Hulk and the Agents of Smash

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

  Marvel's animated shows are in part a way for the company to reach a wider audience than comics can, and to introduce a whole new generation of kids to the Marvel universe. This is a fact that wasn't lost on Clare Grant when the actress signed on to play Titania in Hulk and the Agents of SMASH. A noted comic book fan, Grant got into comics in part because of the '90s X-Men animated series, so i

Just a few weeks away from the release of his latest movie, Thor made an appearance on Marvel's Hulks And The Agents Of S.M.A.S.H. Any team up of the two creates an interesting dynamic for a few reasons. Aside from being one of the few characters in the Marvel Universe who potentially matches the Hulks in terms of strength, Thor is also, as an Asgardian god, pretty used to fighting with or agains

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It's been roughly two years since they were announced, but Disney XD's long-planned Marvel superhero cartoons, Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of SMASH have finally been given proper release dates, voice casts and new posters showcasing their animated styles...

Not content with the success of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon (or the Marvel Universe block on Disney XD, which has seemingly managed to outlast DC Network on Cartoon Network judging by recent events), Marvel was talking about its next animated series this weekend at NYCC, revealing details about the casts of both Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of SMASH...

Saturday morning is the right time for cartoons, and it was the right time for Jeph Loeb's Marvel Television Presents panel at San Diego Comic-Con, which focused entirely on the company's animated output. It also featured a full presentation of the forthcoming Spider-Ham episode of Ultimate Spider-Man, in which Loki turns Spider-Man into a pig for fellow Asgardians to hunt through New York... Read

The extraordinary success of The Avengers movie this summer is making waves across Disney and Marvel's other divisions: Not only are fans seeing this year's launch of Avengers Assemble and the modification of character costumes to reflect the look of the film in the comics division, but fans can expect to see a lot more of the team on television next year...

Aaaand the Joss Whedon/Marvel Entertainment connection continues. Not content with writing the screenplay (based on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's comic book work) and directing this summer's The Avengers movie, now one of his former Vampire Slayers -- and one-time Doll -- has signed up for duty on an upcoming Marvel animated series...