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Marvel Takes Avengers Back To School

Always looking to expand the brand, Bleeding Cool reports that Marvel will launch a new series called Avengers Academy next year. We’re kinda hoping that it shows Earth’s Mightiest Heroes trapped in a Saved By The Bell-style high school scenario.

io9 Graeme McMillan

Whedon Vs. Shelley: Now It Can Be Told!

How better to count down the days to Hallowe’en than by giving you a showdown between a classic horror icon and hero of more recent vintage? What you need may be Angel Vs. Frankenstein. Click through for an exclusive preview. From the mind (and pen) of John Byrne, this holiday-themed oneshot goes back to olden…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Marvel: Rise Of The Mediocre Cartoons

Marvel’s live-action movies may fill multiplexes and please fanboys across the world, but what about their animated movies? With a boxset just released of their six DVDs to date, I settled in for a movie marathon to investigate. Bad idea. Well, watching the movies? Not necessarily a bad idea. Watching Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, Ultimate…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Magneto Dead, Deadpool Reboot: X-Movie Update Motherlode!

Empire recently talked to X-Men movie franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner about plans for Wolverine 2, X-Men First Class, Deadpool and Magneto, and got some some interesting updates on what movies will happen when… if at all. Spoilers ahead. Unsurprisingly, the second Wolverine movie was considered the furthest along in terms of pre-production, with Donner…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Top 5 Dinosaur Fights In Comics

Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs! DINOSAURS! Fighting! Fighting! FIGHTING! Fighting humans, fighting animals, fighting nautical craft! There’s nothing like a seven ton Tyranosaurus Rex to separate the capes from the commoners. See who can hold their own against the Late Cretaceous period! Let us today pay tribute to the humble dinosaur. Without dinosaurs, Michael Crichton would have only…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

Brave And Bold Is Back – But Not Hitting The Spot

Somewhere out there, the ghost of Jack Kirby is happy, because last night’s return of Batman: The Brave and The Bold gave his OMAC character the best treatment he’s had in 30+ years. Shame the episode was still pretty dull. OMAC is one of those characters that has a great concept that almost no-one has…

Television Graeme McMillan

THEY ARE THE LAW!

If there’s one thing that the science fiction of our youth taught us, it’s that the future will be almost comedically tough, meaning that lawmen of the future will have to be even tougher just to get the job done. Just as the 1980s predicted that all futures were most likely dystopian (Unless they were…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Spider-Man 4: Less, Better Villainy

Worried that Spider-Man 4 will continue the third outing’s overload of villains? Sam Raimi is here to make everything alright by admitting that the Venom/Sandman mash-up didn’t work, and promising to do better next time. In an interview with print magazine DVD & Blu-ray Review, Raimi said, I think having so many villains detracted from…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Dragon Ball, Spice and Wolf, and “Low-Class Filth” in Manga (NSFW)

Why have so many manga titles – including the ever-popular Dragon Ball – been censored in the United States? The fact is that fans here buy manga because they love the Japanese sensibility that censors want to whitewash out. “What a hideous and polluted land I have come to unawares!” -the Shinto deity Izanagi upon…

io9 Jason Thompson

Watch Spider-Woman For Free

Fancy catching up on the first season of Marvel’s Spider-Woman motion comic? With the final episode release earlier this week, the whole thing is now available to view for free on Hulu. Sorry, people who paid money on iTunes. [Hulu]

io9 Graeme McMillan

I Would Love For Dyson To Make a Spoon That Propelled Food Into My Mouth

This cartoon by Lunchbreath illustrates additional opportunities for Dyson to profit mightily off the the technology that went into his new Air Multiplier fan. https://gizmodo.com/10-of-your-funniest-nerdiest-comic-strips-5375407/ I mean yeah, the prices are a joke, but how many of you would actually consider spending $400 on a spoon that eliminated one step in the eating process while…

Books & Comics Sean Fallon

Jon Favreau Won’t be Uniting the Avengers

Jon Favreau hates to disappoint, but he won’t be taking the helm on The Avengers movie. The Iron Man 2 director explains why he’s not the best man for the job, and explains a bit more about Marvel’s interlocking films. After Marvel pushed back The Avengers’ release date by a year, we crossed our fingers,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Avengers Assemble For Marvel’s Siege

Just in time to start capitalizing on the cinematic build-up to Marvel Studios’ Avengers movies, Marvel Comics are getting the band back together, uniting Iron Man, Thor and Captain America for the first time since 2003 for something called Siege. Written by Avengers head writer Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Thor and House of…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Your Sneak Peek At Life Undead’s Zombie Crimefighting

What happens when voodoo resurrects a cop killed before his time? Lost writer Paul Zbyszewski offers an answer (and a new take on zombies, along the “thoughtful, vengeful” lines) in his debut comic, Life Undead. Click through for a preview. Illustrated by Stephen Thompson, the 48 page one-shot is released tomorrow by IDW.

io9 Graeme McMillan

Cinema And The Internet’s Finest Comics Invade Your Local Store

It’s a week of big names at your local comic store: Star Wars! Star Trek! Spider-Man! Iron Man! But don’t let that distract you from fine webcomics-in-print, vampires, spooky holiday tales and all those other Comics We Crave. Perhaps because Marvel were worried that we’d be bored otherwise, the House of Ideas is putting out…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Devil, Marvel Says…?

Wondering who’s behind Marvel Comics‘ recent Dark Reign status quo of the villains ruling the world? Could it be… Satan? That’s the rumor going around the internet following last weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con. Spoilers ahead… Admittedly, it’s not Satan Satan that’s being fingered for the crime, but instead, Mephisto, his more child- (and copyright-) friendly…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Your First Peek At Clive Barker’s Latest 3-D Project

Just in time for the spookiest holiday of the year, this Wednesday sees the release of Clive Barker’s Seduth 3-D, a brand new comic bringing Barker’s brand of horror up close and personal. Here’s a preview of what to expect. IDW’s official solicitation for the project goes a little something like this: Master of Horror…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Dollhouse: Prepare For The Comic Book Active

Ratings for the television incarnation of Dollhouse saw a 25 percent uptick, but remain perilously close to the danger zone. But news from this weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con suggests the show may have comic-book life after potential death after all. During Dark Horse Comics’ Buffy The Vampire Slayer panel, editor Scott Allie said that Dollhouse…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Buffy and Hellboy Skins on Apple Products, Dual-Fanboys Ascend to Nirvana

Dark Horse Comics (Buffy, Hellboy) and GelaSkins (those dudes who make reusable sticky skins for iPhones, Macbooks, etc) have conceived and birthed a line of products to which all geeks will find themselves un-immune. Hellboy, Buffy and a bunch of other Dark Horse IPs are now available in GelaSkin form (heck, there’s even some Bettie…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Bryan Singer: I Want To Make More X-Men

After months of rumors, X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer has publicly stated that not only does he want to return to Fox’s mutant angst franchise, but that he’s spoken to the studio about the possibility. Talking during an appearance with director Kim Ji-woon at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, Singer…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Marvel Takes Avengers Back To School

Whedon Vs. Shelley: Now It Can Be Told!

Marvel: Rise Of The Mediocre Cartoons

Magneto Dead, Deadpool Reboot: X-Movie Update Motherlode!

The Top 5 Dinosaur Fights In Comics

Brave And Bold Is Back – But Not Hitting The Spot

THEY ARE THE LAW!

Spider-Man 4: Less, Better Villainy

Dragon Ball, Spice and Wolf, and “Low-Class Filth” in Manga (NSFW)

Watch Spider-Woman For Free

I Would Love For Dyson To Make a Spoon That Propelled Food Into My Mouth

Jon Favreau Won’t be Uniting the Avengers

Avengers Assemble For Marvel’s Siege

Your Sneak Peek At Life Undead’s Zombie Crimefighting

Cinema And The Internet’s Finest Comics Invade Your Local Store

The Devil, Marvel Says…?

Your First Peek At Clive Barker’s Latest 3-D Project

Dollhouse: Prepare For The Comic Book Active

Buffy and Hellboy Skins on Apple Products, Dual-Fanboys Ascend to Nirvana

Bryan Singer: I Want To Make More X-Men

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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