Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel is announced Infested, an all new series of short stories beginning in Amazing Spider-Man #659, leading into the biggest Spider-Man event of the year – Spider Island! And to set the stage, a whole cavalcade of superstar artists like Barry Kitson, Lee Garbett and Emma Rios join the red-hot Dan Slott for a …
Read More »Marvel and Disney Publishing Worldwide to Launch DISNEY*PIXAR PRESENTS Magazines
Marvel and Disney Publishing will debut DISNEY*PIXAR PRESENTS, a new monthly magazine featuring some of the most popular characters from the acclaimed Disney/Pixar films. Intended for readers of all ages and priced at $5.99, the first issue will hit stores in May 2011. Each issue of the magazine contains 96 full color pages of …
Read More »Marvel Unveils Big Shots
Marvel announced Big Shots. A brand new initiative, Big Shots spotlights three major launches of all-new ongoing series for the Marvel Universe’s hardest hitting heroes by the comic industry’s top creative talent! Kicking off with Moon Knight #1 in May, the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev as they delve …
Read More »Chris Evans to Star In Captain America: Super Soldier Video Game
SEGA announced they have signed film star Chris Evans to voice the title role in the upcoming action adventure Captain America: Super Soldier. The actor’s likenesses will also be used in the game, which is based on the seminal and iconic franchise from Marvel Entertainment. “Signing Chris to star in Captain America: …
Read More »Everything Changes In Astonishing X-Men
This spring, Astonishing X-Men takes a dramatic twist as two amazing pairs of creators team-up for a astonishing crossover event-all in one series! This April, acclaimed creators of Daniel Way, Christos Gage, Jason Pearson and Javier Bubillo set Astonishing X-Men on a monstrous monthly new path. The X-Men split into two teams, each on …
Read More »Earth’s Mightiest Teens Assemble
Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man have saved the Marvel Universe time and time again, but now it’s up to their protégés to step up and leap into their biggest adventure yet! This May, critically acclaimed writer Paul Tobin and artist David Baldeon are throwing Earth’s Mightiest heroes-in-training headlong into …
Read More »Spider-Man Joins The FF
There is no more Fantastic Four, so just what is the FF? This March, the superstar creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting present the over-sized FF #1, introducing the biggest new super hero team of the century! After the death of the Human Torch, the surviving members of the Fantastic Four-Mr. Fantastic, Invisible …
Read More »X-Men Fans to Get Initial Viewing of X-Men: First Class Trailer Debut
The first trailer for X-Men: First Class will debut February 10, exclusively on Facebook. The event will bring together the social networking site’s worldwide community of millions of X-Men fans – at Facebook.com/XMenMovies – to experience the unveiling of footage from the June 3 release. As the number of fans who …
Read More »Spreading the News (part 2)
Last time we spoke (or, more accurately, I wrote and you read) about how comic books themselves — in spite of a resurgence in licensing and big-budget comic-themed events (ranging from blockbuster films, to Broadway plays, to theme parks) find themselves in an ever-aging, ever-dwindling audience. As preposterous as this …
Read More »Celebrate Captain America’s 70th Anniversary
This March, Marvel celebrates the historic 70th anniversary of an American icon, Captain America! Celebrate this milestone for the Sentinel of Liberty all month long with top-notch stories from Marvel’s top creators! Kicking off the anniversary month is Captain America And Falcon #1, the first of five great one-shots starring Captain America and featuring Falcon, …
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