In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, X-Men: Apocaypse, The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Shazam, Arrow, The Flash, Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, Heroes Reborn and more… We’ll kick […]
Robert Downey Jr. talks Avengers: Age of Ultron and Tony Stark’s relationship with Steve Rogers
With Avengers: Age of Ultron less than a month away from its UK release, we should expect to hear plenty of comments from the cast of the hotly-anticipated Marvel sequel as its arrival edges ever closer. Times of India has been speaking to Robert Downey Jr. about the film, during with he offered up a […]
Red Skull joins Marvel’s Secret Wars
Writer Josh Williamson (Birthright, Nailbiter) and artist Luca Pizzari (Amazing Spider-Man Special) are set to deliver a twisted tale from the bowels of Battleworld this July as Red Skull returns to the Marvel Universe for Secret Wars. “I’ll be honest, this book is super dark,” states writer Josh Williamson. “It matches what you’d expect a […]
Spider-powered heroes head to Spider-Island for new Secret Wars series
This July, Marvel is set to explore an arachnid-infested realm the likes of which we’ve never seen as Spider-Island #1 crashes into Battleworld as part of the publisher’s big Secret Wars event. Two exciting creative teams bring you two stories per issue jam-packed with wallcrawling and webslinging! First writer Christos Gage and artist Paco Diaz […]
Full roster for All-New, All-Different Avengers revealed
Marvel Comics has released the cover for its Free Comic Book Day title The All-New, All-Different Avengers, which gives us a look at the roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes post-Secret Wars, witht he team made up of Iron Man, Thor, Vision, Nova (Sam Alexander), Captain America (Sam Wilson), Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and Ms. MarveL (Kamala […]
Extra! Extra! Keep up to date with Marvel’s Secret Wars with the New York Bulletin
As Marvel gears up to bring an end to the Marvel Universe with Secret Wars, the publisher has announced that it will be bringing all the dispatches from Battleword with the New York Bulletin, a real newspaper packed with articles, features and news from the big event series. Your number one source for late-breaking news […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 14 Review – ‘Love in the Time of Hydra’
Matthew Spencer-Skeen reviews the fourteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season 2… Right following last week’s revelation of Bobbi and Mack’s allegiance to ‘the real S.H.I.E.L.D.’ we got a good look at this organisation throughout this episode and its concerns about Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. operation. We also brought back in Grant Ward and Agent […]
Marvel series Crash Ryan getting a movie adaptation
Variety has revealed that producer Ryan Heppe has picked up the rights to Marvel Comics’ 1984 comic book series Crash Ryan, and has collaborated with creator Ron Harris on a 50-page outline entitled Crash Ryan and the Eyes of Lemuria, which “reinvents the story as an earthbound, steampunk-inspired fusion of Indiana Jones and Star Wars.” […]
Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Hail Hydra
Peace through strength! Honor through obedience! Continuance through conformity! Marvel Comics has announced its latest Secret Wars tie-in, with Rick Remender and Roland Boschi set to deliver a strong, better, superior Hydra this July with Hail Hydra. “This is what we’ve seen in All-New Captain America taken to its logical but exponential conclusion,” says writer […]
Lana Condor to play Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse
It looks like we can add another mutant to the ever-expanding roster of X-Men: Apocalypse, with Bryan Singer taking to Instagram to reveal that newcomer Lana Condor will play the character Jubilation Lee, a.k.a. Jubilee… Jubilee has previously made cameo appearances in the original three X-Men movies, with Katrina Florece portraying her in X-Men and […]
