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Looking Back at Marvel’s Wonderfully Weird Comic Adaptation of the First Star Wars Movie

Marvel recently released the first issue of its The Force Awakens comic adaptation, and it is weird. It is weird in 2016 to see a straight adaptation of a movie in comic form, months after the movie came out. But it’s part of tradition for the company, one that stretches all the way back to…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 6

Marvel’s Teen Heroes Are Making Their Own Activist Superteam

Marvel’s resurgent group of teenage crimefighters—whether that’s the time-lost young X-Men or the youngest All-New, All-Different Avengers—are doing something that’s very teen. They’re defying their older colleagues to go it alone, fighting crime and generally being all hopeful and grassroots-y while doing so. That’s the premise behind Champions, a new book from Mark Waid and…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 5

Brooklyn Is Getting a Big-Ass Captain America Statue

This year marks Steve Rogers’ 75th Birthday, and his home town, Brooklyn, is celebrating in style: by erecting a giant bronze statue of Captain America to honor his legacy. Revealed by USA Today, the 13-foot statue will first appear at San Diego Comic Con at the end of the month, before making a journey across…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 5

Is There Really Hope For More Crossbones in the Marvel Movie Universe?

Get a closer look at Idris Elba in new Dark Tower set pictures. Stephen Amell teases Oliver and Felicity’s relationship in the next season of Arrow. A Space Battleship Yamato movie might still be in the works. Plus, Michael Bay blows something up for Transformers, and a bunch of new Ghostbusters footage. Spoilers now! Marvel…

Television James Whitbrook Jul 5

How Has It Taken Us This Long to Get Peggy Carter as Captain America?

The fact that Peggy Carter becoming Captain America is just for a Marvel mobile game tie-in and not, say, an ongoing comic book series that lasts 10 years is breaking my heart as much as it’s making me want to triumphantly wave the stars and stripes, and I’m not even American. This yeat marks Captain…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 4

Make MODOK Great Again

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s a Donald Trump MODOK eating a famous Trump Tower taco bowl. 2016 is really weird, you guys. This is from the pages of Spider-Gwen Annual #1, which came out this past week—a series of short stories set across all of the radioactive superhero’s alternate reality of Earth-65, a place where…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 3

Anna Kendrick Is Aware of Squirrel Girl and Willing to Play Her, So Let’s Make This Goddamn Happen

People toss the word hero around a lot nowadays, so when a real hero steps up, I think it’s important to recognize them. Today, my hero is Anna Kendrick’s brother, who sent his sister a copy of Ryan North and Erica Henderson’s incredibly great Squirrel Girl comic. During a recent interview, Net-a-Porter asked the actress…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Jul 2

Marvel’s The Vision Is Telling a Story Unlike Any Superhero Comic I’ve Ever Read

The Vision is one of the biggest surprises to come out of Marvel Comics in years. The company announced the android would get his own comic, just as the character was about to appear in Age of Ultron, so fans expected a light, action-y series to cater to movie fans. The Vision took that preconception…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 29

Captain America: Civil War Concept Art Gives Two Heroes Looks Straight From the Comics

Some Marvel Cinematic Universe characters have looks that are pretty close to their iconic comics incarnations, but the Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye have always ditched those looks for more practical outfits. However, this concept art shows Marvel was considering going in a more comic-accurate direction for them. Concept artist Andy Park has posted art he…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 29

Don’t Bother Getting Excited About That Marvel/Fox Team-Up Rumor

But Fox/Marvel isn’t the only rumor getting debunked this morning. Plus Bryan Cranston talks about being a giant blue head with an unhealthy interest in teens with attitude, actor Benedict Wong discusses Dr. Strenge’s Wong, and more. Spoilers, ho! Marvel/Fox There was a rumor about Marvel and Fox partnering up to combine their superhero universes…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 28

Spider-Gwen Had Better Really Have a Penguin Counterpart Named Spider-Guin

I can’t imagine how long it took them to come up with something that worked as well for Spider-Gwen as Spider-Ham worked for Spider-Man. You can tell it’s a bit harder to grasp, since Spider-Ham stops to explain it. Regardless, this idea, from the preview pages of Spider-Gwen Annual #1, looks really good. And kind…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 27

Sony’s Silver Sable Spider-Man Spin-Off May Be Back on Track

Back in 2014, before Sony decided to let Marvel take the steering wheel of Spider-Man movie franchise, it had plans for the webslinger’s cinematic future. Big plans. Plans that included a spin-off movie based on the mercenary Silver Sable. Plans that may be back on. According to a recent episode of the podcast Popcorn Talk,…

io9 Gordon Jackson Jun 25

Explore the Science of The Avengers with This Sneak Peek Into a New Vegas Exhibit

If you’re the kind of Marvel fan who loves to ponder the inner workings of the Iron Man suit, the physics of Captain America’s shield, or how Bruce Banner’s brain might change after Hulk-ing out, you’ll love the new interactive Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. exhibit. It just opened this week at the Treasure Island Resort and Casino…

Physics & Chemistry Jennifer Ouellette Jun 24

Why Didn’t Sansa Tell Jon Snow About Littlefinger’s Army?

Greetings and salutations my… uh… greeters/saluters. Sorry last week’s mailbag got briefly lost in the mail (the irony!) but here’s an extra-large one to make up for it, including whether WB could “Rebirth” the DCMU, who should star in Marvel’s Suicide Squad, and how you can recognize if a woman is in a refrigerator (comics…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 23

Marvel and Sony Have Realized Sharing Is Caring, Especially Since They’re Sharing Spider-Man

Now that we actually live in a reality where Marvel’s Cinematic Universe can call itself home to the most iconic superhero in the world, it’s weird to look back at the time when Marvel and Sony’s relationship over Spider-Man was a bit frostier than it is now. Times have changed, though, and it seems like…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 23

Lego’s First Doctor Strange Set Stars Benebrickt Cumberbatch

By the, err, bricky hosts of Hoggoth, it’s a Doctor Strange Lego set! It’s pretty nifty, but there may be more going on here than meets the eye (of Agamotto). Amazon Japan has unveiled pictures of the set, unsurprisingly dubbed “Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum.” It stylizes itself as a little recreation of Stephen Strange’s magical…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 22

We Might Finally Know the Identity of Mads Mikkelsen’s Doctor Strange Villain

We’ve seen Mads Mikkelsen’s Doctor Strange villain in action already—both in the teaser trailer and through set pictures—but we still don’t know who he’s actually playing. Thanks to some new merchandise, however, we might have finally found out. The details come from information released alongside a series of Diamond Select Minimates figures for the film.…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 21

Marvel’s Latest Inhuman Is a Body-Swapping Antihero

It feels like almost every other new Marvel character at the moment is an Inhuman—especially with the arrival of Ulysses on the scene in Civil War II. But the latest member of the Terrigen-enhanced family is a bit different from his other counterparts… like the fact he doesn’t have a body of his own, for…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jun 20

Tom Holland May Be a Secret Genetic Experiment Funded by Marvel to Create the Perfect Movie Spider-Man

Or so wonders Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee, who says the actor’s performance as Peter Parker has blown him away in a manner that neither Tobey Maguire not Andrew Garfield managed. “I can’t believe it,” Lee gushed at the recent Denver Comic Con. “It’s as if we created a living being to be Spider-Man, and it…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 20

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Merchandise Will Finally Give Gamora Her Due

The ongoing debate over a lack of movie merchandise depicting female characters—whether it’s Marvel, or Star Wars, or anything—seems like it’s finally having an effect. The Guardians of the Galaxy sequel wants to right the wrongs of its original toyline, and director James Gunn himself is leading the charge. Guardians of the Galaxy’s merchandise line…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 17

Looking Back at Marvel’s Wonderfully Weird Comic Adaptation of the First Star Wars Movie

Marvel’s Teen Heroes Are Making Their Own Activist Superteam

Brooklyn Is Getting a Big-Ass Captain America Statue

Is There Really Hope For More Crossbones in the Marvel Movie Universe?

How Has It Taken Us This Long to Get Peggy Carter as Captain America?

Make MODOK Great Again

Anna Kendrick Is Aware of Squirrel Girl and Willing to Play Her, So Let’s Make This Goddamn Happen

Marvel’s The Vision Is Telling a Story Unlike Any Superhero Comic I’ve Ever Read

Captain America: Civil War Concept Art Gives Two Heroes Looks Straight From the Comics

Don’t Bother Getting Excited About That Marvel/Fox Team-Up Rumor

Spider-Gwen Had Better Really Have a Penguin Counterpart Named Spider-Guin

Sony’s Silver Sable Spider-Man Spin-Off May Be Back on Track

Explore the Science of The Avengers with This Sneak Peek Into a New Vegas Exhibit

Why Didn’t Sansa Tell Jon Snow About Littlefinger’s Army?

Marvel and Sony Have Realized Sharing Is Caring, Especially Since They’re Sharing Spider-Man

Lego’s First Doctor Strange Set Stars Benebrickt Cumberbatch

We Might Finally Know the Identity of Mads Mikkelsen’s Doctor Strange Villain

Marvel’s Latest Inhuman Is a Body-Swapping Antihero

Tom Holland May Be a Secret Genetic Experiment Funded by Marvel to Create the Perfect Movie Spider-Man

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Merchandise Will Finally Give Gamora Her Due

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