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One way creators try to leave their stamp on company-owned characters is to raise the stakes of a story. "I told the biggest ________ story ever," they want to say as they move on to other work. Of course, raising the stakes in a Fantastic Four book, considering that the original creative team of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee put the heroes in a situation in which Earth was threatened by a pl

Continuing the week-long announcements/confirmations of last week's Marvel NOW! teases, Matt Fraction has been confirmed as the new man in charge of Marvel's First Family, writing relaunches of both Fantastic Four and spin-off title FF.USA Today had the details about Fraction's plans for the two series, with the writer saying that "it's very easy to say, 'I want to stay true to what Stan an

What's that you say? The four teasers for Marvel's relaunched Marvel NOW! titles so far this week haven't been enough for you? How about four more to round out the weekend? This time around, Marvel's creators are all thinking Legacy, Soldier, Extended and Family...

At the Marvel Comic Cup o' Joe panel at New York Comic-Con, which featured both Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada along with a who's who of Marvel executives, writers, and editors, the publisher not only teased the return of Sabretooth and the Phoenix, but also announced Avengers Assemble, a new ongoing series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, and an ongoing Dexter comic written by Jeff Li

Following up on the success of his My X-Factor EP (essential listening for all classic Marvel fans), nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock dropped this week a brand new Marvel mixtape, this time based on the New Warriors. The eight-track EP features songs inspired by such heroes as Nova, Speedball, Night Thrasher and Firestar...

Echoing the media full-court press that Marvel employed with the death of Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four #587, Marvel has released big news about the conclusion of the "Death of Spider-Man" storyline in USA Today, the New York Post and the Associated Press...

Marvel Comics announced on Saturday the coming of Brilliant, a new creator-owned series written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Mark Bagley. On sale in July and hyped as "More Social Network than Avengers," the series follows a group of young geniuses who endeavor to discover whether superpowers could exist in real life...

I know this post is about a week late --I think my colleague Chris Dooley put it best when he texted me yesterday succinctly calling me a "slacker"-- but I couldn't let the publication of Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 111 pass unnoticed. For this issue marked the end of the longest continuous run of a creative team since Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's 102 issues of Fantastic Four...

Press Release Marvel congratulates Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley on their record breaking run on Ultimate Spider-Man. Spanning one-hundred and ten issues, their groundbreaking achievement received acclaim from fans, critics and industry legends, reinventing the legendary wall-crawler for a new generation ...

Press Release After years of planning and waiting, the frightening Isolationist finally leaves his castle of ice to hunt down the man known as Jamie Madrox in X-Factor #21. But is the Isolationist a friend or foe to the X-Factor? Legendary writer Peter David and fan favorite artist Pablo Raimondi present an issue of mystery and suspense with Marvel's most unusual team of mutants ...