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Comic book fans have argued for decades over who has the sharpest mind in Marvel’s 9,000-plus-character universe. There are about eight unaided contenders in the primary fictional canon and they’re all male and most are white. Genius scientist Reed Richards, also known as Mister Fantastic, is widely regarded to be the brainiest among them. But…
The movie’s take on the classic character. Source: Benedict Wong Talks New Direction For Doctor Strange Role In just a few months Marvel‘s Doctor Strange will be traveling to theaters. While we got a taste of the film via the teaser trailer, we haven’t really seen one of the key characters in Doctor Strange’s life,…
Turns out it was just mind control after all, despite Marvel’s claims that it wasn’t. (SPOILERS) Source: ComicBook.com According to an EXXXCLUSIVE report on ComicBook.com, Marvel is already planning to reveal that their shocking twist that Steve Rogers has always been a Hydra agent, which occurred less than a month ago in Captain America: Steve…
Not content to wait idly by until Deadpool 2 starts shooting next year, the merc with a mouth infiltrated this Japanese trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. It was partly in preparation for the Japanese release of his own film (where it opened earlier this month; this is a few weeks old) but mainly to continue biting…
In case you haven’t heard, Captain America is a Nazi now and fanboys everywhere are losing their shit. Last week, issue 1 of Nick Spencer and Jesus Sais’ new comic series Captain America: Steve Rogers hit the shelves of comic stores everywhere and shocked fans across the nation when, in the final panel, Captain…
X-Men: Apocalypse hasn’t amassed as much at the box office as its X-Men: Days of Future Past predecessor and the marketing department doesn’t seem to be doing it any favors. A billboard advertising the film shows Apocalypse (Oscar Issac) choking the mutant Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), with a caption that says “Only The Strong Will…
8TH UPDATE, Tuesday 6:30PM: Final actuals Before we blame franchise fatigue as the catalyst for paltry Memorial Day openings, we need to also acknowledge the overall downward trend in openings for sequels this year. It’s been rampant across all genres including Ride Along 2, The Divergent Series: Allegiant even Captain America: Civil War (if you compare it to Avengers: Age of…
The ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Self-Loathing Index At this point, it feels like just about every actor in Hollywood has appeared in an ‘X-Men’ movie. This is our comprehensive guide to who wants to be there, who’s phoning it in, and who’s still showing up in the makeup trailer to get their prosthetic claws attached. X-Men: Apocalypse…
Captain America has been a symbol of American heroism since 1941, and that all appears to be a lie. SPOILER BEGINS HERE “Steve Rogers: Captain America #1” hit shelves on Wednesday along with a twist that seemingly changes the entire history of the character. The final page of the issue has Rogers saying two words:…
There’s a lot going on in X-Men: Apocalypse. An ancient god-king-mutant-thing named En Sabah Nur awakens after centuries of dormancy, and decides to obliterate the modern world out of sheer disgust. Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) proudly presides over a thriving school for young mutants. His new students Scott Summers (Mud’s Tye Sheridan) and Jean…