Category: News

Back Panels: Moon Knight – From the Dead & Dead Will Rise

Moon Knight: From the Dead

In what we hope to be an ongoing column, we look at runs you might have missed but really should take a look at. Guest columnist Jaime Lawrence, Owner of Good Games Hurstville, catches up on one of the best comics of the last year. This is Back Panels. Moon Knight is definitely not Superman. He’s not …

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Jon Bernthal joins ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Season 2 as Frank Castle/The Punisher

Daredevil: Season 2 - Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher

Marvel.com has officially announced that The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street star Jon Bernthal will be joining the cast of Marvel’s DAREDEVIL for the 2016 season. He will be playing Frank Castle (aka The Punisher), putting to bed years of rumours of what the studio would be doing with the character since the …

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Marvel continues to tease ‘All-New, All-Different’ Marvel Universe with The Thing, Wolverine, Daredevil

All New All Different Marvel teaser image #2

Following yesterday’s reveal of a ALL-NEW ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL UNIVERSE coming later in the year, Marvel has revealed another teaser image from artists David Marquez and Matt Wilson, showcasing a new group of characters. It also answers the short-lived question as to which Wolverine would be appearing in the revised line-up. Unlike the previous image, it’s a whole …

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Marvel teases ‘All-New, All-Different’ Marvel Universe

All New All Different Marvel teaser image

With Marvel’s Secret Wars current raging, it has been speculated that the publisher is planning a full reboot reset of their line. Now thanks to Mashable, Marvel has revealed some of their plans and a teaser image. Marvel will reset many of their titles to issue #1s, along with introducing “a new Spider-Man, a new Hulk and …

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Official: James Wan to direct ‘Aquaman’ and ‘Robotech’

James Wan - Aquaman and Robotech

After the massive success of Furious 7, James Wan’s directorial future has been secured. The Hollywood Reporter brings the news that the Australian director has secured AQUAMAN and ROBOTECH franchises for Warner and Sony respectively. The Conjuring 2: The Endfield Experiment will be Wan’s next film, with AQUAMAN likely to follow with a script by Kurt Johnstad. …

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Behind The Panels Issue 144 – The Private Eye

Behind The Panels Issue 144 – The Private Eye

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 144, the comic book show that should never reveal its browser history. In this issue, “The New 52 is dead! Long live the Multiverse!” as Richard attempts to explain the end of Convergence to the Davids. ALSO the One Million Moms group has urged Fox not to screen Lucifer. Either …

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Post-Convergence: What ‘Convergence #8’ means for the future of DC Comics

Convergence #8 - The Multiverse

During our discussion of Marvel’s Secret Wars events in a recent episode of the show, David Longo remarked that the one thing both DC and Marvel need is a little bit more status quo. Not for nothing: even with the New 52 and the All-New Marvel NOW! respectively, both houses have had their recent share …

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New photos from ‘Ant-Man’ show it’s a small world after all

Ant-Man (2015)

Empire Magazine has given us a look at the latest pics from the upcoming ANT-MAN film, the next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily and Michael Douglas, and is set for release in a little less than two months. The three photos mostly focus on the miniaturisation aspects of the …

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Behind The Panels Issue 143 – Arrow: Season 3/The Flash: Season 1

Behind The Panels Issue 143 – Arrow: Season 3/The Flash: Season 1

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 143, the comic book show that must be someone else, that must be…something else. In this issue, it’s an All-New All-Different Marvel coming soon. Again. ALSO The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman is in the writing room for the next Transformers film. They’ll spend three films looking for Optimus, and …

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Watch ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ recreated in LEGO from NLM Productions

LEGO Age of Ultron (NLM Productions)

Nicholas McVay at NLM Productions (who has appeared on the show several times) has been creating excellent LEGO based animation for the last few years, and the Behind The Panels boys have been lucky enough to lend their voices to a few. His latest production is one near and dear to our hearts: an AVENGERS: …

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Behind The Panels Issue 142 – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 2

Behind The Panels Issue 142 – Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 2

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 142, the comic book show that’s been hiding inside S.H.I.E.L.D. since the 1940s. In this issue, Archie exposes himself…to criticism. Archie and Veronica blushed. ALSO really long first look trailers get dropped for Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Lucifer. We talk about them in a section we appropriately call Talking …

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