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Dark Nights: Metal #6 cover by Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion Find out the top 14 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. The Avengers #686 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid, Juan Vlasco, Jesus Aburtov Artist: Al Ewing, Cory Petit, Carlos Lao Cover Artist: Jim Zub Summary: NO SURRENDER, PART 12 As Wonder Man struggles to get through to the Hulk, the Black Order attacks Avengers HQ! The grand cosmic game comes to its shocking conclusion – but the war for Earth is just beginning! On Sale: Mar 28th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy The Avengers 686& on Comixology Black…

The Darkest Minds (2018) Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) Learn more about the newest movie based on a YA novel “The Darkest Minds”. Movies based Young Adult novels have kind of a spotty history when it comes to film. There’s the rampant success of the Twilight series but then there’s “The 5th Wave” which was a huge flop. While it’s hard to say which way “The Darkest Minds” will go it’s pretty good. It’s like the best parts of the X-Men series mixed with the best parts of A Wrinkle in Time”. “The Darkest Minds” is based on a book series…

Monsters Unleashed #12 cover by R.B. Silva Find out the top 15 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur return (kind of). Team Ms. Marvel joins up with the real Ms. Marvel. Plus, Christopher Priest is back with another Justice League comic. The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #17 The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #17 cover by Nathan Stockman, Ryan Stegman Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Jody Houser Artist: Nathan Stockman Cover Artist: Nathan Stockman, Ryan Stegman Summary: FAST TIMES AT MIDTOWN HIGH, Part 2 Between AP high school classes, extracurriculars at the X-Mansion…

Shazam is ramping up their marketing of the movie with a new poster and an upcoming on-set visit. Here’s the new poster Entertainment Weekly is teasing an upcoming on-set visit on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Warner Bros. also launched official Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts for Shazam today. We’ll most likely see the costume since several on-set photos have already shown how swole Zachary Levi is as the superhero. Here are some views from people visiting the set It looks very similar to the comic book costume. It’s pretty exciting stuff! About Shazam! Official synopsis: We all have a superhero inside us, it just…

Black Panther holds number one for the fifth week, Tomb Raider has the sixth biggest opening for a video game adaptation and Justice League is the biggest loss to the DCEU. Walt Disney’s Black Panther movie remained king in the top spot despite several new releases. It lost about 34% from last weekend to make $27 million for a domestic box office gross of $605 million and a worldwide total of $1.183 billion. It’s now the first film to stay in the number one spot five weeks in a row since James Cameron’s Avatar in 2009. Ryan Coogler’s superhero flick is…

Action Comics #999 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Will Conrad Cover Artist: Andrew Dalhouse, Norm Rapmund, Brett Booth Summary: WHAT WOULD SUPERMAN DO? Superman’s journey through time has crashed to a halt, and at the end of the line General Sam Lane stands face to face for the first time with his grandson, Jon. Buckle up, because the most… On Sale: Mar 14th, 2018 Price: $2.99 Buy Action Comics 999& on Comixology Astonishing X-Men #9 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Matteo Buffagni Cover Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Summary: ACT II: A MAN CALLED X, PART THREE…

Captain America: Civil War (2016) Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) Find out what movies Marvel might be announcing for the next five years. Recently Disney updated their movie release schedule for Marvel, Pixar and Disney Live Action and Animation films. Deadline reported all the proposed new films to the schedule and a schedule change. Here’s how it affects the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Here’s the schedule for the next set of five films Avengers: Infinity War(2018) – Apr 27, 2018 (Originally May 4, 2018) – [Moved] Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) – Jul 6, 2018 Captain Marvel (2019) – Mar…

Black Panther (2018) – Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Okoye (Danai Gurira) Black Panther officially held the number one spot for the fourth week in a row! It’s impressive considering the last time a film held the top spot for four weeks was back in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ryan Coogler’s latest film now has raked in a massive $562 million domestically. That makes it the second highest grossing superhero movie of all-time behind Marvel’s The Avengers ($623 mil). Black Panther is now also the seventh largest overall domestic release of all-time behind movies like The Avengers…

Here are the coolest and most amazing Black Panther stuff online. There was a time not so long ago that no one had ever heard of Black Panther. If you wanted stuff with Batman you had a buffet. But Black Panther was more of an appetizer. Now that he’s the star of a hit movie everyone is making stuff for fans of the king of Wakanda. With so many choices how do you choose? I searched and found the coolest Black Panther stuff I could find for the Black Panther fan in your life. Everything from hoodies to kid’s books. Wakanda Forever!…

Avengers: InfinityWar (2018) – Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman, Captain America (Chris Evans) There’s a new photo out from Total Film showing part of the team joining up to fight Thanos. Here’s the photo 1. Bucky Has a new Arm In Avengers: Civil War “Bucky” Barnes’ Soviet bionic arm was taken away. In Black Panther, he’s shown without an arm. In the new film, Bucky has a new Vibranium arm courtesy of Shuri (Letitia Wright). “For everyone who’s seen Captain America: Civil War, they know Bucky was taken in by T’Challa in Wakanda,” Russo told Express UK. “I think that you know, we…

Justice League #40 cover by David Yardin The Amazing Spider-Man #797 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Stuart Immonen Cover Artist: Alex Ross Summary: GO DOWN SWINGING, Part 1 The Green Goblin is back – and scarier than ever! Dan Slott has saved his most harrowing Spider-Man story for last as he and Stuart Immonen kick off the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story ten years in the… View » On Sale: Mar 7th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy The Amazing Spider-Man 797& on Comixology The Avengers #683 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Tom King Artist: Paco Medina Cover Artist: Mark Brooks Summary: NO…

See new photos and a poster for the Rampage movie, loosely based on the 1980s video game, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Rampage is about an albino gorilla, wolf, and crocodile that are transformed into giant monsters because of a genetic experiment and tear across the United States. Here’s the new poster: The release date has been moved from April 20th to April 13th, moving it from the new release date for “Avengers: Infinity War”. Johnson said, “Alert 🚨: THE RAMPAGE is officially unleashed around world APRIL 13th. Of course, it had nothing to do with Tony Stark and his…

Green Lantern (2001) – Senator Hammond (Tim Robbins) Read a list of ten Academy Award-winning actors who had their careers ruined by bad science fiction or superhero movies. It’s every actor’s dream to win an Oscar. To be recognized by their peers as the leading actor, or actress of the year. The first Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, in front of only 270 people. Now the awards ceremony is seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The 90th Academy Awards ceremonies aired on Sunday and they handed out the latest set of…

Black Panther (2018) T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) Walt Disney’s “Black Panther” movie is still in the number one spot in its third week. It lost about 41% to make $66 million for a domestic box office gross of $502 million. The King is grossed $899.9M globally through Sunday. Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is the 5th MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) title to reach $900M globally. This is after “The Avengers”, “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”, “Iron Man 3” and “Captain America: Civil War”. It’s a safe best “Black Panther will hit $1 billion worldwide by next weekend. Industry leaders say this…

Flash (2018) Iris West (Candice Patton) Since the beginning, Iris West (Candice Patton) is a character that exists mainly for Barry Allen to save. “It was hard in the beginning,” Candice Patton told The Daily Beast. “I could see the potential [for Iris], where I think a lot of people couldn’t. I think they imagined that she would always be this version—just in the dark and kind of getting in the way of Team Flash doing their job. But as an actor and knowing where my character was potentially going, I could see the growth she would have over the…

Kristin Wiig at Ghostbusters premiere Comedian Kristen Wiig could become the next Wonder Woman villain. Yesterday Deadline reported that Kristin Wiig is the studio’s top choice to play the villain in the “Wonder Woman” sequel starring Gal Gadot. Warner Bros. had no comment on the potential casting. Patty Jenkins lobbied hard to cast Wiig as the villain. According to Variety’s Justin Kroll, the studio offered the part to Emma Stone but she passed. Jenkins personally picked Wiig for the role. We don’t know if Wiig is on board. But meetings between her and top executives at Warner Bros have been…

Black Panther: Long Live The King #6 (of 6) cover by André Lima Araújo Find out the top 13 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. This week features a bonanza of great comics from Marvel, DC, BOOM! and Comixology. Two Black Panther comics. Two alien symbiote comics and a massive fight with Superman’s greatest enemy. Check them out! Action Comics #998 Action Comics #998 cover by Will Conrad Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Norm Rapmund, Brett Booth Cover Artist: Will Conrad Summary: BOOSTER SHOT PART SIX! – Escape from Planet Zod! Superman and Booster Gold must…

“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” – Christian Slater Here are the actors you’d never know were arrested for domestic abuse. Actors often live very different lives off camera. Domestic abuse has been in the news lately especially with the arrest of actress Heather Locklear. According to the CDC, one in four women and one in seven men will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. So it makes sense that Hollywood would also have a problem with abuse. Here are some of the most surprising celebrities with a criminal history of domestic violence. 1. Heather…

A recently uncovered behind-the-scenes video shows what was underneath those uniforms. In 1994 Marina Sirtis, who played Counselor Deanna Troi on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, several movies and shows shared a behind-the-scenes look at the costumes for the show. Watch the video It was included in the bonus video for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 DVD special feature “Dressing The Future Year Seven” (“The Process”). Her fearless sense of humor starts out with a joke about the sign warning that it’s “drafty” in Southern California before moving on to the costumes. At about the 2-minute mark, she…

Could a classic Star Wars actor be joining Guardians of the Galaxy 3? On Twitter, over the weekend a fan asked director James Gunn an awesome favor. Ian Fee asked Gunn if he could cast Mark Hamill in the next movie. He said, “[James Gunn], could you do me a huge favour and find a role for [Mark Hamill] in Guardians 3? The awesomeness of it might end me, but I’m willing to risk it.” The 66-year old actor is best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movies. But he’s actually done some work in other Marvel projects. Mark…

Black Panther (2018) Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Okoye (Danai Gurira) Here’s everything you missed in “Black Panther”. The “Black Panther” movie is breaking all kinds of box office records and has been seen by millions of people. But only true fans would recognize all the little references and cameos in the film. All Marvel movies have them and Black Panther movie is chock full of Easter Eggs So, if you’re seeing it for the second time, here are a bunch of things to look for in the movie. Warning: SPOILERS FOR BLACK PANTHER 1. 1401 In the flashback, Erik Killmonger’s…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming home. The blockbuster film will arrive on Digital (in HD and 4K Ultra HD) and via Movies Anywhere on March 13, and on Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and On-Demand on March 27. Here’s the cover of the collectible steelbook Here’s the list of bonus features The Director and the Jedi – “Go deep behind the scenes with writer-director Rian Johnson on an intimate and personal journey through the production of the movie—and experience what it’s like to helm a global franchise and cultural phenomenon.” Balance of the Force – “Explore the mythology of…

Star Wars: A New Hope – Han Solo (Harrison Ford) See what Han Solo thought about the new Solo trailer. Disney and Lucasfilm are kicking the hype machine into high gear for the next Star Wars movie in the franchise. Besides the character posters, the studio is pushing hard with sneak peeks at the toys and a teaser before and during the Super Bowl. The trailer shows some intriguing character moments, car chases and space battles all set to thundering rock music. Solo is selling itself as a fun watchable romp with familiar characters like Lando and Chewbacca. The new…

Black Panther #1 cover by John Romita Jr. If you’re looking forward to Marvel’s Black Panther movie you’re probably wondering what comics to read. How can you get caught up? Thankfully Comixology is having a massive sale where you can get more than half off a bunch of cool titles. Over 220 comics are on the list with some pretty insane deals. For example, you can buy the classic original Black Panther Jack Kirby issues from the 1970s for only .99 cents (normally 1.99). Ta-Nehisi Coates’ classic Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Vol. 1 is normally $8.99 but…

The new trailer for “The Incredibles 2” is here and it shows Pixar is giving Marvel a run for the money. Marvel Studios has the market corners on superhero films right now, but Pixar is gearing up to challenge them in the sequel to the 2004 animated hit film The Incredibles. The new movie picks up where the last one left off with the superhero Parr family facing off against The Underminer. All the Incredibles characters are back. Robert “Bob” Parr a.k.a. Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson is eager to keep crime fighting but there’s a twist. Lucius Best (a.k.a. Frozone) (voiced by Samuel…

Fantastic Four #52 (1966) by Jack Kirby Find out the real story of how Stan Lee created Black Panther. The Black Panther movie comes out this weekend and is on track to be one of Marvel’s most successful movies. There’s been a lot of discussion about the origins of the superhero Black Panther. But the full story of how Stan Lee created the character hasn’t been told for many years. I tracked down an old magazine article based on a set of audio interviews with the legendary comic book creator Stan Lee. In an interview for the August 2011 issue…

The Greatest American Hero – Meena (Hannah Simone) Believe it or not, she’s the star! ABC announced they’ve cast Indian-American actress Hannah Simone to star in their new comedy The Greatest American Hero. Simone is a 37-year old Canadian actress, television hostess, and former fashion model. She was born in London, Englan to an Indian father and an Italian mother. Hannah Simone starred in several movies like Killing Gunther, Band Aid, Flock of Dudes and Old Boy. She’d best known for seven seasons on the comedy New Girl and reportedly looked at multiple offers before taking on the role. It’s the first television…

Black Panther: The Sound and The Fury #1 cover by Andrea Di Vito Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. This week Black Panther and Black Lightning face deadly new threats, Batman and Wonder Woman stop being BFFs and Star Wars wraps up the battle of Jedha. Note: Some links lead to an approved affiliate and small proceeds from the sale go to support the blog. Thank you! Batman #40 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Tom King Artist: Joëlle Jones Cover Artist: Joëlle Jones, Jordie Bellaire Summary: SUPERFRIENDS, PART 4 – Since the beginning, the…

Subscription boxes are incredibly popular but there’s a new one you’ll want to check out. According to Forbes in the month of April 2017, subscription company websites had over 37 million visitors. That number has grown by over 800% since 2014. What’s a subscription box service? A subscription business is a company that sends you a package, usually monthly, of items they’ve picked out for you based on your preferences. They can be clothes, comics, snacks or pet supplies. The best-known one is Loot Crate but there’s a new one coming. it’s called “Black Nerd Swag”. It specializes in providing its…

Find out whether Marvel has a hit or a bust on its hands. The review embargo has lifted and the Black Panther movie reviews are flooding in. As always we look to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes to give an update. Thankfully, unlike with Justice League, they didn’t decide to hide the score until Friday. After 48 critic reviews, the site gives it a perfect score of 100%! The critic consensus is “Black Panther elevates superhero cinema to thrilling new heights while telling one of the MCU’s most absorbing stories — and introducing some of its most fully realized characters.” So far…