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Marvel Television felt “blindsided” by Netflix cancellations

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Marvel Television boss Jeph Loeb has stated that the studio felt “blindsided” by Netflix’s decision to cancel their library of Marvel television shows The Defenders, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Punisher. “The hardest part was while the situation at Netflix of which I really can’t go into other than to say that we were blindsided and […]

Marvel unveils more Immortal variant covers

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Having announced its upcoming Immortal variant program last month, Marvel has now unveiled six more of September’s covers, which are designed to pay homage to the many faces of Marvel, modelled after Bruce Banner’s transformation in the pages of Immortal Hulk; check them out here… IMMORTAL VARIANTS LINEUP: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 29 BAGLEY IMMORTAL VARIANT AMAZING […]

Comic Book Preview – The Punisher Annual #1

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Frank Castle finds himself going up against the Brood Queen this Wednesday as part of Marvel’s Acts of Evil with the release of The Punisher Annual #1; check out a preview of the issue here… ACTS OF EVIL! PUNISHER VS. BROOD QUEEN! The man who lives to punish the foulest parasites of humanity. The most […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige plays coy on the future of The Defenders

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With the third season of Jessica Jones bringing the curtain down on Netflix’s Marvel universe, fans of The Defenders now face an anxious wait for news on the future of the street-level heroes. So far, the only character that Marvel has suggested will return is that of Daredevil, with the press release for the show’s […]

Marvel to pit heroes against villains in Acts of Evil

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Marvel has announced that its most iconic heroes are set to meet their match against some of the publisher’s most vicious villains in the upcoming Acts of Evil event, which promises some epic encounters including Punisher vs. Brood Queen, Venom vs. Lady Hellbender, and Ms. Marvel vs. Super Skrull. “You know what everyone says is […]

Comic Book Preview – War of the Realms: Punisher #1

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Frank Castle joins the War of the Realms this coming week as Marvel releases its tie-in War of the Realms: Punisher #1; check out a preview of the issue here… The War of The Realms has brought monsters to the streets of New York City, but New York has a monster all its own…Frank Castle, […]

Netflix reportedly cancelled Marvel shows over steep licensing costs and lack of ownership

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Last week it was confirmed that Netflix has decided to cancel The Punisher and Jessica Jones, bringing to an end the streaming service’s partnership with Marvel which has also brought us Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the crossover limited series The Defenders. Since the first of the cancellations last year, there’s been a lot […]

The Punisher cast member thinks Marvel has “something in store” for the show

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Royce Johnson, one of the stars of The Punisher, thinks that Marvel might have “something in store” for the recently cancelled show. In the wake of Netflix’s cancellation of The Punisher – which joins Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist on the scrap heap – various people connected with the series have been […]

Jigsaw actor Ben Barnes comments on The Punisher’s cancellation

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Ben Barnes, who starred as Jigsaw in seasons one and two of The Punisher, has commented on the show’s cancellation. We now know that Netflix’s The Punisher will not continue past 2019’s second season, joining Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist on the chopping block. Whether we will see these characters again on […]