Category Archives: Marvel
Avengers vs. X-Men in 2012!
It’s gonna be the brawl to end it all as Marvel Comics’ biggest heavyweights take to the squared circle in the next big Event Comic. The Avengers’ title belt is on the line as X-Men, far removed from their days of glory, steps up in a big way to reclaim the title of most popular franchise in comics! Children will be crying in the aisles and panties will be tossed into the ring as these two titans of tectonic terror prove once and for all who is the fans love most. Will the dynamic, eye-blasting Cyclops be able to lead his team to victory against the patriotic, shield-swinging Captain America? Or will the enigmatic Iron Man take it hardcore to the likes of Storm? And what about wildcard Wolverine, a member of both teams, will he be able to choose a side? It’s going to be the most hair-raising, spine-bursting, lip-quivering comic EVER!
Or at least that’s how I figure Marvel wants most people to react.
Me…I’m a little underwhelmed at the announcement. And I don’t know why.
My money is on Cyclops!
More after the jump.
Forgotten Characters: Excavator
Whatever happened to the fifth member of The Wrecking Crew, the teenage, shovel-wielding Excavator?
Fans of my blog know that I am a huge fan of obscure superheroes. I just can’t help it. Sure, guys like Batman and Spider-Man are awesome, but I’ve been reading comics long enough to develop a list of favorites who aren’t quite headliners. Some of the best comic book characters of all time only made a few appearances, then somehow got lost to comic book limbo, rarely to be seen again. I think my blog is a good place to highlight those guys, with a new feature I’m going to call ‘Forgotten Characters’.
First up is Excavator, who only made one appearance in Runaways #1 (Volume 2).
I want to beating the living shit out of him already
6 Avengers Who Won’t Be In The Movie
Captain America. Thor. Iron Man. The Incredible Hulk. Heroes, champions, Avengers! When the new movie hits in 2012, we are going to get one superhero-packed adventure of pure awesome. I’m not even being hyperbolic. Marvel Studios has done the impossible, creating a whole series of movies to introduce audiences to their characters, then they’ll bring them together to star in the biggest movie yet with The Avengers! Who could have predicted that Iron Man would be such a hit? Or that Thor and Captain America would be so good? Everything is set for the superhero movie to end all superhero movies.
But not all Avengers are cool enough to make the cut.
The dream team
The Avengers comic book has been ongoing since the 60s, and the team we’re getting in next year’s movie is only a small fraction of the different superheroes who have been Avengers in the comics. Sure, guys like Captain America and Iron Man are the backbone of the Avengers. But what about the nobodies you’ve never heard of? What about the grunts and the cannon fodder who at one point in time were part of the team, but won’t be making the cut for the movie?
Well allow me to introduce you to 6 of the lamest superheroes to ever call themselves Avengers, but who aren’t about to grace the silver screen anytime soon.
6 Comic Books that Should Become TV Shows
The announcement yesterday that the Syfy Network has ordered a pilot script for obscure DC superhero Booster Gold got me thinking: what other comic book superheroes or stories would make for great live-action TV? We already know that superhero movies are a huge hit in Hollywood, and there are decades worth of superhero cartoons from Marvel Comics, DC and also some indie publishers. Even live-action shows based on comic books have been successful. The Walking Dead is currently kicking ass on AMC. And Smallville, the story of Superman as a teenager, ran for a whopping 10 seasons on the CW!
And heck, Booster Gold even appeared in live action during an episode of Smallville. That show gave us our first on-screen, live-action Justice League years before The Avengers movie will hit theaters.
And they did it with explosions and crappy green screen effects!
New shows and programs flood our boob tubes every year, like flinging a bunch of crap against a wall and hoping something sticks. Sometimes they’re a surprise success, sometimes they are canceled after one or two episodes and sometimes, like the Wonder Woman pilot, they never get broadcast at all. TV is a funny world.
Well here are 6 Comic Books that I think Should Become TV Shows! And I mean only live-action, no cartoons.
The Spot is the Greatest Super-Villain of All Time, of All Time
The Internet was invented for videos like the two I’m about to show you. A group called Lumberjack Films has created a two-video proposal to Marvel Comics to give one of my favorite super-villains, The Spot, either his own movie or his own comic series. And they don’t just talk about how cool The Spot is (and he’s very cool), they discovered an incredible use for the Greenman spandex costume. It has to be seen to be believed. Comic book fans, stand up and applaud these fine gentlemen.
And then The Spot himself stops by to explain to Marvel why he is such an awesome comic book character.
This is brilliant! If the Internet handed out awards, I would give these guys all of them! I wish I had genius like this. Lumberjack Films are my new heroes.
Long live The Spot!
The Spot saving us from that menace, Spider-Man
Thanks to Bleeding Cool for the find.
