Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man panel at Comic-Con took an interesting turn yesterday after a 3D screening of the trailer and some raw footage that gave fans a first look at Welsh actor Rhys Ifans as The Lizard, a crocodile-like monster emerging from the sewer through a bathroom stall and frightening several young girls...

Just in advance of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Columbia Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, the new film based on the classic Marvel Comics superhero. Directed by Marc Webb, the new movie relaunches the Spider-Man film franchise with Andrew Garfield in the title role and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy...

Fans have seen a number of promotional images (and quite possibly a very leaked trailer) showcasing Andrew Garfield's movie duds from The Amazing Spider-Man, but Hasbro's new action figure images may be the most comprehensive look web-heads have gotten at it yet...

Check out loads of new photos of the heavily detailed and textured Spidey costume that will be seen in next summer's The Amazing Spider-Man. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero and directed by Marc Webb, the film relaunches Sony's Spider-Man franchise with Andrew Garfield in the title role...

The camaraderie and generosity of comic book professionals is generally evident in virtually all of the community's activities, but never more so than when a fellow creator finds himself in need. Artist Josh Medors has been the focus of such caring and activism for the last several years as he fights a rare form of spinal cancer that's left him unable to work regularly...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Gonna get you with my pleasant Nazis % The gang is down to fight, yeah ^ Have I brought this chicken for us to thaw? % ^ ACTION COMICS #899 Paul Cornell and Pete Woods' Lex Luthor serial hits its penultimate installment, in which Lex meets Brainiac...

Movies: IGN's got new Thor poster/banner images showing off the film's cast in some moody lighting. Art: Ben Morse breaks down every fallen friend/foe of Peter Parker's who appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #655 by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin...

This week's Amazing Spider-Man #562 ends with that most classic of superhero methods, the reveal of next issue's surprise villain. In this case -- SPOILER ALERT -- it's the Looter, and if you're like me, you've got no earthly idea who that is...

Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY * Digging up the bones of Strummer and Jones ^ Rad summer of the indigo children % Why march when you can riot...

Let's say I was painting a broad picture of a comic. It's a superhero comic, recently released. It features horrific violence, threatened rape, a grim and gritty revamp of an existing villain and, like a cherry on top, the sacrifice of a character's child to make the villain seem more evil...