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Black Cat goes from super-thief to superhero for new Marvel series

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Marvel Comics has announced that Felicia Hardy is putting her cat-burgling behind her as she enters an all-new era of superheroism in Black Cat, a new ongoing series from writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and artist Gleb Melnikov (Amazing Spider-Man) – although is this change of heart for altruistic reasons, or simply a means […]

Marvel’s Pride variant covers for 2025 revealed

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Marvel Comics has officially unveiled its Pride Variant Covers for 2025, with artist Meghan Hetrick delivering six portraits of LGBTQ characters from the Marvel Universe this June in celebration of Pride Month.“It was an honor to be asked to work on this year’s Pride Variant Covers. Celebrating these characters in vibrant, personal ways felt especially […]

Marvel’s Thunderbolts* opens to $162 million at the global box office

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Marvel brought the curtain down on Phase Five of the MCU this weekend with the release of Thunderbolts*, the second of three releases from the studio this year after February’s Captain America: Brave New World and ahead of July’s Fantastic Four: The First Steps, and the film has kicked off its theatrical run with a […]

Comic Book Preview – Fantastic Four Fanfare #1

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Marvel Comics launches its four-issue anthology series Fantastic Four Fanfare on Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below…MARVEL’S FIRST FAMILY! In this special, full-color anthology series, each issue focuses on a particular member of the team! For this inaugural outing, Mark Waid and Ramon Rosanas depict an escalating […]

Comic Book Preview – It’s Jeff: Jeff Week #1

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Marvel Comics releases It’s Jeff: Jeff Week #1 on Wednesday, and you can take a look at the official preview below…WREAKING HAVOC ON LAND AND SEA… IT’S JEFF! Follow everyone’s favorite land shark as he spreads his charming chaos across the Marvel Universe! For the first time in print, you can read issues #25-36 of […]

The Fantastic Four: First Steps character posters feature Marvel’s First Family and H.E.R.B.I.E.

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Marvel Studios has unveiled five retro trading card-style character posters for the upcoming MCU blockbuster The Fantastic Four: First Steps and featuring Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) along with their robot H.E.R.B.I.E.; take a look here…Set against the vibrant […]

Jeremy Renner on rejecting Marvel’s Hawkeye season 2 offer: “Did you think I’m only half the Jeremy because I got ran over?”

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Jeremy Renner has been a big part of the Avengers movies and the Marvel Cinematic Universe for quite some time now. Since his debut in 2011’s Thor, Hawkeye has been one of the studio’s go-to heroes, and he even got his own spin-off Disney+ series. But the future of more Hawkeye, specifically a second season, […]

Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series Thunderbolts* 2-packs available to pre-order

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Following their initial reveal last month during the Fanstream event (and coinciding with the film’s release today – read our review here), Hasbro has officially announced that the Marvel Legends Series action figure 2-packs for Yelena Belova & Red Guardian and John Walker & Sentry from the Marvel Studios blockbuster Thunderbolts* are available to pre-order […]

Movie Review – Thunderbolts* (2025)

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Thunderbolts*, 2025.Directed by Jake Schreier. Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce, Joshua Mikel, and Violet McGraw.SYNOPSIS:After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them […]