the Thing

The first season of Marvel's Hulks and the Agents of SMASH has reached the halfway point, and it got there with a big confrontation between Hulk and the Leader. Hulk, with the help of The Thing, heads to the Negative Zone to confront the Leader and save his team, and it all leads to the Hulk realizing how much he's come to value things he previously wanted no part of -- friendships and family. And

Gaming: Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes is now available on iOS devices. Toys: A 6" Revoltech Iron Man Mark I from the first Iron Man movie is on the way in Japan (and likely internationally) for about $48 USD. Anime: Discotek Media's English dubbed Samurai Pizza Cats complete box set (52 episodes on 8 DVDs) will arrive on July 30 for about $80...

Gaming: Michelangelo busts some ninja heads in a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows trailer. Toys: Hot Toys has unveiled its Power Pose Iron Man 3 Red Snapper figure images. Looks... snappy! Gaming: Batman: Arkham Origins may just have multiplayer functionality...

Movies: If you thought the 2005 Fantastic Four film was a departure from its Marvel Comics source material, wait until you see the unused concept art for Dr. Doom and the Thing by Constantine Sekeris. Art Shows: "Lazer Lips and Glass Helmets", an art show featuring nearly 20 new retro-futuristic pieces of artwork by Ming Doyle and Toby Cypress, will kick off a 7 p...

Halloween: Reddit user Wizardtig inspires us all with the ultimate Jack-O-Lantern build of Ben Grimm aka the Thing. Upcoming: Humanoids will release new printings of Before The Incal--Hardcover Album: Classic Collection and The Alliance of the Curious in December...

Video: College Humor imagines how awkward Bale's Batman would be in Marvel's much lighter Avengers movieverse. Sales: Barnes and Noble is currently running a "buy 2, get 1 free" sale on select DC/Vertigo graphic novels. Video: Youtube user Arlox imagines if Hasbro (or, I suppose Kenner...

On sale in April AVX: Versus #1, beginning Marvel Comics' tie-in series to the Avengers Vs. X-Men event. The only newly created sister title for the main event series, AVX is distinct from the that book in that its function is to depict the various bouts in more graphic detail than the Avengers Vs...

Artist and movie buff Justin Reed specializes in slightly caricatured, pop-culture-inspired group shots, and boy, can he paint the white Kryptonite out of Christopher Reeve getting a talking to from the disembodied head of Marlon Brando...

As regular readers probably know, we here at ComicsAlliance are pretty big fans of Jonathan Hickman's groundbreaking run on the Fantastic Four, which as of last month transmogrified into the new ongoing series FF, the first issue of which ended on a cliffhanger: Doctor Doom's joining the group...

Settling one of the most juvenile yet compelling superhero debates that has raged across generations, Marvel Comics architect Stan Lee confirmed this week that Ben Grimm, better known to Fantastic Four fans as the monstrous The Thing, does indeed have a penis made of orange rock...