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Hasbro unveils new comic book-inspired Marvel Legends Series figures

September 12, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Hasbro has unveiled a new wave of comic book-inspired Marvel Legends Series action figures which includes Beast (Astonishing X-Men), Black Widow (Uncanny X-Men #268), Daredevil (The Man Without Fear 1993), Silver Surfer (Silver Surfer #1 1968), Phoenix – Rachel Summers (Excalibur #1), and Feral (X-Force #1 1991). The figures are available to pre-order now, priced […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Books, News, Toys Tagged With: Astonishing X-Men, Black Widow, Daredevil, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Excalibur, hasbro, Marvel, Marvel Legends, Silver Surfer, Uncanny X-Men, X-Force, X-Men

The Essential Helen Mirren Films

January 7, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Helen Mirren films…  A British Icon, Mirren has been working since the 60’s and has an array of cult films under her belt, as well as a consistent recognition from the major awards. Never less than stellar, Mirren is an inspiration to aspiring actors. She’s successfully jumped between indie, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Calendar Girls, Excalibur, Helen Mirren, Red, Savage Messiah, Teaching Mrs Tingle, The Cook The Thief The Wife And Her Lover, the long good friday, The Queen, Winchester

The Greatest 80s Fantasy Film Scores

February 2, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at back a great selection of 80’s fantasy film scores… The 80’s was a grand age for fantasy films. Swords, sorcery, wizards, witches, warriors and battles of good versus evil. Some films were great. Others in the well fed genre were not so great, but back then, many still went all out […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Beastmaster, Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Hercules, Highlander, Krull, Legend, Masters of the Universe, red sonja, willow

Marvel unveils new Alex Ross Timeless variant covers

July 21, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Marvel has unveiled a new batch of Timeless variant covers by celebrated artist Alex Ross, which are set to hit shelves this October and feature some of Marvel’s greatest heroes brought to life in Ross’ iconic style; check out the fourteen covers here… “Nobody else embodies the term Timeless quite as well as Alex does,” […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson Tagged With: Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Excalibur, fantastic four, Hellios, Marauders, Marvel, New Mutants, Shang-Chi, Spider-Woman, Thor, Wolverine, X-Force, X-Men

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Excalibur #1

October 26, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

The Dawn of X continues this Wednesday as Marvel launches its new Excalibur series, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… The Otherworld is rocked by war! It is a new era for mutantkind as a new Captain Britain holds the amulet, fighting for the Kingdom of Avalon with […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Book Previews, Comic Books Tagged With: Excalibur, Marvel, X-Men

Marvel announces Venom Island variant covers

September 19, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Tying in with December’s Venom Island, Marvel has announced a series of variant covers for the month which feature the likes of the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Captain Marvel battling their way through the symbiote-infested island. Check out five of the covers here… X-MEN #3 VENOM ISLAND VARIANT by MIKE MCKONE EXCALIBUR #3 VENOM […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Captain Marvel, Excalibur, fantastic four, Marvel, venom island, X-Men

Marvel introduces a new era of X-Men with Dawn of X trailer and covers

September 17, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Marvel ushers in a new era of the X-Men this October with Dawn of X, which includes new line-ups and new stories for X-Men, Marauders, Excalibur, New Mutants, X-Force and Fallen Angels., and to prepare for the mutant revolution the publisher has released a trailer showcasing the brand new X-Men epoch; check it out here… […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News, Trailers Tagged With: Excalibur, fallen angels, Marauders, Marvel, New Mutants, X-Force, X-Men

Marvel unveils the next era of X-Men with six new series

July 22, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Ahead of the release of House of X #1, Marvel has announced six brand new ongoing X-Men titles which will build directly from the universe-shifting House of X and Powers of X to take mutantkind further than its ever gone before; check out details of the six new series here… X-MEN #1 Written by JONATHAN […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Excalibur, fallen angels, Marauders, Marvel, New Mutants, San Diego Comic-Con International, X-Force, X-Men

Excalibur returns in X-Men Gold Annual #1

October 11, 2017 by Gary Collinson

The classic team Excalibur is set to reunite in honour of its 30th anniversary this January in the pages of X-Men Gold Annual #1 from writers Marc Guggenheim (X-Men Gold) and Leah Williams (Secret Empire: Brave New World) and artist Alitha E. Martinez (Black Panther: World of Wakanda). Here’s a look at the cover artwork […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Excalibur, Marvel, X-Men, X-Men Gold

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