Super Heroes

The words 'supervillain' and 'mean' go hand in hand. The job of supervillains isn't just to fight the superheroes, their job is to keep the game alive. The more scandalous villains are, the more watchable they become. As villains cross their mean quota, they …

Annihilation Scourge Alpha #1 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, as Matty Rosenberg is dutifully rewarded for writing a lame-duck Uncanny X-Men run that Hickman was already planning to undo before he started it by getting to kick off the latest super-…

Atomic Mass Games drops their newest game, Marvel: Crisis Protocol on an unsuspecting world today. You’re seriously not ready for this incredibly fun game. It’s also one of the best valued miniature games hitting the market, with far more packed into its $100…

Replacing beloved heroes with new or younger ones has become the trendy thing to do over the last decade. Weve seen it happen with Batman (twice), with Captain America (twice), and even with Iron Man and Spider-Man. Its almost a time-honored tradition at this…

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing Thi…

Batman may have started by himself in his war against crime, but he's slowly gained allies in this fight. Better yet, he's also helped his fellow superheroes out whenever the world is at stake. He comes off as a lone wolf, but Bruce has forged the Bat-Family,…

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Doctor Doom #2 by Christopher Cantwell, Salvador Larroca, Guru-eFx and VC's Cory Petit, on sale now. In both the real world and the Marvel Universe, the easiest way for someone to prove how tough they are is…

Disney has laid out a vast catalog of new and classic movies and shows to stream with the launch of its Netflix competitor, Disney Plus. At launch Tuesday in the US, Disney Plus included nearly 500 movies and 7,500 episodes of TV, spanning Star Wars, Marvel, …

It's a professional fight being fought over two-minute rounds. By two former footballers. In a 7,500-seat arena across town from Marvel Stadium where, only a month ago, the UFC packed in 57,000 people for one of the biggest fights of the year. This is the cu…

One of the new Marvel TV shows coming to Disney Plus.  Marvel What if Steve Rogers wasn't Captain America? What if Captain America was a zombie? We might just find out in Marvel's What If?, an upcoming animated series featuring alternative timelines in the …