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Batman The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Review
Breathing Life into Frank Miller’s Creation A Review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 By: Lawrence Napoli Batman is my favorite superhero, but that does not mean I bow low at the altar of anything bearing his name. The original, brooding vigilante by Bob Kane: good. The campy Adam West TV show: bad. …
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Cool Spawn #226 “Wolverine Vs. Hulk #340” Homage Cover By Todd McFarlane
When I first started reading and collecting comic books, my brother brought home an issue of the Incredible Hulk from school — and the Hulk was gray! Blew my mind. From there I went on to the local comic shop and bought issues of Hulk, Iron Man, Quasar etc. As I read more on the…
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Exclusive: Thanos For Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers 2
The Mad Titan known as Thanos made his presence known during the mid-credit scene of The Avengers movie. With a smile, Thanos was revealed to be the villain behind the Chitauri invasion upon the Earth. It’s long since been rumored and even hinted upon by Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige that the Mad…
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Exclusive: Justice League Movie To Feature Original 7 Founding Members, Cyborg, Green Arrow
Cosmic Book News recently posted some Batman 2016 movie reboot news about the Joker appearing and more, and now our source has just received some news about the upcoming Justice League movie. Currently there is a Justice League movie script by Will Beall, writer of Gangster Squad, but no director is attached as of yet.…
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Exclusive: Batman Reboot To Feature Joker, Arkham Asylum, Green Lantern Update
Cosmic Book News first revealed plans of a Batman movie reboot to happen in 2016; it was said to feature a Batman in his second year of being a hero and tentatively titled “The Batman.” Now our source, who previously gave us all the Justice League movie-related news, has further supplied us with more possible…
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Movie Review: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Awful, Just Awful A Film Review of Resident Evil: Retribution By: Lawrence Napoli I don’t particularly care for Paul W. S. Anderson’s work as a filmmaker during his tenure as Capcom’s official Hollywood adapter of the Resident Evil franchise. I believe Mr. Anderson only has a cursory understanding of the overall storyline which has afforded…
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Review: X-O Manowar #5
The “Summer of Valiant” may be coming to a close, but the comics world continues to heat up each week as another Valiant book hits the shelves! Not only does Valiant strive to push their characters forward into the hearts and minds of fans, they also are bringing some of the best comic characters back…
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Kevin Smith To Appear On Syfy’s Face Off
Press Release KEVIN SMITH APPEARS IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF FACE OFF, FOLLOWED BY THE PREMIERE OF NEW REALITY COMPETITION SERIES, HOT SET, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 ON SYFY New York, NY – September 13, 2012 – Writer, director and superhero aficionado Kevin Smith guest judges on an all-new episode of Face Off, Tuesday, September 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Syfy. In…
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Marvel Studios Exec Shoots Down Doctor Strange Rumor; Viggo Mortensen Not Working Anymore?
Now, I don’t really know what to think about this. It’s either a case of someone trying to steer everybody away from the fact that Viggo Mortensen is Doctor Strange, or — ? To bring you up to speed, a rumor hit the net that Doctor Strange is going to appear in Thor 2, “The…
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Avengers Vs. X-Men #11: Spoiler Dies
The news came across my desk yesterday afternoon, but we didn’t spoil it. Now it doesn’t matter as Marvel released the news about the death in today’s Avengers Vs. X-Men #11 themselves earlier today. What happens is Cyclops kills Professor X. Brian Michael Bendis wrote the issue and spoke with Marvel.com about it. Knowing what…
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The State of Hollywood 6: The Metal Gear Movie
The State of Hollywood 6: The Reality of the Metal Gear Solid Movie By: Lawrence Napoli What could go wrong? When the Metal Gear Solid film adaptation was confirmed to be in the works at Konami’s 25th Anniversary of the video game franchise, I was very intrigued at the prospect of bringing one of the…
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Dear Axel Alonso, How Much Longer Do Nova Fans Have To Wait? Sincerely, Richard Rider
Way back, and I mean way back in December of 2011 when Marvel was hyping their biggest event ever, Avengers Vs. X-Men, the Marvel execs and editors held a video QnA. One of the questions pertained to the Human Rocket, Nova. Now, we had just seen a Nova in the November 2011 Point One special that…
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Adam Warlock and Magus Rumored For Guardians of the Galaxy Movie
At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios announced that the Guardians of the Galaxy movie will be a part of their Phase 2 plans. Concept art was revealed featuring Star-Lord, Drax The Destroyer, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon and Groot (right). Then we heard that James Gunn was being looked at to direct the Guardians of…
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Superman: The Man of Steel (2013): Get Your Get Glue Sticker
Check in with Get Glue to get your official Warner Bros. Man of Steel Sticker. All you have to do is watch the Jor-El Russel Crowe Man of Steel trailer and check in, and Get Glue will issue you the following super sticker. The best part is that they are real! When you reach a certain…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for September 5th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile By: Chris “DOC” Bushley ( A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! ) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five…
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Hulk and Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor Featured in Post Avengers Movie Video Game
In addition to the Marvel Heroes MMO that is coming out soon, Marvel is also launching a new mobile video game. Judging from the following trailer, it is set after the events of The Avengers movie and sees Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D recruiting the Hulk to take on some big baddies. However, the “World Council”…
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RIP Michael Clarke Duncan; Green Lantern’s Kilowog Dies
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, known to cosmic fans as Kilowog in the Green Lantern movie, has died. The 54-year-old Oscar-nominee for Green Mile was hospitalized in July for a heart attack. His fiancee released a statement through their publicist saying the actor had died today following two months of treatment. Michael Clarke Duncan also had…
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Henry Cavill Talks Playing Superman In Man Of Steel “I Don’t Let The Pressure Get To Me”
Within hours – minutes most likely – of the release of the pair of Man of Steel trailers, Superman fans had already gone and edited in the classic John Williams music score from the movies that featured Christopher Reeve. So you can only imagine what Zack Snyder’s new Superman, Henry Cavill, must be feeling about…
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Iron Man 3 (2013): It Really Is Iron Patriot
Remember images of the Iron Patriot armor from the set of Iron Man 3 that hit the net? It looked as if James Badge Dale was in the armor as the character Eric Savin. And then we were told, “No! It’s just War Machine!” We were told Don Cheadle took a day off and a fill-in…
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Doctor Who: “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” Preview Trailer (Season 7 Episode 2)
Warning: Spoilers for “Asylum of the Daleks.” Wow! Quite a first episode we had. I had to take a second look at make sure that was indeed Jenna Louise Coleman — the new companion! Actually, my son told me it was, but I was like, “No, she doesn’t appear until the Christmas episode,” — but…
