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The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Civil War, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, The Punisher, Silver Surfer and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Silver Surfer, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Daredevil, Deadpool, Wolverine, The Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Shazam, Batman ’66 and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Daredevil, The Punisher, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, Wolverine 3, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Shazam, Justice League Dark, […]

The Best Marvel Movie You Haven’t Seen: The Punisher

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the first film version of The Punisher…  We’re in full Marvel swing now. Not merely the official studio releases that have come with blistering regularity since Iron Man, but we’ve also had an array of X-Men and Spider-Man films from other studios. The success of Marvel comic creations […]

Frank Castle’s Cosmic Ghost Rider reawakens for new series

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Marvel’s future version of The Punisher reawakens this coming March as writer Stephanie Phillips teams with artist Juann Cabal for a brand new Cosmic Ghost Rider series which promises a sprawling space adventure with even more shocking twists and turns. “I love the humor and absurdity of Cosmic Ghost Rider, and because he’s a newer […]

10 More Essential Revenge Films

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Tom Jolliffe with another ten essential revenge films… Are you not entertained? No? Then you need some hardy revenge to pass some time. The revenge formula (served chilled, straight from the fridge or something) has remained popular for well over half a century. There’s something about that trigger of a protagonist who has been wronged […]

The Cinematic DNA of The Batman

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and the movie influences littered within… So The Batman has settled itself in cinemas across the world. The box office coffers are merrily heaving and the industry itself is given a much needed extra shot of adrenaline to keep death from its door. The verdicts have largely […]

Comic Book Preview – Punisher War Journal: Brother #1

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Marvel releases Punisher War Journal: Brother #1 next week, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here… Lady Bullseye failed. Lord Deathstrike failed. Every assassin sent to kill Frank fails. The leaders of the underworld crime bosses, heads of terrorist organizations, and even a corrupt government or two come together to […]

Comic Book Preview – Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1

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Frank Castle’s never-ending war on crime continues this Wednesday with the release of Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics…   THE TRICK IS TO INVENT A WAR WORTH FIGHTING. Finn Fratz knows that if you want people to hate each […]

Netflix’s The Defenders shows and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are coming to Disney+ this month

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With Netflix’s license for its Marvel TV shows now expired, Disney has announced that it will be expanding its Marvel Collection on Disney+ by bringing Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, The Punisher and The Defenders to the streaming service this month. The Netflix shows will arrive on Disney+ in the U.S., Canada, U.K., […]

Netflix’s Marvel shows are being removed as rights revert to Disney

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Although we’ve seen Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk making their Marvel Studios debuts in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye respectively, it’s not yet been established whether these are the same characters from Netflix’s Daredevil show, or ‘variants’ of their old Marvel Television counterparts. However, we may not have to wait […]