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by Alex Zalben 4/21/2015There aren’t that many homosexual comic book characters. In fact, the dedicated Wikipedia page only lists 99 superheroes, from any publisher… That’s in comparison to Marvel Comics’ purported 5,000+ characters the publisher touted when they were bought by Disney back in 2009. And when you get to name brand, easily recognizable (read:…
Over the years, there’s been a steady rise of out gay superheroes in both Marvel and DC’s rosters — and now that number has grown a little larger, with the revelation in tomorrow’s All-New X-Men #40 that one of the founding members of the X-Men is gay. Spoilers, of course, for All-New X-Men #40 below!…
New details become known for the planned ABC Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff. Deadline reports the recent Season 2 cast additions of Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood are finalizing deals to star in the new series. Blood and Palicki play the former husband and wife duo of Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Mockingbird….
HBO If you were planning to watch Darth Sansa and Whisperfinger’s creepy love grow in Videology’s back room tonight, you’re out of luck—HBO’s banned the Williamsburg bar from doing live screenings of Game Of Thrones, all in the name of anti-piracy. Videology, which also screens Mad Men on Sundays, has been showing Game of Thrones…
This summer, comics universes are colliding, converging and in some cases ending — but one comics fan is spending his summer reminiscing on one that’s been gone for years, and turning it into a project. For the past year, Joseph Hedges has been working slowly and dilligently trying to track down the players involved with…
Start Article Post Content The highly anticipated trailer for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” briefly leaked online on Thursday.Shot on a handheld camera or phone, the unauthorized video featured Portuguese subtitles–a sign it may have been from Brazil–and was quickly removed from YouTube. Warner Bros. was supposed to premiere the “Batman v Superman” footage…
The first Batman v Superman trailer arrived a few days before it was set to premiere at a special IMAX event on Monday. And what we get seems to be an all-fronts attack on Superman from the press right on to an eye-glowing, voice-growling Batman. Feel free to spend the next few days asking “Do…
Joan Jett. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Christopher Polk/Getty Images Joan Jett. Christopher Polk/Getty Images Of the 726 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since the ceremony began in 1986, only 65 have been women. But on Saturday night in Cleveland, Joan Jett will be inducted along with The…
This morning on a Spanish Facebook group, Star Wars fans were startled and delighted to discover what could be movie posters for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The leak comes to us courtesy of Twitter user Tim Veekhoven, who found the pictures on Facebook. Indie Revolver’s Jay Carlson stated that he can “absolutely confirm” that the poster…
What’s going on with the Hugo Awards and the what are the Sad Puppies? Read this first: The Hugo Awards are a yearly Science Fiction and Fantasy set of awards given by an organization called WordCon, a long lasting convention around the same topics. Nominees for the award are voted in by members of WorldCon,…