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Marvel’s Attempts to Justify Dr. Strange‘s Whitewashing Are Getting Insulting

Since Marvel announced that Tilda Swinton would play the role of Dr. Strange’s spiritual master the Ancient One, there’s been a loud outcry about yet another instance of casting a white actress as an Asian character. Marvel has been trying to diffuse the controversy through various means, including today’s announcement that suddenly, uh, the Ancient…

How Many People Has Captain America Killed in the Marvel Movies?

Even the nicest, most decent superheroes are cold blooded murderers. The nice ones just do it less than the psychopaths and make their kills with a much more cheery soundtrack. Take Captain America. Dude is all-American good guy as it gets and he’s racked up quite a kill count in his Marvel movies. How many?…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Reveals Nathan Fillion’s Amazing New Cameo

Nathan Fillion is circling the Marvel universe once more. in the most delightful way. New set pictures from GotG2 have hit the web, revealing an all-new role the Castle and Firefly star plays in the movie—and it has a major reference to the comics. Spoilers ahead! Fillion, of course, made an uncredited guest appearance in…

Someone Lends a Helping Claw in the Final X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

The latest look at X-Men: Apocalypse is here, and as per usual, things aren’t looking great for Charles Xavier and his merry band of mutants. That doesn’t mean they’re not going to go down without a fight, though—and they’re taking the fight to Apocalypse with the help of a few familiar faces. The trailer, which…

You Should All Be Reading These Criminally Underrated Comics Right Now

We at io9 tend to cover a lot of comic book news, but there are a lot of smaller titles that, while not making headline news, are absolutely worth checking out (and then telling all your friends about how awesome they are). Here are just some of the criminally underappreciated series out right now that…

The Evolution of Iron Man in TV and Film

In the popular imagination Iron Man is a lot of things: smart, smarmy, a little bit of a lecher, and a raging alcoholic. A lot of that is owed to Robert Downey Jr. But everyone’s favorite armored scientist has come a long way since 1966. Burger Fiction just posted an exhaustive retrospective collecting the many…

Peabody Awards Recognize Jessica Jones, Mr. Robot, and The Leftovers as Damn Good Shows

We’re living in a golden age of television, both at large and within the scope of genre TV. And apparently the Peabody Awards agree. This year the prestigious committee has given three of its Entertainment awards to three of our favorite shows of the last year: Mr. Robot, The Leftovers and Jessica Jones. Awarded to…

Does Appeasing Nerds Actually Make a Movie More Successful?

Hello again! Sorry for last week’s absence, but you sure gave me a bunch of excellent letters, so it technically worked out for all of us. This week: Is Rey in danger from Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow? When is a time travel movie not a time travel movie? And most importantly, is Batfleck a…

Robert Downey Jr. Will Be In Spider-Man Homecoming

It’s long been rumored, but now it’s actually happening: Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as the Iron Avenger Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker’s feature-length entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The news, from Hollywood Reporter, comes from a separate deal the actor has negotiated with Marvel and Sony beyond his current…

Agents of SHIELD Actually Managed To Make Grant Ward Even Creepier

You thought it couldn’t be done! But they totally did it. First Grant Ward was a dead-eyed psycho who killed his family and betrayed his friends (and may have killed an adorable dog). Then he turned into Daisy’s obsessed stalker, with a weird relationship with the Agent 33 and a penchant for brainwashing. After he…

Here Is the Most Ridiculously Badass Moment in Comics This Week, Courtesy of Karnak

Karnak has been one of the best things to come out of Marvel’s current wave of Inhumans-hype. Even over just a few issues it’s developed the badass Inhuman magister as an unstoppable force of bone-crunching, precise destruction—but Karnak’s latest standout moment is one of the craziest things he’s ever done. Spoilers ahead for Karnak #3…

Fox have announced the details of Deadpool’s home release on May 10th—including a commentary with co-creator Rob Liefeld. Liefeld is joined by director Tim Miller on the track, one of two included. As always with Deadpool, there’s a cute, fourth-wall-breaking image detailing all the content that you can see below.

This Awesome, Tragically Unused Captain America: Civil War Art Should Be on Every Billboard 

Artist Alexander Lozano did a bunch of promotional art for Captain America: Civil War, but this one, the one that was never used, is possibly the best. Mainly because it focuses on only the movie’s two main characters and the detail in the damage is so dead on. On his Facebook page, Lozano captioned the…

The Star Wars Comic’s New Stormtroopers Look Absurdly Awesome

The very best of what Star Wars can be often comes with Star Wars at its silliest. Like the Dark side and the Light, there must be a balance between coolness and sincere camp at all times; it’s what makes a name like ‘Poe Dameron’ both ridiculously silly and badass at the same time. It’s…

The True Identities of a Hundred Pop Culture Icons Revealed

Originality is difficult. Try to come up with an original concept and odds are, you’re just taking bits and pieces from your previous experiences to give something old a new spin. That’s the theme of Icons Unmasked, an amazing new art show by artist Alex Solis. Solis has taken over 100 popular pop culture characters…

Deadpool‘s Director Wants Spider-Man to Crossover Into Fox’s Marvel Movies

Usually, this sort of talk would be passed off as wild dreams that could never happen. But apparently the teams behind Deadpool and the X-Men movies have already started laying out the groundwork for this classic comics team-up to happen on the big screen. It seems like the unprecedented deal-making between Sony and Marvel that…

Some Of Spider-Man’s Newest Classmates Have Just Been Revealed

It’s been a big week for the Webslinger. Actor Tom Holland revealed that the next Spider-Man movie will be called Spider-Man: Homecoming, Michael Keaton is rumored to play the Vulture, and now two classmates are joining the team. Deadline reports Tony Revolori, who starred in The Grand Budapest Hotel, has been cast in the 2017…

The Creators of Daredevil Will Mastermind His Team-Up With The Defenders

The wheels on Netflix and Marvel’s crossover event The Defenders have begun to turn: Marvel has announced that the creative team behind Daredevil will steer The Defenders when it enters production later this year. Daredevil season two showrunners Marco Ramirez and Doug Petrie will run Defenders in a similar capacity, while Drew Goddard, who worked…

We’re big fans of The Vision’s fashion sense here on io9, but what were his best comic book outfits? For the dedicated follower of synthezoid fashion, Brian Cronin over at Comic Book Resources has collected the Vision’s finest bits of wardrobe selection throughout his comic book history, and it’s fantastic.

We Could Have Seen The Hulk in Civil War After All (and We Still Might)

The saga of whether or not Mark Ruffalo would be joining almost the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Civil War has been long and tumultuous. First, Robert Downey Jr. apparently asked Ruffalo to be in on the fun. Then it was happening. Then it wasn’t—and yet rumors persisted. Turns out there was some…