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New Avengers Cartoon Might Cause The Cancellation Of Earth's Mightiest Heroes

May 4, 2012 0 comments


Rumors have been going around lately that Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was going to be canned once writer Jeph Loeb got his hands on the show, today those rumors turned out to be most likely true.

In an article from Forbes, the announcement of a new Avengers cartoon has been announced which most likely means that it will push Earth's Mightiest Heroes to the side. This new Avengers cartoon is most likely appeal to the fans of the movies in order to pull them in, which I'd bet my life off considering the information that we have for the new cartoon:

  • The show will start with the movie line-up. Which means Iron-man, Cap, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye and widow.
  • The show will be sharing the same universe of the current Ultimate spider-man cartoon and the upcoming Hulk Agents of SMASH.
  • Ant-man will join the team later on the series.
  • The animation will be a big selling point for the show. and will be made by MAS (the newly formed Marvel animation studio) 
  • The show will not be a continuation of the current Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes. 
  • One of the big villains of the show will be Thanos, in order to promote the character for kids since he is rumored to feature in the second Avengers movie.




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Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 Review

April 4, 2012 0 comments


I've been indifferent about Avengers vs X-Men ever since I've heard about it, just because Marvel is going crazy with their events and the fact that Fear Itself ended badly along with Avengers vs X-Men #0 being weak. After reading the first issue of Avengers vs X-Men my thoughts on the event might have to be rethought.

The Phoenix is returning and Hope is the vessel in which it will be going into, every mutant knows this, but not everyone else, not until Nova (unknown if it is Richard Rider or not at the moment) comes crashing to Earth and warns the Avengers that "it is coming". Captain America heads over to Utopia after a flare of Phoenix Force energy surfaces from Hope and demands that Scott hands her over to The Avengers. Scott thinking that the Phoenix is coming back for the rebirth of the mutant race instead of coming to destroy everything and everyone on Earth, he says no to Cap and proceeds to direct a concussive beam towards Cap which then assembles the Avengers to take Hope by force.



Brian Michael Bendis is a hit and miss for me when he writes the Avengers and it's usually easy to distinguish his work, so I was surprised that I was reading something he wrote; there was no "Bendis Speak" or anything else he's known for doing, it was straight forward writing with well done characters.

People have been wondering where does Wolverine stand and I'm liking how he is siding with the Avengers for now. The Phoenix killed Jean Grey, the girl he loved, so of course he's not going to be thrilled with the fact that it's returning and he if he is forced to needing to kill Hope in order to stop the Phoenix, then he will do it, hence why he's never had much contact with her; he doesn't want to become friends with Hope and eventually having to need to kill her.

The art is better than I thought it was going to be, I have never been too fond of John Romita Jr.'s art style; his shading technique makes people look like the have whiskers at time. Also the way he draws faces are weird, especially with face shapes and noses. Knowing that Romita was doing the art I was extremely put down, but after starting to read this issue, I was surprised as well as I was surprised with Bendis, it wasn't as bad as I thought.


All in all Avengers vs. X-Men #1 was a good start off, but it still lacks the excitement factor. The issue was too predictable; that's the problem with this event, I feel like everything is going to be easily predictable and that there isn't going to be something that's going to make me drop my jaw. I think I'm more excited for the fact that Nova is back, sure there's a chance it might not be Rider due to the fact that this Nova looks younger, but I really want to see what they do with him.

Avengers vs X-men #1 - 8/10

New Avengers Banners

March 16, 2012 0 comments


The other day, Marvel released posters for The Avengers. Today banners have been released for the movie now; each banner features two of the members.


Avengers vs. X-Men Round Two Variant Cover Revealed

January 19, 2012 0 comments


Red Hulk and The Juggernaut/Colossus will be duking it out on the variant cover for Avengers vs. X-Men #2 drawn by Nick Bradshaw.

The variant cover comes after Jim Cheung's cover for Avengers vs. X-Men #2 was released yesterday, which is shown below.

Assemble Your Team Of Avengers On Facebook

January 9, 2012 0 comments

Marvel is hitting social networking site Facebook with a new game, Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which allows Facebook users to take on the roles of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who is in charge of building a team of heroes in order to take on bad guys as they are being powered by some unknown force.

Marvel: Avengers Alliance is being developed by Playdom, developers of Mobsters, and is currently in a closed beta.

If interested, then like the fan page of Facebook and check out the trailer below.

Avengers Annual #1 Preview

December 27, 2011 0 comments


Simon Williams, a.k.a. Wonder Man, went up against the New Avengers with his own Revengers, now they will go toe to toe with The Avengers in the upcoming Avengers Annual.







Story - Brian Michael bendis
Art - Gabriele Dell'Otto
Release Date - January 4, 2011

Avengers Vs. X-Men Is Marvel's Next Event

December 6, 2011 0 comments


War is coming in the Marvel Universe, and it's not villain vs heroes. Instead, it will be Avengers vs. X-Men, which will also be the big 2012 event Marvel will hold.

Starting in April, Marvel will be releasing a 12-part-bi-weekly series that deals with the war between mutants and heroes - Avengers Vs. X-Men. The new event will be co-written by the "Architect" writers of Marvel - Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaros, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction- with art done by Frank Cho, John Romita Jr., Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert.

This event of course will deal with the feud between Cable and the Avengers in X-Sanction and then it will most likely deal with the "It's Coming" line Marvel has been putting on teaser pictures that relate to the Phoenix.

The Avengers Assembles With A New Team

November 18, 2011 2 comments


It's that time of year where new Avengers will be picked to fight along side Captain America and Iron Man, old faces return and new ones will stand along side Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Rebuilding is the key for the Avengers, whether it be destroyed towns after the events in Fear Itself or rebuilding trust and faith into everyone around the world.

Prior to the newly announced Avengers teamed we had Iron Man, Hawkeye, Spider-Woman, The Protector, Captain America, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Red Hulk and Thor fighting alongside one another, but with Thor gone along with Bucky being "dead" Captain turned to an old friend who served in the early years of the Avengers.


Black Panther was first on Captain America's list for recruits, but with what's going on in Black Panther's life with Hell's Kitchen, he declines Captain America's offer for he does not have the ability to be the protector of Hell's Kitchen and be an Avenger at the same time. Instead of leaving Cap hanging, he refers him to someone else who can offer enough firepower and will be a fine replacement for Black Panther - Storm.


The Avengers now gain a new member but they also gained a very old and familiar friend when Tony Stark surprises everyone with his latest project he has been working on. The Vision makes a triumphant return as Tony has been working on rebuilding him after his death.

Captain America had one last member to recruit and it had to be someone who he trusted, that's why he chose Daisy Johnson, a.k.a. Quake, who is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has been personally trained by Nick Fury himself in the Secret Warriors. She's as tough as Nick Fury and seems to have potential to be an Avenger.


During the press conference revealing the new members of Avengers, everyone was in for a real surprise when Norman Osborn storms through the crowd of news reporters to get retribution for his detainment without a trial. Already off the bat is the Avengers going to deal with a big problem, but we will have to wait until the next issue to find out what Norman is planning and to see how the Avengers will react to him untimely appearance.

The new team now consists of Iron Man, Captain America, The Red Hulk, Daisy Johnson, Storm, Vision, Spider-Woman, Hawkeye and The Protector. It seems like Wolverine and Spider-Man did not make the final cut, but it's okay since they are on Luke Cage's New Avengers. That doesn't explain what happened to Maria Hill though, I'm glad she's gone though, I think Daisy Johnson can easily fill her role but not be as annoying. I kind of wish that Hawkeye wasn't on the team just because of his new role that forces him to be on the west coast of the country since he's now a full time teacher at Avengers Academy.

This issue of Avengers was great, I'm glad that Bendis is bringing back Vision and I'm interested to see how Storm is going to hold up as an Avenger, but I'm definitely more interested in how Vision is going to be during the Ultron attack that was featured in Point One. I myself am not that fond of Daniel Acuña's art, I really dislike how he draws certain people but Bendis' writing evened it out; I'm really surprised of the lack of Bendis Speak that went on. Best part of this issue though was when Storm was introduced and what Luke Cage had to say about her being a part of the team.


I'm mainly glad that this didin't end up a new ongoing Avengers titles, we don't need that, especially since Marvel has been cancelling a handful of titles already. 

Avengers #20 Preview

November 15, 2011 0 comments


Avengers #20 takes the Avengers on the hunt for the person who is running H.A.M.M.E.R. who, unknown to Earth's Mightiest Heroes, is the crazy and evil Norman Osborn. The Avengers won't be going up just against Osborn, they will also go against H.Y.D.R.A., A.I.M. and the newly formed Dark Avengers.



Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver Preview

October 25, 2011 0 comments


Written by Sean McKeever and drawn by Mirco Piefedirici, Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver will tell the tale of the siblings path that made them to be honorary Avengers. The comic will hit shelves November 23 and will kick off the series of Avengers Origins.




Avenger's: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Season 2 Trailer

October 16, 2011 2 comments


In four more days, Marvel will finally be releasing the first episode of the second season for Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. They have also released a new trailer for it showing off all the new characters that will be introduced.

The Kree/Skrull war is going to take place during this season, which means Captain Marvel will have a bigger role and you can also see that Kl'rt the Super Skrull makes an appearance as well. It doesn't end there though, other characters shown are Vision, Ms. Marvel, Red Hulk, Susan Storm and someone who I believe might be Santana.

Avengers: X-Sanction #1 Preview

October 10, 2011 0 comments


With the upcoming return of Cable in Avengers: X-Sanction #1 in December, Marvel has released a preview of the comics with the cover and four pages.

Cable returns to the Marvel Universe, but not for Hope or anything to do with the X-Men. Instead he has a new target - The Avengers. Nothing is known on why Cable would attack such iconic heroes, but whatever reason it is must be a good one.







By the looks of it, I think this is going to be a series. The style reminds me of an old comic, but without the walls of text; I haven't seen Cap riding a motorcycle in awhile nor have I seen Radioactive Man many issues ago in Thunderbolts. And of course, I want to know why Cable is attacking the Avengers, his reasons sure be a good one; they sure do have it tough with the Revengers and Annihilators going against them, now they have to worry about Cable.

Comic List - 9/21/2011 [Update]

September 19, 2011 0 comments


With it being Wednesday in just two more days, I'll just go ahead and post the comics for Marvel and DC that are to be released this week.

For Marvel, we have:

  • Avengers: The Children's Crusade #7 (of 9)
  • Avengers #17 (FI)
  • Captain America #3
  • Captain America Corps #4
  • Daredevil #4
  • Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #4
  • Fear Itself: The Home Front #6
  • Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #3
  • Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #5
  • Heroes for Hire #12
  • Hulk #41
  • Invincible Iron Man #508 (FI)
  • Ka-Zar #4
  • Marvel Universe vs Wolverine #4
  • Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #2
  • Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1
  • Thunderbolts #163.1
  • Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #2
  • Ultimate Comics X-Men #1
  • Uncanny X-Men #543 (FI)
  • Vengeance #3
  • Wolverine & Black Cat Claws 2 #3
  • X-Factor #225
  • X-Men #18

DC is continuing to release their 52 line this week with:

  • Batman #1
  • Birds of Prey #1
  • Blue Beetle #1
  • Captain Atom #1
  • Catwoman #1
  • DC Universe Presents #1
  • DMZ #69
  • Fables #109
  • Green Lantern Corps #1
  • Hellblazer #283
  • Legion of Super Heroes #1
  • Nightwing #1
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
  • Supergirl #1
  • Tiny Titans #44
  • Wonder Woman #1
  • Young Justice #8

Both companies are releasing a crazy good amount of comics this week. I'm for sure going to be getting Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Avengers, Captain America, Daredevil, all four Fear Itself, Invincible Iron Man, Marvel Universe vs Wolverine, both Spider-Island tie-ins, Thunderbolts, Ultimate Hawkeye, Ultimate X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, Blue Beetle, Green Lantern Corps, and Nightwing.

I still need to do some reviews also, especially for the new Ultimate Spider-Man #1. I'll try to get to that today. I also need to read some of last weeks releases along with some of the DC 52 comics. I'll try to get some reviews for you guys as soon as possible.

Update:

I have a request to update readers on when Image Comics releases their comics, so from now on I will be adding them to the list.

  • All Nighter #4 (of 5)
  • Avengelyne #3
  • Bomb Queen VII Queens World #1 (of 4)
  • Chew #21
  • Daomu #7
  • Darkness #93
  • Deadlands Hopeless Roads (One Shot)
  • Guarding the Globe #6 (of 6)
  • Haunt #19
  • Invincible #83
  • Marksmen #3 (of 6)
  • Mysterious Ways #3 (of 3)
  • Near Death #1
  • Red Wing #3 (of 4)
  • Samurais Blood #4 (of 6)
  • Teen Wolf Bite Me #1 (of 3)
  • Walking Dead Weekly #38
  • Who Is Jake Ellis #5
  • Witch Doctor #3 (of 4)

Cable's Return In X-Sanction

September 13, 2011 0 comments


Yesterday, Marvel released an image relating to the Avengers. It has the Avengers logo with a giant red cross-hair hovering over it with "December 2011" under it.


And today, Marvel has allowed Arune Singh, Tom Brevoort, Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness to speak about the meaning behind the image.

If you can remember back to San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel released an image with a certain X-Men character, it was actually more of a shining red eye and a metallic arm. The image in question was the teaser image for, what was, the upcoming Cable Reborn "Next Big Thing".

Cable will be returning this December to kick ass with extremely over-sized guns no mutant from this time can hold. But he's not going to be fighting any bad guys, it seems like he's going straight for the heroes, specifically the Avengers.

This new story line changed from Cable Reborn to X-Sanction. Other than the title and who Cable will be going against, nothing much was revealed; Marvel is, of course, keeping their mouth shut on this one. It's going to be an interesting event though, the Avengers and Mutant kind don't interact very much except for Wolverine. So seeing Cable go against Wolverine and his fellow Avengers is going to be a nice treat.

If you want to find out more, Comic Book Resources has a nice detailed article of Cable's return.

The Avengers at D23 expo.

August 20, 2011 0 comments

Disney, Marvel Studios Director Kevin Feige and the stars of the upcoming Avengers film gathered at the the D23 expo to promote the summer flick for thousands of fans with a screening of one scene from the movie.

Avengers Assemble!

SPOILERS AHEAD



The scene starts off in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier with an interrogation between Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) who is imprisoned in a hi-tech glass chamber. However Loki now sports longer hair and different a gold and green costume as he did in Thor (All characters will have new duds in Avengers to make costuming more interesting)

Fury warns Loki if he tries to escape he'll plummit 30,000 feet to his death, unafraid he replies that the chamber he was inside was meant for someone else (the Hulk). He then turns to a surveillance camera, acknowleding the others on this ship (Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, Bruce Banner) Loki teases Fury how much it must hurt to have the Tesseract (cosmic cube) and to what true power is (meaning himself)

The footage then cuts to several action sequences of the Avengers then to a scene of Tony Stark dressed in a Black Sabbath shirt making himself a drink as he talks to Loki. Attempting to scare him, Stark runs down a list of people on his side; Two mater assassins (Hawkeye and Widow) a demigod (Thor) and a living legend (Capt America) To which Loki replies "We have an army". Tony takes a sip of his drink and says "We have a Hulk" the cuts to a close-up of the Incredible Hulk Roaring then the scene ends.



END OF SPOILERS



Robert Downey Jr. A.K.A. Tony Stark A.K.A. Iron Man

As amazing as the preview was to the audience Marvel DID NOT reveal the two mystery movies slated for 2014. To fans disappointment. (One of them most likely to the long awaited Deadpool movie ;-;)

To soften the blow, Robert Downey Jr. stepped onstage and asked to replay the preview for the cast of the Avengers, something the whole crowd cheered for. Well played Mr. Stark.

More info on the Avengers movie to arrive in the near future.

Comics On Sale Today - 8/17/2011

August 17, 2011 0 comments


I just realized that today is Wednesday, I've been busy trying to keep up with Gamescom that I completely forgot about today. I probably won't have much time today to even comics, but today's list includes:

  • Avengers Academy #18
  • Avengers #16
  • Captain America #2
  • Captain America Corps #3
  • Daredevil #2
  • Fear Itself: Deadpool #3
  • Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #2
  • Fear Itself: The Home Fron #5
  • Hulk #39
  • Invincible Iron Man #507
  • Journey Into the Mystery #626
  • Ka-Zar #3
  • Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #3
  • Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl #1
  • Thunderbolts #162
  • Ultimate Comics Fallout #6
  • Uncanny X-Men #542
  • Venom #6
  • Wolverine & Black Cat: Claws 2 #3
  • X-Factor #224

I'll be getting myself a good chunk of this list except for Captain America Corps, Hulk, Ka-Zar and X-Factor. Other than that, I'll be trying to get a hold of these comics. Enjoy your guys' read for the next week! 

Meet The New Avengers Cast

August 15, 2011 0 comments


It's been known since Comic Con International that the Avengers will be getting a new lineup, this isn't a new Avengers branch like New Avengers or Young Avengers and whatnot, the main Avenger team will be getting a new cast. And this image that was posted during comic con was obviously hinting at the recasting:


Instead of having Iron Man, Hawkeye, Spider-Woman, The Protector, Thor, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and The Red Hulk, the recast will include:

  • Captain America
  • Black Panther
  • Spider-Woman
  • Hawkeye
  • Ms. Marvel
  • Iron Man
  • Vision
  • Spider-Man
  • The Protector
  • Wolverine

So it's pretty much the recent Avengers minus the Red Hulk but adding Captain America, Black Panther and Vision; not very interesting, but at least Hawkeye gets a new outfit that resembles his Ultimate counterpart; he looks like the odd one out with a shirt, some pants and a pair of shades while everyone else is wearing spandex or armor.


Steve Rogers is back as Captain America, but where did he get the new shield when it was just destroyed in Fear Itself #5? And where is Thor, shouldn't he be in the new lineup? I really am wondering if Thor really is going to be killed off, I mean you have Tanarus as the new God of Thunder and Thor's body is being carried off in a preview for Fear Itself #6. Only time will tell if Thor will be killed off and then return after a few months.

Anyways, the new lineup will debut in Avengers #19 with Michael Bendis writing and Daniel Acuna doing pencils. And don't forget that this will be during Norman's return along with H.A.M.M.E.R. and his Dark Avengers.

Extras On Set Of The Avengers

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The other week,  Dark Knight Rises was all the movie that was getting all the attention while it was filming in Pittsburgh. Now it's Joss Whedon's The Avengers turn in Cleveland to get the attention.

A video was taken during a battle scene for the movie with extras running and screaming as police cars pass by them with gunfire in the background.



Along with the video, images were taken on the set as well depicting a city under heavy attacks.
















 
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