Tolja: stingy Ike Perlmutter not ready to pay for Avengers cast reunion
Even as IRON MAN 3 is a record setting triumph for Marvel, as I hinted the other day, Marvel Studios' stinginess over signing deals...
Summer of Valiant is Gathering Steam
This week Valiant are spring-boarding off their Free Comic Book Day offerings to announce "Summer of Valiant" previews of upcoming titles. Their first announcement...
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Annabelle Riggs
Marvel's female characters do tend to be their very best, so here at The Beat we've been following Will Sliney (at a distance, so...
REVIEW: Cops Vs Vigilante ‘Justice’ in The Movement #1
DC's new series, launched by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II, is a really interesting idea for a series. Essentially pitting a somewhat corrupt...
Iron Man 3 boffo at box office, but RDJ playing it cool with contract
Iron Man 3 weighed in with the second biggest movie opening of all times, but since it was right behind The Avengers, you could say it was all in the family still. The third movie staring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark opened with $175.3 million for the weekend (the Avengers did $207.4 mil) and has already raced to $680.1 million globally. That is a lot of cheddar.
Poisoned Chalice Part 12: All About Angela
In February 1992 Todd McFarlane, along with six others, announced the founding of Image Comics, after having failed to negotiate more favourable terms for...
FAQ explains why Image Expo 2013 is on a TUESDAY
When the Image Expo 2013 was announced there were, understandably, questions about why it was on a Tuesday instead of a more accessible weekend date. Well, tickets are on sale (as of this morning) and aFAQ now answers this and many other questions: As explained, this is really a press and retailer event but open to the public for $20. And there will be panels and signings and stuff but no vendors.
REVIEW: Joe Hill’s Terrifyingly Tragic Treasury Edition is Actually Terrifying
I guess I should have expected that, the terrifying part, given not only the title, but the author concerned. I somehow missed reading Joe...
On the Scene: Pros Wrestle with Tony Stark’s Appeal in ‘Iron Man at 50’...
The fact that both the Iron Man character and the Avengers team has reached their 50th anniversary since creation hasn’t received a lot of...
The Ten Best Free Comic Book Day Comics You Need To Read This Saturday
This year, publishers have distributed fifty-two titles for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday.
While it is not uncommon for many comics shops to order all...
The lonely off panel death of Luke Cage
At C2E2 the sad, event-born death of longtime Marvel character Luke Cage was reported on by Patrick Reed and worth quoting at length:
The audience...
Matt Fraction Says Iron Man 3 is as Big as The Avengers!
Matt Fraction skyped in to celebrate Iron Man’s 50th anniversary at a Comic Book Round Table event held at John Ordover's Soho Gallery for...
