Super Heroes

It's not San Diego Comic-Con unless you're surrounded by Star Wars cosplayers. Bonnie Burton/CNET I've been attending San Diego Comic-Con for over 20 years -- as an author, former Lucasfilm employee and hard-core comics fan -- and every year seems crazier t…

Nintendo unveiled a handful of surprises during its E3 2019 presentation, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next two DLC characters: the Hero from Dragon Quest XI and the long-requested Banjo-Kazooie. While the bear and bird duo won't join the roster unt…

Two weeks ago, Marvel offered up an ominous teaser image promising that "The dead will walk again" with the return of Marvel Zombies. Now, the House of Ideas has finally offered up the first official details on the next chapter of the fan-favorite title. In …

In the “Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw,” the movie’s villain Brixton, played by Idris Elba, spreads his arms out wide and declares “I’m black Superman.” It turns out that might not have been the original line. Dwayne Johnson tells Variety that…

In comics and film, Thanos is one of the most dangerous threats of the Marvel Universe. Thanks to the reality-reshaping power of the Infinity Gauntlet and the Infinity Stones that he often wields, the Mad Titan is one of the few beings who can take on the maj…

The superheroes of the Marvel Comics universe have had to deal with a multitude of threats since their stories began to unfold. Galactic warlords, alternate realities, sadistic murderers, and alien races have all been responsible for some of the biggest dange…

We all know that accidents happen. In comic books, a lot of those accidents have the decidedly-not-adverse-effect of granting a person powers. Unless youre blessed by being an alien who draws power from Earths yellow sun or youre carrying the X-Gene, suffer s…

The saga of the Infinity Stones came to an end with Avengers: Endgame, shifting the status quo and altering the Avengers roster forever. With prominent original members like Cap and Iron Man gone, and others like Thor bowing out, are the Avengers still the pr…

Press Release Inspired by AXE's new Ice Chill products, AXE and Marvel have joined forces to create a new set of super heroes, The Fresh-Men -- a collective of seemingly normal high-school students with super abilities meant to inspire teens everywhere to st…

If Avengers: Endgame didnt make it clear -- what with the deaths of Iron Man and Black Widow, the departure of Thor for outer space, and the, uh, old-aged-ness of Captain America -- the original MCU Avengers are basically kaput. But whats not quite as obvious…