Robb Ghag reviews Thanos Rising #1… “The vile face left movie audiences in shock after last summer’s Marvel Studios’ ‘The Avengers‘ movie, but who is this eerily disturbing villain? Thanos rises as the unrivaled rogue of wretchedness in this gripping tale of tragedy, deceit and destiny. Where did this demi-god of death and destruction come […]

Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #4 (spoilers ahead)… “The impossible has happened! The Earth has been taken by Ultron. What few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive. And it is Luke Cage who discovers the secret behind Ultron’s victory over all of mankind. A secret that will have fans of […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s ‘Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film’ season starting with a double-bill of Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People… The title Cat People could be misleading. Half-cat, half-human creatures roaming the streets (akin to An American Werewolf in London) is the first thought that comes to mind when […]

Director Bryan Singer has been pretty active on Twitter during pre-production on his forthcoming X-Men sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, and it seems he’s also going to make good use of the social networking site during filming of the mutant superhero epic. Singer has just tweeted an image of who we presume to be […]

With cameras rolling on the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who this week, there have been rumours in the press that Christopher Eccleston had pulled out of the project just as filming was about to begin. However, Doctor Who News is reporting that while it’s true Eccleston won’t be lining up alongside Matt Smith and […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #19… So this issue would have been the 900th issue of Detective Comics. It seemed a little nostalgic that while DC have rebooted the universe they still paid homage to the old issues, and remembered something as monumental as the 900th issue of Detective Comics with an 80-page spectacular containing […]

Now that young Damian Wayne has fallen in battle, The Dark Knight has a vacancy for a new Robin and while it was looking extremely likely that Harper Row was being lined up as the new Girl Wonder, an old favourite has now entered the race with the gatefold cover for Batman and Robin #19 […]

Last week we brought some potential casting news on The ExpendaBelles, with producer Avi Lerner claiming that Millennium Films is currently in negotiations with Meryl Streep (The River Wild), Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) about joining the cast of the all-female Expendables spin-off / cash-in, and now comes word about […]

Legendary comic book artist and editor Carmine Infantino passed away yesterday, aged 87. Born in Brooklyn in 1925, Infantino began his career in the 1940s and would go on to become one of the most influential figures in the industry during the Silver Age, as well as enjoying an illustrious career spanning five decades. Contributing […]

Continuing our Comic Book Movie month here at Flickering Myth, Jack Morris explains why Superman III scarred him for life… Superman III was my first foray into comic book movies. I was shown it by my cousins who had it on VHS when we went to visit them in Leeds and it has forever stuck […]