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The Incredible Hulk director talks abandoned sequel plans, Grey Hulk and Red Hulks

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Having been completely overshadowed by Iron Man before recasting and redesigning its title character pre and post-transformation for the first team-up of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, 2008’s The Incredible Hulk is somewhat of an oddity in the MCU looking back all these years later. In case you’ve forgotten (or too young to have even bothered at the […]

R.I.P. William Friedkin (1935 – 2023)

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Sad news to report today, as it has been announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker William Friedkin, the acclaimed director behind The French Connection and The Exorcist, has passed away aged 87.Beginning his career straight out of high school directing TV and documentaries (including an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), Friedkin made his feature debut with […]

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Battle for Pumpkin King manga arriving in September

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TOKYOPOP has announced that it is collecting its five-issue Disney Manga series Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Battle for Pumpkin King in graphic novel form this September, giving fans plenty of time to enjoy this prequel to the beloved 1993 movie.Written by Dan Conner (Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey) with […]

Skydance bringing Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer back to the big screen

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Skydance has acquired the rights to Mike Hammer, the classic hardboiled mystery detective book series created by author Mickey Spillane, with plans to develop a new feature film adaptation.First appearing in Spillane’s 1947 novel I, the Jury, Mike Hammer is brutal, no-nonsense private eye who is credited with inspiring a host of iconic characters including […]

Comic Book Preview – Vampirella/Dracula: Rage #1

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Get ready to see Vampirella unleashed like never before as Dynamite Entertainment launches its new series Vampirella/Dracula: Rage, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below ahead of its release this coming Wednesday…THEY’RE COMING FOR HER BABY – AND SHE’S GOING TO KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! Picking up […]

Street Fighter Omega #1 to mark 20 years of UDON’s Street Fighter comics

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UDON Entertainment has announced that it will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Street Fighter comic book license with the release of the one-shot comic Street Fighter Omega #1 this October. Check out the official solicitation and covers below…Street Fighter Omega #1 brings together two dozen artists to tell an epic all-new Street Fighter saga… with […]

Comic Book Preview – Mech Cadets #1

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Mech Cadets is back this coming week as Boom! Studios launches a new companion series to the Netflix show from writer Greg Pak (Star Wars: Darth Vader), artist Takeshi Miyazawa (She-Hulk), and colorist Ian Herring (Spider-Man / Deadpool). Check out the official preview of the first issue below…General Park–head of Sky Corps Academy–must assemble a […]

Comic Book Preview – The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #11

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DC Comics releases the penultimate chapter of The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries next week, and you can get a sneak peek at the issue below with the official preview…With Batgirl transforming herself into the online hero Oracle, the Bat-Family has gained a valuable new ally in the battle against crime. But who or what is […]

Captain America returning as CapWolf for new WWII series from Marvel

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Thirty years on from his first brush with lycanthropy in the classic ‘Man and Wolf’ story arc, Steve Rogers is set to transform into CapWolf once more as writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Carlos Magno team for the four-issue limited series CapWolf and the Howling Commandos.“This is the kind of story I was dying to […]