Marvelous Videos on the underappreciated superhero movies of the 90s… Superhero movies are a staple of today’s cinema, but like every popular form of media, there has been a dark side to comic book-based movies. The 1990s, in particular, were notorious for almost destroying the genre. Batman & Robin is the most infamous, but others like […]
Who Is Black Mask? Getting to know DC’s Birds of Prey villain
Join EJ Moreno as he dives into the history of Black Mask… One of my most memorable villains in Batman’s rogue’s gallery, Black Mask, is a force in the world of DC Comics. With a tragic backstory and sinister motivations, let’s look at what makes the killer crime boss tick. The video goes perfectly for […]
Preview of Black Mask’s psychedelic horror Gravetrancers #1
Black Mask launches its new psychedelic horror tale Gravetrancers #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… On a journey to track down the grave of their estranged father, Maribel and Anthony find their way to the Malort Cemetery, a strange, seemingly abandoned field of mostly […]
Black Mask announces new series Calexit
Black Mask Studios has marked Presidents’ Day with the announcement that Young Terrorists creators Matteo Pizzolo and Amancay Nahuelpan are set to launch the new series Calexit, descriped as “a timely title about resisting oppression, punching Nazis, protecting each other, kicking ass, and demanding liberty for all.” What if a fascist, autocratic President took over the […]
Universal bringing Grant Morrison’s Sinatoro to the small screen
Universal Television has announced that it is teaming up with Depth of Field and Black Mask Studios to bring Grant Morrison and Vanesa R. Del Rey’s forthcoming Black Mask comic series Sinatoro to the small screen, from a pilot script by Morrison and American Odyssey and Heroes’ Adam Armus & Kay Foster. SINATORO tells of […]
Comic Book Review – Transference #1
Zeb Larson reviews Transference #1… Colton Moss and his elite team of special agents run counter-terrorism operations utilizing a secret form of time travel technology called “transference,” which enables them to send their consciousnesses back in time – but, when Colton’s past is altered to reshape his life in the present, he discovers this technology […]
Comic Book Review – The Disciples #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews The Disciples #1… Dagmar, Rick, and Jules, intrepid private eyes/bounty hunters, have been hired by a high ranking Senator to retrieve his teenage daughter who’s run off to join a mysterious religious cult. This is no ordinary cult though. In the near future of “The Disciples,” the ultra-wealthy have become true masters […]
Tim Kring’s Imperative Entertainment adapting Black Mask Studios’ Mayday
Imperative Entertainment – which is run by Tim Kring, creator of Heroes – has teamed up with Black Mask Studios to adapt the comic book series Mayday as a scripted television series. MAYDAY lives in the underbelly of the Hollywood scene, where a washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s […]
Wes Craven and Steve Niles teaming up for The Disciples TV series
Horror maestros Wes Craven (Scream) and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) are joining forces for a TV adaptation of Black Mask’s upcoming comic book series The Disciples, which is being produced by Universal Cable Productions. Created by Niles and Christopher Mitten (Umbral), The Disciples has been described as “True Detective in space” and is […]
