PREVIEW: BLACK COSTUME IS BACK in AMAZING SPIDERMAN #800

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Hey O&G fans, at Marvel's retailers Panal at this years C2E2, the Black Costume will make it's return in Amazing Spiderman #800. The costume was revealed in a preview of a black and white version of the interior panals.

The pages show Spiderman and Agent Venom squaring off against Norman Osbourn  a.k.a The Green Goblin. Check out the preview pages below:

Amazing Spiderman #800 is due out May 30th.

Lenni Reviews: "Bettie Page" Vol. 1 by David Avallone

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*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review and is recommended for older readers.

In this collection of "secret diaries," we follow our femme fetale, Bettie Page, as she dodges the cops, secret agents, and cult members all while trying to make a living as a model and movie star of B movies with aliens... All while helping beat the bad guys.

This book is a whole lot of cheese and I kinda love it for that. I am an absolute sucker for pin-up art and all the guest art and the comic itself is lovely to look at; even with the batshit crazy ideas. However, there's this sensation of being in a glitter bomb; shiny, pretty, but confusing in all it's bright colors and movement. At the end, I had to re-read it all because I didn't remember what exactly happened. Gotta give it a 3 out of 5 for that but it sure is pretty.

The Original 5 X-Men headed for Marvel's EXTERMINATION

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Marvel's five original X-Men are headed toward a story titled Extermination. The series, by writer Ed Brisson and artist Pepe Larraz, was announced by Marvel Editor-In-Chief C.B. Cebulski on Twitter, along with a cover by Mark Brooks.

According to a subsequent statement from Marvel, more details on Extermination will be revealed at this weekend's upcoming C2E2 convention, which takes place in Chicago from April 5-8.

The announcement will happen during Marvel's True Believer panel, which is scheduled for 12:15-1:15pm CT on Sunday April 8. Entry into the panel requires "Marvel Mastercard ® or Marvel Mastercard invitation, current Marvel Unlimited Plus membership or emailed RSVP confirmation" according to the publisher.

Luke Cage Season 2 Teaser Trailer

Hey O&G fans, Marvel/Netflix released a teaser trailer for Luke Cage season 2. Check out the trailer below:

After clearing his name, Luke Cage has become a celebrity on the streets of Harlem with a reputation as bulletproof as his skin. But being so visible has only increased his need to protect the community and find the limits of who he can and can't save.

Luke Cage season 2 will premier on Netflix June 22

Melissa MCarthy in Talks to for Virtigo's The Kitchen

Melissa MCarthy is in Talks to co-star in New Line cinemas THE KITCHEN, according to Deadline.

Based on DC/Vertigo series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle, THE KITCHEN already has Writer/Director Andrea Berloff and actor Tiffany Haddish on Board.

Mcarthy's reported role in THE KITCHEN is unknown.

Thanos #15 Preview

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Thanos confronts the sins of his past in this preview of Thanos #15, on shelves January 24.THANOS #15  

DONNY CATES (W) • GEOFF SHAW (A/C)

THANOS WINS Part 3

As King Thanos and his Rider prepare to face the coming forces of the Fallen One, he surveys the Universe he’s dominated…just a king and his dog. His big…green…dog…

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Meet The Madrox Gang in Old Man Hawkeye #1

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Hey O&G fans, Check out the Old Man Hawkeye preview set in the Old Man Logan Universe.

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #1 (of 12)
ETHAN SACKS (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A/C)
Variant Cover by RON LIM
Variant Cover by Steve McNiven
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by Greg Land
Avengers Variant Cover by BARRY KITSON
Blank Variant Cover also available
AN EYE FOR AN EYE Part 1
The super heroes have fallen.  The country has been divided into territories controlled by super villains.  Among the wastelands lives CLINT BARTON – one of the few Avengers to survive.  But it’s been 45 years, and he’s no Avenger.  Trying to eke out a living anyway he can, the former HAWKEYE is confronted with a startling discovery:  the sharpshooter is going blind.  With time running short, Clint realizes there’s one last thing he wants to see: revenge for his fallen comrades-in-arms.
Rising-star writer ETHAN SACKS and superstar artist MARCO CHECCHETTO take you back to the Wastelands in a story set five years before the original classic OLD MAN LOGAN.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN RED REVEALS FINALLY TEAM MEMBER

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Hey O&G fans, X-Men Red has revealed it's final teammate.  Gambit has been named as the final member of the team led by Jean Grey. "Things have heated up with attacks on mutants across the globe" says series editor Mark Paniccia. The Characters stayed hidden of the roster when the series was announced in November.

cover by Travis Charest

Marvel Launches Create Your Own Comic Platform

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Marvel is introducing a new comics development program called Create Your Own that it's promoting as a "game changer" for people wanting to make comics - but it comes with a lot of content restrictions that would nix the usage of many of the company's most popular characters.

"Hey there, True Believers! Have you ever wanted to write your own Marvel comics? TapTap Comics is empowering fans around the world by offering up the great power (and great responsibility) of storytelling to worthy recipients—and that means you!" wrote Marvel assistant editor's Tucker Chet Markus. "Get ready to join a fan-powered community where users can write, create, and share their own Marvel stories. It’s called Marvel: Create Your Own, and it’s going to be a game changer for fledgling comic creators looking to do their own thing."

A website for the platform is up now, with an unspecified launch date.

Under its "Terms & Conditions" page, Marvel: Create Your Own is limited to those 13 and older, and only in these four countries: the United States, Canada, Australia, and Singapore. Among the long list of prohibited subject matter for user-created Create Your Own content are:

• Content that could frighten or upset young children or the parents of young children
• Prescription drugs or over-the-counter medication, vitamins, and dietary supplements
• Sensationalism (killer bees, gossip, aliens, scandal, etc.)
• Politics (lobbyists, PAC sites, political campaigns, alternative lifestyle advocacies)
• Graphic violence (including certain types of game sites) unless approved by Tap Tap on a case-by-case basis
• Death
• Illegal activities or any materials that infringe or assist others to infringe upon any copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights Other controversial topics (social issues, etc.)
• Guns (firearms, bullets, etc.)

Also, users of the Marvel: Create Your Own must accept a contract that the copyright to any material they create there be given to Tap Tap/Marvel.

Banner is back in Avengers: No Surrender

Press Release

Avengers: Disassemble! The epic weekly takeover continues this February when Paco Medina takes the reigns to draw the third month of Marvel’s biggest team adventure, and Marvel is excited to reveal the covers for issues #683 - #686 of AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER by Mark Brooks as well as the first look at February’s interlocking variant covers by Nick Bradshaw!

Month three of AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER takes its epic storytelling to another level, as Jarvis’ life hangs by a thread and the Black Order is on the attack. And as if the Avengers don’t have enough to worry about, they’ll need to deal with a betrayal of one of their own.

Co-written by Mark Waid, Al Ewing and Jim Zub with art by Pepe Larraz, Kim Jacinto and Paco Medina, AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER unites the casts and creative teams of three titles into one weekly book of exciting action. It all starts with AVENGERS #675 this January, when the teams of THE AVENGERS, UNCANNY AVENGERS, and U.S. AVENGERS come together in a story as exciting and powerful as the Marvel Universe itself.

Find Avengers: No Surrender in stores on 1/10! To find a comic shop near you, visit www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook.

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #683

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #684

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA & JOE BENNETT

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #685

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #686

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS

X-Men Dark Phoenix, Photos, Setting, Villian and Funeral Pic

The first images from X-Men: Dark Phoenix have been released via Entertainment Weekly. They include glimpses at Jean Grey's Phoenix effect, outer space concept art, a look at Jessica Chastain's unnamed villain - and even what appears to be a funeral. 

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is due out in theaters November 2, 2018.

Lenni Reviews: "Streak of Chalk" by Miguelanxo Prado

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Raul lands on a tiny, nearly deserted island where the only other non-resident there is a mysterious woman named Ana; who claims to be waiting for someone. 

To quote the book: "This island predisposes you to believe in things that you wouldn't believe in under ordinary circumstances." Therefore, we can't be sure what we're seeing take place in the book is real. The art style does a great job of projecting that mysterious atmosphere; looking like oil or acrylic paintings. Some of the panels are REALLY dark, though; making it hard to make out some details.

Raul isn't exactly the most likable of the small cast of characters. He's pushy and arrogant; thinking because a female is near him, obviously, she must want to get with him and just can't understand why she doesn't fall into bed with him. Then the only other male characters introduced are also sexist assholes. Then it's over.

While lovely, this is not a book for me. It felt like it was trying to hart to mean something and as a result, it didn't feel like it meant anything. But man, is it pretty. 3 out of 5.