I Am Definitely Fired Up About Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
Instead of the Super Bowl, I watched a Jack Reacher double feature last night. If you haven’t seen them yet, don’t bother. You’re not missing anything.
And since all the commercials and movie trailers are posted online anyway, I didn’t miss anything either! Like this sweet new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Looks as funny and enjoyable as ever! Hooray team roster and snappy dialogue!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 2/4/17
Can you believe it’s February already? I know everybody says that all the time, but still. February. Wow. But hey, that hasn’t stopped comics from coming out!
This week saw a nice, competent pile of good books, from new Hawkeye to Nova to Harley Quinn. These are some of my favorites! Comic Book of the Week goes to the second issue of Unstoppable Wasp for creating a truly unstoppably charming character!
Everything is easier without pants
I expect a crossover with the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl very soon. What happens when an unstoppable object meets an unbeatable object?
Comic Reviews: Harley Quinn #13, Hawkeye #3, Nightwing #14, Nova #3, and Unstoppable Wasp #2.
A Runaways TV Show is Apparently Totally Happening!
To the surprise of a lot of people, Marvel randomly and apropos of nothing announced the casting of the upcoming Runaways TV show! It’s going to be on Hulu, apparently! And Marvel being awesome, seems like they’re casting the Runaways as comics accurately as they can! All the characters are here!
This is really happening!
From left to right, we’ve got Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes, Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein and Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez!
I don’t recognize any of these actors, but that shouldn’t be too scary. If Marvel trusts them then I totally trust them!
You can read a better description of all the characters, and some of the actors’ credits, at the Marvel announcement article.
Also, Runaways creator Brian K. Vaughn will be an executive consultant on the show, so that’s pretty neat. He’s a great writer and has a lot of experience with TV shows.
So yeah, this is pretty neat. I look forward to the show whenever it premieres. And personally, I hope that Marvel somehow keeps the Minoru family continuity from the Doctor Strange movie. That would just be insanely cool.
Oh, also, Marvel casted Cloak and Dagger a few days ago too. So clearly somebody’s burning the midnight oil in the TV division.
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Marvel Desperate to Make Cyclops Evil
It’s Hail Mary pass time in the world of X-Men fighting Inhumans, people. It seems that Marvel has realized that something went wrong in their plan to vilify Cyclops, so they are going to dig in their heels and just shoot for the moon on this one. Do Cyclops’ actions from Death of X not make any sense in connection with Marvel’s recent portrayal of the character? Well too bad, because he’s totally a terrorist, you guys. For sure!
Don’t believe me? Wait until you see what Young Cyclops has to say in the pages of All-New X-Men this week!
Only one of these Cyclopses is right
This is a topic I’ve written about a lot before, and I think I’m going to make it an ongoing subject, at least through Inhumans vs. X-Men. It’s just weird to see Marvel twist themselves into knots on this subject! It’s like the right hand and left hand have no idea what the other is doing, but both of them dislike Cyclops!
Join me after the jump for all the ridiculous details. Also! Update on Strong Guy Watch!
The 6 Best Pig Superheroes Who Have Skin in the Game
The Super Bowl is this weekend and, therefore, I wanted to do a List of Six to mark the occasion. But considering I’ve already done a list of sports-themed superheroes, what was I supposed to do next? I don’t know sports ball!
But I do love me some bacon, ham and pork chops! Which all come from a wonderful, magical animal!
I never cared for Spider-Pig
Get it? Pig superheroes? Footballs are nicknamed ‘pigskin’? It fits. Trust me, it fits. And like most good animals, there’s a healthy number of porcine-based comic book characters. So in honor of all the Super Bowl tailgating parties this weekend, join me after the jump for all the best oinkers!
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