In 2000, Marvel Comics created the Ultimate Universe. The purpose of which was to appeal to a new generation of potential readers without the intimidation of the superheroes’ decades-long backstory. For years Marvel fans have been entertained by new, fresh versions of the superheroes they know and love. But comic books need to have escalating…
Warning, major spoilers ahead. –The Editor It’s a post-Civil War world. Captain America is dead, and his fight against the Superhuman Registration Act (a law that would force superheroes to reveal their secret identities and submit to governmental “training” and “supervision”) is over. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-Registration forces, has voluntarily entered a vegetative…
Marvel Comics writers draw inspiration from all literal archetypes when creating characters: the man-monster (Hulk), the billionaire playboy (Iron Man), the mythical god (Thor), and so on. But for every rising star, there were dozens disregarded because of inadequate manpower and the financial pressure of developing characters proven to sell books. With so many heroes…
WARNING: Though this is a speculative article, it does contain information about the Civil War storyline found in the comics. Reader discretion is advised. When it comes to superhero movies, Marvel has been running a very successful game plan. The first Avengers movie was a grand act of drama, having multiple characters share screen time…
Directed by Shane Black. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. PG-13, 131 minutes. Writer’s Note: In the last article, a review of The Avengers, I misprinted the year the movie came out as 2011, and not its actual release year of 2012. I…
The term “event” in comic books means a massive plotline that affects everything in the aforementioned comic book universe. The Final Crisis DC event was a game-changer because heroes died. Not the “come back to life next issue” deaths comic books are infamous for. They actually died. People were erased from existence. An entire universe,…
Directed by Marc Webb. Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and James Pinkner. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Embeth Davidtz, Campbell Scott, Colm Feore with Sally Field and Chris Cooper. PG-13, 142 minutes. The first Amazing Spider-Man was a serviceable, if not at all remarkable, adventure that set things…
Directed by Ang Lee. Screenplay by John Turman, Michael France and James Schamus. Starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliot and Josh Lucas. PG-13, 138 minutes. Despite stealing the show in the mega-popular Avengers movie, The Incredible Hulk hasn’t had that much success as a standalone character on the big screen. General wisdom…
Spring is here and Summer is on its way—according to the calendar anyway. And that means only one thing: get ready for con season! Falling at the end of March, Emerald City Comicon may not be the very first convention of the year, but it seems to be the one to really kick off con…
The following piece was written by Alice Rosso prior to the release of the first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer. While there is a Trailer Talk review is available, you may still read and enjoy these thoughts that were had ere the preview’s release. —D. Alexander, The Editor Finally, comic book lovers the world over can rejoice! This year,…
Last Week on Agents of SHIELD… The team travels to a SHIELD base called the Hub, where Ward and Fitz are sent off on a classified mission. The rest of the team goes to save them when it becomes apparent there will not be any help for them in the likely possibility that something goes…
To sum it up in one word: no. But, to get slightly more in-depth into the situation, let’s flesh this out a little. It was recently announced that both Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold were in negotiations to bring another solo Wolverine adventure to the big screen. I enjoyed this summer’s The Wolverine plenty,…
