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Natalie Portman’s Thor Casting Means We’re Getting A Whole Different Thunder God

The most interesting thing about Natalie Portman’s casting in Thor isn’t just her chance to redeem herself from the Star Wars prequels — it’s what her role tells us about the Thunder God’s surprising status in the movie. Spoilers ahead! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Portman will play Jane Foster, the human nurse from the…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz

Say Goodbye To Your Favorite Heroes

Despite the success that they’ve brought their publisher, it seems as if DC Comics is very eager to celebrate the end of both Superman and Batman, given the care and attention lavished on two hardcover goodbyes to the characters. To be fair, the new “deluxe editions” of Superman: Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Court Declares Superman’s Copyright Situation Confusing

Despite Warner’s legal victory against the family of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel over the character’s copyright, the legal future of Clark Kent seems even more complicated than ever – leading the court to appoint an expert to explain it all. In an announcement, the California Court presiding over the ongoing Siegel/DC/Warners Superman case declared that…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

DC Does Its Best To Make Latest Lobo Revival Rock

DC Comics is resurrecting one-time popular intergalactic biker/bounty hunter Lobo with a writer sure to appeal to the character’s core audience: Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Is this the latest example of headline-hunting stunt casting or a moment of editorial genius? Ian confirmed the news in a recent interview, telling the Quietus that he found Lobo…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Warner Bros. To Superman: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Warner Bros. doesn’t have a Superman film in development right now, and President Alan Horn told a judge that he has “issues” with the Man of Steel. Warners won its latest legal battle, but has Superman’s movie career already lost? The new Superman ruling was just the latest development in a running battle over the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Superman Returns In Green Lantern Movie?

Will the upcoming Green Lantern movie feature a cameo appearance from a certain cape-clad Man of Steel, like the script version we reviewed? One of the movie’s writers isn’t confirming or denying, but not because he’s trying to tease. https://gizmodo.com/green-lanterns-epic-space-hero-script-gets-a-b-minus-5065282 Marc Guggenheim told MTV Splash Page that rumors about the movie would feature a guest…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Pinocchio’s New Vampiric High Concept = Win

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is so last April. For the latest in classic-literature/monster crossover, you have to turn to fairy tales and the story of a little puppet who just wants to be a real boy. And stake vampires. Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer, released this September from SLG Publishing, tells the story of what happens…

io9 Graeme McMillan

American Flagg’s Retrofuture Still Ahead Of Its Time

Howard Chaykin‘s classic American Flagg has come back into print, showcasing a comic that still seems ahead of its time 20 years later – and making us wish that Paul Verhoven had made this into a movie way back when. For those familiar with some of Chaykin’s other work, there are definitely echoes to be…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)

Convinced that the idea of Buffy’s vamp beaus, Spike and Angel, getting it on was forever condemned to your slash fic folder? Joss Whedon’s new online Buffy comic proves you wrong… Well, kind of. The three page short “Almost Darkest” – written by Whedon and illustrated by Jo Chen, the artist behind the amazing covers…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past

Looking for a comic to return Wonder Woman to her bondage roots, and then redefine her feminist credentials? Final Crisis and Batman and Robin writer Grant Morrison claims to be working on that very book, just for you. During his LA appearance with Clive Barker earlier this week, Morrison admitted that Wonder Woman had disappeared…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

It’s Independence Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate it than to remember the fictional men and women who drape themselves in red, white and blue and try to personify what makes the country great? For almost as long as there have been superheroes, there have been superheroes who were…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Vampires – In Space! Or the Future! Or Both!

Why must vampires always appear someplace in Louisiana, Northern California, or London whining about their gothic pasts? If you’re sick of the same old vamps, we’ve got a batch of newfangled ones for you – some from outer space. Fray, the comic book shown here, is a classic of the post-apocalyptic future vampire genre. Created…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Kiss Me Underage Deadly In New Captain America Tease

Jailbait psychopaths and government organizations offering secret deals? It can only be the latest ploy from Marvel Comics to make sure that you’ll pick up the first issue of Captain America: Reborn. Previewing today’s release of the first issue from Marvel’s much-hyped, star-spangled, series, the publisher yesterday released an eight-page, online-only prelude issue by Reborn…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

With the second issue of DC Comics’ Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. There’s something iconic about the title “Batman and Robin” (as well as the idea of Batman…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Nobody’s Invisible Charms Become Slowly Evident

The Nobody, Jeff Lemire’s reimagining of HG Wells’ classic The Invisible Man, can seem aimless, slow and frustrating at times… but is also haunting, moving and a book that’ll stay with you for a long time after reading. The first project for DC’s Vertigo imprint by Lemire, known for his indie series Tales From Essex…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week’s Comics

After the busy-ness of the last few weeks, it’s not too surprising that this week’s raft of new releases hitting your local comic store is much smaller than usual. But with new Star Wars and Reborn, it’s not less interesting. DC Comics launches two new series this week; Justice League: Cry For Justice is a…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Indulge In The Incestuous World Of The X-Men

Missed out on the last 40+ years of X-Men comics and feel like you need a scorecard to work out just who knows, is in love with or has married, one another? You’re in luck: Such a scorecard exists. The X-Men Universe Relationship Map – seen in miniature form below just to give you a…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The Final Five Spill Their Secrets, If You Can Get Over Your Preconceptions

Ignore the covers that made it look more like a T&A book than anything appropriately Battlestar Galactica-esque; the four-issue Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five offers up a complex backstory for the robots that put everything in motion. It has to be said, The Final Five isn’t a series that makes things easy on itself; past…

io9 Graeme McMillan

100+ Science Fiction Characters Drawn In The Simpsons Style

This news may come as a shock, but people who like science fiction often also like The Simpsons. (I know…shocking!) And when those fans want to combine their two loves through art, the results are often quite awesome. Before we get to the massive gallery of Simpsonized science fiction characters, we need to give a…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Is This The Secret Behind Captain America’s Rebirth?

With Captain America: Reborn due in comic stores on Wednesday, we ask: Have Marvel Comics kept the secret to the star-spangled Avenger’s resurrection in plain sight all along? We look at our suspecting method of resurrection. Potential-spoilery speculation ahead. One of the things that keeps popping up when writer Captain America writer Ed Brubaker and…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Natalie Portman’s Thor Casting Means We’re Getting A Whole Different Thunder God

Say Goodbye To Your Favorite Heroes

The Court Declares Superman’s Copyright Situation Confusing

DC Does Its Best To Make Latest Lobo Revival Rock

Warner Bros. To Superman: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Superman Returns In Green Lantern Movie?

Pinocchio’s New Vampiric High Concept = Win

American Flagg’s Retrofuture Still Ahead Of Its Time

Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)

New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

Vampires – In Space! Or the Future! Or Both!

Kiss Me Underage Deadly In New Captain America Tease

Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

The Nobody’s Invisible Charms Become Slowly Evident

Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week’s Comics

Indulge In The Incestuous World Of The X-Men

The Final Five Spill Their Secrets, If You Can Get Over Your Preconceptions

100+ Science Fiction Characters Drawn In The Simpsons Style

Is This The Secret Behind Captain America’s Rebirth?

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