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Belated Comics Offer Superhero Overload And Sneaks At Movies

It may be the start of the holiday season – which, amongst other things, means that new comics are released on Thursday this week, instead of Wednesday – but that doesn’t stop comics from bringing death, destruction and Iron Man. Let’s get the non-Marvel books out the way first, because there are less of them.…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Before They Fall, Meet The Hulks

Why are there now seven Hulks (Three of whom are children of the original Hulk)? What are the differences between them all? And where did this all get started? We explain all for beginners and Hulk-curious bystanders. This week sees the release of Fall Of The Hulks: Alpha, the first chapter in a story promising…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Bastards

Skaar You can tell who Skaar is from the title of his 2008 solo comic series, Skaar, Son of Hulk. More properly, he’s the son of the Hulk and Caiera, the Hulk’s wife from the Planet Hulk storyline. Surviving his mother’s death, his attempts to save his planet from Galactus backfired and saw him exiled…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Reds

Red Hulk Who is the Red Hulk? More than a year after his creation, we’re still no closer to his identity, but what we do know is that he was created as part of a military program to be “everything the Green Hulk isn’t,” which includes smart, immoral and apparently invincible. Besides regular Hulk strength…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Originals

Hulk The original and potentially still the best, Robert Bruce Banner is the Hulk we all know and love: The man who risked his life to save someone from the Gamma Bomb they’d designed, only to get caught in its blast himself and end up with the most destructive case of Multiple Personality Disorder ever…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Your Real First Look At Iron Man 2’s War Machine

Better than the close-up of a toy, here’s the official teaser poster for next year’s Iron Man 2, just released on Yahoo Movies. https://gizmodo.com/iron-man-2s-war-machine-unveiled-almost-5414418

io9 Graeme McMillan

Children Can Build Their Mechanical Parents, But Can’t Put Them Back Together

Rob Davis’ illustrated short “How I Built My Father (And Where I Went Wrong)” is a beautiful and sad bit of magical realism, set in a world where children build their parents from scratch, but still can’t always fix them.

io9 Lauren Davis

Paul Pope Presents Japan’s Futuristic Cars

We may be waiting on that flying car for a while, but Japanese designers have come up with some phenomenally futuristic concept cars. Comic book artist Paul Pope illustrates a handful of these Japanese automotive innovations. To see Pope’s article in its full-resolution glory, check out “It Will Come From Japan!” at GQ. [via Forbidden…

io9 Lauren Davis

That’s Me in the Spotlight, Choosing My Religion

No-one lasts long in the comic-book universe, and you can’t always count on springing back to life. Plan for your afterlife. Io9 rates the top six religions to affiliate yourself with before someone is kneeling over your body, shouting ‘Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!’ Let’s say that one day the impossible happens and you wake up in the gleaming…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

Superman Movies Officially On Hold

If you’ve been hoping that Warners would try and rush a Superman movie ahead of their 2012 deadline for the character rights, then you’re out of luck. A new report suggests that Warners aims to keep the franchise on ice. Anne Thompson writes that, despite the perceived need to get a new Superman movie in…

io9 Graeme McMillan

What Thor Will We See In The Movie?

What version of Marvel’s Norse God superhero are we going to see in the movie version of Thor? From out of nowhere, a rumor comes that it’s not the one we’ve all been expecting. Spoilers? Ain’t It Cool offers this surprising tidbit: [W]e contacted a 100% tested and solid source, someone intimately familiar with the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Say Hello To Smallville’s Veteran Superheroes

The first official pics of the Justice Society from Smallville have been released, and while the costumes are certainly faithful to the comic books, we’re worried that they’re kinda… well, ridiculous-looking. Click through to judge for yourself. Weirdly enough, it’s not Doctor Fate or Hawkman that give us the most pause – Although there’s something…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Watch New Moon’s Forbidden Teen Romance – Marvel Style

Even Marvel Comics can’t resist the lure of Twilight. No, they’re not producing comics based on Stephenie Meyer’s hit series (someone else had beaten them to it), but offering up their own take on moonlit bloodsucking teenage angst. Well, kinda. Twilight of the Midnight Sons: Twi Harder may just be the latest episode of Marvel’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Supervillains Vs. Bastards, In Sick, Twisted “Incognito”

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the creative team behind Criminal and Sleeper, have done it again. The newly collected miniseries Incognito, released this week by Marvel’s Icon imprint, is a brutal exploration of the thin line between villainy and anti-villainy. I say “anti-villainy”, because you’d be hard-pressed to find a single hero in any of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Thor Will Change Superhero Movies Forever, Apparently

While the world may be eagerly anticipating next year’s Iron Man 2, Marvel Comics’ Editor in Chief Joe Quesada is already talking up 2011’s Thor movie – A movie, he says, that will redefine superhero movies’ potential. No pressure, then. Talking to Comic Book Resources about a recent trip to Marvel Studios to discuss Thor,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Thanksgiving Is Saved By American Madness And Eating

Worried that you won’t be able to make it through Thanksgiving without help? Comics come to your rescue this week, with timely collections celebrating America and eating, as well as something for fans of Skeet Ulrich and spoon-loving superheroes. Comics! The big single-issue release of the week is possibly Image Comics’ Image United, which brings…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Evil Wonder Woman Rocks The Bangs In New Justice League Trailer

Before Fringe introduced millions to the idea of Parallel Earths, DC’s superheroes were hopping to Earth-2 and beyond on an annual basis. Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths returns us to those heady days. Click through for the new trailer.

io9 Graeme McMillan

Sam Worthington Can’t Stay Away From Criminal Futures

Not content with starring in both Terminator Salvation and Avatar, Sam Worthington‘s mission to become the go-to guy for big budget SF movies continues with the just-announced Last Days Of American Crime. American Crime, based upon an as-yet-unpublished comic created by current Punisher writer (and Fear Agent creator) Rick Remender, takes place in a future…

io9 Graeme McMillan

How Should SF Magazines Fight Off Extinction?

Print may be dying all over, but is that any excuse to let science-fiction magazines retreat to the internet or non-existence? Of course not! Here’s our five step guide on potential ways to save this venerable tradition. It makes sense that we’d end up talking about sci-fi magazines during Bookvortex week; after all, sci-fi pulps…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Grafitti! Green Lantern! Sandman In A Gas Mask! It’s Your First Smallville: Absolute Justice Tease

It’s enough to warrant a “TV Movie Event” and a special subtitle, but does the appearance of Smallville’s Justice Society of America actually look good? Click through and judge for yourself. I’m one of the more cynical Smallville viewers around, but dammit if this doesn’t look promising. I’m not going to say more than that;…

Television Graeme McMillan

Belated Comics Offer Superhero Overload And Sneaks At Movies

Before They Fall, Meet The Hulks

The Bastards

The Reds

The Originals

Your Real First Look At Iron Man 2’s War Machine

Children Can Build Their Mechanical Parents, But Can’t Put Them Back Together

Paul Pope Presents Japan’s Futuristic Cars

That’s Me in the Spotlight, Choosing My Religion

Superman Movies Officially On Hold

What Thor Will We See In The Movie?

Say Hello To Smallville’s Veteran Superheroes

Watch New Moon’s Forbidden Teen Romance – Marvel Style

Supervillains Vs. Bastards, In Sick, Twisted “Incognito”

Thor Will Change Superhero Movies Forever, Apparently

Thanksgiving Is Saved By American Madness And Eating

Evil Wonder Woman Rocks The Bangs In New Justice League Trailer

Sam Worthington Can’t Stay Away From Criminal Futures

How Should SF Magazines Fight Off Extinction?

Grafitti! Green Lantern! Sandman In A Gas Mask! It’s Your First Smallville: Absolute Justice Tease

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