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Has the Mainstream Audience Outgrown Comic Book Movies?

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Has the mainstream audience outgrown comic book movies? We ponder whether comic book movies have enough audience to warrant such big budgets now… Remember a time when short of being one of the big two of Batman or Superman, comic book adaptations were seen as a sure-fire money pit? We saw failed Punisher, Phantom, Shadow […]

Robert Downey Jr. reminds Marvel he’s ready for an Iron Man return

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If you didn’t know, Robert Downey Jr. is open to more Iron Man.  Could Tony Stark’s death and Downey’s Marvel retirement be coming to an end? The more it is mentioned, the more it seems true. One of the conversation points in most interviews with actors these days has to touch on a return to […]

Robert Downey Jr. will “happily” return as Iron Man

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Now that Robert Downey Jr. has won an Academy Award for his role in Oppenheimer, he’s begun to consider his next move. Even though the idea was dismissed in the past, Downey reveals in a new Esquire cover story that he’s leaving his options open about a possible return as Iron Man. “Happily. It’s too […]

Hasbro unveils new Iron Man Marvel Legends Series action figures

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As part of its WonderCon reveals this past weekend, Hasbro has unveiled a new wave of Iron Man Marvel Legends figures which include 3 variations of Iron Man – Model 01- Gold, Model 20, and Model 09, She-Hulk, Whiplash, and Count Nefaria. The figures are available to pre-order now, priced at $24.99 each; check out […]

Marvel’s What If…? Sakaarian Iron Man sixth scale figure unveiled by Hot Toys

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Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the sixth scale Sakaarian Iron Man figure inspired by the appearance of Tony Stark’s armor design from the season two episode of Marvel’s What If…?, “What If… Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?”. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $495; check out the promotional images here…  In […]

Comic Book Preview – Invincible Iron Man Annual #1

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Iron Man battles Storm this week in Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man Annual #1, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below ahead of its release this Wednesday… IRON MAN VS. STORM! When the forces of chaos move upon our heroes, the past, present and future come crashing in on them – […]

Suit up with Hot Toys’ Tony Stark sixth scale figure from Marvel’s The Avengers

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Hot Toys has unveiled the special edition Tony Stark – Iron Mark VII suit version sixth scale figure which is based on the likeness of Robert Downey Jr. in the 2012 MCU blockbuster The Avengers. The Marvel collectible is available to pre-order now via Sideshow, priced at $400; check out the promotional images here… Sideshow […]

Marvel’s movie model works, DC’s doesn’t – and Suicide Squad proves it

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Tony Black shares his thoughts on the state of the DC Extended Universe… So we can all agree on one thing here, right? Suicide Squad is a disaster. Yay or nay? If you’re reading this, there’s every chance like me you thought it was almost as loud, boring and ponderous as Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

Emma Frost and Tony Stark are tying the knot in latest Marvel wedding

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Marvel Comics has announced that wedding bells will soon be ringing out within the Marvel Universe once more as Emma Frost and Tony Stark tie the knot in a new crossover story from writer Gerry Duggan which will play out this September across Marvel’s X-Men and Invincible Iron Man series. In X-MEN #26, the moment […]