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Image: Sony Pictures/Marvel ComicsThis is where things get properly weird with Madame Web. The version of Ezekiel we see in the movie—almost a serial killer Spider-Man with the costume to match—is radically different to the Sims introduced in the comics. We first meet Sims as an old man and wealthy businessman, with startlingly similar powers to Peter Parker. Revealing himself to Spider-Man after hiring several private detectives to help uncover his identity, Sims reveals that he gained his powers in a mysterious…

Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)With so many things in flux at Marvel Studios, there’s news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton has departed the director’s chair of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. A move that leaves us speculating about the crossover film’s future, if anything.Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionThe story from Deadline reports that Cretton “has decided to step away as director of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Kang Dynasty to focus on…

Lego Who doesn’t love LEGO? Whether you’re holiday shopping for the kids in your life or want to build some sets on your own, Black Friday deals present a great way to save money. We’ve pulled some of our favorite options from the most popular LEGO sets, including Marvel, Star Wars, Technics and Speed Champions. There are also some generic sets at the bottom. While there are early Black Friday deals, they may not last until the actual shopping event. If you see something, you should grab it today. Black Friday LEGO…

Captain Marvel was dead, to begin with. More than one Captain Marvel, if we want to be perfectly accurate about it. By 2012, the Marvel Comics hero that bore the company name had been relaunched in no fewer than six different series, and seen a total of three separate characters take on the name. More than three decades in, it seemed increasingly that Captain Marvel was the flagship character who just couldn’t manage to hoist a flag—and the Marvel powers that be were determined to change things once and for all.What…

Image: Paramount, 20th Century Studios, and GizmodoAnother San Diego Comic-Con is in the books, and this year was perhaps one of the weirdest in recent history—even counting those “@Home” years. As the lack of major attendees and the lingering shadows of Hollywood’s labor movement saw a more muted Hall H at San Diego this year, earth-shattering nerd news wasn’t to be found at Comic-Con. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty to celebrate and read about anyway.io9 was, as always, on the ground in San Diego this past…

During the “Women of Marvel” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, fans got to learn more about the upcoming comic Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant, written by Iman Vellani—star of Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series Ms. Marvel and upcoming feature The Marvels.Buy Now or Wait? How to Avoid Tech Buyer's RemorseKnown for being able to go toe-to-toe with Kevin Feige himself, The Marvels’ Kamala Khan is now helming a series about her own character for the comics house. Ms. Marvel creator Sana Amanat was on hand at SDCC to share more about the…

Photo: io9/GizmodoSaturday at San Diego Comic-Con had cosplayers out in full force in their pop culture best.Here are io9's favorite looks, from Star Wars and Lore Olympus to DC and Marvel comics. The annual convention has been a non-stop celebration of all things fandom, with fans donning their casual to extremely detailed cosplay best.Here’s Day 1 and Day 2 of the best cosplay at SDCC 2023. And for Day 3,click ahead for the gallery!This cosplay roundup, which includes characters from major studio projects, was…

Image: Rod Reis/Marvel ComicsThere’s a new Punisher in town, and he’s a guy you’ve truly never heard of.During Marvel Comics’ panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the publisher announced a new Punisher comic from David Pepose (Savage Avengers) and Dave Watchter (Planet of the Apes) was in the works, but would notably not star Frank Castle, who’s commonly associated with the role. But following the events of Jason Aaron and Jesús Saiz’s Punisher miniseries, which ended with Frank taking his own life after his resurrected wife…

Star Wars: The High Republic may have began as a golden age for its titular government and the Jedi Order that stood beside it—but later this year things are taking a turn towards darkness, as Lucasfilm’s prequel publishing initiative kicks off its third and final phase. But as dark as things will be, the future got a little clearer at San Diego Comic-Con.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’At today’s Lucasfilm Publishing panel, creatives behind the High Republic novels and comics gathered to peel back even more layers around what…

Image: Travis Charest/Marvel ComicsWith Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse being a theatrical success and Spider-Man 2 set to hit the PlayStation 5 in October, everyone’s got Spiders on the brain. Ahead of the film’s release, Marvel made an effort to push specific Spider-Man variants such as Pavitr Prabhakar (Spider-Man India) and Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk). But there’s one Spider who doesn’t appear in that movie, but is surprisingly coming back to comics after a few years of being retired.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was…