Sydney

Oz Comic-Con 2014: William Shatner Gigi Edgley

The Oz Comic-Con announcements just keep on coming! This afternoon, the gang at OCC announced that 2013 guest William Shatner will be returning to our shores. Joining him with be Gigi Edgley, also for the same leg of the tour. William Shatner needs very little introduction, and delighted crowds in Melbourne last month with tales of …

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The History of Green Arrow Part 1 – From the Golden Age to the Golden Beard (1941 to 1969)

Green Arrows of the World (Adventure Comics #250)

Green Arrow has made a big splash in the last few years, even getting his own television series with Arrow hitting the small screen in 2013. He’s graced animated series, major comic book crossovers and survived every incarnation of the DC Universe. Yet he wasn’t always a star player, often taking a supporting role to …

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Review: Batman Annual #2

Batman Annual #2

The second annual for DC’s flagship title introduces a a few new characters, and proves that you don’t have to wear a cape to be a hero. Scott Snyder has had something of a tradition in his two-year tenure on Batman, punctuating his major story arcs with a solo story about a minor character that …

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Photo: Behind the scenes with Dave Bautista as Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Guardians of the Galaxy - Behind the Scenes - Drax (Dave Bautista) underwater

Now that production is under way, photos from Guardians of the Galaxy are going to start coming out. A new one has just been released (via SuperHeroHype) featuring actor Dave Bautista looking decidedly green as Drax. He is submerged underwater and being ‘refuelled’ with oxygen. What could they be up to? Directed by James Gunn, …

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More details on ‘The Flash’: red suits and ‘Arrow’ debut

The Flash

Yesterday, geeks had cause for rejoicing when the CW announced that The Flash would be coming to television on the back of Green Arrow adaptation Arrow. Now THR follows up that news with some more details from series creators Greg Berlanti and Andre Kreisberg. Berlanti,  Kreisberg and Geoff Johns will write the introduction of the …

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