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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Freddie E Williams II joins Sydney and Brisbane shows

Oz Comic-Con 2014: Freddie E Williams II

Oz Comic-Con 2014 has added another international comics star to the inaugural Sydney and Brisbane shows in September this year. Although inspired by Jim Lee’s Uncanny X-Men art at an early age, Freddie E. Williams has been working almost exclusively for DC Comics since 2005, when he was hired at San Diego Comic-Con for some …

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Film: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ action figures and LEGO revealed ahead of trailer

Guardians of the Galaxy LEGO

With the highly anticipated trailer for Marvel Studios’s tenth feature due to drop on 18 February, Guardians of the Galaxy has revealed some of the toys and other merchandise that will go along with this space epic. Thanks to USA Today (and The Brick Fan) and Yahoo! respectively, some of the official LEGO and Hasbro action …

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TV: ‘Arrow’ renewed for Season 3

Heir to the Demon

CW president Mark Pedowitz has announced that the series Arrow will be renewed for a third season. Along with Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, its spin-off The Originals and Reign, the CW will take its line-up through 2014 and into 2015. The renewal of Arrow is a testament to the successful formula that the CW has followed in bringing …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: NYCC’s ReedPOP partners with Australia’s pop culture expos

Oz Comic-Con 2014/ReedPOP

Oz Comic-Con is about to experience its biggest year to date, already expanding its shiny goodness to two new cities: Sydney and Brisbane. Well, the cities aren’t new, they’ve been there for a while, but the ‘Con is coming to their shores for the first time in its history. Even more exciting is the new …

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‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Superb Owl trailer in its full glory

Falcon - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Putting aside any worries some of us at Behind the Panels (mostly Richard) had in the lead-up to this trailer, the latest trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier kicks some serious ass. Full of very slick modern action, liberal doses of humour and a very important set of shots of both Falcon and The …

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‘Ant-Man’ release moved forward to old ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ date

Ant-Man (2015) Logo - Marvel Studios

Following the announcement that the increasingly populated Batman Vs. Superman has been pushed back a year to 2016, Marvel has quickly filled the void with Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Ant-Man. Previously slated for the very end of July next year, its new release date is 17 July 2015. DC/Warner will still go head-to-head with Marvel/Disney …

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Preview: New Warriors #1 and variant covers from Marvel in February

New Warriors (2014) #1

The All-New Marvel NOW! marches on with a slew of new titles coming in February. Perhaps one of the ones we’re looking forward to the most is New Warriors, a staple bit of reading for comics fans active in the early to mid 1990s. Thor: The Dark World co-writer Christopher Yost teams up with Marcus …

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Preview: Jim Starlin’s ‘Thanos: The Infinity Revelation’

THANOS: THE INFINITY REVELATION (Jim Starlin)

Jim Starlin and Thanos go together like Rocket Raccoon and mass destruction, and the writer/artist is returning to the cosmic universe he almost single-handedly created from the 1970s onwards. Now he is returning to that world with an original graphic novel, Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, in April. There is an imbalance in the universe. Since …

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Charles Soule to replace Matt Fraction on ‘Inhuman’

Marvel has announced that the new writer of Inhuman, one of them flagship titles that will launch out of the current Inhumanity event. Charles Soule will replace originally solicited series writer Matt Fraction. This follows the announcement a few weeks ago that Inhuman had been delayed from January to April 2014. “Years ago, young(er) Charles …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Billie Piper heading to Perth and Adelaide

Oz Comic-Con 2014 - Billie Piper

Following the excitement of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, the organisers of the Oz Comic-Con are very excited to add actress Billie Piper to the convention line-up. This marks her first appearance at an Australian convention. In addition to her role as Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf/The Conscience of The Moment …

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Marvel announces ‘X-Men: No More Humans’ original graphic novel from Carey and Larocca

X-Men: No More Humans

Marvel has announced a brand new Original Graphic Novel called X-Men: No More Humans. Due out on 7 May 2014, the 128-page volume will be written by Mike Carey (X-Men) with artist Salvador Larroca (X-Men, Invincible Iron Man) tackling the interior art. Marvel it touting this as the first original X-Men graphic novel since Chris Claremont’s seminal …

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