Father’s Day has been and gone, but UK reward site MyOffers which gives members points for doing competitions and buying stuff is still out there putting their Marvel super dads infographic out there. And why not? This look at the 616 universe shows connections between heroes and villains, big names and small, that you might […]
X-Men: Apocalypse official trailer
We’ve not been kept wanting for sneak peaks at Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse and, to be honest, I thought we’d pretty much finished with the full length official trailer releases. I was wrong. The latest, official and two-and-half minutes fat, really spells out what’s going on. The god-like Apocalypse is on the way and the […]
Icons and Superheroes launch with X-Men
Watching the Mad Max trailer last night reminded me of Maxime Crouzet’s minimalist Fury Road poster. As it happens Maxime has a new venture and it’s all about Icons and Superheroes. The project is to create a series of limited edition posters for 50 characters from various superhero universes. Maxime tells me she is starting […]
Who fights who? The Avengers Vs X-Men match ups
Marvel announced a series of Avengers Vs X-Men titles. There’s a webpage up over at Marvel.com/AvX that’s worth checking out if you’re a fan. I want to know who will fight whom. After all – are they realling going to put Iron Man up against Magneto? It looks like Marvel have been scattering exclusives of […]
Like a Boss!
This is a parody but I’m not sure what the original is. The full title of the video is “Like a Boss! Slim Thug Parody Music Video” so, um, there’s a band called Slim Thug? I nearly didn’t even bother checking this video out as I was sure this would not be music that appealed […]
I’m Gandalf and Magneto. Get Over It.
Back in the day I was a Wizard on some MUSHes. A wizard wasn’t a powerful character. It was a coveted but unloved admin role that spent a lot of time saying “no” to people’s over powerful character creation attempts. “This is a grim and gritty crime fighting MUSH. There are no super powers. There […]
Ultimate X revealed as a hunter
Marvel have shown us the fourth and final shadow on the Ultimate X cover. That’s all of them now. I don’t have Paul’s brains to pick as to who these re-tooled heroes may be so I’m going to take the suggestions from ComicVine’s G-Man instead. Looks like Ultimate Liz Allen to me. Not much of […]
