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Geekscape Comics: Marvel Announces ‘Marvel Universe Vs The Avengers’

by Shawn Madden

In October we will return to a world ravaged by a plague that had turned most of Earth’s heroes into raving cannibalistic monsters. Jonathan Maberry is back to continue on from events that unfolded in ‘Marvel Universe vs Punisher’ and ‘Marvel Universe vs Wolverine’ in a four issue mini-series ‘Marvel Universe vs The Avengers

“The story is intensely personal, as all stories of great cultural trauma,” Maberry says. “These are horror stories, and ‘Marvel Universe vs The Avengers’ takes the horror down to a very personal level. We are no longer witnessing the world’s hurt or the cultural hurt, we’re inside the head – and heart — of a man who is experiencing the most personal kind of hurt.” The man he is referring to here is Clint Barton aka Hawkeye.

“The story is told from Hawkeye’s perspective, but most of the big guns are there: Thor, Hulk — red and green versions — Iron Man, Giant Man, Luke Cage, Black Widow, Mockingbird, Spider-Man, and others,” reveals the writer. “We also check in on the kids at Avengers Academy. The events in these four issues cut a bloody swath across the entire Avengers landscape.”

“The world is becoming a horror show and no one has the power to stop it,” Maberry explains. “Then we look down at the street-level, at a man like Hawkeye who has no super powers and who isn’t really the go-to guy for a world-threatening crisis and for reasons we’ll explore in the story, he doesn’t succumb to the plague as quickly. More and more of the responsibility for this fight falls to him, and he’s extremely mortal.”

“View that same thing from another perspective and you see someone who has never been as powerful as his teammates, and yet he’s always held the line, always done his part. So, maybe he’s the kind of hero we need in a world where super powers are no longer the answer.”

“The world itself is broken, and the storytelling reflects that,” Maberry offers. “There is no longer an orderly pace to history, and if humanity survives, the history that’s taught will come from fragments of memory and experiences.”

“I wanted to get inside the phenomenon of becoming ‘powerless.’ Many of the heroes lose their heroic status by becoming monsters; we have characters struggling to continue to be heroes while knowing that they are transforming into the enemy. The government and even groups like S.H.I.E.L.D. can’t stop this. The greatest brains on the planet—Reed Richards, Hank Pym, T’Challa—can’t solve this problem. We see how different characters cope with their friends/team-mates and loved ones becoming monsters.”

But in the end it’s all coming down to one man. The man with the arrows.

“That is a special kind of horror, and it’s a special kind of heroic tale,” Maberry promises. “I think people are going to bond pretty heavily with Hawkeye in this tale.”

Source: Marvel

Geekscape Comics: This Is War Revealed As ‘Punisher: War Zone’ Relaunch

by Shawn Madden

Looks like everyone was wrong about what “This Is War” was going to be all about. Oh wait…not me. Because I totally called it being ‘The Punisher’. Marvel has revealed that they would be relaunching ‘Punisher: War Zone’ with an event titled ‘Lock And Load’. Is The Punisher about to take on the Marvel universe? You’ll have to wait until the panel at Comic-Con in two weeks like the rest of us for all the details.

Find out more Sunday, July 15th at the Amazing Spider-Man panel, 12:30PM PST, during Comic Con International 2012! Can’t make it to the convention? Follow along on the Marvel Events App & events.marvel.com, the best way to get exclusive videos, real-time announcements from the convention floor and up-to-the-minute panel, in-booth, and signing schedules of all your favorite Marvel creators!

And don’t forget to join the conversation on Twitter with #ThisIsWar!

Source: Marvel

 

Marvel Studios Mystery Movie For 2014? ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’.

by Shawn Madden

It’s not a suprise. After the news of Marvel filling trademarks for ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ it was obvious it was coming. But according to Latino Review (who has been pretty reliable about Marvel Studios news)…it’s coming a lot sooner than we thought. Kevin Fiege has been talking some time now about doing a space epic and now it’s coming.

For those unfamiliar with ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, the comic first appeared in 1969 and was resurrected in 2008. The story centers on a group of alien beings in the 31st century who are each the last of their kind. They eventually travel back in time and interact with 20th century Marvel characters which would most likely be how the movie would end and tie into ‘The Avengers 2’.

It’s reported that we will get an official announcement at the Marvel Studios panel during San Diego Comic-Con in two weeks. We are also told to expect Nova and that the script is “incredible” and will lead up to ‘The Avengers 2’ in 2015. Oh and is Thanos in it? Yes. Yes he is.

 

He Has An Army. We Have A Trailer For ‘The Avengers’ Blu-Ray.

by Shawn Madden

‘The Avengers’ is set to hit shelves on September 25th. We have a trailer for you to get you excited the Blu-ray release that even seems to sneak in some of the new footage that will be seen on it. I won’t lie…kind of made me want to go see it again. Are you ready to assemble again?

Geekscape Comics: Marvel Teaming Up With Komen For The Cure For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

by Shawn Madden

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Marvel will be teaming up with Susan G. Komen For The Cure and releasing special variants in order to raise awareness. In addition all Marvel superhero comics in October will feature a special one-page advertorial educating readers about breast cancer. A message that Marvel will also make available on its internet site and via social media.

“Marvel is proud to partner with Susan G. Komen For the Cure to support their unparalleled efforts to raise awareness about the risk of breast cancer to both women and men,” said Dan Buckley, Publisher & President of the Print, Animation & Digital Divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc. “We’re in a unique position to educate all our fans and increase awareness of the ways to fight—and reduce– this risk of this disease by utilizing our comics and online presence.”

“Komen is thrilled to partner with Marvel Entertainment in the fight against breast cancer this October,” said Dorothy Jones, VP, Marketing at Komen. “This partnership will allow us to share critical information with this important audience, empowering them to take positive action for their breast health and for the women they love.”

Source: Examiner

Geekscape Comics: After An Eight Year Run Brubaker To Leave ‘Captain America’

by Shawn Madden

Many people believe Brubakers run on ‘Captain America’ to be the titles best. But after nearly eight years he has decided to leave the title. In a recent interview with The Comics Reporter he discussed that as well as if he will remain on ‘Winter Soldier’.

TCR: Now, you told me that you’re wrapping up on Captain America.

Brubaker: Yeah. By the time this interview comes out, I will have written my last issue.

TCR: Congratulations. And that’s… eight years on Cap?

Brubaker: A little less than eight years. I think I started in August or September of 2004 writing my first issue, which came out in November of that year.

TCR: So why now?

Brubaker: Partly, it’s the beginning a shift from work-for-hire to books I own, instead. I hit a point with the work-for-hire stuff where I was starting to feel burned out on it. Like my tank is nearing empty on superhero comics, basically. It’s been a great job, and I think I found ways to bring my voice to it, but I have a lot of other things I want to do as a writer, too, so I’m going to try that for a while instead.

TCR: Now are you keeping Winter Soldier?

Brubaker: Yeah, I am. That’s going to be my only Marvel book soon. I’ll do The Winter Soldier as long as it lasts… or, I’ll do it for as long as I can. [Spurgeon laughs] Because I don’t know if it’ll last, but I’m really proud of that book and the second and third storylines on it are some of my favorite stuff I’ve done for Marvel, ever.

TCR: What do you like about it? What do you think is laudatory? Are you in that place where you can say, “I did that, and I did that very well.”

Brubaker: I think I got to tell a long story. In the early days, I got to create a big soap opera about Steve Rogers and Bucky and Sharon Carter and keep this thrilling adventure ride going. And each arc bled into the next. Then we did the “Death of Cap” thing and I go to really do an 18-part story that still didn’t end with Cap coming back to life yet. [laughs] I got to do some stuff that was really challenging. I got work with some great artists. Steve Epting, he probably drew 35 issues of my run in the early days. I think we developed a really great collaboration. And I always liked that kind of epic storytelling.

“The Death of Captain America” turned out to be the best thing that happened to the book in ways because everything we were able to do after that, because the main character wasn’t in the book, was so much more interesting than when he was in the book. It was a total curveball and you didn’t know what was going to come next. There was a lot of fun to be had in it, and at the same time it was driven by these characters that were characters I had an attachment to from childhood.

Brubaker also confirms that Cullen Bunn (who has been working on ‘Venom’ with Rick Remender) will be working with him on his final arc.

TCR: Don’t they team you up with a writer to transition out of these titles? Like baton pass it to them?

Brubaker: That’s not on purpose for this one. That was a situation with scheduling. Marvel is trying to do this thing now that with some of their better-selling books they want to get out more copies per year than 12. They want to get out 15 or 18 issues. Amazing Spider-Man’s been doing more than one a month for a while now; someone I know does Uncanny X-Men or one of those books, and that comes out 18 times a year.

I couldn’t keep up with that schedule, honestly. I knew I was getting to the end of my run. I wanted to wrap up my run earlier. And [Marvel Senior Vice President Of Publishing] Tom [Brevoort] was like, “Well, you’re going to leave a bunch of plot lines dangling… do you want to go out like that? It’ll seem like you threw up your hands and said ‘I can’t keep up with this schedule.'” I was like, “No, I don’t want to go out that way.” So we brought in Cullen Bunn to write an arc with me. I gave him a list of a bunch of stuff. “Here’s all the dangling plot threads and here’s where we need them all to be by the time I get to my last issue.” And then we figured out a storyline together.

It’s strange. I did all these issues as an uninterrupted run. Then there’s four issues co-written by someone. Then there’s a last issue. [laughs] It’s a little odd.

TCR: Tell me this. You’ve worked this specific period for Marvel. I don’t follow the mainstream books as closely as I would if this were the main focus of the site. It seems to me, though, that this period has been distinguished by a pretty deep writer’s bench for Marvel. There are a lot of you guys that are talented, that are working on those books for Marvel.

Brubaker: I definitely think… they’ve got Jason Aaron, and Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction and Rick Remender. Obviously Brian Bendis, who writes so many comics I can’t understand how he possibly keeps up. Kieron Gillen… all of these guys are talented guys. I’m leaving some out — Jeff Parker. There’s a lot of really good writers doing multiple books a month up there.

And it’s such an interesting time in mainstream comics to me because of how in flux it feels. DC had a massive shake-up. Marvel’s ramped up production on everything. It seems a little crazy sometimes. [laughs] I wonder from the outside if it looks as much like as it feels like it on the inside.

TCR: Is there something you see we don’t? We certainly saw the result of those changes at DC.

Brubaker: When I was at DC… sales weren’t necessarily great, but they were fairly stable. There was a certain amount of stability. Both DC and Marvel had stability, it felt like. But two years ago there started to be what seemed like freefall for a lot of books. My personal theory — This happened to coincide [laughs] with the books suddenly costing $3.99 as opposed to $2.99. I think that was when you started to see some books really fall. On the other side, there’s the argument that the best-selling books for the past ten years have been the $3.99 books.

It’s hard to say who’s right or who’s wrong on some of this stuff. But sales on these books were going down below what DC and Marvel would have found acceptable even a few years ago. So that stability just feels like it’s missing all of a sudden.

I mean, imagine how lucky I was to write the same book for eight years. That doesn’t happen a lot anymore. Brian Bendis has been writing Avengers for like nine years now. He’s written more issues of Avengers than any other person. It’s rarer and rarer to have these long runs on books.

See the whole interview here.

Aldis Hodge Would Love To Play ‘The Black Panther’

by Shawn Madden

Numerous actors have recently begun expressing their interest to to play the lead role in Marvels ‘The Black Panther’. No doubt due to the recent news that Marvel Studios 2014 sequel to ‘Captain America’ may be followed by a big-screen adaptation of the character.

The most recent of these being Aldis Hodge (‘Die Hard With A Vengeance’, ‘Leverage’, ‘Supernatural’) stating his interest in playing the king of Wakanda.

“Growing up I was a fan of Black Panther and X-Men comic books. I was also a huge Batman fan. There’s recently been a little buzz online about Marvel pushing for Black Panther, and I’ve been in love with the idea for years. I want the fans to know that the one role I really want to play is Black Panther. I grew up loving the Marvel world, and grew up on martial arts. I still train. When Black Panther came around, he was almost like an African American Batman.”

He does have many things going for him as far as the role is concerned. He is in the right age range where he could continue on playing the character for many years, he has the right looks, he already knows the source material and he does have a background with martial arts. However he may not be a big enough name to carry this franchise…but then again no one knew who Chris Hemsworth as prior to ‘Thor’. Thoughts? Opinions? Complete outrage that I could even consider seeing him in the role?

Source: Examiner

Geekscape Comics: First Look At Winter Soldier #7

by Shawn Madden

Since Jon gave Winter Soldier a shout out in today’s podcast I decided to give everyone a first look at the second arc for Winter Soldier.

• Winter Soldier finds himself on a twisted trail from coast to coast and past to present…
• …chasing the insane man who will become his worst enemy.
• And an inciting incident you won’t forget!

Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils by MICHAEL LARK
Cover by STEVE EPTING

The Sky is Falling… Again! The “Geekscapepod” For June 18th, 2012!

by Jonathan

I start this episode off telling all of you to go pick up “The FP” this week! Also, “Adventure Time” Season 1 is coming to DVD in July! Fantastic! Falling Skies has returned to TV and why should you be watching it? Is “Before Watchmen” turning itself around? Ed Brubaker’s got your Captain America fix! I review Pixar’s “Brave” and it’s fantastic! And Geekscape favorite BigYanks gets married… finally! But what do we get him?

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A ‘Directors Cut’ Of ‘The Avengers’ Being Released Into Theaters This Summer?

by Shawn Madden

Rumor warning! This is not confirmed.

SuperHeroAuthority is reporting that we may just see the 35 minute longer ‘Directors Cut’ being released into theaters this summer in an attempt to knock ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ off the top of the hill.

“The Avengers is sitting comfortably at No. 3 overall on both the domestic and International ticket sale charts but it seems both Marvel and Disney desire the No. 1 overall spot and a current rumor says they could be contemplating releasing The Avengers: Director’s Cut in theaters at the end of this summer.”

Please remember this is from a ComicBook.com post and another Hollywood source who has heard this rumor and told SuperHero Authority this is a possibility but nothing has been confirmed to actually happen. Marvel and Disney have not said anything regarding this new rumor as well.”

So, while this is a major rumor…I would definitely not rule it out as a possibility. Especially because of the fact that most of us have seen this movie at least 2-3 times already. Would we most likely assemble again with that additional 35 minutes of footage? Definitely.

And what comic fan wouldn’t love to see ‘The Avengers’ hit number one?

Geekscape Comics: Axel Alonso Talks Significance Of “The Phoenix Five” In AvX

by Shawn Madden

At the end of ‘AvX: Round 5’ we witnessed Tony Stark make a fatal error and split The Phoenix force into five taking control of five hosts. Emma Frost, Namor, Cyclops, Magik and Collosus now each were host to a piece of The Phoenix force and Marvel EIC Alex Alonso recently discussed this with Comic Book Resources.

CBR: So this week we got introduced to what I keep calling the Phoenix Force Five — Phoenix because they’re empowered by it, Force because they’re a force to be reckoned with and five because there’s one, two, three, four, five of them…

Axel Alonso: We’re calling them the Phoenix Five, Kiel.

CBR: Okay! For a while, you’ve been talking about how the end of each act will be a turning point in the story that shakes the action up in a major way. How does these characters getting empowered like this change the course of the event?

Alonso: The most immediate question is, “Can the Phoenix Force be controlled?” Are these five individuals — any one of them or all five collectively — capable of controlling it? The Phoenix Force is destruction and rebirth, so it’s safe top say they’re going define exactly what that means. And as the teaser suggests, they have a chance to remake the word in their image. But what does that mean? You might be surprised.

CBR: How did the discussions go around who would be members of the five? Leaders like Cyclops and Emma seems like obvious picks, though I look at someone like Magik and wonder what specific role she’ll have to play.

Alonso: We carefully picked these five characters — Cyclops, Emma, Colossus, Magik and Namor — because of their personalities, their power sets, and the windows they offer into pockets of the Marvel Universe — hint, hint. Namor, for instance — you’ll see why we picked him, as Act 2 unfolds.

CBR: So far, the core argument of the series has been that question of whether the Phoenix will be a force of destruction or rebirth. The Avengers have had one idea and the X-Men another. Now it feels like the Phoenix Force has its own ideas and its own agenda for where to go next. How does that concept change the series? Can it contradict what either side expected up to this point?

Alonso: It’s possible that both sides are right. I mean…I can’t say anymore, man! [Laughter] That’s the beauty of the Phoenix Force — within it resides the potential for good and bad.

CBR: Like you said, we’ve had this “No More Avengers” teaser out for Act 2. Is that now the rallying cry for the Phoenix Force and the Phoenix Five? Does that force know the Avengers are the people hellbent on destroying it?

Alonso: All I can say is that the world might not be big enough for the Phoenix Five and the Avengers. If you think of Act 1 [“AvX” #1-5] as a boxing match, it’s safe to say the early rounds went to the Avengers, but the last round ended with a game-changing punch that sent the Avengers staggering to the ropes. That’s where we pick up with issue #6. Cap, Iron Man, Thor and the gang have got to shake it off and figure out just who their opponent is now, and what their next move should be. And let me make one thing perfectly clear: Do not assume the Avengers are the good guys and the X-Men are suddenly the bad guys. I’d wager that the Phoenix Five are going to earn some fans — including people who rooted for the Avengers in round 1.

‘AvX Round 5’ is on shelves now with ‘Round 6’ hitting shelves in two weeks.

Geekscape Comics: First Look At ‘AvX Round 11’

by Shawn Madden

Now while ‘AvX Round 6’ hasn’t even hit stands yet we have a first look at the cover for Round 11.

“The final month of AvX opens with the first of two extra-sized issues! Fatality!”

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #11
Written by BRIAN BENDIS
Pencils by OLIVIER COIPEL
Cover by JIM CHEUNG

Geekscape Roundtable: Fictional Characters We’d Bang… PART ONE!

by GeekscapeStaff

Yeah, that’s right. Part 1. This is such an in depth topic that it’s getting a sequel.

Everyone has a fictional character they’d bang, whether it’s someone from a movie, a comic, or a car insurance company. So the Geekscape staff put together their top 5 lists, High Fidelity style. We even got The Devastator’s Geoffrey Golden in on the action!

Molly ‘Mayhem’ Mahan

Rambo: I actually poised a similar question to my mother the other day (we have that kind of relationship), only it was “Rocky or Rambo?” She went with Rocky and I couldn’t disagree more. While I do love the Italian Stallion, few things get me going more than a man who knows how to wield a bow (It’s the Dinah Lance in me). I remember watching the fourth one (yes, with Old Man Stallone) and the minute he whipped out the compound bow and started laying waste to the enemy, I melted. Additionally, he’s a soldier who disdains the government and authority, but still accepts (or at least performs) his mission, meaning he knows how to follow orders even if he thinks it’s a little weird and will go out of his way to perform. Hardly sounds expendable in the bedroom to me, amiright? And don’t tell me that guy isn’t in some serious need of sexual healing. Bow chicka bow wow.

Ares, God of War: As played by the late-great Kevin Tod Smith on Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess (did you seriously think you’d get away with me not talking about Xena?). Though a complete and utter asshole on Herc, when the God of War showed up on Xena he was still a bastard, but a lovable one at that. I watched this show during my formative years, so the heat and passion between the two was always something I wanted for
myself, and at times seemed like the ideal. And he could be as sweet as a teddy bear at times, too, so he wasn’t all bad. I watched the show religiously during my formative years, so Ares became without a doubt the embodiment of what I found (and still find) sexy.

Tyrion Lannister: All the other fangirls can have their Jon Snows and Jaime Lannisters, I’ll go with the half-man who has proven time and time again that he knows what to do with a woman. Bonus: he doesn’t feel bad about it nor have incestuous leanings. That clever
tongue of his ain’t half bad either.

Jason Todd: Pre-boot, post-resurrection, and in the Hush black leather costume, please. The man’s got daddy issues, has died and come back, and is hell bent for vengeance. Don’t even try to tell me the sex wouldn’t be crazy awesome. Also, I think that random which patch of hair he had in that costume was cool, I don’t care how little sense it made, it was a neat aesthetic. Plus, banging one of the Robins (especially the one that has been the source of such angst in Bat-lore) just feels so awesomely perverse, I can’t help it.

Saotome Ranma from Ranma 1/2: Although a dude, he can change into a girl when hit with cold water. That must be experienced. Preferably by me.

Looking back on this collection, I realize that I may have some anger issues.

Dave Biscella

Dagger: I’m one of the few that LOVE Cloak & Dagger, so I figure that will give me an in. Plus I could use the line, ‘My addiction to you is one addiction you can’t cure.’

Ariel: She’s clearly pretty confident based on the way she dresses. She’s got beautiful red hair and a nice singing voice. Also, always wet.

Harley Quinn: It’d be like hooking up with a hot Juggalette without having to listen to ICP blare in the background.

Tinkerbell: Petite. Blonde. Looks good in green. Can fly. Can’t talk. Perfect mate.

Ryan Gosling in Drive: He won’t let anybody hurt me.

Ben Dunn

Mystique: The only correct answer to the “Which Fictional Character Would You Bang” question is Mystique. I include all incarnations of this blue skinned she-devil. Movies, comics, video games. The reason being that she can fulfill any sexual fantasy you have. Want to bang Kate Upton? Scarlett Johannson? Ros from Game of Thrones? She can be all of those! You would never have to look elsewhere again.

Echo (Dollhouse): Same reason as Mystique, only she gets to keep Eliza’s amazing body.

Jess (New Girl): Not only is she hot like Zooey Deschanel, but she’s super adorkable! Plus, it seems like she is up for whatever. Definitely couldn’t take her after a few days, so this would probably have to be a one nighter.

Alishia Bailey (Misfits): Her super power seems a bit redundant really, a super hot chick who’s power is to make you want to have sex with her? It’s like a delicious cake having the power to make you want to eat it. Stupid. That being said, I don’t care if I don’t remember it afterward, would still bang.

Thorn (Bone): She has curves in all the right places. Plus she hangs out with a bunch of white Smurf rip-offs, so I would probably be HUGE by comparison!

Editor’s Note: Matt Kelley has called shenanigans on Ben, citing the ‘wishing for infinite wishes’ rule for naming Mystique. This brings up a lot of ethical issues: what do you think, readers?

Eric Diaz

Will Hunting: The titular character of Gus Van Sant’s movie Good Will Hunting, and probably actor Matt Damon’s breakout role. Will Hunting is a rough around the edges, smart ass blue collar type, who is secretly hiding a genius level brain and a sensitive soul. Combined with Damon’s then baby face, floppy blonde hair and lips that look like they were put on this Earth to do one thing, it is all pretty much my own personal form of kryptonite.

Audrey Horne: For twenty years now, Sherilyn Fenn’s portrayal of Twin Peak’s black haired sex kitten in saddle shoes and pleated skirts Audrey Horne has been my go to answer for “if you had to go hetero for one night, who would it be?” My answer will always remain Audrey. Either sultrily smoking cigarettes in high school bathrooms, rolling her eyes at those around her and their small town ways, or causing trouble by going undercover in Canadian brothels, Audrey was always the very definition of sex bomb to
me. It is also possible I really just want to BE Audrey more than bang Audrey…. And that’s not a crime.

The Vampire Lestat: Possibly my favorite fictional character period, Anne Rice’s vampire protagonist is tall, blonde, and kind of a prick (all weaknesses of mine with men) but ultimately a noble soul when it counts. Ya know, except for the whole killing people thing. Instead of brooding about his vampiric condition, he mostly enjoys it and loves all the sensual new pleasures it brings him. Lestat is the prototype for vampires like Spike on Buffy and Eric Northman on True Blood. Although portrayed on screen twice-first by Tom Cruise in an admirable attempt, and later by Stuart Townsend in a movie I’d burn every reel of if I could, neither could come close to evoking the novel’s version of Lestat’s
ambiguous omni-sexual nature. It remains the novel version alone that really gets my juices flowing.

Aquaman: I’m talking classic Aquaman, with the orange shirt, clean shaven face, with the short hair and the big trident (the hippie look Aquaman was a big turn off. I hate long hair on guys most of the time). Why Aquaman? Why not? He’s muscular, super strong and rules 75% of the Earth. Also, he’s tall and blonde, and that’s been my type since I first saw Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon as a young kid, and got excited for the first time down there. I should mention that runner up in the comic book category has gotta be Dick Grayson/Nightwing. I mean, he’s an acrobat. Do the math.

Chris Evans as Captain America: I’ve never been all that crazy about Cap in the comics, at least not enough to get turned on by him, by Chris Evans’ portrayal of the aw-shucks do gooder with a heart of gold trapped in a little guy’s scrawny body, who then gets turned into sex on a stick gets me going every damn time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve paused that Blu ray in the scene where he emerges from the super soldier transformation all shirtless and sweaty and hot and…yeah, I’d better stop now. I will
admit, this entry is 50% “omg I really want have sex with Chris Evans” so I don’t know how much of that is him being Cap or not, but I figure I’d get less flack if I posted Chris Evans as Cap and not Chris Evans as Johnny Storm. Who I would also happily have sex with.

Shane O’Hare and Joshua Jackson

Rarity.
Rarity.
Rarity.
Rarity.
Sweetie Belle.

Special Guest Geoffrey Golden: A Girlfriend Approved Sex List

Let me preface this by saying that Amanda, my girlfriend and co-founder of our comedy magazine The Devastator, is not looking over my shoulder as I write this.

The only fictional characters I want to have sex with are ones that won’t make my beautiful, amazing girlfriend jealous. For example, Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons, a robot and not even a particularly attractive one at that (like, say, Lisa from Weird Science, who I definitely never fantasized about every day of 8th grade). Another robot I’d have sex with is Dot Matrix from Spaceballs, voiced by Joan Rivers, a trailblazing comedienne whose work I greatly respect.

Other characters I’d have sex with: Princess Fiona from Shrek, but only in ogre form, because I value inner beauty over outer beauty; the Librarian Ghost from Ghostbusters, assuming the physical contact we could make would be largely unpleasant; finally, Gaia from Captain Planet, who – according to Amanda – would be like having sex with a faint breeze. You know what, I’ll take it! On a related subject, do they make Captain Planet cockrings?

Some women do not want to read the phrase “Captain Planet cockrings” on a computer monitor.

Our culturally significant world changing discussion on cartoons we’d eff continues next week! BE THERE!

E3 2012 Continues! The “Geekscapepod” For June 6th, 2012!

by Jonathan

E3 2012 continues! Sony’s press conference snoozes! The Nintendo WiiU innovates! The return of the Pikmin! Is Star Wars 1313 the Star Wars we’ve wanted for so long? New trailers for Django Unchained and Wreck-It Ralph! New directors for Captain America 2! Is a Justice League movie coming soon? First Class 2 and Black Panther movie rumors and goodbye Mr. Ray Bradbury!

Find it on iTunes

And check out my very limited E3 photo gallery!

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Russo Brothers In Negotiations To Direct “Captain America 2”

by Scott Alminiana

Back in March, we posted Marvel’s “short-list” of directors they had for Captain America 2. Well today Deadline  is reporting that Marvel Studios is in negotiations with brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, who were on said list, that would see them direct Captain America 2. The Russo brothers have directed one two movies to date, the Owen Wilson comedy You, Me and Dupree, and the 2002 heist comedy Welcome to Collinwood. They have also directed episodes of TV’s Community, Up All Night, Happy Endings (which they are also executive producers on), and Arrested Development.

Yeah, they sound like perfect choices to helm Cap 2, it’s about as great of an idea as that time Fox hired Tim Story to directed the Fantastic Four movies. We all remember how great those were, right? Then again, I remember thinking Jon Favreau was an odd choice for Iron Man and look how that one turned out, so who knows.

“Kevin [Feige, Marvel Studios’ president of production] is a ‘vibe guy,’” “He likes to see if he gets along with people before he’ll decide about spending the next two years with them. And apparently, they hit it off with Kevin in the room.” [Vulture]

Could it be that Kevin Feige really hit it off with them and thinks they would make a great movie, or is he just aiming to find some cheap directors who won’t get on his nerves for two years? You tell me.

Captain America 2 is scheduled to hit theaters April 4th, 2014.

Directing Duo Anthony (left) and Joe Russo

UPDATE: First Look At Reebok And Marvel’s Team-up!

by Shawn Madden

So, even though i’m a die-hard Nike person… I had heard about this awhile back and I have been waiting for some previews to drop and here they are! If you know me and my Wade Wilson fanboy ways… I’m probably going to end up buying those Deadpool ones!

 

 

Release dates have yet to be announced.

Source: Zombiebacons

‘The Avengers’ Becomes Third Highest Grossing Film Of All-time

by Shawn Madden

Let’s be honest. We knew it was going to do good. But this good? As of today Marvels ‘The Avengers’ has become the third highest gross film domestically (knocking down ‘The Dark Knight’) and worldwide with a massive $1.331 billion taking the third place spot from ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Part 2’.

The film has been smashing records ever since its massive release and doesn’t look like its done yet. Many people are wondering if it has what it takes to knock ‘Titanic’ off that second place spot. With a theatrical run that doesn’t look to be ending anytime soon and one more country to still be released in (‘The Avengers’ opens in Japan in August) it very well could. I know I plan on assembling again at least once.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Marvel Studios ‘Phase One’ Of Movies Being Released As 10-Disc Collector Set

by Shawn Madden

Amazon.com has listed a new item. It was five years of build up that led to one of the greatest (well… if not the best) comic book movies of all time… ‘The Avengers’. And now you can get them all in one collectors set.

(10-Disc Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector’s Set) [Blu-ray]
• Marvel’s The Avengers (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Thor (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Iron Man 2 (Blu-ray)
• The Incredible Hulk (Blu-ray)
• Iron Man (Blu-ray)
• Bonus Disc – “The Phase One Archives” (Blu-ray)
• Collectible packaging with exclusive memorabilia from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Release date is still TBA. Check back on Amazon for more details.

Brave Nerd World: Outer Space…(but really The Avengers)

by Stephen Prescott

SPOILERS! Heidi and Stephen set out this week with a great topic in hand, Outer Space, and a “Favorite Moment In…” to feature The Avengers. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, neither host could come up with just one moment in The Avengers that they loved the most. So they babbled on for most of the episode about how great the film was and what it means as a comic book film. Some of the concerns and criticisms brought up by Jonathan in the Geekscape Avengers episode are also addressed because Stephen only likes arguing with Jonathan when Jonathan can’t answer back.

They did however get around to talking a bit about outer space. Topics covered were “The Moon Treaty,” “The Outer Space Treaty,” and the recently brought to the media’s attention “Build the Enterprise” project.

Moon Treaty on Wikipedia

Outer Space Treaty on Wikipedia

Build the Enterprise.org

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Disney Announces “Avengers 2” (Obviously)!

by Shane O'Hare

In what can be referred to as the most obvious move in film history, Disney today has announced that they have secured a sequel to the EXPLOSIVELY successful Avengers movie.

With $654 MILLION in opening weekend box office sales worldwide, it is no surprise that Disney wants to get the ball rolling on a sequel in order to ride the good press.

Disney CEO Bob Iger was quoted saying “There is a strong demand for Avengers merchandsie.” No fucking duh Bob.

Geekscape 263: “The Avengers” Post Game Analysis with Ian Kerner!

by Jonathan

The Avengers is out and it’s time to get serious! Ian Kerner makes his triumphant return to Geekscape as he goes toe to toe with me on what he thought about “The Avengers”! We’ve both seen the movie twice and if there’s one person who knows The Avengers comic and movie universe inside and out, it’s Ian. I try desperately to play devil’s advocate but Ian just won’t have it. He explains to us the significance of all the little details in the movie, where he thinks the Marvel movie universe is headed from here and the ONE thing that bugged him in the film! It’s Assemble Time, baby!

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Post-Avengers: What’s Next For The Marvel Movie Universe?

by Scott Alminiana

**WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS AVENGERS MOVIE SPOILERS**

So now that The Avengers have assembled and saved the world from an alien invasion whilst simultaneously racking up $200.3 million dollars in its first three days of release the logical question is “what’s next?” Marvel already has sequels lined up for the big three, which will begin what many have dubbed “Phase 2.” These sequels will all focus squarely on each character and will not feature the other Avengers. “Phase 2” will consist of:

Iron Man 3, which is scheduled to begin filming later this month and will be released on May 3, 2013. It is being written/directed by Shane Black and will be heavily influenced by the Warren Ellis story arc “Extremis.” The movie is being co-produced in China and leads many to believe that Iron Man will finally face off against his greatest villain The Mandarin.

Thor 2, scheduled for a November 15, 2013 release date. Filming begins later this summer and this time around Alan Taylor (best-known for his work on Game of Thrones) will be directing. Not much is known yet about the story but Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige recently said in an interview that Thor 2 will pick up where the first film left off in terms of Jane Foster and Thor, as well as what’s been going on in the nine realms now that the Asgardians are unable to use the Bifrost. Loki will appear in the sequel but a new villain will be introduced. Could this new villain be someone that was introduced in The Avengers? I’m getting ahead of myself, so let me come back to that one in a bit.

Captain America 2 has already set a release date of April 4, 2014 but no director or story have been announced. Most likely it will follow Steve Rogers as he tries to find his way in this new world that he finds himself in.

Marvel has also announced that they will release a movie on May 16th, 2014 but they have not yet announced what that movie will be. Some are speculating that the mystery movie could be Edgar Wright’s long  in development Ant-Man. Just yesterday in fact, Wright posted a tweet that refers to Ant-Man.  With Edgar Wright’s previous flicks Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, he has already shown that he knows what to deliver the goods that we geeks so direly love. Henry Pym, the alter-ego of Ant-Man was referenced in Thor as the friend that Dr. Selvig e-mails that had previous “experience” with S.H.I.E.L.D., though his name was cut from the scene.

Now that the cosmic universe has been introduced into the Marvel movie universe with the alien race Chitauri in The Avengers, the sky is no longer the limit. Marvel now has the option of further exploring their cosmic characters if they so choose, and it would appear that they have indeed chosen to explore them. Kevin Feige has already confirmed that movies featuring The Guardians of The Galaxy and The Inhumans are currently in development.

I think that an Inhumans movie would be the perfect place to further explore the Chitauri, who are also known as the Skrulls in the comics. The Inhumans, the result of genetic experimentation by another alien race known as the Kree during their war with the Skrulls/Chitauri, have fought the Skrulls/Chitauri on numerous occasions in the comics so it would seem like a perfect fit for the Chitauri to be the villains in The Inhumans movie.

The other movie in development is The Guardians of The Galaxy, who are basically the cosmic equivalent to The Avengers. This film could help further establish the cosmic universe in the Marvel movies and could even lay the seeds for The Avengers 2, which the groundwork has already begun to be laid out as is evident by the post-credit scene featuring ***SPOILER ALERT*** “The Mad Titan” himself Thanos!

For those of you out there (after this weekend I doubt there will be many of you) unfamiliar with Thanos, he is one of the greatest threats that the entire Marvel Universe has ever faced. Thanos is essentially a god-like presence and he has quite the knack for causing death and destruction, which he does for the love of Death, whose love he tries to prove himself worthy of (she takes the form of a female-like Grim Reaper when she appears), hence the “courting death” line during the post-credit scene. He is not just a threat to Earth but the entire universe.

The Guardians of The Galaxy flick could further explore this and lead directly into The Avengers 2 or Thanos could also be the new villain that Kevin Feige was referring to for Thor 2 but I hope not. Just think of how awesome it would be for The Guardians to figure out Thanos’s plan at the end of their own movie, and realize that they must warn “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” of his plan. Avengers 2 could start similar to AVX and show Nova crashing on Earth and warning The Avengers that “he’s coming…” just before he passes out. That would be a pretty awesome start to the sequel.

Soon to be guarding a galaxy near you!

But just what might be Thanos’s plan, you might be asking yourself? Well, the answer is simple… he wants The Infinity Gauntlet!  Previously introduced in Thor as an easter egg in Odin’s treasure room, The Infinity Gauntlet contains six gems known as the Infinity Gems (or Soul Gems) and when all six gems are brought together give it’s wielder the power over power, mind, space, reality, time, and the soul. An object containing that much power in the hands of Thanos would surely spell doom and it would make for a pretty epic battle between Thanos and The Avengers. In order for Thanos to get the Infinity Gauntlet he would have to fight his way into Odin’s treasure room on Asgard to obtain it. That in itself would make for one bad-ass action scene between Thor, the entirety of Asgard and Thanos (and actually could make conceivable content for Thor 2).

The Infinity Gauntlet as seen at Comic Con '10

Marvel has proven this weekend that anything is possible in their movies and that not just the sky is the limit. While this article has been half fact and half pure speculation, I know one thing is for sure. Whatever else Marvel releases from here on I am immensely looking forward to it! To quote the great Stan Lee himself, “Excelsior!”

“The Avengers” – Eric Diaz’s Geekscape Review

by Eric Diaz

As a little kid growing up in the 80’s, I remember imagining the super heroes I so dearly loved from comics books and Saturday morning television coming to life on the big screen in full live action glory. I’d play with my Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars action figures on the playground at recess and dream up how maybe one day, there might be a Captain America movie, then maybe a kick ass Thor movie, and then everyone would meet up together in one big giant omigod awesome Avengers movie…wouldn’t that be like, totally radical?!?  Then I got older, and middle school and high school hit, and I realized that those fantasies were just playground pipe dreams. There was simply no way this would ever happen. Hollywood was just to lame to ever allow it happen. Hollywood’s idea of a comic book movie was Dick Tracy and Howard the Duck. Well, It took some twenty five years from those playground outings, but The Avengers movie has finally happened. And oh boy, did they ever happen. They happened hard.

Let’s just get the important stuff out the way here; The Avengers is freakin’ awesome. It is everything you could want out of both a Summer blockbuster and a super hero movie.  Marvel Studios’ grand experiment of building an interconnected Marvel “movie-verse” in much the same way as the Marvel comic book universe was built, which began four years ago in Iron Man and culminating with this movie, has payed off in spades. And they really saved the best for last. (well, not “last”– just the end of phase one I guess) Incredible kudos have to go to Marvel Studios for having the vision to pull this one off. They gambled big and the pay off was just as big. If any one of the solo movies for the main cast of Avengers has failed spectacularly, this movie wouldn’t have really worked. Remember, production on The Avengers started before either Thor or Captain America was even released; either of those movies could have tanked. This kind of gutsy, confident move from a studio hasn’t been seen since New Line Cinema greenlit The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And Marvel cast these films perfectly. From Robert Downey to Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, I know I can’t imagine anyone else playing these parts now.

But good studio choices aside, so much of what makes Avengers work like gangbusters falls squarely on writer/director Joss Whedon’s shoulders. Everything about character, team dynamics, and blending together action and drama and comedy that he learned while working on television series like Buffy, Angel and Firefly is applied to Avengers with the polish of a seasoned film veteran. You’d never know the man had only directed one feature film before when watching this one. In fact, I kind of shudder to think what this movie might have been like under almost anyone but Joss Whedon’s hand; while there are plenty of fanboys out there with an intimate knowledge of super hero comics, there aren’t that many talented writer/directors out there who also happen to be big fanboys. But lucky for us, Joss Whedon is the whole package, which is why he was the ideal man for the job. Aside from just being able to create the structure of this thing and keep it from being unweildy, and getting amazing performances from his ensemble, Whedon knew just what aspects to draw on from the comics, and just what to ignore.

Whedon knew that while some superficial aspects of Mark Millar’s The Ultimates made more sense for the big screen, he couldn’t make the characters as unlikable as they were presented in that book, and chose their original classic Marvel Universe personalities instead.

And not to knock the various Marvel solo films, but under Whedon’s hand almost all the main members come off better here than in their own previous solo movies. Captain America is the ultimate military leader here, something we only glimpsed towards the second half of his own movie. Thor is the fully powered God of Thunder from the moment he steps into frame in this one, a bigger bad ass than he was in the entirety of his own film, where he spent so much of the running time de-powered. And Black Widow is far, far more interesting and developed under Whedon. Her introduction scene alone in this movie is better than her whole role in Iron Man 2. I should have known uber feminist Joss Whedon would not have let her merely be just “the chick” on the team. Even Robert Downey Jr. is better here as Tony Stark than he was in much of the second Iron Man movie. And Mark Ruffalo’s take on the Hulk might be the best thing in the whole movie, period. And I’ve never been a particularly big Hulk fan, so that’s saying something coming from me.

Every single character in the Avengers has their moment to shine (or several.) This isn’t like X-Men The Last Stand, where characters like Angel and Colossus are introduced just to stand around and do nothing. Every single member of the Avengers has something to do here, has something to contribute to the team, not just in action scenes but in dialogue scenes as well.  And unlike so many so called “popcorn” movies, some of the best parts of Avengers is just dialogue and performances. I can’t stress enough how different that makes this movie from the current crop of summer action blockbusters, most notoriously the Transformers franchise.

As for that the movie is actually about, well…the plot of this movie isn’t complicated; if you’ve seen the trailers (and since you’re reading Geekscape, chances are you’ve seen it like a dozen times already) then you pretty much know the plot: Loki is evil, wants to use the Tessaract (also known as the Cosmic Cube ) and subjugate the Earth with his Alien army. Super Heroes are gathered to stop him. There’s your plot. There are no Dark Knight style “plans within plans” like with the Joker. This movie isn’t trying to say anything about society at large. Avengers is a classic straightforward Summer popcorn movie. But this movie reminds us that straightforward can be great too; it’s not like the plots to Raiders of the Lost Ark or Jaws were particularly complex, they were just incredibly well executed and had great acting, characters and action set pieces, all things this movie has in great abundance. To tell you anymore, about specific story and character beats would just ruin the movie for you, and I don’t wanna do that. Just trust me when I say they’re great. Especially the last act. And unlike so many movies where the trailer gave everything away…let’s just say that’s not this movie.

Much of the basic plot comes straight out of Avengers #1 back in 1963

If there are any minor quibbles I have with The Avengers, they’re just that—quibbles. I wish that Alan Silvestri’s score was a lot better. I so wish it contained a memorable theme like Indiana Jones or Superman or even Tim Burton’s Batman. Like most of the Marvel Studios film scores, it merely gets the job done. I also wish Hawkeye was more developed as a character, something the plot mechanations kept him from really being for most of the movie. And finally, I guess I sort of wish that Avengers could have stood on its own more as a film, without needing to have seen the solo films for Iron Man, Thor and Captain America first. I’d be outright lying if I said that this movie wouldn’t be confusing for newbies without having done their homework first. But that’s not really a knock on the film; even The Empire Stikes Back doesn’t make sense without having seen Star Wars first, and that doesn’t keep Empire from being brilliant. Oh, and not once does anyone shout out “Avengers, Assemble!” I mean, how could they forget to do that? But when that’s almost your worst complaint, I think the movie is doing pretty ok.

For comic book fans, The Avengers is literally a dream come true. For non comic book fans, who remember when summer action blockbusters were good and not just big and loud and stupid, it is just as much a dream come true in its own way. The Avengers has raised the bar for comic book super hero movies for all time—I’m not sure that introducing a movie with this just one super hero fighting just one super villain is going to be enough anymore after this movie comes out, I can’t help but feel something like that will seem like slim pickings from now on.

I recently found an old issue of the now defunct Wizard magazine from 2005 in one of my comic book longboxes; in it there was an article called “55 Comic Book Movie Things We Can’t Wait To See.”  Interestingly, #5 on that list was a Joss Whedon directed super hero movie, and entry #34 was seeing an Avengers movie come to life. On the notion of a potential Avengers movie, the article stated  “Marvel zombies will know that moment has arrived, when Captain America , Thor and Iron Man stand tall on the silver screen, rallied to battle—we’re getting superpowered chills just thinking about it.”  Well, seven years later, I know I got superpowered chills seeing it, and unless you just plain hate fun, chances are so will you.

Uncanny Assembly: Geekscape Reviews Avengers vs. X Men #2

by Joe Starr

We’re back with Avengers vs. X Men: Round 2! If you missed my review of #1, it’s right here. Before you get caught up, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter so you can tell me I’m a dick for my opinions at @joestarr187. All caught up? Let’s do this.

Things pick up right where they left off: with a helicarrier full of Avengers decloaking over Utopia with jets scrambling and Colossus being hurled at it. He crashes through, and like Spider Man says, Avengers vs. X Men is actually happening.

Red Hulk pairs off with Cojuggerlossusnaught and Namor punches the holy hell out of Thing with Luke Cage on the ring apron ready to tag in and bring the Sweet Christmas to the Prince of Atlantis. I love the Hulk. Hulk dialogue will never surprise you, especially if it starts with ‘So you’re the strongest on <insert place here>?’ You know he’s going to say that he’s the strongest there is. But no matter what color he is, when he says it, it’s always awesome.

Captain America brings a wave of Avengers to the shore and gives the command for his hastily drawn comrades to take the beach. Cyclops, complete with a Cap shield dent in his visor, gives the order for the X Men to charge and the fight is on!

Not that it’s much of a fight. Seriously, Cyclops has Psylocke and some New Mutants and Dr. Nemesis charging into Wolverine, Iron Fist, Spider Man, Captain America, and a Giant Man. Not sure if it’s Pym or Stature’s dad. Remember the cartoon Samurai Pizza Cats? There was a comic relief B team called The Rescue Squad and that’s what Scott Summers has on the beach plus Psylocke. We can pretty much call the fight here, but this is a $3.99 comic, so we’ve got some pages to fill.

It’s time for the New Mutants to hang it up.

But things get better for the X Men because SURGE GETS A LINE! She says “why was I left off of a main roster but Vampire Jubilee is still around?” Actually, she only says “what the hell are they even doing here?” but she says it awesomely. She’s hanging out in a room with a giant window right next to the action with Pixie (Utopia’s Wesley Crusher) and some Lights watching the fight. Through a big window next to the battle. It’s the perfect place for Emma to stow Hope: an easily found room full of people Hope could easily incapacitate if she wanted to. I’m starting to think Cyclops got the short end of the schism stick as far as rosters go because the talent on this island is thin. Steve Rogers is just going to hang out in the ring and start jack knifing people while referees make three counts on guys he’s not even pinning.

“Did someone just reference me? I’m available for bookings! I played Super Shredder!”

This logic jump is forgiven, as we move into a cool Emma Frost vs. Iron Man and then Iron Man vs. Magneto sequence. And then we cut to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch hanging out in their bonus room watching the fight on television. Did you call it a bonus room or a den? I think it’s only a den if your dad is the primary occupant. Dad=den, kids=playroom and mom=kitchen. AMIRIGHT?

Apparently there’s crazy fighting going on, but it’s not so crazy that CNN helicopters are about 100 feet from a Magneto fight filming it. I always love seeing super heroes lounging in their house. It’s important to note that Quicksilver is business casual when he watches television, but Scarlet Witch has yet to buy new clothes since she resurfaced, so she’s been catching up on Breaking Bad in full costume. Pietro decides it’s time to punch his dad in the face, and does so. Scarlet Witch stays home and writes in her dream journal. We know it’s a dream journal because it’s opened to the middle of the book and it says ‘Wanda’s Dream Journal’ at the top. The first half of the book is all Quicksilver/Scarlet Witch fanfiction written by Quicksilver. And it gets pretty gross.

Meanwhile, the mutants are pissed at Wolverine because his X Men book is the best one, and Storm and Black Panther are super pissed at each other because remember that they’re married? This had better end with her and Panther making a decision together and not them splitting apart, since they got married and then he started being Daredevil right away and so far their marriage has been stupid.

Hope watches the fight from closer than the CNN helicopters and of course she’s gonna get out because she’s being guarded by Pixie and a blue chick I don’t know the name of.

Cyclops gets his ass handed to him by Captain America, but manages to get a shot off at Wolverine. Props to Aaron- he manages to show more Schism between Scott and “the crazy fringe” Logan in one panel than all of Schism did in like 6 books.

And seriously, Cyclops just did a total job to Steve Rogers. It was rough.

Magik traps Dr. Strange in hell and takes magic out of the fight. She’s back to having goat legs, which is pretty cool if you like goat legs. She’s got a demon army with her, which is a good indicator of where Scott Summers’ head it right now. Spoiler alert: It’s in a place where goat legs and demon armies are an ok thing.

Danger warns Cyclops that Stark is shutting down their island defenses. I haven’t seen any island defenses yet so I’m not sure that this is something anyone should be worried about. When I think ‘island defenses’ I think of that sequence in Transformers: The Movie when Autobot City turns into nothing but guns. So far, Utopia’s defenses have been Hepzibah in a sports bra, and Dr. Nemesis, who always makes me think of Dr. McNinja.

Please join the X Club.

Wolverine and Spider Man sneak into a drainpipe like Slaughter and the Renegades breaking into the Terrordrome. They find Hope and she Phoenixes them. And then I think she burns Wolverine alive? So he’s dead. LOLj/k.

And then, in a gag out of Three’s Company, the Avengers burst through one door and the X Men burst through another and they all go ‘where’s Hope?!’ And of course Hope has bailed. And then the X Men and Avengers are trapped together in a small space and forced to work out their differences.

Meanwhile, in deep space, the rest of the Avengers are about to get fucked up by a giant cosmic firebird. I bet Ms. Marvel gets aced. They don’t have anything planned for her, right?

In my last review I ripped Romita’s art pretty severely and it continues to be a problem. I’m not going to beat a dead horse but there are panels where Iron Fist looks like a circle with a smiley face and that just sucks.

But Aaron is shining: I’m excited to see The Best Writer of All Time writing Avengers. The fight scenes are well staged- when Namor comes at Thing there’s a sense of history between the two and not just ‘this will sell comics!’ Likewise when Summers keeps focusing on Wolverine and airs his ‘we’re fucking step children to the Avengers’ grievances. This moment of aggression was earned by Marvel. It didn’t need Nitro blowing up kids. It may not have even needed Phoenix: Everyone is sick of everything. X Men are sick of being second thought garbage. Avengers are sick of world killing events. The X Men might cause one. So now the Avengers are sick of them. It’s been organic and well done, and you can read the reasons behind every punch.

ELSEWHERE… I also picked up Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X Men AvX tie in, and I suggest you pick it up. It’s fantastic and it also made me realize that the Jean Grey School is basically a school for mutants run by Avengers, which is kind of awesome. It’s also full of Gladiator and Kid Gladiator, and Chris Bachalo took more than 20 minutes to draw it.

NEXT ISSUE… Phoenix burns the world to ashes and civilization has to be restarted by Surge and Kid Gladiator! Excelsior!

Uncanny Assembling: Geekscape Reviews Avengers vs. X Men #0-1

by Joe Starr

So, this review is late but there’s a decent reason: I wasn’t planning on picking this series up. I hate the term ‘event fatigue,’ but about halfway through ‘Fear Itself’ the beast reared its ugly head and I stopped about halfway through.

It wasn’t so much that I was tired of limited series books or empty promises of big changes. These complaints get tossed around a lot, and they aren’t always completely fair. Marvel has done a decent job giving lasting impact after each event- House of M completely redefined the X-verse, but on the other hand, Secret Invasion sacrificed the Age of Normpocalypse by rushing it into Siege.

What took me out of Fear Itself was the throwaway impact on the world that these superheroes live in. Fear Itself was about breaking the world in half. Panels featured bodies piled building high and reports of autism rates tripling and dogs and cats living together and in the end they were all throwaway moments. Are we ever going to see any of that pay off outside of a ‘Battle Scars’ mini that most folks won’t read? Which books are going to deal with the fact that the world just got blitzed by Norse powered Exo Suit Nazis? I mean really deal with it, not just devote a panel to Jarvis saying “My word, those Exo Suit Nazis certainly were a pain, right Ms. Danvers?” and dusting his shoulders off. It’s almost like Fear Itself had ‘event fatigue’ and was becoming a parody of event books- “Paris just exploded. Eh, who cares. Here comes a panel of action that suggests you buy some issue of Iron Man.” More on compressed storytelling like that later.

And now I’m rambling. MOVING FORWARD. Someone convinced me that AvX would be about two teams fighting for a specific goal and that autism rates skyrocketing would have nothing to do with it. Also, I love a good Frank Cho.

So let’s bust through this. Issue 0 is purely set up. Cyclops is training Hope and she wants to know why everyone keeps mouthing the words ‘giant firebird’ and then making explosion noises while gesturing at her when she walks into rooms. Cyclops doesn’t want her to know because she just isn’t ready. And you’d think she’s ready, because she’s clearly 23. Wait, what? She’s how old? Jesus, Frank.

Meanwhile, it’s the Scarlet Witch! I started reading Avengers right when she was going insane and killing them, so Scarlet Witch the hex bolting super hero is new for me. Ms. Marvel is stoked to see her but the Vision is not thrilled. Can we recolor this guy? He just looks silly. I actually laughed at his big green robot tears.
So that’s where we are at the end of #0. Scarlet Witch is back but now she’s gone. Hope is being trained. And here comes Phoenix!

ISSUE #1! I love the opening, with the father and son on their farm and then their planet gets blown to shit by the Phoenix. Quick and brutal. The Avengers then have a terrible time catching a crashing plane and a jet engine. It takes almost 6 pages and makes you wonder how they survived all of those Nazi Gundams. A building gets broken and pieces and people fall and those people that hate Mad Men because of 9-11 probably got furious. The plane got busted up because Nova crashed through it. He warns the Avengers that ‘it’s coming’ and then passes out. There’s a weird conversation between Iron Man and Protector that comes off like a bad improv scene. It’s the only Bendis strike in the whole book.

You wondering what Cyclops and Hope are doing right now? Yeah. Training. I bet Hope is wishing she had left for the Jean Grey Academy. Maybe she’d be having some laughs and making out with Kid Gladiator, AKA THE FUTURE OF MARVEL COMICS. It’s a cool sequence with Cyclops REALLY pushing the kid. She gets all firebirdy and lashes out. She is not comfortable with it. Let me mention here that Bendis writes the hell out of Cyclops. I love the tension in Cyclops in this first issue. This guy is at breaking point, and after everything he’s been through, I don’t blame him.

The Avengers pick up the Phoenix energy signature. They mention that they’ve been scanning for Phoenix ever since the Jean Grey Incident. I’m not sure which incident they’re referring to and why they didn’t show up any time Rachel Summers is on the planet earth or during Endsong (the answer is that they didn’t want Greg Land drawing them.) Personally, if I was an Avenger I’d be more worried about Scarlet Witch scanning, since she’s the reason everyone has been following Luke Cage around to fight ninjas for the past 10 years. Remember when she showed up at your front door the other day and everyone but the crying robot was like ‘come on in! we’re watching ‘Duck Dynasty!’

Not that I blame them.

Captain America checks in with Wolverine. This is a cool conversation. Wolverine’s got some deep seeded conflict in this thing, and it’s not just about WHICH SIDE HE’LL CHOOSE. He’s loved Jean ever since the X Men Animated Series said that he did and he’s not quite sure how to deal with this. I know that Wolverine sells books, but I wouldn’t mind seeing this battle being the final straw of him pulling out of both teams and going ronin for a bit in something Jason Aaron writes and Phil Noto draws.

On X Men Island, Cyclops is having a meeting about Hope with his trusted advisors: Magneto, Emma Frost, Namor, and…Colossus. Maybe Colossus just showed up and no one could really make him leave. Would you even try? He’s entered the ‘bald Kurt Angle is going to murder you’ phase of his super hero career. They have a big argument about Hope.

And then Captain America arrives, demanding to take Hope into custody. Down by some rocks on the shore. The drawbridge must have been up. Cyclops and Captain America have a very tense dick waving contest with each other. Cyclops optic blasts the guy and the Avengers get Assembled by decloaking above Utopia. A good cliffhanger moment that could have been great, except…

I hate the art. Even at his best, I don’t like Romita’s style on a mega power super hero book like The Avengers. He’s a gritty Kick Ass and Daredevil kind of guy. I don’t think he works on a book like this. On top of that, it seems like he slept walked through this book. There are some panels in AvX #1 that I’m shocked no one handed back to Romita like Lumberg in Office Space going ‘yeeeeah…you’re gonna have to come in on Sunday.’ There were drawings in this 3.99 ‘event of the decade’ book that belonged on a children’s menu/activity page at a Denny’s. Though I didn’t like Fear Itself, it was a gorgeous book. It was Stuart Immomen at his best. Give him that AvX spot. Hell, beg Joe Mad to do it. But Romita’s drawing like he’s ready to hang it up. Pair him with Chris Claremont on a ‘Forever’ book and call it a day.

Can you find where John Romita Jr. stopped caring?

Overall, Bendis’ writing saves Romita’s art. Are they cycling through different creative teams on this thing? I hope so, because I really can’t look at Romita’s Spider Woman anymore. Despite enjoying the writing, with a separate ‘vs.’ book coming out, I can’t help but think that AvX is just going to be random panels that link to other books you have to buy to get any fleshed out story, like Fear Itself was. Fingers crossed that I’m wrong, and that Bendis delivers an equally strong issue #2.

‘Captain America’ Sequel Gets April 4, 2014 Release Date!

by Jonathan

Disney has set a release date for the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger and that date is April 4, 2014. As we reported earlier Marvel Studios is still trying to narrow down its list of directors. According to Disney, the sequel will pick up where The Avengers leaves off, with Cap struggling to come to grips with his place in modern society. And we’re guessing that Hydra and (hopefully) The Red Skull won’t be helping things none! Now what about some Baron Zemo or Arnim Zola!?! Or how about “The Artist”s Jean Dujardin as Batroc The Leaper?!?

Free Speech Is At Risk In Arizona! How Does It Effect The Geek Debate?

by TimPowers

Last week, on March 29th, HB 2549 passed the Arizona State legislature, that’s both houses of the state congress, and the bill is now sitting on Governor Jan Brewer’s desk awaiting her decision.

For those of you who remember your Schoolhouse Rock, a bill is only bill until it is signed by the governing body (The President, or in this case, the state’s governor).  We can only hope Governor Brewer elects to veto this bill on the grounds that it is a brazen pile of poopy.  In fact, under HB 2549, we could be prosecuted for saying that.

If you listen carefully, you can hear Thomas Jefferson spinning in his grave as The Great State of Arizona prepares to accept, into law, a bill that would make it a crime to communicate via an electronic medium (like the Geekscape Forums, text message, email, radio, e-book or website) any speech that is intended to (these are actual, quoted words from the bill) “offend,” “harass,” “terrify,” or “annoy.”  In addition, the bill would also outlaw certain sexual speech.  Yes, a law in th 21st Century United States that would outlaw certain speech.  Outlaw…speech.

This means that under this law, if you are in Arizona and you see something that offends you via an electronic medium, the person responsible for that message can be punished for offending you.  This means that if someone calls you a naughty name on a website forum:  BAM!  Criminal Record.  Rush Limbaugh calls someone a “slut” on the radio in Arizona:  BAM!  Prosecution for Limbaugh under Arizona State Law.  Somebody reads a piece of graphic horror fiction by Steve Niles:  BAM!  Niles is hauled into court in Arizona.

This law would seriously restrict dialog and discourse, no matter how rooted in good-natured ribbing it might be, between sports fans of rival teams, between fans of Star Trek versus Star Wars, between Marvel and DC.  Anywhere that there is a rivalry where the conversation, in an electronic medium, gets bawdy or “trash talking,” this bill proposes to make that a criminal zone in Arizona.

This is a violent offense to the US Constitution’s First Amendment.  For those of you as old as us, who don’t remember High School Civics, here’s the Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

The high points: “No law.. abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”  It’s the principle on which The US was founded.

Further, in this bill, the terms “offend,” “harass,” “terrify,” and “annoy” are not clearly defined, so anything annoying would be illegal in Arizona.

Free Speech is protected by the Constitution, even if it is offensive or ill conceived.  Everything from The Westboro Baptist Church’s hate-crap to “Juggs Magazine” to the diatribe of fanboys upset over the crappiness of the Green Lantern movie is protected speech.  To make it illegal is, in itself, a crime.

How it made past both houses of congress in the state is astounding.

We at Fandom Planet, along with the good people of Media Matters and The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund,  ask you to protect the First Amendment rights of all the people of Arizona and reject or amend H.B. 2549.

The phone number to the Governor’s office is 800-253-0883.  Email can be sent at this website:  http://www.azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp

If you are in Arizona, exercise your right to petition the government and speak out against bad law while you still can.

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Shortlist For Captain America 2 Directors Is Revealed

by Eric Diaz

For awhile now, we’ve known that Marvel Studios has begun preliminary plans for their post Avengers movie line-up. Iron Man 3 is already confirmed for 2013, as is Thor 2. But there are still two untitled movies set for 2014 from Marvel. One is rumored to be a brand new property (probably Dr. Strange, possibly Ant-Man) and now it looks like the other is going to be Captain America 2. Vulture.com has released a shortlist of contenders Marvel is looking at for the directing gig, and oddly enough, original Captain America director Joe Johnston is nowhere to be found.

So far, this is who Marvel seems to be warming up to the most: George Nolfi, the writer-director of The Adjustment Bureau; F. Gary Gray, director of the American remake of The Italian Job, and the real surprise here, Anthony and Joe Russo, from television’s Community and Arrested Development. According to the original article, Marvel studio chief Kevin Fiege is said to be a ‘vibe guy; He likes to see if he gets along with people before he’ll decide about spending the next two years with them. And apparently, they hit it off with Kevin in the room.”  So in a nutshell,  it comes down to who’ll come cheap and not get on Feige’s nerves for any extended period of time.

Seems strange that Marvel wouldn’t even approach Joe Johnston, who most agree did a great job and nailed the whole World War II period vibe of the first movie. But maybe Marvel is just being cheap again; Johnston would no doubt want a substantial raise, and Marvel is going to have to pay Robert Downey Jr a lot of money to come back for Avengers 2, as he only signed for Iron Man 2, 3 and Avengers after the massive success of the first Iron Man movie. And unlike directors like Joe Johnston or actors like Terrance Howard and even Edward Norton, RDJ can’t be replaced. So maybe Marvel is gonna start saving their pennies, and this might be phase one of that.

Avengers vs. X Men: The Matches We Really Want To See

by Joe Starr

I know that you’ve read a ton of other articles about fights people want to see in Avengers vs. X Men. And I know that you’ve been bored by them. Captain America and Cyclops? Meh. Rogue vs. Iron Man? Pfft. Red Hulk vs. Armor and Surge…? Acceptable. With fights that bland, I can’t believe Marvel hasn’t been purchased by Dreamwave yet.

There are a lot of battles I’m dreaming of that Marvel just doesn’t have the courage to give us. So here, in no particular order, are most of them.

 Decade Late Battle of the Decade: 

Gambit vs. 90’s Thor

Remy Lebeau: The poster child of 90’s Marvel. He’s still wearing that damn coat and that black and purply armor/jumpsuit thing and he’s still throwing cards. He couldn’t be anymore 90’s if he was throwing Wildstorm cards.

But the Son of Odin shant let the X Men own the 90’S! It’s time for Thor to pay his storage unit a visit and fish out the STRAPS! CHAINS! BELLY SHIRT! SHOULDER PADS! Whoever wields this dick armor, should he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor!

Projected winner: Gambit is shattered into a pile of Phalanx Covenant hologram covers when he tries to hit Thor in the junk with his staff.

By the Order of Agent Henry Peter Gyrich:

Token Black Guy Battle Royale

Storm. Black Panther. Bishop. Falcon. That smart kid from New X Men that lost his powers. Patriot. Black Widow. Black Knight. Black Tom Cassidy. Throughout the years, a respectable handful of black superheroes have either protected a world that hated and feared them or served as one of earth’s mightiest heroes.

But heads up, true believers: after AvX every spot for an African American hero is being taken up by a different Spider-Man costume variation, and according to Gyrich, the Avengers and X Men will share one only black person between the two teams.

Projected winner: Krystalin from X Men 2099 wins the spot. Black Panther stops hanging out in New York all the time and remembers to run that country that he’s the king of.

The Real McCoy:

X Men Beast vs. Avengers Beast

One 3.99 22 page comic of Hank McCoy sitting in his room making a pros and cons list about which team he should fight alongside. WRITTEN BY GRANT MORRISON.

Projected Winner: Whichever one makes him not look like a cat anymore.

Kid Gladiator vs. Everyone

I mainly just want to see Kid Gladiator beat the hell out of that dinosaur kid from Avengers Academy like a super strong Verne Gagne. Did you guys know that Kid Gladiator is the future of comics? Because he is.

Projected Winner: Kid Gladiator beats up the whole crossover, jumps to the New 52, and takes care of them, too. Broo helps.

The Chuck Austen Memorial Cage Match: 

Lionheart vs. Nurse Annie

If Lionheart wins, she gets to see her kids which she couldn’t do for some reason! If Annie wins, she…I guess she bangs Havok? And her son watches? Chuck Austen was weird.

Projected Winner: Chuck Austen, for me reminding everyone he existed for a paragraph.

Andy Kaufman InterGender

Championship Match: 

Hank Pym vs. Emma Frost

I just want to see Hank try and give Emma the Pym-Hand. She used to be a stripper. They know how to deal with dudes like that.

Projected winner: Emma Frost makes Pym sit on his hands by force.

The ‘I Know Now Why You Cry But It Is Something I Can Never Do’ Invitational Robot Fight: 

Vision vs. Danger

Maybe it’s because I was just writing about old Chuck Austen runs, but I hope Scarlet Witch falls in love with Danger.

Projected Winner: Vision is in control until Hugh Jackman figures out how to make Danger mimic his shadow boxing moves.

Avengers: Disassembled

vs. X Men: Disassembled

Bendis is leaving Avengers. We know this to be true. And we all know by now that his roadmap to a franchise’s success looks something like this:

1. Disassemble
2. Red Ninjas
3. Profit
4. Red Ninjas

Don’t think it’s not coming, X fans. Sure, they just schismed, but right after we had a Civil War we were Secretly Invaded, and then we faced Fear Itself like two days later. Somewhere in there, Spider-Man big-timed. X Men: Disassembled is coming for us and the mutants are going to have to prove that they can disassemble better than the Avengers.

This will be an uphill battle for the X Men. For one thing, they don’t assemble so I think they’ll have to call it X Men: Disuncannied. I hope Bendis just makes X Men: Disuncannied Pixie’s fault so we can get rid of her.

Projected Winner: Bendis gets five more years of glory when The Hood relocates The Hand to San Francisco.

Johnny Guitar and Dr. Sax

Not even fighting anyone. I just want them around more.

Projected Winner: Everyone that buys The Adventures of Kid Gladiator Featuring Johnny Guitar and Dr. Sax #1, the MAJOR new ongoing series spinning out of the pages of AvX written by Dan Slott and Jason Aaron with art by Stuart Immonen!  Special back up story: BROO MEETS PRESIDENT OBAMA!

Joe Starr is the host of GEEKSCAPE PRESENTS, our monthly free live comedy show. The next one is April 3 and you can learn all about it HERE.

Geekscape’s Before First Class – What If An Avengers Movie Was Made In The 80s?!?

by Joe Starr

With an announced sequel to X Men: First Class, and the rumors of a rebooted 1960’s Fantastic Four, retro Marvel is officially IN. This has led Geekscape to wonder: what if different Marvel franchises had actually been released in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s?

Or, maybe you think it’s stupid to cast a Marvel movie in a different decade, justify the lineup, and pitch a plot. Well, that’s why we at Geekscape consider ourselves to be heroes, in a way. We waste our time doing the stupid things the world is afraid to do. Last time, we shook the 90’s to their very core with a 1994 X Men film. Time to step back a decade!

THE 80’S: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

The Pitch: After a battle to take down Ultron results in an absurd amount of collateral damage, the Avengers reluctantly agree to accept government oversight in the form of Henry Gyrich. The Vision attempts to bring stability to the world by taking control of its computer systems, but is being manipulated by Ultron! It’s the Avengers vs. a Vision-Ultron-Skynet! Will the Avengers prevail? Meanwhile, a young Wanda Maximoff is taken in by the team and falls for the android! Can Scarlet Witch use the human power of love to bring Vision to his senses? And when she does, can the song ‘Power of Love’ play? When I think Avengers, I think Huey Lewis. And his news.

CAPTAIN AMERICA

In the 80’s, there was only one man that could sling the shield. The only man that John Connor trusted enough to go back in time and bang his mom: Michael Biehn. He is the unsung action hero badass of the 80’s and also The Rock from the 90’s. I mean the movie The Rock. He wasn’t The Rock, though I can still smell what he was cooking. Come on. Picture him doing that monologue to Ed Harris from The Rock in Cap’s costume and you will get a nerd boner.

Don’t fight it. It’s natural.

IRON MAN

Avengers Assemble? AS YOU WISH. Cary Elwes would have been an awesome Tony Stark back in the day. The wit, the arrogance, and the massive amount of girls wanting to bang him. Plus, most of the Dread Pirate Robert’s lines could probably double as Stark lines, so we save on screenwriters. That way in the spin off we get to see Iron Man challenge the Mandarin to a fight to the pain.

GYRICH

I’m doing my best to justify a Henry Gyrich in every decade I cast a movie in. Charlie Chaplin will end up playing him by the end of this. But before the Dictator gets his shot, the role belongs to John Ritter. Ritter’s been killing it on Three’s Company and it’s time to show his range as a greasy, back stabbing government yes man! This could be his ‘Razor’s Edge!’

THE VISION

I wish there was a guy we could call that does robots good…

SCARLET WITCH

Mia Sara! Too young? No way. It takes a dumb teenage girl to fall deeply in love with a robot, and Mia Sara’s career has been built on poor romantic choices: first Tom Cruise in Legend, and then Ferris Bueller, a husband who no doubt will eventually look into a camera and say ‘who could be faithful on a day like this?’ Mia has a perfect wide eyed spaciness for a young woman struggling with chaos magic. Is it chaos magic? I’m really not sure at this point.  THANKS BENDIS.

Besides, no one complained when two teenage boys fell in love took a shower with Lisa in Weird Science. There’s no room for your double standards in THE AVENGERS.


One more for the road.

ULTRON

Next.

BEAST

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Like, Jeff Bridges, man! Change him out of the Tron suit and put some blue fur on the guy. The Beast abides, man. The Beast abides.

HAWKEYE

PhotobucketSomething something winning something something dismissive wank. Charlie is a bad ass, and if you remember Hot Shots Part Deux (AND YOU SHOULD) you will remember that he is also dry and hilarious. He’ll also be perfect as part of our important subplot I just figured out: That Hawkeye hates young cocky scientist Hank Pym for having Janet, and is going to murder him when the hitting starts. And you know the hitting will start.

YELLOWJACKET

PhotobucketAnd when I think of hitting women, I think of Rob Lowe. A dashing scientist, inventor of size changing stuff, and a Duke Silver level saxophone player, Lowe has all the tools needed to play a sleazy piece of shit that needs some redemption. Literally, my favorite person for this role.

I CAN’T DEAL WITH INVENTING ULTRON! JUST LET ME ROCK THE PAIN AWAY!

THE WASP

PhotobucketJanet needs to be someone you really, really want to bang and really, really hate Hank Pym for being able to bang. I’m going with Demi Moore to keep the Brat Pack repping in this summer blockbuster. And it’s not so much that Demi would be an awesome person to hit, but she could sell a backhand super good. Just thinking about it makes me want to kill Rob Lowe.

WONDER MAN

PhotobucketMy understanding of Wonder Man isn’t the best, but based on the pre Secret Invasion Mighty Avengers, he’s a smug hacky actor turned super hero and I think he should be Kurt Russell. Please refer yourself to Jack Burton. Clean yourself up, and then see him in Sky High. And then clean yourself up. What? That Scott Pilgrim chick was in it.

DIRECTOR

Every movie needs a director (Except for the three Transformers films and anything I shoot of myself crying). The insane amount of androids and evil AI points to Ridley Scott for this thing. He’s the obvious choice for this epic, and while my heart says John Carpenter, my mind is keeping it Ridley.

Next time: It’s Warren Ellis’ Thunderbolts… 70’s grindhouse style!