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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was going to feature M.O.D.O.K. until Marvel nixed the idea

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With Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wrapping up its seven-season run this past week with its series finale, showrunner and co-creator Jed Whedon has been giving fans some insight into nixed story ideas from the Avengers spinoff, including a planned appearance from the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, a.k.a. the fan favourite villain M.O.D.O.K.!“We had […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Maestro #1

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Marvel returns to the world of Future Imperfect this coming week in order to explore the origin of the Maestro in a brand new five-issue limited series from writer Peter David! Check out the official Maestro #1 preview here…Almost 30 years ago in the landmark story FUTURE IMPERFECT, legendary INCREDIBLE HULK scribe Peter David and […]

Marvel unveils Phoenix Force variants ahead of Enter the Phoenix

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Ahead of this December’s Avengers event ‘Enter the Phoenix’, Marvel has announced that it will unleash the Phoenix Force with a series of variant covers across a number of its November titles including Avengers #38, Captain America #25, Doctor Doom #9, Immortal Hulk #40 and Fantastic Four #26. I AM PHOENIX!” Those immortal words will […]

Marvel’s The Rise of Ultraman gets a trailer ahead of September debut

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The pop culture icon Ultraman is set to make his Marvel debut next month as the publisher teams with Tsuburaya Productions for The Rise of Ultraman #1, a new comic series reimagining the fabled beginnings of the iconic Japanese hero.The series will retell the origins of the Earth’s mysterious defender against the terrifying Kaiku and […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #4

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #4 this coming Wednesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here; check it out…THE SINS THAT CAN’T BE ABSOLVED! With a blaster aimed at this back, cyborg bounty hunter VALANCE closes in on NAKANO LASH, the mentor who abandoned him many years ago. […]

Exclusive Interview – Editor and Multimedia Artist Nina Helene Hirten discusses her work on Duncanville, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp and and more

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With titles such as Sony Pictures’ Venom, Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp and Universal’s Curious George: Royal Monkey to her name, it’s safe to say that editor Nina Helene Hirten has a very large range. Her latest project being FOX’s animated series Duncanville co-created by Amy Poehler, Mike Scully and Julie Scully, which was […]

Spider-Man 3 reportedly titled Spider-Man: Homesick

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We’ve known for a while now that Marvel Studios and Sony plan to continue with the ‘Home’ theme for the title of their third Spidey movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now it seems said title may have been revealed.As reported by Murphy’s Multiverse, both Esquire and Maxim have been referring to Spider-Man 3 […]

Seth Rogen explains the issue Marvel causes for comedies

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Seth Rogen has spoken about the difficulty facing comedy films when they have the Marvel Cinematic Universe to compete with.The MCU is certainly the most dominant franchise in movies with its films covering myriad genres and ruling the box office. This is a slight concern for comedy movies according to writer and actor Seth Rogen.Speaking […]