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Comic Book Preview – Punisher 2099 #1

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Marvel Comics releases Punisher 2099 #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here; take a look… The future has arrived, but world peace certainly hasn’t! In fact, with the streets of Nueva York more crime-ridden than ever, who will rise up to defend the vulnerable population from the […]

Comic Book Preview – Punisher: Soviet #1

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Garth Ennis returns to Marvel and The Punisher this week to launch a new six-issue limited series entitled Punisher: Soviet, and you can take a look at issue #1 here… Garth Ennis (Co-Creator of The Boys & Preacher) is back at Marvel and writing the Punisher again, this time with art phenom Jacen Burrows (MOON […]

The Punisher’s Ben Barnes has spoken to Marvel Studios about a superhero role

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Ben Barnes, who was one of the stars of The Punisher, says he has spoken to Marvel Studios about a possible movie role. It is not unheard of for actors to play multiple Marvel characters and it sounds like Ben Barnes is hoping he might be next to do so. The actor has finished playing […]

Jon Bernthal wants to return as The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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The cancellation of Marvel’s Netflix series earlier this year may well have been the first nail in the coffin of Marvel Television as we know it, what with Marvel Studios venturing into the TV arena with its upcoming Disney+ shows, and a Marvel restructure which has seen the television division coming under the control of […]

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 […]