(Vanity) See 'The Avengers' Red Carpet Show / Interviews
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See the red carpet arrivals and interviews from the world premiere of “The Avengers” at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. ‘The Avengers’- See Robert Downey Jr., Joss Whedon live at premiere “The Avengers” stars assembled on the red carpet Wednesday night for the film’s Hollywood premiere. Didn’t get the call from Nick Fury? You can watch the event live right here (and the entire video later).
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales
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How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales by Darin Wagner If you are a conservative like me, you’ve been reading fewer and fewer comic books over the last 12 years. For those of you who know what I’m talking about, the weekly visit to the comic book shop has become either an exercise in irritation or a monotonous drill. You pick up a superhero comic book featuring a childhood favorite of yours, hoping to reignite some of that magic you felt way back when and you see that the opening sequence in the comic deals with an oil rig...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
Houston gets a superhero - a clone of Spider-Man
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Scarlet Spider swings into Houston just in time to tangle with supervillains lurking in the shadows of the Texas metropolis. Consider yourself lucky if you have never seen the evil Salamander, who can generate and control fire. Scarlet Spider is the star of a new Marvel Universe comic-book series that launches Wednesday with events at 8th Dimension Comics & Games and Alamo Draft House at West Oaks Mall. Scarlet Spider/Kaine, a clone of Spider-Man, has a villainous past and is on the run to Mexico when life happens, said writer Christopher Yost, and Kaine stops in Houston. Yost of Los...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
'Conan the Barbarian' Lawsuit Seeks Character Rights
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If anybody thought that Stan Lee Media Inc., the company which now operates independently from its comic book legend founder, was gone for good, guess again. On Friday, SLMI made a big move in U.S. District Court in California to grab back rights on the fictional character Conan the Barbarian and win proceeds from the just-released Conan the Barbarian 3D film. The new suit comes from SLMI, which has had a rocky history since being founded by Stan Lee in the late 1990s. Initially, the company looked to be on its way towards success after Lee assigned SLMI rights to...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
Spiderman Now to be Half Black, Half Latino, and Gay? (Following the death of Peter Parker)
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The Spiderman outfit will no longer be sported by its longtime creator Peter Parker in Marvel’s “Ultimate Spiderman” comic. Instead, Miles Morales, a half black and half Latino teen, will now take over the role of your friendly neighborhood wall crawler. The creators of “Ultimate Spiderman” have also shocked fans by saying everyone may find out that Morales is gay in future storylines, according to the Daily Mail. In Marvel’s recent “Ultimate Fallout” series, Morales pulls back his mask to reveal his identity as the new Spiderman. However, his origin story will not be revealed until the official re-launch of...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
Five Reasons You Need To See 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
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"Captain America: The First Avenger" is the last of the big four Avengers to throw himself at the big-screen before next summer's major Marvel Studios event, and he doesn't disappoint. If you were worried about how the star-spangled superhero would translate from paneled page to live-action (especially after that '90s-movie-that-must-not-be-referenced-again), worry no more: the movie is great and absolutely worth the wait.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
Historical Overview & Timeline: The Legal Battle for Ownership of Stan Lee Superheroes
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Website OverviewAbout SLMILegal Document CenterContact Us Home / ABOUT SLMI Historical Overview & Timeline Stan Lee is world renowned as a creative genius responsible for creating Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and many other comic book icons.[link] In 1998, Lee co-founded a company that later became Stan Lee Media, Inc. (“SLMI”).In July 1998, Bankruptcy Court records show that Marvel rejected and repudiated Lee’s employment contract during Marvel’s bankruptcy.[link][link] After Marvel rejected Lee’s contract, Lee was free to exploit his characters. As a result, Lee invested and assigned all of his intellectual property...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
SPIDER-MAN DIES (or does he?)
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(English-language translation) PHILADELPHIA - The lights go out for Peter Parker, the high-school student whose bite from a radioactive spider turned him into the avenger who spins spiderwebs and climbs walls, a member of the Marvel Comics universe of heroes and villains. The publisher announced today that Spider-Man will be defeated by one of his fiercest enemies in the final issue of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, which will go out on sale tomorrow. But the arachnid's fans do not have to be in mourning, since the Ultimates label is separate from Marvel's major universe. The fate of Ultimate Spider-Man will not...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
New Captain America full length trailer out
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Link to trailer, sorry it's MTV.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
New gas pipeline fires up Western ranchers, counties ( sagebrush rebellion )
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Environmental groups agreed to not fight the project in exchange for funds that could buy up grazing permits. A new sagebrush rebellion has spread across the West from Wyoming to Oregon. But this time the target is a big energy company, not the federal government. El Paso Corp., the owner of the nation's largest natural gas pipeline system, angered ranchers and county officials this summer when it agreed with two environmental groups to set up the funds. Western Watersheds Project and the Oregon Natural Desert Association agreed not to challenge the pipeline in exchange for establishing two new nonprofit funds,...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:54:22 AM
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