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Remember how exciting it was when “WandaVision” and “Loki” promised to bring movie-caliber superheroes to TV? Compare that to the relatively subdued reception to the more recent “Wonder Man,” a superhero show costarring Oscar-winner Sir Ben Kingsley. Even though the series was well-received enough get renewed for Season 2, nobody’s out there wearing TV-inspired “Wonder Man” T-shirts.…

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Milly Alcock in a scene from “Supergirl.” (Warner Bros. Pictures

Genesis 4:8 – Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk.” (Contemporary English Version)

There is simply no denying that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the undisputed box office king. With over $32 billion and counting to its name, the franchise is the single most dominant force in Hollywood history. And yet, there is also no denying that that it has seen better days – mainly due to some…

Supergirl was box office kryptonite. Leading up to the release of Craig Gillespie’s new installment in the revitalized, de-Snyderized DC Extended Universe, signs already pointed to trouble. My Forbes colleague Paul Tassi summarized the bad vibes emanating from the showcase project a month ahead of release, focusing on concerns about whether the villain was menacing enough…

Superstar creator Daniel Warren Johnson is set to launch his most ambitious project to date. Fresh off his chart-topping run on Transformers, his Eisner Award-winning Do A Powerbomb, and the critically acclaimed The Moon Is Following Us, Johnson is bringing a bold new vision to Image Comics this fall with the launch of his new…

Few comics can claim to have changed the industry like 1961’s Fantastic Four#1. This single comic began the “Marvel Age of Comics,” and belongs to a run fans still routinely rank among the best ever published. In twenty-five pages, it set a standard for comic book characterization and plotting, establishing Marvel as a serious competitor…

DC Comics has a lot of android and robot characters who are among the most powerful in all of comics. DC’s synthetic characters range from lovable heroes to planet-ending nightmares, but every one of them brings massive raw firepower. Many of these characters also aren’t just sci-fi anomalies, and many of them predate most of…

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Since his introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) has relied heavily on associations with more established figures of the franchise. First, the teenage vigilante found himself mentored by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in Spider-Man: Homecoming, linking his origin directly to the billionaire’s technology after the events of Captain America: Civil…