The concept of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is simple: superheroes become spies. But what happens when a SPY becomes a superhero?
IDW has seen fit to release a series of stand alone stories focusing on each member of the team. First up is team leader John “Hannibal” Smith. Let’s see if Matthew and Stephen find this issue amusing, or if they toss it in the heap.
We ran a lot of stories about Disney’s The Princess and The Frog leading up to the theatrical release. Now the film is available on Blu-Ray and DVD, and it’s time to take a peek at the film and see where it stands in the pantheon of great Disney animated movies.
Friends, Romans... Countrymen. The Marvel Universe has gathered to honor the passing of one of their own, and they have come not to bury Hercules, but to praise him. But what really DID happen in the last moments of Herc's life?
This episode: The adventurers make it to their destination, only to meet comrades who seem very familiar...
This issue: The Major Spoilers Crew talks about alternate dimensions in pop culture, and wonders why do evil twins always have a beard?
Tabletop roleplaying games, as well as LARPs are exercises in social contracts. Whenever a group of people sit down to play they all have to agree on the system, the arbitration of said system and on hundreds of unspoken rules. Of course, in this hodgepodge system there's always room for someone to start rocking boats, rattling cages and tipping over cows.
Marvel Comics has sent us the trailer to the upcoming Astonishing X-Men which find the mutants heading into space to face their biggest challenge. One will not be coming back!
The “astonishing” trailer after the jump
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Joss Whedon and John Cassaday are behind the goodness.
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A trailer? For comic books? What is the exact point of this? It looks like a joke.
Well, that’s a bit harsh. It’s just Marvel trying to make their product more accessible and “adult” by advertising their book using a new idiom. It didn’t do anything for me, necessarily, but I think it’s an admirable try at something different, even if they did just make a standard “In a world…” movie trailer…
It’s just advertising. Take if from a guy who made advertising for years, if it doesn’t move books, it’ll go away soon enough.
Actually, this is exactly the type of thing Marvel SHOULD be doing, but on television.