Each year at the San Diego Comic Con, Marvel hosts a costume contest for fans. While the convention has been over for a while, the video recap of the costumes and entrants finally hit the Intardwebz.
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Everyone who loves super-heroes knows this story: Steve Rogers a 28 year old polio-afflicted young man from Redondo Beach, California is brought into the armed forces by Italian defector Dr. Maria Vasselli to become a Super Soldier. His goal? To defeat the Nazi’s own supersoldier, an Italian mutant known as the Red Skull! Wait, what?
Or – “The Amaze-canny Captain Spiderine…” Moon Knight is sometimes referred to as a poor man’s Batman, but the truth is much more complex: He’s the poor man’s Batman with a GIMMICK! The multiple identities that made him different in the 80’s turned into full-fledged psychoses in the 90’s, and now we’re witness to Moon Knight’s most supreme feat of all… Channeling the personalities of characters whose books sell better than his! Beat THAT, Damian Wayne!
Here’s the latest teaser from Marvel announcing something… again.
Or – “Believe It Or Not, Relaunches Are Nothing New…” With the beginnings of the New 52 in stores, internet wags have already sounded the death knell for DC and for comics in general, and there are some who cite restarts/relaunches/reboots and such as the work of Mephisto. The truth, Faithful Spoilerites, is that relaunches have always been the way of the comic book world, dating back to the earliest days of cheap newsprint. Case in point: Captain America – Commie Smasher!
Marvel sent another teaser for the upcoming ongoing Alpha Flight series.
Or – “A Bunch Of Guys Versus… Another Bunch Of Guys.” One of the charges I often hear leveled against Brian Bendis is that tendency to take a random group of characters and throw them together regardless of logic or established characterization. Heck, the New Avengers themselves fit this trope, and now Simon “Wonder Man” Williams has returned with a grudge and an eclectic team of “Revengers” to bring down his former pals…
Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of X-Men: Schism #5 that you can check out, after the jump.
Diamond Select Toys sent Major Spoilers a look at the figures and packaging for the upcoming Curse of the Mutants Minimates toy set.
Alpha Flight gets an ongoing in 2012, but there is still time to read the current series written by Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak.
As mentioned at Fan Expo Toronto, Alpha Flight is now an ongoing series, and Marvel sent out a new teaser for the series.
The final team members for X-Men gold have been revealed in the latest X-Men teaser from Marvel. Everything kicks off in November. via Marvel
The final X-Men blue teams have been revealed. You can read all the action beginning in November. via Marvel
Marvel sent out another update to the X-Men roster poster/cover thingy. You know you want to look. On the plus side, we only have a few more days of this… via Marvel