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Sweet Christmas! Genndy Tartakovsky and Marvel teaming up for Cage

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Marvel has announced that it is teaming up with award-winning animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Hotel Transylvania) as he brings his long-awaited Luke Cage tale to life with the four-issue limited series Cage, set to get underway this October. “Growing up with those [Power Man and Iron Fist] comics in the 70’s and […]

The Week in Star Wars – More on the Rogue One reshoots, Episode VIII nears production end, new games from E3, Hayden Christensen return and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with some updates on the Rogue One reshoots, all the news coming out of E3 (new games!) and Hayden Christensen begging to return yet again… We’ll kick things off this week with an update on those Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots. If you’re behind on the story, […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One character details and artwork, rumoured Episode VIII title and scene description, and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got some character details for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a couple of Star Wars: Episode VIII rumours and more… We’re kicking this off this week with some official news about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film is just seven months away, and to get us […]

Comic Book Review – The X-Files #1

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files #1… Thirteen years after the original series run, THE X-FILES has enjoyed a momentous return to television in a thrilling event series from creator/executive producer Chris Carter. Now, with the participation of Carter, IDW Publishing is proud to bring to comics the continuing adventures of iconic FBI Agents FOX MULDER […]

Rumour: Justice League villain reportedly revealed

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A new report from Birth.Movies.Death indicates who the villain of Justice League may end up being and it’s a character we have technically met: Steppenwolf, one of Darkseid’s main generals. The reason I say we may have technically already met Steppenwolf is due to a deleted scene Zack Snyder released after Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

Who is Squirrel Girl?

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Luke Owen delves into the history of Squirrel Girl… With comic book movies on the mind of every executive in the Hollywood system, it’s become standard practice for interviewers to ask actors if they’d like to star in a Marvel or DC film. It’s just a thing now. We at Flickering Myth have been guilty […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Vader confirmed for Rogue One, new images and character descriptions revealed, Star Wars: Underground details

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It’s a Rogue One special for The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got everything you need to know… Before we kick off, this edition of The Week in Star Wars marks the first anniversary of the feature – thank you to everyone who has read it and continues to read it! Kicking things off […]

Exclusive: IDW’s John Barber talks Revolution, Action Man, Transformers, Michael Bay and more

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Luke Owen catches up with IDW’s John Barber… Today sees the release of IDW’s Action Man #1, which kickstarts a Hasbro expanded universe that brings together several of their other properties including The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts, M.A.S.K and more. Sadly, My Little Pony is not part of it. To celebrate the comic’s release, we caught […]