Fifty years of Comic-Con, and I was there to discover what new treats lay for the attendees of this vast convention devoted to comic books. Comic Con ran from July 18-21, with preview night on July 17. Announcements, screenings, and trailers for returning and upcoming new TV shows and movies were present daily. There was so much to see and so little time to see them!
If you are a Marvel Comics fan like me, and you loved Runaways season 1, then to usher in the holidays, Marvel has given you a Christmas present – the entire season 2 starting today on Hulu! Join LA teens Alex (Rhenzy Feliz), Gert (Ariela Barer), Nico (Lyrica Okano), Chase (Gregg Sulkin), Karolina (Virginia Gardner), and Molly (Allegra Acosta) as they use their new found powers to stop their parents from an evil plan, while staying alive.
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Wow, they are churning out these home video releases! Barely out of the theater and we can already get our mittens on one of the biggest movies of the year! Marvel Studios Avengers: Infinity War is coming to Digital on July 31st and the glorious physical media August 14th. Yes, there will be a 4K UHD Cinematic Edition.
Just in time for next week’s Star Wars Celebration in Orlando comes word of Marvel’s ultimate Star Wars Box Set! This massive 12 premium hardcover set brings together the entire Star Wars Saga into one glorious package. The set is currently available for pre-order on Amazon for $281, $281 dollars. That’s too rich for my blood. The packaging looks amazing. If you want to be my friend, you will get me this gorgeous looking new Star Wars Box Set! Lord knows stupid Marvel Comics won’t send me anything!
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Marvel comics has announced a new volume of The Defenders – written by Brian Michael Bendis and with art by David Marquez.
The ongoing title will feature the line-up we are soon to see on Netflix – Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones – but is based on a set-up from the final pages of canceled title, The New Avengers.
‘ We’ve been planning this book for well over a year and we’re so excited to show you what we think the next phase of the gritty marvel streets will have to offer,’ said Bendis.
The Defenders #1 will be in stores in June. Further details follow the break.
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In January of this year, ABC profiled a family trapped inside Madaya, Syria, communicating with a mother of five through texts and phone conversations to capture the bleak outlook that she and her family faced every day. Updates followed the family as things got progressively worse – burning furniture for warmth; boiling leaves for food…
With no visuals from Madaya to work with, ABC News and Marvel Comics have created an original digital comic that tells the family’s story – a story told in the mother’s words.
Madaya Mom can be accessed through ABC.com and ABC News’ apps on mobile and OTT. Read on for details.
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Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos – who worked together on the Alias comic book series that inspired the Jessica Jones Netflix series – are bringing the super-powered private eye back to Marvel Comics.
Jessica Jones #1 will be in stores in the fall – bringing Jones back as a person whose world is in a far different place. As mother of Danielle, her daughter with Luke Cage, Jones’ perspective has changed, but even so, there’s a lot going on in her life.
Follow the jump to learn more.
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Riri Williams made her debut in Invincible Iron Man months ago, but since news of her becoming Iron Man full time (she’ll work on the name after she gets used to the job) has caused such a huge response that Marvel is loading new editions of Invincible Iron #7-#11 so that new readers can catch up with her before she is introduced in her own book – the relaunched Invincible Iron Man #1, by Brian Michael Bendis and Stefano Caselli, this fall.
For details, follow the jump.
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A new era dawns for Wakanda and its ruler, T’Challa! Marvel is proud to offer your new look atBLACK PANTHER #1 written by national correspondent for The Atlantic, MacArthur Genius, and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend Brian Stelfreeze, BLACK PANTHER “A Nation Under Our Feet” is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther’s struggle to do right by his people as their ruler.
Marvel Comics presents Captain America: Steve Rogers #1! Steve Rogers returns as the Star-Spangled Avenger for an all-new Marvel Comics series.
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What comic fans everywhere have been waiting for is finally happening. Though we have to wait until next year, Marvel Comics presents Spider-Women #1. Spider-Gwen, Spider-Woman, and Silk team-up for an all-new crossover event!
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