You know The Avengers movie must be getting closer when licensee companies are making announcements. In my inbox today was a press release from eFX announcing their line of Avengers movie replicas, and showing off a first peek at what they have in store. Read more »
Having only finished my pile of comics from last week over breakfast this morning, I thought I would spend a moment with Marvel, or more specifically, Marvel Point One. Today we see the shipment of Avengers #19, one of the issues that Marvel Point One claims heralds the return of Ultron. Now I fail to see the connection between an Avengers membership drive (which seem to be occurring with an ever increasing regularity), and the return of Norman Osbourne and Ultron, although I would be the first to admit that the Green Goblin is crazy enough to utilise the genocidal bot. Or maybe it’s Tony Stark’s reparation of the Vision Read more »
Marvel dropped the Avengers teaser trailer on us yesterday, and it’s looking awesome. But it goes by way too fast for my taste, so I took fifty high-res screengrabs to really get the full effect. Magnanimous guy that I am, I’m sharing them with you. You’re welcome. Read more »
Superhero real estate has always been an essential part of the genre, from Bat-caves to orbiting satellites. Considering the cave option, other than the Bat, the rest of the world appears to have moved on as writers compete to make the most surreal bases, as evidenced by the phenomenal Ant Farm of Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. So where do you go, when a Watch Tower on the Moon, or a swamp that touches every possible reality (and then some) just are not enough? The Fortress of Solitude We all know of the Silver Age version, of an ice cavern with a gigantic metal door, unlockable only by an equally Read more »
Straight out of the Licensing International Expo happening right now in Las Vegas, and courtesy of an eagle-eyed Twitterer, comes this first look at Marvel and Joss Whedon’s big-screen Avengers. The poster is a stylized digital creation, not an actual photo. It’s not even an actual movie poster. It’s an image being used by Marvel to introduce licensees to the property; it’s like the artwork you might see on the cardboard cards that accompany toys based on the movie. But it does reflect what the characters will look like in the finished film. Jumping out first at this viewer from the (slightly blurry) image: a modern update to Captain America’s Read more »
Next summer is truly the summer of the superhero. DC is launching its Green Lantern franchise with Ryan Reynolds, while Marvel ups the ante with not one but two big-budget hero movies: Captain America and Thor. The first trailer for Thor is here, and it’s pretty darn amazing looking. Chris Hemsworth looks the part, and the cast is wisely filled out with seasoned actors like Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard, and Renee Russo. Kenneth Brannagh is an inspired choice as director, because the film has a terrific look and feel that’s faithful to the comics while making the character and his world accessible to mainstream audiences. I’m impressed. And Read more »
I had my reservations about the new main Avengers title yet I have to confess it is growing on me. I may have called it formulaic in the past, but it is a tried and true formula that is working, and it has been nice to see Killraven wandering around again. I can’t say that these new ‘Avengers Children’ are all that impressive yet they have hardly had more than a few panels so far. It would be nice to think that they will last longer than the version of the New Mutants that appeared in the Nightmares of Future Past annual crossover of 1996. (I always wanted to see Read more »
I took to thinking not so very long ago that the epic (but exactly highest quality) DC vs Marvel could do with another sequel. Both companies have moved on in their continuities quite dramatically, even if Marvel has returned to something approximating the original status quo. We have seen the spirit of it in the very-definitely epic JLA vs Avengers, and it would be nice to see a sequel to that. (Lawyers take note here.) One could of course say that Kurt Busieks Trinity was indeed that sequel, but that only looked at one side of the dimensional/commercial divide. Personally, I think Access (or more to the point Dark Access) Read more »
It is I, the Veruca Salt of comic book geeks returned to make more unrealistic demands in the hope of someday being appointed supreme ruler of the comic universe and given free reign to resurrect titles, bestow series on worthy characters, and create super groups with little more than a snap of my wee dainty fingers. Having already addressed the pressing issue of defunct comics I’d like to bring back earlier this week, I’m now turning my greedy eyes towards the individual characters I’d like to see receive their own titles, for each to enjoy at least 15 minutes of geek fame. In no special order, I’d grant the following Read more »
The biggest event of the year in the comics social calendar is peeking over the horizon. And no that’s not as oxymoronic as it sounds, comics are are cool now, right? Right? The boards are already abuzz with talk of Cosmic/Galactic/Space Avengers, the teaser images of the return of the Black Lanterns (waaaaaaaaaay too soon if you ask me, if that’s even real and not just a Halloween cover) and in the process missing some really cool news. No, not that Mark Waid has been announced as Chief Creative Officer at Boom!, (although that is pretty cool in and of itself), but that the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are finally making their Read more »
