First look: Mickey Rourke as Whiplash
Via USA TODAY, Rourke's appearance as a villain in IRON MAN 2.
Is he wearing one of those fake tattoo undershirts?
Jason does Doc Ock
Flog previews a...Marvel book? When it's STRANGE TALES MAX, it's the right thing to do! When it's Jason doing Spidey, it's super right....
EXCLUSIVE: Marvel announces STRANGE TALES MAX for September
Spider-Man by Jason. The lost Peter Bagge Incorrigible Hulk story. Iron Man by Tony Millionaire. Are such ideas just the fevered dreams of...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: April 2009
By Paul O'Brien
It's Wolverine month at Marvel! To tie in with the film, we have a new ongoing Wolverine title, and a whole...
Marvel’s REBORN births more questions
The news which we reported on Monday, that Marvel would allow a much later than normal final order cutoff for REBORN #1 to...
Marvel news and notes: profits, Cap’s early release
Much goings on about a recent Marvelinvestor conference in which John Turitzin, Marvel’s general counsel and EVP of the executive office, answers a fan's...
Fashions of the capes
Comics and fashion are crossing over more and more. The NY Times today reports on another Marvel book that will star its rich stable...
Publishing news: FBI kids comics, death, cancellation
In news that must have many people standing around looking blank and confused, Fantagraphics has announced plans to publish a series of GNs...
Will WOLVERINE even help comics sales?
Looking at the previous item, we're sure that comics retailers are planning the day when the THOR movie's opening will send civilians streaming into...
Thor gets his Loki
Well, no sooner is Thor cast, than he's got a nemesis! Little known in America Tom Hiddleston will assay the part of the...
Thor casts his hammer…and his lead
Chris Hemsworth, a comely 25-year-old Aussie who played Kirk's dad in the the Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. Nikki Finke has...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: March 2009
by Paul O'Brien
Dark Reign continued in March, with more tie-in issues and miniseries. As with the Initiative books a couple of years ago,...










