Commence the geekgasms! After a week of teasers, including the poster and a 10-second trailer, Marvel and Disney have released the first full trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier . A very SHIELD-centric film that seems determined to ground the Marvel Cinematic Universe between the cosmic adventures of Thor: The Dark World and Guardians of the Galaxy. …
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Oct 24 2013
Graphic Bits Reviews: Pretty Deadly #1, Velvet #1 and Rat Queens #2
Don’t have time for long reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. While the major publishers are filling their pages with villains, battling atoms and infinite crises, Image Comics this week has largely concentrated on crafting some monthly …
Oct 24 2013
‘Daredevil’ to conclude with issue #36
It comes as a completely surprise that Marvel‘s multiple award-winning run of Daredevil is seemingly coming to an end with issue #36. Currently written by Mark Waid, with art duties tackled by Chris Samnee and Javier Rodriguez, the book has been topping ‘best of ‘ lists for the duration of its run. Now series editor Steve …
Oct 24 2013
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ releases first photos, teaser for trailer
With the Captain America: The Winter Soldier teaser trailer due out tomorrow, Disney has stuck with the trend of releasing a 10-second teaser for the teaser trailer online, along with two new photos from the forthcoming film. This follows the release of the first poster yesterday and the buzz around the Marvel Cinematic Universe that accompanies …
Oct 24 2013
Walt Disney Japan announces ‘Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers’, Marvel’s first anime
The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. announced today that it will produce the first Japanese Marvel animated television series targeted at boys. Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers is based on Marvel’s most popular team of Super Heroes, The Avengers and will premiere nationwide on terrestrial television in spring 2014. Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers will be produced by …
Oct 23 2013
Oz Comic-Con 2014: Agnes Garbowska, Jim Cummings, Jon Sommariva and Doug Holgate join guest list
It seems that every week we are reporting back on a new guest or four that the wonderful people at Oz Comic-Con, expanding to five states around Australia in 2014. Now OCC are announcing the addition of several comic book artists and actors at the various events. The latest to join is artist Jon Sommariva, best known for …
Oct 23 2013
Marvel unveils first poster for ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
With a teaser trailer due out later in the week, Marvel has released the first poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers. The trailer due out this week is probably one of the more anticipated looks at what has been a pretty closely …
Oct 19 2013
IDW to crossover The X-Files with Ghostbusters, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Crow in January 2014
It’s the crossover that had to happen! Or at least it already has on our bedroom floors and toy stores during the 80s and 90s. IDW has announced (via CBR) in their January 2014 solicitations that their big crossover will be The X-Files Conspiracy. The “event of the year sees characters from The X-Files interact …
Oct 18 2013
Highlights from Dark Horse January 2014 solicitations – Serenity, Hellboy, Skyman, Juice Squeezers and more!
Dark Horse are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hellboy in a big way come 2014, with variant covers across many of their titles and a Hellboy: The First 20 Years hardcover due out in March. There’s also a stack of new titles coming out, many of which were announced at NYCC or prior, but they …
Oct 17 2013
NYCC 2013: All-New Marvel NOW! titles for January through April 2014
Marvel has issued a press release containing a full list of the titles announced at NYCC this year, including the new and relaunched titles we can expect between January and April 2014. Marvel Entertainment’s Editor in Chief Axel Alonso claims that the “NYCC announcements were only the tip of the iceberg — we’ve plenty more to …
Oct 16 2013
Marvel Studios plans four TV drama series and a mini-series
With Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. an apparent success, Deadline reveals that Marvel Studios is developing “a package of four drama series and a miniseries — a total of some 60 episodes — that would be taken out to the VOD and cable space, with Netflix, Amazon and WGN America rumored as potential candidates“. This comes …