Avengers

Marvel’s Next Major Event Is Already Messing With the Phoenix’s Legacy

Though the ultra-destructive Phoenix Force is most widely known as being a fixture of Marvel’s X-Men comics and the reason that Jean Grey’s been brought back from the dead so many times, the way the publisher’s been setting up this winter’s Enter the Phoenix events has made it quite clear that the firebird’s return won’t…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The First WandaVision Trailer Is Totally Bonkers and You’ll Love It

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Trailers Germain Lussier

Marvel’s Avengers Works Best Putting the Spotlight on Its Unlikeliest Stars

The story of Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers caught many off-guard heading into the grindy, loot-driven brawler, expecting a perfunctory tutorial to the game’s all-encompassing live-service mechanics. Instead, we got maybe one of the most sincerely intimate Avengers stories in years, and it works because of the game’s true stars. It’s no longer really…

Games James Whitbrook

Dame Diana Rigg, the Avenger Who Became the Queen of Thorns, Has Died at 82

To look at actress Dame Diana Rigg’s filmography is to look back at a lifetime of performances defined by a person’s singular panache and talent for slipping so deeply into a wide bevvy of roles, that each time she stepped onto screen, you could scarcely believe that the same person had inhabited so many different…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Marvel’s Avengers Is Making Me Feel Like Superheroes Kill a Lot Of People

Square-Enix’sMarvel’s Avengers establishes early on that as you and the Avengers journey across the world on a quest to defeat MODOK, you’ll have to fight countless AIM-branded robots based on Stark technology that are all programmed to target Inhumans and eliminate heroes on sight. Because the baddies are all machines, Marvel’s Avengers encourages you to—in…

Games Charles Pulliam-Moore

Looks Like Marvel’s Avengers Is Getting Even More Heroes Down the Line

When the initial roster for Square Enix’sMarvel’s Avengers was first announced, Kamala Khan immediately stood out, because the rest of the squad consisted entirely of heroes who’ve been core parts of Marvel’s cinematic universe up to this point. Since then, we’ve learned that both Hawkeye and Spider-Man are making their way to the game eventually,…

Games Charles Pulliam-Moore

Doom Patrol‘s Stylish Sendup of The Avengers Hits All the Right Notes

Though Doom Patrol’s second season has already placed its heroes smack dab in the middle of yet another apocalypse-in-progress, the series has been careful to give each of its characters moments of some much-needed levity. It reminds us all that they’re still a bunch of oddballs with the sort of perfectly pedestrian, ridiculous fantasies we all…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Hell Yeah, We’re Beating Up MODOK in the Avengers Game

We shouldn’t be that surprised, really—we’ve known for a while that AIM would have a role in Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix’s upcoming Avengers action game. But now we’ve got a better picture of the game’s story, and George Tarleton’s big-headed role in it. As part of a larger livestream about the game’s mechanics, Square-Enix has…

Games James Whitbrook

A Gloriously Golden Wonder Woman Is the Shiniest Toy of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of all things plastic on the internet lately. This week: Hot Toys soars into action with Wonder Woman 1984 goodness, Lego assembles Earth’s mightiest heroes and perhaps the chonkiest Iron Man around for Avengers playsets, and Godzilla brings the appropriate amount of calm to the game of…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Stressed Pooches, Global Outbreak, and Immortality: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

With all this talk about the spread of COVID-19, I would blame you if you’re considering staying inside and away from people (more than usual, at least) until all this blows over. I know I am. Thankfully, if voluntary house arrest is in your future, the good folks at Gizmodo have plenty of amazing coverage…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Does Disney Want Us…Dead?

Marvel overlord Kevin Feige and his two heralds imbued with the Power Cinematic—the Russo Brothers—all made guest appearances on this week’s episode of The Simpsons with a special message befitting the company that gobbled up 20th Century Fox in its quest for global domination: “Spoil our movies at the risk of death, nerds.” “Bart the…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Korg and Miek Go to War in This Avengers: Endgame Concept Art

When Thanos’s army comes knocking on the door of the world, it’s time to step up. Not even Fortnite can get in the way of saving the world. In newly released concept art for Avengers: Endgame, Korg and Miek put down the controllers and take off the headsets and suit the heck up. Are these…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Avengers: Endgame Star Defies Tony Stark and Goes Sledding With Captain America’s Shield

Which is probably a terrible idea, if we’re being honest. Is there still a moratorium on spoilers for Avengers: Endgame? Just in case, here we go: Okay. So. Remember how Tony Stark gave Captain America his iconic shield back, saying that he had to get it out of the garage before his daughter went sledding…

Movies Julie Muncy

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The Fictional People and Things We Lost in 2019

This year saw some of the biggest endings in movie and television history. In Avengers: Endgame, a few brave souls sacrificed themselves to save the universe and Game of Thrones finally put someone on the Iron Throne…and a lot of people in their graves. There are a lot of characters to grieve over, and we’re here…

Television io9 Staff

The Trump Campaign Has Compared the President to Thanos, a Mass Murderer

In what can only be described as an unsurprising turn of events, Donald Trump’s campaign has likened the president of the United States to Thanos, the depraved villain from Marvel’s comics, television series, and film franchise whose whole schtick is wanting to murder billions of people because he’s obsessed with death. To be fair, both…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The New Avengers VR Game Is Fun, If Inconsequential

A common critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that many of its entries can feel like forgettable fluff: fine and fun in the moment, but will immediately vacate your head the minute those post-credit-scenes stop rolling. Avengers: Damage Control might come in an interesting format, but it would do little to assuage that critique.…

Games James Whitbrook

Here’s Where Captain Marvel Could Have Appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Captain Marvel didn’t emerge in the Marvel Cinematic Universe until after the third film in the Avengers series all but concluded. However, there were plans, at one point, to bring her in much earlier, and now we have a better idea of what that might have looked like. This new detail comes courtesy of Reddit,…

Movies Julie Muncy

Anthony Mackie Knows How Big a Deal His New Captain America Is

Because the Captain America title is so deeply intertwined with the Avengers’ heroism and fight to keep the world safe, it was a big deal that the now-elderly Steve Rogers ended up deciding to pass on the mantle and the shield to his friend Sam Wilson in the final act of Avengers: Endgame. Anthony Mackie…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Ms. Marvel Is, in Fact, the Star of the New Avengers Game

It seemed likely, but now it’s official. At New York Comic Con, Marvel Games officially announced that Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is indeed a playable character in Square Enix and Crystal Dynamic’s upcoming game, Marvel’s Avengers. Speculation began at San Diego Comic-Con when footage screened there strongly hinted at Khan’s role, as a young girl…

Movies Germain Lussier

Test Out Shuri’s Latest Gadgets in ILM’s New Marvel VR Experience, Avengers: Damage Control

I have thoughts about Marvel and ILM’s newest Virtual Reality experiment, and none of them actually really pertain to what you’ll be doing if you head out and book a ticket to try it. This morning Marvel Studios and ILMxLAB announced Avengers: Damage Control, a location-based VR experience launching this October at select VOID VR…

Games James Whitbrook

Marvel’s Next Major Event Is Already Messing With the Phoenix’s Legacy

The First WandaVision Trailer Is Totally Bonkers and You’ll Love It

Marvel’s Avengers Works Best Putting the Spotlight on Its Unlikeliest Stars

Dame Diana Rigg, the Avenger Who Became the Queen of Thorns, Has Died at 82

Marvel’s Avengers Is Making Me Feel Like Superheroes Kill a Lot Of People

Looks Like Marvel’s Avengers Is Getting Even More Heroes Down the Line

Doom Patrol‘s Stylish Sendup of The Avengers Hits All the Right Notes

Hell Yeah, We’re Beating Up MODOK in the Avengers Game

A Gloriously Golden Wonder Woman Is the Shiniest Toy of the Week

Stressed Pooches, Global Outbreak, and Immortality: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Does Disney Want Us…Dead?

Korg and Miek Go to War in This Avengers: Endgame Concept Art

This Avengers: Endgame Star Defies Tony Stark and Goes Sledding With Captain America’s Shield

The Fictional People and Things We Lost in 2019

The Trump Campaign Has Compared the President to Thanos, a Mass Murderer

The New Avengers VR Game Is Fun, If Inconsequential

Here’s Where Captain Marvel Could Have Appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Anthony Mackie Knows How Big a Deal His New Captain America Is

Ms. Marvel Is, in Fact, the Star of the New Avengers Game

Test Out Shuri’s Latest Gadgets in ILM’s New Marvel VR Experience, Avengers: Damage Control

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