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Yesterday, Marvel announced that Tony Stark would be walking away from his latest suit of power armor. His replacement is going to be Riri Williams, a genius MIT student who isn’t old enough to drink yet. (So no “Demon in a Bottle” storyline for her, I guess.) Riri Williams first appeared was in a subplot…
Pinup art has long been an unfortunate staple of variant comic covers depicting female heroes—but when that sexualized aesthetic starts getting applied to 15 year old teenage girls, it’s not a good look for anyone involved. Earlier this week, Marvel announced a slew of new variant covers for the relaunch of Invincible Iron Man—no longer…
I know it’s called Civil War II but repeating the exact same dumb-ass story beat as in the original Civil War a decade ago is a bad move. What the hell, guys? The last time Marvel Comics did a Civil War event, they killed a black superhero character. Ten years later, they’ve done the same…
Marvel’s latest hero-vs.-hero event began with the death of James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine during a battle against Thanos. But Tony Stark’s life has been falling apart for a while, even before Civil War II started. This week, the genius inventor grapples with the loss of his comrade-in-armor. Even besides the death of Rhodey, Tony Stark’s…
Tony Stark’s future in the Marvel Universe has been thrown into doubt ever since the start of Civil War II—and made even more doubtful when we learned that he would be replaced as Iron Man by not one, but two different characters. One of those Iron Men debuted today in Infamous Iron Man, giving us…
After six months of waiting after an excruciating cliffhanger, The Walking Dead finally revealed who was on the end of Negan’s beloved barbed wire-covered baseball bat, Lucille, in the show’s season seven premiere Sunday night. But was it worth the wait? (Editor’s note: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season seven premiere ahead.) The show took…
Marvel TV will have soon introduced four “street-level” superheroes (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe through its Netflix series. The plan from the get-go was to eventually unite them with a Netflix crossover mini-series, titled The Defenders. And now, that is exactly what is happening. The Defenders is slated to…
storytext AT&T has never owned a news division before. Now, assuming its $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner passes regulatory muster, it will take control of CNN, one of the world’s biggest news organizations. Journalists at the network, myself included, immediately had questions about how AT&T will approach its role as a steward of…
render left third party share bar style=”background: url(../images/patterns/paper-noise.png) top left white;” story headline Miley Cyrus is trying to get your vote in Virginia story top video story create time WUSA 2:58 PM. EDT October 20, 2016 story body NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 22: Miley Cyrus attends the 30th Annual Night Of Stars presented by…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. During a CNN interview leading up to the final presidential debate, Rudy Giuliani defended Donald Trump against recent accusations of sexual assault. View this image › John Minchillo / AP “I know men who are touchy-feely,” Giuliani…