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Everything you should know about the deadly X-Force before 'Deadpool 2'
The X-Force makes its big-screen debut in this weekend's "Deadpool 2" as a team that Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool recruits to protect a young mutant from Josh Brolin's Cable.A spin-off movie is being...
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'Deadpool 2' relies on a sexist cliché that has been a problem in superhero...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for "Deadpool 2.""Deadpool 2" makes fun of superhero clichés, but it also relies on one of the oldest as a plot device.Violence against women used as a plot device...
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Marvel is removing a reference to an anti-Mormon book from its latest...
Marvel has removed an anti-Mormon reference from the digital edition of a recent "Amazing Spider-Man" comic, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, will remove it in future print editions, as...
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'Captain Marvel' could hold the answers to the future of the Marvel Cinematic...
New details and images from "Captain Marvel" suggest that the movie holds the answer to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after "Avengers 4."The movie introduces the shape-shifting alien...
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Amazon's Comixology has provoked a fierce debate in the comic-book world, but...
Comic books have had to adapt to a rapidly evolving industry in recent years, and Amazon's digital-comics service, Comixology, could lead the way forward.Since Amazon acquired the company in 2014,...
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The final superhero Stan Lee unveiled before he died was based on a Chinese...
Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee died on Monday November 12 at the age of 95.As well as the world of comics, his superheroes revolutionised modern pop culture and were the foundations of some of the...
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The legendary comics writer behind Marvel's Punisher and Ms. Marvel fears for...
Comics writer Gerry Conway wrote Carol Danvers' (Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel) debut solo comic in 1977, and co-created The Punisher and more Marvel and DC characters.With "Captain Marvel" now in...
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These reimagined comic-book covers show what superheroes would look like with...
Bulimia.com and the American Addiction Centers edited comic-book covers to depict more realistic body types.Superheroes such as Captain America and Wonder Woman were given fuller figures and more...
View ArticleHow a $4 million lawsuit created 'Shazam!' and 'Captain Marvel' as we know...
Comic-book history is full of wild stories, much like its host of larger-than-life superheroes.DC Comics sued another company that originally owned Shazam, who was called Captain Marvel at the time,...
View ArticleEverything you missed in the first 'Joker' teaser trailer
"Joker," the origin story of Batman's biggest foe, stars Joaquin Phoenix and will be released October 4, 2019. The gritty re-imagining contains multiple references to both the original comics and...
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20 superhero movies you need to watch in your lifetime
There have been dozens of superhero movies in the past decade alone between the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe, and other superheroes not attached to any comics at all.We've...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now has her own Wonder Woman-style comic book cover...
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is the subject of a new comic book: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis?In one limited-release edition of the cover sent to a...
View ArticleHere's what the "Spider-Man: Far From Home" post-credit scenes mean
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" is in theaters starting today and it contains two post-credit scenes.The film features Tom Holland as Spider-Man, along stars Zendaya and Jake Gyllenhaal. It's set in...
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The acclaimed writer of X-Men story 'The Dark Phoenix Saga' opens up about...
Chris Claremont, the legendary comic-book writer behind the classic X-Men storyline, "The Dark Phoenix Saga," talked to Business Insider about the story's movie adaptations in 2006's "X-Men: The Last...
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2 major changes happening in comic books could shape the industry's future —...
The "book channel"— which includes chain bookstores and online retailers — is projected to surpass comic shops as the the largest channel for comics sales this year.There are two major reasons why this...
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A Brooklyn comic store inspired by 'Fortnite' is delivering a new kind of...
Joe Einhorn opened Loot, a kid-friendly comic book store, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens in July.The store makes most of its money from memberships; for $30 a month, kids can rent an...
View ArticleWhy 'Watchmen' is the best comic of all time
"Watchmen" was a work of art that was never meant for the screen but a story that was strictly meant to show the greatest strength of the comic book medium.Artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins...
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Reopening the economy isn't going to work if no one shows up — and people are...
Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein.On the latest...
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Marvel insiders say they're skeptical of its recent pledge to improve...
In the early 2010s, Marvel's comics business focused on a diverse slate of new characters, but by 2017 comic sales had fallen, which resulted in the exit of editor-in-chief Axel Alonso.Three former...
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Former Marvel execs launched an ambitious comics universe as the pandemic...
Summary List PlacementTwo former Marvel execs, Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas, entered 2020 expecting to go full steam ahead with a new comics universe. Not only did they have decades of combined...
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