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Marvel Missteps: The problem with ‘Event Comic’ movies

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Anghus Houvouras on the problem with Marvel’s ‘event comic’ movies… Finally, we get our first pristine footage of Captain America: Civil War. Arguably the second or third most anticipated geek film of 2016. The movie that finally gives Marvel fans what they’ve been waiting for: the watered down, truncated version of the acclaimed mini-series from […]

Deja Vu: Isn’t Ant-Man just Iron Man 2.0?

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Anghus Houvouras is getting deja vu from Marvel’s Ant-Man… Like many of you, I watched the trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man this week. I’ve been curious about the film every since Edgar Wright was first attached to the property. And I’ve been morbidly curious ever since he departed and was replaced by Peyton Reed. Because who […]

Introducing Marvel’s Age of Miracles

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Pim Razenberg on Marvel’s Age of Miracles… Last week’s Ant-Man teaser introduced worldwide audiences to the character of Scott Lang, a con-man who’s on his way to become part of something greater than himself. The character’s story arc greatly resembles that of Lang’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) colleague Tony Stark: both men are presented as […]

Why Margot Robbie is better than Pirates of the Caribbean

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Margot Robbie’s decision to set sail with a Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff and why it could lead her down a disappointing path… In the wake of a pandemic shut down throughout the world, the film industry took a major hit. Big theatrical releases pushed back, and film productions delayed. Even […]

Comic Book Preview – Avengers Assemble Alpha #1

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Marvel releases Avengers Assemble Alpha #1 this Wednesday, and you can get a sneak peek at the issue below with the official preview… Uniting The Avengers, Avengers Forever and Avengers OF 1,000,000 BC in an epic saga that forms the capstone to Jason Aaron’s era on Avengers! From throughout time and the far corners of […]

Is Hollywood going to lose a golden goose in China?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at an evolving landscape in Chinese cinema, a market that pre-pandemic, had Hollywood seeing dollar signs… Hollywood still remains the hub of cinema around the world. As an entity it churns out money spinning blockbusters across America, and across the world. For a long time the US market seemed to be far […]

Comic Book Preview – Murderworld: Avengers #1

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Marvel Comics releases Murderworld: Avengers #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out a sneak peek of the issue here with the official preview… Ready. Set. Die! Hundreds are killed every year in an elaborate secret tournament run by a sadistic man with nearly limitless resources at his fingertips. It’s not an urban legend. […]

Comic Book Preview – Avengers #62

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Marvel releases Avengers #62 this Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… History’s Mightiest Heroes: Conclusion! The Avengers’ epic quest through the darkest and weirdest corners of time comes to an end with an issue that focuses on the prehistoric forefather of all things dark […]

Marvel announces Classic Homage variant covers for January

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Marvel has announced that some of today’s most popular artists are set to reimagine iconic comic book covers from the illustrious history of Marvel Comics with a new Classic Homage variant program kicking off in January 2023. There’ll be 25 in total, and you can check out 18 of them here…   This January, start […]