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The story here is tepid at best, and – like many a Hollywood blockbuster – it feels forced into the game as an afterthought, rather than as a well thought-out part of the experience. It mainly consists of cut-scenes where Bruce Banner, ...

Marvel Comics Carey & Eaton Back in the present, Gambit gets into trouble and is bailed out by Sebastian Shaw, who is also on the hit list. While this is going on, Sinister takes Xavier on a tour of all his bad “daddy” mistakes with Cyclops and his X-Men. He pretty much makes Xavier look like a real failure. Xavier is taken captive while he is fighting in his mind with Sinister. Gambit and Shaw pursue. Shaw explains much of the plot to Gambit. Basically Sinister prepared for his death by finding a way to infuse his mind into someone else’s body. He picked a few mutants for this. Shaw and Xavier are among them. Basically Sinister is going to assume Xavier’s body. But there is a twist in this issue.   [read the full post]

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By FofR In an email to Glenn Barhyte, Jim Gordon made reference to Maroni Imports, leading us to a new viral site, www.maroniimports.com With the invoice number from the forums post and the sruname “Craston”, which appeared in a small news update to the Gotham City Rail website:

 NY - Together the Incredible Hulk worked. Marvel, in their infinite genius, brought a lot of the television elements to the big screen version. ...

 NY - On the billboard was the Batman crest hovering above Superman - ie Justice League! In the Hulk we had some great foreshadow. In the beginning we got to see ...

 AR - Seventy years ago, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster signed away the rights to Superman for a pittance, and had to wait 40 years to see anything like an annuity ...

 - John Leguizamo, whom I've only seen in Spawn which is a much different role than this, does an excellent job in this role, and he's probably the funniest ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) “Days of Future Past” begins in the year 2013 with mutants – including the last few surviving X-Men – living in a concentration camp. The specific year was possibly chosen deliberately as the 50-year anniversary of the publication of X-Men #1.

 CA - Add to an interesting premise an a top-notch cast: Robert Downey Jr. as Stark, Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane and Gwyneth ...

 CA - The second and most impressive of these character studies comes with a post-rumble conversation between Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman, where Diana makes ...

 CA - Some members of the Astonishing crew - Colossus, Shadowcat - have departed, to be replaced in turn by Storm. As with any major X-Men shake-up, the costumes ...

By Rokk Krinn(noreply@blogger.com) Final Crisis #2: 39% (21 votes) New Avengers #42: 15% (8 votes) Captain America #39: 9% (5 votes) Immortal Iron Fist #16: 7% (4 votes) Green Lantern #32 5% (3 votes) X-Men: Legacy #213: 5% (3 votes) Mighty Avengers #15: 3% (2 votes) Daredevil #108: 3% (2 votes) Fantastic Four #558: 1% (1 vote) Hulk #4: 1% (1 vote) Trinity #4: 1% (1 vote) Ultimate Spider-Man #123: 1% (1 vote) Uncanny X-Men #499: 1% (1 vote) Ultimates 3 #4: 31% (10 votes) Wolverine: Origins #26: 21% (7 votes) Trinity #4: 12% (4 votes) New Avengers #42: 6% (2 votes) Hulk #4: 6% (2 votes) Final Crisis #2: 6% (2 votes) Marvel 1985 #2: 6% (2 votes) Fantastic Four #558: 3% (1 vote) Man With No Name #2: 3% (1 vote) Teen Titans #60: 3% (1 vote) Ultimates 3 #4 Wolverine: Origins #26   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Final Crisis #2: 39% (21 votes) New Avengers #42: 15% (8 votes) Captain America #39: 9% (5 votes) Immortal Iron Fist #16: 7% (4 votes) Green Lantern #32 5% (3 votes) X-Men: Legacy #213: 5% (3 votes) Mighty Avengers #15: 3% (2 votes) Daredevil #108: 3% (2 votes) Fantastic Four #558: 1% (1 vote) Hulk #4: 1% (1 vote) Trinity #4: 1% (1 vote) Ultimate Spider-Man #123: 1% (1 vote) Uncanny X-Men #499: 1% (1 vote) Ultimates 3 #4: 31% (10 votes) Wolverine: Origins #26: 21% (7 votes) Trinity #4: 12% (4 votes) New Avengers #42: 6% (2 votes) Hulk #4: 6% (2 votes) Final Crisis #2: 6% (2 votes) Marvel 1985 #2: 6% (2 votes) Fantastic Four #558: 3% (1 vote) Man With No Name #2: 3% (1 vote) Teen Titans #60: 3% (1 vote) The Winner: Wolverine: Origins #26   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Creative Team Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Tommy Lee Edwards Millar does a wonderful job unveiling the mystery behind Jerry and Clyde. Clearly there is more than meets the eye with these two childhood friends. Millar plants the seeds that Jerry is not your average man. I found it interesting that Jerry emotionally tells Toby that nobody wants to hear stories about comic book characters coming to life. It seems that maybe Jerry knows this first hand. It is possible that Jerry saw comic book characters come to life when he was a kid. Personally, I am simply not a fan of Tommy Lee Edwards’ artwork. It is just way too rough and sloppy for me. I found Marvel 1985 #2 to be a dull and muddy looking issue.   [read the full post]

By Brian Cronin Captain America #25 Surprisingly, though, the most notable twenty-fifth issue that I can think of happened in the current decade, with last year’s Captain America #25, which featured the death of Steve Rogers, the original Captain America.

By CalvinPitt(noreply@blogger.com) I still really enjoy the scenes where Tony is testing his flight capabilities, but I tried to concentrate on Jeff Bridges, since some of the other reviews I read after my initial review made me think I'd missed some aspects of his performance. I think they were probably right. Maybe it comes f...

By Rokk Krinn(noreply@blogger.com) Captain America is tacos in the bank. This title is always an excellent read. Captain America #39 should be entertaining as we get to see Bucky cross paths with the 1950’s Captain America. I am confident that Brubaker has another strong issue in store for us. Let’s go ahead and do this review for Captain America #39. Bucky exclaims that the 1950’s Cap sounds just like Steve Rogers. Bucky says that maybe Senator Wright is their link from Kronas to Red Skull to this other Captain America. Overall: Captain America #39 was another enjoyable read. Brubaker is money on this title. There are few titles on the market as consistently good as Captain America. I strongly urge you to give this title a try. It will appeal to you regardless if you ever liked Captain Ame...   [read the full post]

By Charlie Jane Anders Iron Man 2: Thor won't be making a cameo in Iron Man 2, says director Jon Favreau. He also mentions he's seen early art from from the Captain America movie, and it looks great. [IESB] Hellboy 2: Transformers 2: Smallville: Doctor Who: Heroes:

 - The whole story that got She-Hulk disbarred is wrapped up (sort of). I don’t quite know why Bran agreed to become involved in the first place. ...

 - Jun 28, 2008 In case it slips past some readers, Hal’s ring tells Sinestro that there’sa message waiting for him from Green Lantern 2814, which probably means Abin Sur ...

By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) Thanks for checking out our “The Dark Knight” review. You can also check out our video version of The Dark Knight review at the bottom of this post. Batman Begins was easily the very best DC comic based film ever made. Yes, better than the Keaton Batman, yes better than the Reeve Superman. [...]

By Charlie Jane Anders The Dark Knight: The Joker tells Batman: "I don't want to kill you. You complete me." And he means it. The Joker prefers to kill using a knife, so he can savor the moment. And (as you may have seen in the trailers) he says "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger." Another Jokerism: "I choose ch...

By James Rocchi Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Deals, RumorMonger, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsAt the recent press day for the new rock-'em, sock-'em action film Wanted, actor and rapper Common met the press; of course, someone asked him about his rumore...

Movies are where the real superhero action is these days, and Marvel, having scored major hits with the current “Iron Man” and “Hulk” films (and with “Thor,” “Captain America” and the all-star team-up “Avengers” already in the pipeline), is cleaning up at the box office. Meanwhile, DC an...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Spider-Man then asks the bartender where the Bookie lives. Spider-Man threatens to destroy the bar costing the bartender thousands of dollars in damage. The bartender then gives Spider-Man an address. Spider-Man leaves and the bartender then places a phone call to someone that Spider-Man is on his way. The Bad: The fact remains that Amazing Spider-Man is not actually a part of the Marvel Adventures line of comic books. At least, it is not officially a part of the Marvel Adventures titles. This has been my biggest criticism of this “new” Amazing Spider-Man. I don’t mind all-ages stories. That is exactly the role of the Marvel Adventure titles.   [read the full post]

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Fandom, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsWill.i.am, one of the biggest casting surprises in X-Men Origins: Wolverine has come forward to MTV to talk about his role in the film. It isn't much, but his enthusiasm is infectious, an...

 - We also get some revelation on that Captain America shield we saw in the ice last issue. I think you’ll be pleased. Notice I’ve reverted to my old trick of ...

 - Let’s see now, Batman knew her secret, Superman already knew, Wonder Woman knows, as does Hal Jordan and Red Arrow… when half the team is on the secret ...

By Johanna DC and Marvel Comics, traditional American superhero publishers, have tried a variety of approaches to coping with the manga boom. Since more kids read manga than read superhero comics these days, there’s a lot of financial incentive to try to attract those customers to American-style...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Creative Team Writer: Mark Millar Pencils: Steve McNiven Inks: Dexter Vines Miss Banner refers to Logan as “Wolverine.” Logan answers that she can call him “Logan.” Miss Banner snipes that she forgot that Wolverine “died” the night the bad guys beat their asses. Miss Banner then introduces Logan to her brothers Otis and Charlie. Comments The Good: Wolverine #66 was an absolute blast to read. Millar did a fantastic job quickly hooking me with this debut issue of his story arc “Old Man Logan.” I have always found it clear that the source material for Wolverine was the Man With No Name. Logan has always come across as Marvel’s mutant Man With No Name. All the cartoon versions of Wolverine even sport that trademark Eastwood sounding voice.   [read the full post]

By Rajiv Ashrafi He also said, "I’ve already mentioned War Machine and Mandarin. I have some ideas, but I really need to sit down with Downey and the Marvel guys before we say much more." Favreau, when asked about the return of War Machine, replied with a jab at Marvel: “Do characters ever really die in Marvel?...

Big B Comics - Hamilton, Ontario The Shuster Awards, given to the best in Canadian comics, were handed out last night. Details here. OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK WRITER - Cecil Castellucci for The P.L.A.I.N. Janes (DC/Minx) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST - Dale Eaglesham for Justi...

2008 Joe Shuster Award Results - ComicList

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Dave McCaig for Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. #12, New Avengers #27-35, Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #1: Wolverine, Marvel Comics Presents #1-4, Wolverine #50, Avengers Classic #7 (Marvel Comics) DC Infinite Halloween Special #1 (DC Comics), The Other Side #4-5 (DC/Vertigo) S...

 - Busiek manages the pacing well, switching between Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman like an expert. The conversation between Superman and Wonder Woman ...

Title: Made Her Eyes for Crying Fandom: Iron Man (movieverse strictly) Pairing: mostly gen, but tones of Pepper/Tony Notes: I had to completely rewrite most of this after I forgot a movie detail. Title is from Iron and Wine "Boy with a Coin".

Title:  Kiss It All Better Author: la_dame_boheme Rating: R Length: 838 words Summary: Arc reactors have sharp edges, as Tony and Pepper soon find out. The hard way, of course. Disclaimer: I don’t own Iron Man, Tony Stark, or Pepper Potts. That’s Marvel, cause they’re awesomer than me. 

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Batman #677 Final Crisis #1 Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men #1 Marvel 1985 #1 The Winner: Batman #677 Action Comics #865 Daredevil #107 The Winner: Action Comics #865 However I had to give the award for Most Surprising Read of the week to Action Comics #685. This was a great little read. I was already to dismiss this issue as pure filler. That Action Comics #865 was just an effort by Johns to burn some pages and waste time until the next major story arc. I was wrong. So congrats to Batman #677 for winning the Che for the week, congrats to Uncanny X-Men #498 for winning the Sequential Methadone Award for the week and congrats to Action Comics #865 for winning the Most Surprising Read of the week.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Spider-Man mentions that Captain America said that he thought there was some rebellious faction in SHILED trying to kill the Avengers. Evidently, Captain America felt there was something rotten going on with SHIELD. Spider-Man then says that the Skrulls were mining vibranium here and then tried to kill the Avengers here. The ending to New Avengers #41 was a total miss for me. That is because I find the plotline involving the 1970’s Captain America to be completely lacking in drama or intrigue. We know that the 1970’s Captain America is a Skrull. We have seen Steve’s dead body over on Captain America after he was killed by Sharon Carter. I find this 1970’s Captain America plotline a bit of a waste of time.   [read the full post]

Disclaimer: I don’t own Iron Man, Tony Stark, or Pepper Potts. That’s Marvel, cause they’re awesomer than me. 

By Mark Stoddard Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 5/10 Following the departure of long-time writer Robert Kirkman, issue 94 sees the comic-book debut of Heroes writer Aron E. Coleite, joined by Mark Brooks on art. So, is this a good jumping on point for new and sceptical readers?

By Amit Of course, the sequel is in the pipeline and some more Superheroes such as Thor and Captain America are also rubbing up their heels for a movie release. You can check out the really cool Iron Man website here. Iron Man appeared for the first time in Marvel Comics publications in 1963. The most re...

By Rokk Krinn We cut to the video being turned on. We see General Ross and Doc Samson in Banner’s cell. Ross and Samson tell Banner about the second Hulk. Ross says that Banner needs to help them answer why this new Hulk would kill Abomination, what is with the radiation emitted by the second Hulk and why does he use a gun. We cut to red Hulk and Abomination being attacked by robot harpies that sport Betty Ross’ face. The red Hulk chuckles that the use of Betty’s face on these robots was meant to rattle Banner if he ever escaped. Red Hulk says that he isn’t Banner. That he is his own monster. The red Hulk then destroys one of the harpies. Abomination destroys the other harpy.   [read the full post]

By tomztoyz The famous comic book artist known as JIM LEE is a favorite of most Batman Fans for his work on this classic character. He's an extremely talented artist but the great thing is that he's also a pretty cool, down to earth, guy! Recently, at his personal blog, he posted a picture he had drawn as a g...

Word has been floating around the web that our first look at a "The Dark Knight" (the sequel to Batman Begins) will be in the form of a teaser trailer to show in front of the new Simpsons movie on July 27th. As if I wasn't going to see Simpsons twice on opening weekend anyway!