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Marvel has announced that Keiron Gillen has joined Matt Fraction as co-writer on Uncanny X-Men. “For the last thirty years, Uncanny X-Men has been superhero comics’ truest reflection of the age. That’s what I have to live up to and take it into the future, trying to write the definitive twenty-teen take on the X-Men,” explained Gillen. “Any less is underselling what the book deserves. Co-writing with Matt seems a worryingly natural development, as we were friends, then were working together creating the five lights for Generation Hope. The exclusive is the proverbial gravy. In the words of Ms. Knowles:’…

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Robot Overlord:  I find that the most vexing thing that you meatbags continually engage in is the repeated use of “remakes” and “adaptations” to cover for your inability to create something correctly the first time.  To that end, I have assigned Stephen and Matthew to review together something from Marvel’s Ultimate (comics) Universe, in the form of Ultimate Avengers 3 #2.  They, as always, have complied.

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Or – “We Could Call Him Wolver-Teen…” …but that’s probably actually X-23.  Unless she’s Wolver-Tween?  I don’t know anymore, I’m reviewing a mutant book that’s a spinoff, I’m lucky to realize which way is up.

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For the past year, I have avoided the Amazing Spider-Man title, having heard from all corners of my local comic book shop that it was more than lacklustre. My hopes for the book were re-kindled, however, when I saw that Mark Waid was to write it. Has Waid delivered his usual high standards of writing? Find out after the jump!

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Marvel has announced a new MAX title featuring Deadpool, and if this series is anything like previous MAX line tales, I may be picking this up when it is released in October.  Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek that you can check out, after the jump.

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Paramount Home Video sent Major Spoilers one of the behind the scenes clips from the upcoming Iron Man 2 DVD/Blu-ray release where Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, and Justin Theroux talk up Nick Fury and why he ended up in the movie franchise.

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Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Taskmaster #2 by Fred Van Lente and Jefte Palo. “This is the type of fun, crazy, off-the-wall escapism that I love. This is the type of inventive, action-packed, character-driven wackiness that can make the world of superheroes so captivating and thrilling.” – Richard George, IGN.com “I’m excited for where this miniseries is going. Four out of five stars. Check it out.” – George C., MajorSpoilers.com “…Van Lente and Palo are doing a good job giving us a rip-roaring tale of one man’s search (literally) for himself.” – Doug Zawisza, ComicBookResources.com

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No, that fat necked guy dressed as Captain America isn’t Chris Evans, but rather his stunt double dressed up in Captain America’s finest going after a couple of Hydra soldiers.  While it isn’t the most flattering image of the hero and the upcoming film, it does gives us a better feel for what the costume is going to look like in the wild. via Den of Geek

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