Hey, remember how Doc Ock used to bang May Parker back in the ’70s? Well now Otto Octavious has all the memories of Peter Parker. So May Parker is essentially his mom. Did Marvel just retcon incest into Spider-Man’s history?
I just saw the trailer for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Take a look: Now I DESPISE Nicolas Cage, so there’s no chance I’ll be watching this movie, but hot damn, that kind of looks good. The action scenes with GR in full-on flaming skull mode look really cool. Seeing Ghost Rider out during the…
John Hodgman, minor televison personality, PC, and Resident Expert of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, recently did an interview with newsarama to promote his new book of complete world knowledge, That Is All. He had some interesting things to say about DC’s New 52 iniviative, including the following: As I say, I don’t want…
Yesterday, Warner Brothers has released an official sneak peak of Henry Cavill in the Superman costume from the upcoming Superman: Man of Steel movie: While Cavill himself certainly looks more like Superman than the last few people I can remember in the role, I’ve got to wonder… Why does Superman need to wear rubber? It…
Today was what I would characterize as a slow day for new comics. There were only two titles in my pull list this week (Invincible Iron Man and The Walking Dead), and I picked up another I was on the fence about (Daredevil) and one I didn’t know was even coming out (War of the…
Larry, owner of Trade-a-Tape Comics, on why he didn’t have Fantastic Four #587 on sale today: “I don’t want people coming in here and buying ten or twelve copies because they think it’s going to be worth something. I want my regular customers to get their copies. Then if there’s any left over, those knuckleheads…
This week marks the release of Fantastic Four #587, the highly anticipated issue that will feature the death of one member of Marvel’s First Family. Marvel is going to great pains to make this feel as special as possible. It’s reprinting the last four issues of FF the same day, the comic itself is being…
Dear Mark Bagley, My name is Aaron and I am one of your biggest fans. You were drawing Amazing Spider-Man back when I first started reading comics, and I rank you alongside John Romita as one of the two best depictions of the character in it’s nearly 50 years of existence. There’s something about your…
Deadline.com reported earlier tonight that Warner Bros. has chosen terrible director Zack Snyder to ruin the next installment in the Superman movie franchise. After weeks of speculation that a talented director such as Christopher Nolan or Darren Aronofsky could potentially helm the picture, the film studio decided to go with a director known for making…