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Thor concept art features ‘Wacky Loki’ design

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Former head of Marvel Studios Visual Development Charlie Wen has taken to Instagram to share two pieces of concept art of Loki from 2011’s Thor, the first of which offers a very different take on Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief; take a look here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BmRSJTTHFIT/?taken-by=imcharliewen https://www.instagram.com/p/BmTgcO3nqaM/?taken-by=imcharliewen   What do you make of these alternate designs? […]

Marvel’s Iron Fist season 2 teaser puts the spotlight on the Steel Serpent

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With less than a month to go until Iron Fist season 2 arrives on Netflix, a teaser has arrived online for the Marvel superhero series which focuses on Danny’s friend-turned-foe Davos and his Steel Serpent abilities; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Iron Fist dons his classic comic book mask in new trailer for season 2 […]

Batman tops both the bestselling comics and graphic novels of July 2018

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The Dark Knight reigned supreme in both Diamond Comic Distributors’ comic book and graphic novels sales charts for July 2018, with Batman #50 the bestselling issue of the month, and Batman Vol. 6: Bride or Burglar the bestselling trade paperback. However, DC Entertainment has to settle for second place overall in terms of publishers, with […]

Preview of Marvel’s Extermination #1

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Marvel launches its new X-Men event Extermination this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… EXTERMINATE THE PAST. ELIMINATE THE FUTURE. Cyclops. Iceman. Angel. Beast. Marvel Girl. The original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles Xavier many years ago have been shunted through […]

Spider-Punk return in preview of Edge of Spider-Geddon #1

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Spider-Punk returns this coming Wednesday as Marvel releases its Spider-Geddon event tie-in Edge of Spider-Geddon #1, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Spider-Punk is back and better than ever. After SPIDER-VERSE, Hobie Brown was a Web Warrior, but that didn’t mean things back in his universe were solved. The […]

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger showrunner talks crossover ambitions

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While the official line is that “it’s all connected”, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become increasingly fractured as its spreads out across the small screen with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Netflix shows joined by the likes of Runaways and Cloak & Dagger. It seems pretty clear by now that the movie side of the […]

Deadpool pays a visit to Baby Hitler in deleted Deadpool 2 post-credits scene

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Ahead of the film’s home-entertainment release, a deleted post-credits scene from Deadpool 2 has surfaced online which was originally deemed ‘too dark’ for the superhero sequel and sees the Merc with a Mouth travelling back in time to pay baby Adolf Hitler a visit… SEE ALSO: Negasonic Teenage Warhead sees through Wade’s nice guy routine in Deadpool […]

Marvel reportedly wants Disney to reinstate James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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We’re almost three weeks on from his dismissal, but the drama surrounding James Gunn’s firing from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 doesn’t seem to be slowing down any, and now comes word that Marvel Studios may be backing the filmmaker and hoping to persuade the Mouse House to reverse its decision. First up […]

Todd McFarlane shares his thoughts on the creation of Venom

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Todd McFarlane, the creator of the Marvel character Venom, has reflected on the creation of the popular villain. Venom is, of course, all the rage in 2018 thanks in large part to the Tom Hardy led movie that bears his name. Various trailers and posters have gotten many fans of the iconic Spider-Man villain excited […]