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DC announces new Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries series

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The Caped Crusader and the Mystery, Inc. gang are set to team up once again this April as DC launches the new all-ages digital first series Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries. Written by Ivan Cohen and Sholly Fisch with art from Dario Brizuela and Randy Elliott, Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries teams the Dark Knight with Scooby-Doo […]

Comic Book Preview – Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1

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Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1 is released this coming Wednesday, and we’ve got the official preview for you here courtesy of Marvel Comics… AN IRON FIST EPIC FROM LEGENDARY CREATOR LARRY HAMA! Someone is killing the ancient dragons that power the HEAVENLY CITIES, and only IRON FIST and the DEADLY WEAPONS can stop […]

Comic Book Preview – Future State: Shazam! #1

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DC releases Future State: Shazam! #1 this Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here; check it out here… No one’s seen Billy Batson in years-not since the incident known as the Final Battle of Titans Island. Now leading a small band of heroes, even his allies have begun to […]

The CW scraps plans for this year’s Superman and Batwoman Arrowverse crossover

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Back in May of last year it was announced that 2021’s Arrowverse crossover would bring together Batwoman and the newly-launching Superman & Lois for a World’s Finest-style event, but now comes word from Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries that those plans have been axed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re not really able to cross over […]

Marvel’s Secret Invasion won’t be an all-encompassing MCU event like Avengers: Endgame

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Ever since the Skrulls made their debut in Captain Marvel, fans have been speculating if and when Marvel Comics’ Secret Invasion storyline will play out in the MCU, and we got that answer during Disney’s Investor Day last month when Kevin Feige revealed that Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Ben Mendelsohn (Talos) are set […]

Harry Lennix confirms Martian Manhunter appearance in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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Back in October 2019, when the prospect of The Snyder Cut ever seeing the light of day seemed little more than a pipe dream, director Zack Snyder revealed that he planned to have Man of Steel’s General Swanwick (Harry Lennix) revealed as a disguised J’onn J’onzz – a.k.a. Martian Manhunter – in his version of […]

Netflix casts its Matilda and Miss Trunchbull

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Having cast Captain Marvel and No Time To Die’s Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey earlier this month, Netflix has now found its Matilda and Miss Trunchbull for the upcoming feature adaptation of the musical stage version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Newcomer Alisha Weir is set to take on the title role as Matilda, a young […]

Frank Grillo confirms Crossbones return in Marvel’s What If…?

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Despite stating last summer that he feels he’s “outgrowing that whole kind-of Marvel and superhero thing”, Captain America: The Winter Soldier star Frank Grillo has confirmed to Collider that he’ll be reprising his MCU role as Brock Rumlow / Crossbones in the upcoming Disney+ animated series What If…?. Based on the comic book of the […]

New Batwoman star Javicia Leslie on differentiating her character from Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane

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This Sunday sees the premiere of Batwoman season two on The CW, and with it comes a new character under the cape and cowl as Javicia Leslie makes her debut as Ryan Wilder, replacing Ruby Rose who exited her role as Kate Kane after a single season. Speaking to Variety about her new crime-fighting role, […]