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Optimus Prime joins the Decepticons and Zombie Nightsisters fight Grievous on Clone Wars

Transformers is back! This week Transformers Prime season two kicks off with Optimus Prime getting amnesia, a 30 Rock star makes an appearance on Archer, and we see a zombie battle in the Star Wars Universe – Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars – “Massacre” This episode kicks off the last story arc…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 25

A Sneak Preview of Darth Maul’s Return & My Little Pony‘s inspired take on Spielberg’s Warhorse

Clone Wars takes the week off, but we’ve got a sneak preview of the season finale featuring an appearance by Darth Maul! This Saturday morning also brings clips from this week’s episodes of Adventure Time, Archer, and a couple of new reader request shows! Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars – “The Phantom…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 18

Indiana Jones becomes a Pony and Dr. Doom meets Justin Timberlake!

This week we take a look at a pretty amazing episode of the Regular Show, check out parodies of Glee and Dolphin Tale on Mad, and see the finale of the Obi-Wan bounty hunter story arc on Clone Wars. Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars – “Crisis on Naboo” The winners of last…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 11

We’ve seen Amazing Spider-Man‘s new sizzle reel, and we think we know how this movie ends!

Today The Amazing Spider-Man launched an international press day, with cast members and director Marc Webb. And not only did they premiere a brand new trailer, but we saw a giant sizzle reel. What did we think of Hollywood’s new Peter Parker, and what did we see? We describe our first impressions for you, below!…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 6

The Avengers Super Bowl Trailer Screencaps

The Avengers trailer begins like many before it. Over the New York city skyline, the quiet just before it’s invaded, and things go boom! A bitter Captain says nothing surprises him now. Wanna bet? Meanwhile a pair of Avengers Quinjets land on what we’re assuming is the SHIELD Helicarrier. New York city goes boom and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 6

A Fresh Look at Hawkeye’s Bow from The Avengers… in Nerf Form

Captain America has his shield, Thor has his hammer, Black Widow has her thighs and Hawkeye has his awesome bow. We’ve seen very little of Jeremy Renner’s superhero Clint Barton (better known as Hawkeye) from Joss Whedon’s Avengers. But now you can get a better look at the man and his big bad bow, because…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 31

How to survive your evil boarding school

So you’ve landed in an evil boarding school. Chances are your parents thought they were doing the right thing: giving you a great education, sending you to the top disciplinarians who will set you on the proper path in life. But there’s something wicked going on behind the cute uniforms and impressive alumni list, and…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 29

Marvel Making a Full-Length Nick Fury Movie?

We know that Marvel is filming Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 as its next couple of projects — but what comes after that? In yesterday’s article about Hollywood scientific advisors, we heard that the Dr. Strange script is far enough along that it’s being vetted for scientific accuracy. https://gizmodo.com/the-experts-who-put-actual-science-into-hollywood-scien-5879094 But what else is in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 26

10 Comic Book Characters Who Become Completely Different if You Change One Letter

We’ve seen Batman turned into Bartman with the simple change of one letter. But what other heroes can be transmogrified completely, with a simple change to one letter? Check out the wild, weird, world of Marvel and DC, if only the creators made more typos. 10. The Greed Lantern This one I just included because…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 20

Charlie Brown finally kicks the football, with a little help from Spider-Man

Once upon a time, it seems Peanuts creator Charles Schulz (edit: maybe) and Marvel cartoonist John Romita, Sr. drew a pair of collaborative comic strips featuring the Peanuts cast and Spider-Man. In one, Spidey faces off against Snoopy’s WWI ace; in the other, he helps Charlie Brown finally kick that football. This epic crossover appears…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 15

Marvel lawyers fighting to prove that Mutants aren’t human

Mark this up as one more blow to human-mutant equality. Marvel lawyers are putting up a fight to prove the mutants aren’t the same as humans after all. Unleash the Sentinels! This strange piece of news comes via the Radiolab Podcast, which uncovered a weird saga of legal wrangling and tariff shenanigans. Toys manufactured in…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 29

The Avengers international trailer shows off new scenes from Whedon’s big picture

The only thing we want to see more of from Joss Whedon’s Avengers flick isn’t action or monsters or even plot details — we just want to watch this fractured family bicker. This new international trailer shows off some more banter, a few action shots of Captain in his upgraded suit, and the Black Widow…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Dec 19

A Video Breakdown of the Sad History of Ms. Marvel, Sex Slave

Is there any other comic book character more cruelly treated than Ms. Marvel in the The 200th issue of the Avengers? Watch the exceptionally strange history of Ms. Marvel play out in this amazing video, and debate over which comic character has been crapped on the most by the writers. Made by The Escapist’s Bob…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 8

What if the male Avengers posed like Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow?

Finally, male superheroes posing erotically for us to whistle, hoot and throw dollar bills at. Artist Kevin Bolk has redrawn the Avengers promo art putting all the boy heroes in poses similar to Scarlett Johansson’s come-hither-face-over-quivering-leather-ass look. The results are sheer wonderment. We’ve included the original bit of Avengers promo art released by Marvel for…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 28

Check out an exclusive art preview of the next issue of the Fantastic Four!

Courtesy of Marvel Comics, here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the interiors of the next issue of Fantastic Four. This issue follows the big reveal of Fantastic Four #600 — the heroes are under attack by a bevy of cosmic foes and a certain somebody returns (this homecoming was probably spoiled in your local newspaper).…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 25

Joss Whedon reveals Marvel’s strict set of rules for handling Nick Fury in The Avengers

Marvel was not about to mess around with any of its major characters when it came to the massive superhero team-up movie The Avengers. Especially Nick Fury, says director Joss Whedon. There was zero tolerance for toying with Fury’s background. Marvel drew a line in the sand about keeping the head of SHIELD’s identity and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 18

This is what $2 million worth of comic book art looks like

Next week in Beverly Hills, several million dollars will be spent buying the pen-and-ink artwork behind the comics we love. Including some classic Batman art, and some Jack Kirby inks. Check out a gallery of the artwork that’s for sale — with suggested bids totaling around $2 million. Comic book art has firmly entrenched itself…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 11

10 Issues of Ongoing Comics that Prove Single Issues Can Be Great

It’s new comics day, and for many of us that means a trip to our local comic store to pick up those amazing pamphlets filled with graphic storytelling. Everybody has been saying for years that “floppy” comics are going away, and soon we’ll all just buy the trade paperbacks. What’s the point in even dealing…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 9

Exclusive: All Marvel Digital Comics Will Be Available Same Day as Print

Marvel is taking its entire line of comics “day-and-date” digitally, meaning you’ll be able to download all of the company’s comics on the its mobile app just as soon as they’re available in physical stores. That polishes off one of the few downsides to digital comics: Having to wait for the latest and greatest. The…

Books & Comics Kyle Wagner Nov 3

Tom Hiddleston reveals why Joss Whedon has a soft spot for The Avengers‘ Big Bad

Find out how much Loki has changed since we last saw him battling his brother in Thor. Plus find out what Joss Whedon’s notes were for the God of Mischief’s performance, and why Hiddleston thinks Whedon loves this villain most of all. We sat down with Tom Hiddleston in a roundtable interview at New York…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 18

Optimus Prime joins the Decepticons and Zombie Nightsisters fight Grievous on Clone Wars

A Sneak Preview of Darth Maul’s Return & My Little Pony‘s inspired take on Spielberg’s Warhorse

Indiana Jones becomes a Pony and Dr. Doom meets Justin Timberlake!

We’ve seen Amazing Spider-Man‘s new sizzle reel, and we think we know how this movie ends!

The Avengers Super Bowl Trailer Screencaps

A Fresh Look at Hawkeye’s Bow from The Avengers… in Nerf Form

How to survive your evil boarding school

Marvel Making a Full-Length Nick Fury Movie?

10 Comic Book Characters Who Become Completely Different if You Change One Letter

Charlie Brown finally kicks the football, with a little help from Spider-Man

Marvel lawyers fighting to prove that Mutants aren’t human

The Avengers international trailer shows off new scenes from Whedon’s big picture

A Video Breakdown of the Sad History of Ms. Marvel, Sex Slave

What if the male Avengers posed like Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow?

Check out an exclusive art preview of the next issue of the Fantastic Four!

Joss Whedon reveals Marvel’s strict set of rules for handling Nick Fury in The Avengers

This is what $2 million worth of comic book art looks like

10 Issues of Ongoing Comics that Prove Single Issues Can Be Great

Exclusive: All Marvel Digital Comics Will Be Available Same Day as Print

Tom Hiddleston reveals why Joss Whedon has a soft spot for The Avengers‘ Big Bad

‘She-Hulk’ Was Apparently One of Marvel’s Most Successful Shows

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Noah Hawley Is Remaking ‘Terrified,’ Which Shouldn’t Happen

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