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Marvel announces Black Widow Prelude

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As is customary with many of Marvel Studios’ movies, the upcoming Scarlett Johansson-led Black Widow film is set to receive a comic book lead-in from Marvel with a two-part Black Widow Prelude from writer Peter David and artist Carlos Villa. The solicitation for Black Widow Prelude reads: TRACE THE BLACK WIDOW’S HISTORY IN THE MARVEL […]

Comic Book Preview – Savage Avengers Annual #1

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Marvel Comics releases Savage Avengers Annual #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview below; check it out… A barbarian walks into a brothel and thus begins another adventure in the life of Conan of Cimmeria. Human traffickers finally meet an immovable human. Black Widow is drawn into the intrigue […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Annual #3

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Annual #3 is out this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics… SEE ALSO: Comic Book Preview – Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance #4 THE ARRANGEMENT – A DONE-IN-ONE TALE! MOS EISLEY: you will […]

Marvel announces scripted podcasts featuring Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Star-Lord

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Following on from the successful Wolverine: The Long Night, Marvel has announced that it is getting back into the scripted podcast business, teaming with SiriusXM to produce new audio dramas featuring Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Star-Lord, along with a fifth team-up series. “Powerful stories are read, seen, and heard – and we believe audio […]

Conan goes up against Mephisto in Marvel’s Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown

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Marvel has announced that Conan is set to venture further into the Marvel Universe than ever before with the upcoming limited series Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown, which will pit Robert E. Howard’s barbarian against the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto. “Getting to write Conan the Barbarian taking on the Marvel Universe is a high-octane, widescreen […]

Comic Book Preview – Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance #4

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Marvel Comics releases Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance #4 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… THE DECADES-SPANNING SKYWALKER SAGA NEARS ITS CLIMACTIC CONCLUSION! Before the exciting events of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker! Hounded by the FIRST ORDER across […]

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger cancelled by Freeform

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This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given there’s been radio silence since its season two finale back in May, but Freeform has announced that it has opted against renewing its Marvel series Cloak & Dagger. “We are so proud of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and the trailblazing stories this series told,” read […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1

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Marvel launches its Zombies reboot this coming Wednesday with the release of Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1; check out a preview of the issue here… THE HORROR SMASH-HIT LIVES AGAIN! When Galactus’ corpse appears at the edge of Earth’s solar system, the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus’ body is […]

Ken Loach joins the chorus of superhero movie critics

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As the debate surrounding the cinematic quality (or lack thereof) of Marvel movies continues, acclaimed British director Ken Loach (Kes, I, Daniel Blake) has become the latest filmmaker to join the chorus of criticism, slamming superhero films as “a cynical exercise” that “has nothing to do with the art of cinema”. “I find them boring,” […]