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Marvel to showcase Doctor Doom with variant covers throughout October

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Fresh off last month’s shock announcement that Robert Downey Jr. is set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe return in the role of Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel Comics has revealed that it will shine the spotlight on the iconic supervillain this October with a series of Doom-themed variant covers this October; check out […]

Comic Book Preview – Venom War: Spider-Man #1

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Marvel Comics releases Venom War: Spider-Man #1 on Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… THE SPIDER-MAN IN BLACK! Eddie Brock wants the symbiote, Dylan Brock wants the symbiote…but they’re forgetting about the first host to ever wear the black…PETER PARKER! That’s right – Spider-Man is back in black […]

Deadpool & Wolverine crosses $1 billion at the global box office

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Having failed to replicate the kind of critical and commercial success of the Infinity Saga these past few years coming off the monster box office of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios decided to hit the brakes on its ever-expanding slate, pushing everything back and leaving just Deadpool & Wolverine as its sole big screen offering of […]

Deadpool almost met Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man before the Doctor Doom casting

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Deadpool & Wolverine co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick know fans loved all the appearances in the billion-dollar film, but there was once a plan to bring back the heart of Marvel for this. In a new interview with IndieWire, Reese and Wernick explain how they almost got Iron Man in their film, but recent […]

Comic Book Preview – Spider-Society #1

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Marvel’s Spider-Society #1 swings into comic book shops this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… Every Spider-Character you love! (and some you haven’t met yet!) May the first meeting of the Spider-Society commence! That’s right, every Spider-Character you love (and some you haven’t met yet) all show […]

Marvel’s Agatha All Along conjures D23 trailer and poster

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Ahead of its season premiere on Disney+ this September, Disney and Marvel Studios has shared new trailer for the WandaVision spinoff series Agatha All Along during yesterday’s Disney D23 presentation. The series sees Kathryn Hahn’s titular witch Agatha Harkness regain her freedom after being trapped in a distorted spell, and form her own desperate coven […]

Channing Tatum wants Gambit return in the MCU

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If the last ten years have told you anything, it’s that Channing Tatum loves the role of Gambit. Even before he got to play a role in this year’s hit superhero comedy Deadpool & Wolverine, Tatum had clamored for this chance, and now that he’s got it, he won’t give it up quickly. As you’d […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Darth Vader #49

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Marvel Comics releases the penultimate issue of its Star Wars: Darth Vader series this week, and you can check out the official preview below… LUKE SKYWALKER faces the full might of the SCHISM IMPERIAL! SLY MOORE makes the biggest choice of her life! The M.A.R. Corps gains the upper hand! And DARTH VADER confronts the […]

Comic Book Preview – Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special #1

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Marvel celebrates fifty years of the immortal protector of K’un-Lun this week with the release of Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special #1, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue here… The LEGACY OF THE IRON FIST is a long-lived legend spanning centuries…all the way back to the year 10,000,000 B.C.E.! IN […]