War Machine

Casual comic book fans don't have enough evidence to decide whether or not Tony Stark is a gifted basketball player, but thanks to his highly sophisticated Iron Man armor, he's got to be capable of the occasional slam dunk. Now, assuming you've got some skills on the b-ball court, you can (almost) literally slip into Stark's shoes and perform some armored alley oops of your own...

Cosplay can be iffy. For every time you see a fantastically done Mojo or Poison Ivy outfit, you get ten mediocre Star Wars stormtroopers walking in packs despite sometimes not knowing each other prior to the convention. However, some costumes set a whole new standard and make you excited to wonder what other fans may do in the future...

After months of teasing, Marvel's finally filled in the silhouettes of two heroes set to star in May's "Secret Avengers"#1 by Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato. Back in February I tried to convince myself that the lineup would include Gorilla-Man (for purely selfish reasons), but as a fan of both Beast and War Machine, I can live with the new, if unsurprising lineup...

Following the brain-freezing precedent set by "Iron Man's" 2008 Slurpee outing, ol' shellhead is back for proverbial seconds this summer with "Iron Man 2" collectible Slurpee cups at 7-Eleven. Unlike the franchise's first foray into Slurpee containment, which included colorful mugs and figure-adorned straws, IM2 seems to have gone a more deluxe route with cups shaped like both

While the story direction of Sega's "Iron Man 2" video game as written by IM current comics scribe Matt Fraction will deviate from the film for the sake of more interesting gameplay, judging from Superheroe Hype's exclusive screen shots and renders, I really don't think fans will mind...

Previously released images of Marvel Select's upcoming War Machine action figure were entirely obscured, save for one photo of James "Rhodey" Rhodes' maskless face, revealing the lovely visage of Mr. Cheadle. Aside from that, the shadowed photograph basically made it look like a Don Cheadle action figure with a unicorn cannon forehead...

Before Don Cheadle donned the War Machine armor seen in the recently released "Iron Man 2" movie poster, there was Iron Man Punisher, a cosplayer that would fit in the "Core Marvel Universe" just as well as FrankenCastle in my humble opinion, especially after the Civil-War ear Iron Spider-Man, Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot persona and the action figure of Iron Man with Captain A