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Venom and Deadpool lead Diamond’s bestselling comic books and graphic novels of August 2020

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of its direct sales figures for August 2020, with Marvel Comics leading both the comic book and graphic novel charts with Venom #27 and Deadpool Classic Vol. 1 respectively. And, with DC no longer under Diamond for its distribution, Marvel completely dominates both charts – the only non-Marvel title […]

The Marvel Universe gets Knullified with December variant covers

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The God of Symbiotes is set to make his long-dreaded arrival in the Marvel Universe in this December’s King in Black event, and the publisher is celebrating the occasion with a series of Knull variant covers featuring ‘Knullified’ versions of some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes! Check out a selection of the variants here… Look […]

Marvel heroes team with Fortnite characters on crossover variant covers

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To  coincide with the upcoming Nexus War event in Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 4 – which will feature a number of  Marvel heroes crossing over with the amazing world of the Fortnite via character skins and weapons – Marvel has announced a series of crossover variant covers set to arrive this September and October […]

Exclusive Interview – Editor and Multimedia Artist Nina Helene Hirten discusses her work on Duncanville, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp and and more

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With titles such as Sony Pictures’ Venom, Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp and Universal’s Curious George: Royal Monkey to her name, it’s safe to say that editor Nina Helene Hirten has a very large range. Her latest project being FOX’s animated series Duncanville co-created by Amy Poehler, Mike Scully and Julie Scully, which was […]

Marvel’s X-Men and Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day titles will release this July

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With the global health crisis resulting in the cancellation of this year’s Free Comic Book Day, Marvel has announced that it will be bringing its X-Men and Spider-Man/Venom FCBD titles to local comic book shops this July, allowing fans to get the chance to dive into some of the publisher’s biggest upcoming stores absolutely free […]

Venom: Let There Be Carnage producer shares concerns over returning to work on the sequel

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Dan Wilson, a producer on Venom: Let There Be Carnage, says there are concerns about returning to work on the sequel and films like it amid the global health crisis. It seemed like Venom: Let There Be Carnage had pretty much finished shooting before the lockdown happened, suspending production. But with its release date now […]

Spider-Man battles Venom with Sideshow’s latest Marvel maquette

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Sideshow has unveiled its latest Marvel maquette, which pits Spider-Man against his symbiote nemesis Venom! The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $685; check out the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles It’s a super-powered showdown in New York City! The Spider-Man vs Venom Maquette measures 22” tall as the […]

Josh Trank pitched a “hard-R Venom” movie that the producer hated

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Josh Trank, director of Chronicle and Fantastic Four, pitched an R-rated Venom movie that the producer apparently hated. Tom Hardy’s successful Venom movie has added another interesting component to Sony’s shared Spidey universe and fans are looking forward to the upcoming sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage. However, Josh Trank, the director of Chronicle, once […]

Sony’s shared Spider-Man spinoff universe is officially titled the SPUMC

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Back in 2016  Sony announced that it would be launch its own Marvel cinematic universe utilising the library of Spider-Man supporting characters and villains, and while some fans have been informally referring to this as the ‘Spider-Verse’, it’s been believed that the official title used by the studio is the rather clunky ‘Sony’s Universe of […]