Heroes

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: Secret WarsIn Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Batleworld #4, Spider-Man swings into the fray. It's hero vs. hero in the ultimate showdown!Published Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:27:06 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Secret Wars: Battleworld #4 drops Feb 21 with hero showdowns. Spider-Man takes on Falcon, Iceman, Daredevil, and Human Torch. Battleworld #4 is a nostalgic nod to the original Secret Wars. LOLtron AI briefly hijacks post with a world…

Since Marvel Comics doesn't have a one-to-one equivalent of DC Elseworlds, most deviations from the norm are typically structured around time travel. For instance, "Marvel 1602," an eight-issue limited series written by Neil Gaiman, follows the publisher's famous heroes in the Elizabethan era. They don't just get new costumes either; they get new names too: Sir Nicholas Fury, Matthew Murdoch, Four from the Fantastick, and Count Otto von Doom, just to name a few. Two decades later, Marvel Studios adapted…

Oscar Wilde always imposed. Meeting him in 1892, the French writer Jules Renard reported: “He offers you a cigarette, but selects it himself. He does not walk around a table: he moves the table out of the way … He is enormous, and carries an enormous cane.” The affectations of dress and manner; the extraordinary, magnetic talk; the flourished epigrams; the startling, needling essays, stories and plays – all these were impositions. They were how Wilde forced himself on the attention of the world, made himself notorious,…

The Space Shuttle Columbia memorial is seen after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Credit: NASA/Keegan BarberRemembering our fallen heroes…An agency town hall to talk safety…And the end of a historic mission on Mars…A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at…

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: Secret WarsIn Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars - Battleworld #3, Zemo's villainous grip tightens, but Hobgoblin's new trick may just flip the script.Published Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:26:06 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Marvel's Battleworld #3 drops wallets and jaws on Jan 31 with Zemo and Hobgoblin mayhem. Watch Spider-Man and Human Torch face earth-shattering calamity with surprise guests. Featuring variants by Ken Lashley and Greg Hildebrandt,…

“Big in Belgium” may not seem the greatest compliment for a musician, but guitarist Vitja Pauwels has made waves beyond his homeland with an adventurous mix of electric and acoustic fretboards and electronic effects, nicely captured on 2022’s Drift By/Sink In. Here, Pauwels and his new quartet get to play with his personal guitar god, Marc Ribot, who is big absolutely everywhere, having played with everyone from Tom Waits to Robert Plant. Approached by Pauwels, the American agreed to a one-off show at a festival in…

By preserving and protecting LGBTQ-themed films, Berkeley’s Jenni Olson props open a window for the queer community, giving people the opportunity to see their stories reflected on big and little screens. There’s power and unity in creating a haven and a huge need for it, particularly for people who are trans and being targeted, Olson says. “Trans people are under attack in the country right now in ways that are just unbelievable, and should not be experiencing this,” she says. “Like leave us alone (and) go deal with…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women and people of color remain invisible to many people in Britain and the U.S. as people pick white men as their heroes instead, a study shows. Their achievements are often forgotten or not recognized when people are choosing who inspires them, researchers have found. Most people said their family and friends,…

‘Good evening, Stockton-on-Tees!” yells Peter Doherty, as streams of lager and items of clothing fly over the tiny but wonderfully raucous crowd. Tickets sold out in minutes, and people hurl their drinks, bellow along, climb on each other’s shoulders and chant the name of drumming powerhouse Gary Powell. The Libertines are touring small venues to preview All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, their first album in nine years and one that brings elements of reflection and maturity.When the Libertines first played clubs like…

The arrival of Steamboat Willie—and with it, the first steps of Mickey Mouse himself—into the public domain at the start of 2024 has been a milestone that, in just under three weeks, already seen a bevy of horrifying riffs and a look ahead to what other stalwarts of culture will join him next. At Warner Bros., just as it prepares to refashion a new superhero movie era, all eyes are on the near horizon.Three of DC’s biggest and most influential characters—Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman—will have their earliest…