Milestones

Some things in life just can’t be stopped, and it would appear that Avatar: The Way of Water making an increasingly inevitable charge towards $2 billion at the box office is one of them. James Cameron admitted that his sci-fi sequel needed to become one of the highest-grossing releases in the history of cinema simply to break even, and he’s got absolutely nothing to worry about. Fresh from becoming one of the 15 top-grossing titles of all-time in less than two weeks, the filmmaker’s return to Pandora continues knocking…

James Cameron might claim that he doesn’t bear a grudge against the Marvel Cinematic Universe and superhero cinema in general, but the words that keep coming out of his mouth tend to say otherwise. Of course, the filmmaker has built his career on putting cold, hard, cash right where that mouth is, and Avatar: The Way of Water is holding up its end of the bargain on that front. Fresh from crossing a billion dollars at the box office in under two weeks – becoming the fifth-fastest film to do so in the process – the sci-fi…

Science is often a piecemeal process, progressing slowly through the incremental accumulation of knowledge. In the world of medical science this is particularly evident as small targeted research findings one year may, or may not, lead to massive life-changing new therapies decades later.It's often hard to see the forest from the trees but if we zoom out a little and look back on the last 12 months it quickly becomes clear there have been some incredible breakthroughs in the world of medical science. Some are academic…

This year, the digital currency ecosystem has been a focus for investors, journalists, regulators, critics, and evangelists alike. Uncertainty in the global ecosystem has seen gains and significant losses as the cryptocurrency world has been shaken hard. The combination of macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds that has affected major economies has proliferated into the crypto world.The industry has been hit month after month, with 25 crypto exchanges shutting their doors. The implosion of FTX as the most high profile…

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. This is a shorter version of The Station newsletter that is emailed to subscribers. Want all the deals, news roundups and commentary? Subscribe for free.  Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B.  This coming week I will be heading…

Image via Marvel Studios Coming off the back of a banner week for Marvel news, particularly in the casting department, we’re heading straight into another one as the new few days bring the debut of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever worldwide. Nevertheless, things seem to have kicked off relatively lightly this Monday, although fans have been more creative than ever as they deduce that both the ending of Eternals and Wolverine’s return in Deadpool 3 may have even bigger consequences than first thought. Wakanda…

Image: Nikolas Draper-Ivey/DC ComicsOf the many DC animated series from the 90s and early 2000s, KidsWB’s Batman Beyond and Static Shock are among the most beloved. In the comics, both characters have received their own solo books within the last several years, mostly Batman Beyond, both because of obvious reasons and DC’s revival of for Static (and by extension, the rest of Milestone Comics) is still fairly recent. Now the two heroes are teaming up for the second time.Announced at New York Comic-Con on Friday, Static…

https://madcavestudios.com/Today’s Jim Lee & Friends panel at New York Comic Con saw the titular host, Jim Lee, welcome creators from across DC Comics into a capacity room, spotlighting their various projects. The big news coming out of the panel, though, was that of Joe Quesada returning to DC Comics after a decades-long absence while he was busy running Marvel. Batman #131 cover Batman #132 cover Revealed towards the end of the panel, Quesada will provide variant cover art for several issues of Batman beginning…

By NASA September 21, 2022NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Steve SeipelAs the countdown continued on Tuesday toward the cryogenic demonstration test, <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space…

| Boogeyman was a character who first appeared in the Milestone Media comic book series Blood Syndicate, published through DC Comics, A title credited as being created by the late Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr. and Denys Cowan, first drawn by Trevor Von Eeden, Ivan would write or co-write all thirty-five issues of the series that saw a team of super-powered characters created by the Big Bang event, described by Velez Jr as "not a team – they're a gang", made up of the remnants of a number of street gangs, including Tech…