Avengers – ScienceFiction.com https://sciencefiction.com Science Fiction (sci-fi) news, books, tv, movies, comic books, video games and more... Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 An Agatha Harkness ‘WandaVision’ Spin-Off is in the Works at Disney+ https://sciencefiction.com/2021/10/07/an-agatha-harkness-wandavision-spin-off-is-in-the-works-at-disney/ https://sciencefiction.com/2021/10/07/an-agatha-harkness-wandavision-spin-off-is-in-the-works-at-disney/#disqus_thread Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:14:41 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=355681 According to a report from Variety, Disney+ plans to launch a ‘WandaVision’ spinoff based around the character of Agatha Harkness. As typical with most Marvel projects, details on this future Disney+ series are slim to none, however, we do know that Kathryn Hahn will revive her role as fan-favorite Agatha Harkness and it looks like Jac Schaeffer, head writer of ‘WandaVision,’ would be filling the slot as the writer and executive producer. While sources have described the show as a dark comedy, we know we can all look forward to one of our favorite witches returning to the screen in what is sure to be another captivating series. What do you think of an Agatha Harkness spinoff? Any thoughts on what plotline they might travel to? Sound off below and stay tuned for more details of this upcoming series!

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2021/10/07/an-agatha-harkness-wandavision-spin-off-is-in-the-works-at-disney/feed/ 0 Scarlett Johansson Shares Her True Feelings On Black Widow’s MCU Fate https://sciencefiction.com/2020/09/29/scarlett-johansson-shares-her-true-feelings-on-black-widows-mcu-fate/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/09/29/scarlett-johansson-shares-her-true-feelings-on-black-widows-mcu-fate/#disqus_thread Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:57:41 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=355225 If 2020 was a “normal” year, we would have all seen the ‘Black Widow’ solo film from Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in theaters already.  Unfortunately, this year has been anything but normal, and due to the global pandemic, the film has been pushed from its originally-planned May 1st premiere date to what was then planned for a November 2020 release, and recently Marvel bumped the film even further, with the premiere now scheduled for February 12, 2021. The forthcoming film, of course, is a “prequel” of sorts to the most recent Avengers films, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ because as audiences know, Natasha Romanoff valiantly sacrificed herself in the latter movie so that the superhero team might have a chance to defeat Thanos and restore their world to a semblance of pre-Snap normality (which they did).  In a recent interview, Scarlett Johansson spoke about her character and her feelings on how the character met her on-screen end: “I love Natasha. She’s had an incredible 10-year journey, and I felt that she was finally able to make an active choice. It seemed very in-character, that ultimate sacrifice that she makes. She’s made peace with that, and, in some […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/09/29/scarlett-johansson-shares-her-true-feelings-on-black-widows-mcu-fate/feed/ 1 ‘Candyman’s Nia DaCosta Set To Direct ‘Captain Marvel 2’ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/08/05/candymans-nia-dacosta-set-to-direct-captain-marvel-2/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/08/05/candymans-nia-dacosta-set-to-direct-captain-marvel-2/#disqus_thread Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:53:14 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=354840 Tribeca Film Festival award-winner Nia DaCosta has landed the job of helming the sequel to Disney/Marvel Studios’ ‘Captain Marvel’.  DaCosta’s latest film is the remake of ‘Candyman’, executive produced by Jordan Peele, the release of which has been delayed until October 16, 2020, due to COVID-19.  In 2018, her debut film, ‘Little Woods’, which she financed through Kickstarter, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded the Nora Ephron Award for “excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director.”  Beyond that and ‘Candyman’, DaCosta’s only other professional directing job has been on two episodes of the British TV series ‘Top Boy’.  And now she’s in the big leagues! DaCosta becomes the first Black woman to direct a Marvel Studios movie, and only the second Black woman to direct any comic book movie, following Gina Prince-Blythewood, who helmed Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’, which was released just weeks ago. Reportedly, DaCosta met with Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige over the weekend and it seems he liked what he heard.  She replaces Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who co-directed the first ‘Captain Marvel’.  That picture grossed over $1 billion worldwide.  The screenplay for the sequel is being penned by Megan McDonnell, a […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/08/05/candymans-nia-dacosta-set-to-direct-captain-marvel-2/feed/ 0 ‘Black Widow’: Fans Should Expect To See More Of Florence Pugh’s Black Widow In The Future https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/07/black-widow-fans-should-expect-to-see-more-of-florence-pughs-black-widow-in-the-future/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/07/black-widow-fans-should-expect-to-see-more-of-florence-pughs-black-widow-in-the-future/#disqus_thread Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:00:10 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=353918 Fans may have already pieced this together, but it seems that ‘Black Widow’ sets up Florence Pugh‘s Yelena Belova as the new Black Widow of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The character was introduced as a second Black Widow who was originally sent to kill Natasha Romanoff, the character that moviegoers have fallen in love with, as portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. But of course, Natasha was killed in ‘Avengers: Endgame’.  Pugh’s Yelena will debut in ‘Black Widow’… whenever that comes out.  But it seems fans should get used to her presence, as it sounds as though we’ll be seeing a lot more of her in the coming years. Speaking to Empire, director Cate Shortland shared: “[Kevin Feige] realized that the audience would expect an origin story so, of course, we went in the opposite direction.  And we didn’t know how great Florence Pugh would be. We knew she would be great, but we didn’t know how great. Scarlett is so gracious, like, ‘Oh, I’m handing her the baton.’ So it’s going to propel another female storyline.” ‘Black Widow’ is currently scheduled to open in theaters on November 6, 2020, depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic works out.  Due to the film’s $150-$200 million […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/07/black-widow-fans-should-expect-to-see-more-of-florence-pughs-black-widow-in-the-future/feed/ 0 Anthony Mackie Says Marvel Needs More Diversity Behind-The-Cameras https://sciencefiction.com/2020/06/29/anthony-mackie-says-marvel-needs-more-diversity-behind-the-cameras/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/06/29/anthony-mackie-says-marvel-needs-more-diversity-behind-the-cameras/#disqus_thread Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:53:43 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=353780 DisneyOne of the biggest hits in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe was 2018’s ‘Black Panther’, which grossed $1.347 billion at the box office, as fans declared, “It’s Not A Movie, It’s A Movement!”  And outside of that film, Anthony Mackie has the role of Sam Wilson, a.k.a. The Falcon and possibly the next Captain America, while Don Cheadle portrays War-Machine/James Rhodes.  But even though Mackie is set to co-headline the Disney+ series ‘Falcon & Winter Soldier’, he thinks Marvel Studios and parent company Disney could do a lot more to increase diversity behind the camera. In a dual interview with ‘Snowpiercer’s Daveed Diggs, Mackie lamented: “When ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ comes out, I’m the lead.  When ‘Snowpiercer’ came out, you’re the lead. We have the power and the ability to ask those questions. It really bothered me that I’ve done seven Marvel movies where every producer, every director, every stunt person, every costume designer, every PA, every single person has been white. “We’ve had one Black producer; his name was Nate Moore.  He produced ‘Black Panther.’ But then when you do ‘Black Panther,’ you have a Black director, Black producer, a Black costume designer, a Black stunt choreographer. […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/06/29/anthony-mackie-says-marvel-needs-more-diversity-behind-the-cameras/feed/ 0 ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’: Sebastian Stan Talks Making A TV Series Versus A Movie And Breaks Down The Ending Of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/24/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-sebastian-stan-talks-making-a-tv-series-versus-a-movie-and-breaks-down-the-ending-of-avengers-endgame/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/24/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-sebastian-stan-talks-making-a-tv-series-versus-a-movie-and-breaks-down-the-ending-of-avengers-endgame/#disqus_thread Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:10:53 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=353088 ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ was supposed to arrive on Disney+ later this year, but the show seems to be cursed, as its production has had to shut down, first due to earthquake damage in Puerto Rico, and again in early March due to the coronavirus.  It seems that the majority of the series has been shot, but there is still a bit more needed before post-production can begin. In the meantime, Sebastian Stan, who co-stars as James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, a.k.a the Winter Soldier, is promoting his latest film, the mostly-improvised drama ‘Endings, Beginnings’.  But of course, questions arose regarding ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, and he offered a few fresh insights into that project. When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he was asked whether ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ would retain the same cinematic feel of the movies, or if it was more of a standard TV series, to which he replied that it was a bit of both. “It felt like both. In a lot of ways, it felt like a movie… What I loved about it was that, tonally, it was very much in the same world that ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/24/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-sebastian-stan-talks-making-a-tv-series-versus-a-movie-and-breaks-down-the-ending-of-avengers-endgame/feed/ 0 Boston’s Ace Comic Con Is Canceled Due To A State Of Emergency In Massachusetts https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/12/bostons-ace-comic-con-is-canceled-due-to-a-state-of-emergency-in-massachusetts/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/12/bostons-ace-comic-con-is-canceled-due-to-a-state-of-emergency-in-massachusetts/#disqus_thread Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:45:23 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=352333 A State of Emergency has been declared for the state of Massachusetts forcing the cancellation of another major con, Ace Comic Con, which was to have been held in Boston from March 20-22.  Celebrity guests would have included hometown boy Chris Evans, as well as Hayden Christensen, Taylor Gray, Rupert Grint, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Shameik Moore, Ray Park, Keri Russell, Tiya Sircar, Tessa Thompson, Matthew Wood, and Bonnie Wright. A second Ace Comic Con is already scheduled for Chicago in October and that remains on the books, as most are hoping the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will be contained by then. Below is the full statement from the event’s organizers: “ACE Comic Con is an extended family. We feel like we know each one of you personally, and as much as we make you feel welcome into our lives a few times a year, you have been gracious in return. Yesterday, a State of Emergency was called in Massachusetts, and after many hours of consultation with the BCEC, a city-owned facility, it was determined that running the event at its regularly scheduled date/time is not possible due to ‘force majeure.’ We are working with the […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/12/bostons-ace-comic-con-is-canceled-due-to-a-state-of-emergency-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 The Final ‘Black Widow’ Trailer Offers A Closer Look At The Taskmaster’s Army https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/09/the-new-black-widow-trailer-offers-a-closer-look-at-the-taskmasters-army/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/09/the-new-black-widow-trailer-offers-a-closer-look-at-the-taskmasters-army/#disqus_thread Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:54:56 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=352184 SPOILER ALERT: There is some information contained here that could be considered SPOILERS for ‘Black Widow’ so proceed with caution. The latest ‘Black Widow’ trailer is here and sheds more light on the film’s plot and the involvement of The Taskmaster, the film’s big villain.  It seems that he now runs the Red Room, the Russian agency responsible for Natasha’s (Scarlett Johansson) role as a super-spy and assassin, a life she left behind when she joined the Avengers.  But now she’s back and it looks as though she is fighting to save her “family”– Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz), and Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (David Harbour). Unlike Black Widow, it seems that the Taskmaster’s new soldiers are not free thinkers, but almost like robots under “his” control.  There is some hint that the Taskmaster will have the same powers as “he” has in the comics, to mimic any physical abilities “he” witnesses.   ***SPOILER ALERT*** It has been leaked that Weisz’s character’s full name is Melina Vostokoff, the real name of the Black Widow enemy, the Iron Maiden, in the comic books.  Because of that, there is some speculation that Weisz will betray Natasha in this movie, and […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/09/the-new-black-widow-trailer-offers-a-closer-look-at-the-taskmasters-army/feed/ 0 Mark Ruffalo Confirms He Is In Talks To Appear On Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk’ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/02/mark-ruffalo-confirms-he-is-in-talks-to-appear-on-disneys-she-hulk/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/02/mark-ruffalo-confirms-he-is-in-talks-to-appear-on-disneys-she-hulk/#disqus_thread Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:05:58 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351761 This weekend, while attending Chicago’s C2E2, Mark Ruffalo admitted that while he has not signed on the dotted line, he has been in “preliminary talks” to appear in Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk’ live-action series. (via ComicBook.com)  In the comics, She-Hulk is Jennifer Walters, Bruce Banner’s cousin, who gains similar superpowers after he gives her a desperate life-saving blood transfusion.  But She-Hulk was never a brutish monster.  She retained her regular personality in her emerald enhanced form, similar to Ruffalo’s depiction in ‘Avengers Endgame’. Speaking of ‘Endgame’, the Hulk was badly injured when he snapped the Infinity Gauntlet to bring back all of the beings that Thanos had wiped out in ‘Infinity War’.  So there were some questions regarding whether or not Ruffalo would be back at all.  Luckily, it sounds as though he will and hopefully, ‘She-Hulk’ will give an idea as to his future with the franchise. ‘Rick & Morty’ writer, Jessica Gao, is overseeing ‘She-Hulk’.  Reportedly, the show is set to begin filming this summer.   RELATED:  Lou Ferrigno SMASHES Mark Ruffalo And Disney’s Take On The Hulk In ‘Avengers: Endgame’   Last week, rumors swirled that Disney was seeking an “Alison Brie-type” for the lead.  With her athletic role […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/02/mark-ruffalo-confirms-he-is-in-talks-to-appear-on-disneys-she-hulk/feed/ 0 ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Recruits Carl Lumbly, Possibly As Isaiah Bradley https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/21/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-recruits-carl-lumbly-possibly-as-isaiah-bradley/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/21/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-recruits-carl-lumbly-possibly-as-isaiah-bradley/#disqus_thread Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:03:25 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351379 Red Rover, Red Rover… Another DC actor is crossing over to Marvel, as ‘Supergirl’s Carl Lumbly (M’yrnn J’onzz) has been cast in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.  Though it has not been officially confirmed, it is speculated that he is playing Isaiah Bradley, the first Black Captain America, from the 2003 miniseries ‘Truth: Red, White, and Black’.  In that story, it was revealed that the American government attempted to recreate the Super Soldier formula that made Steve Rogers the superhuman dynamo Captain America.  But this newer formula was tested on African American soldiers (based on the real-life Tuskeegee experiments), but the results weren’t the same.  Isaiah Bradley was the only soldier that survived these experiments, but it ultimately damaged his brain. In ‘Avengers: Endgame’, a now-elderly Steve Rogers bequeathed his shield to Sam Wilson, The Falcon (Anthony Mackie).  And in the comics, The Falcon became Captain America for a time, so fans are anticipating a similar evolution on ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.  With a new Black Captain America coming into being on this series it would certainly make sense to explore the story of the first Black man to inhabit that role. And, if you’re keeping track, […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/21/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-recruits-carl-lumbly-possibly-as-isaiah-bradley/feed/ 1 Possible Details Emerge About The ‘She-Hulk’ Series Coming To Disney+ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/possible-details-emerge-about-the-she-hulk-series-coming-to-disney/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/possible-details-emerge-about-the-she-hulk-series-coming-to-disney/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:30:10 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351318 The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) was quietly taken off the board in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, as he was badly injured after snapping his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet to restore to life those that had been erased by Thanos’ similar snap in ‘Infinity War’.  But Marvel Studios is slipping in new characters to fill the spaces of those that have been essentially retired, and one of those is the She-Hulk, who will be storming her way onto TV screens in a Disney+ original series. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced ‘She-Hulk’ last August along with two other Disney+ shows featuring characters that will be new to live-action, ‘Moon Knight’ and ‘Ms. Marvel’.  This is the second wave of Marvel Studios shows coming to the streaming service, and the first wave — ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, ‘WandaVision’, ‘Loki’, and ‘Hawkeye’ — hasn’t started airing yet, so there will be a while before ‘She-Hulk’ and the rest arrive, but that doesn’t mean that work isn’t going on behind the scenes.   RELATED:  Emmy Winning Jessica Gao Is Going To Write ‘She-Hulk’ For Disney+   Okay, just to clarify, this information comes from Illuminerdy via anonymous sources, so don’t take any of […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/possible-details-emerge-about-the-she-hulk-series-coming-to-disney/feed/ 0 Toy News Tuesday: Til Death Do Us Part https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/toy-news-tuesday-til-death-do-us-part/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/toy-news-tuesday-til-death-do-us-part/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:29:26 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351141 Welcome back one and all to an all-new Toy News Tuesday! We’re the one weekly column right here on ScienceFiction.com where we seek out all of the awesome news you need to know about any announcements and cool happenings in the toy industry and put them all in one easy to find place for you! We have officially made it to Toy Fair week! Sadly that also means that this week’s news is super light while we wait for the massive avalanche of news this weekend. Thankfully we still have a few awesome tidbits of news in store for you in the toy news for the week of February 18th, 2020 below! Hasbro Wants Your Vote Election day here in the U.S. may still be a few long months away, but Hasbro is asking for your vote this weekend! This week Hasbro announced an all new Fan Poll that will be launching on Saturday 2/22/20 and ending on Friday 2/28/20 where fans can vote for an upcoming 6″ scale Marvel Legends figure. The winning figure will be announced shortly after the polls close and the figure will be available for sale on Hasbro Pulse this summer! It is anticipated that […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/toy-news-tuesday-til-death-do-us-part/feed/ 0 RUMOR MILL: ‘Loki’ May Be In For A Bad Time Due To Kang The Conqueror https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/rumor-mill-loki-may-be-in-for-a-bad-time-due-to-kang-the-conqueror/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/rumor-mill-loki-may-be-in-for-a-bad-time-due-to-kang-the-conqueror/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:28:04 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351210 RUMOR MILL: This information is strictly RUMOR and SPECULATION, so take everything with a grain of salt. If you were hoping that the Marvel Cinematic Superheroes time-mangling began and ended in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, unfortunately, there may be more chronographic shenanigans coming up, specifically on ‘Loki’.  As we saw in ‘Endgame’, thanks to the Avengers’ temporal-muckery, a version of Loki escaped with a version of the Tesseract and it is believed that the upcoming Disney+ ‘Loki’ series will follow that Loki’s exploits.  (Well… I mean, the other Loki’s exploits involve decomposing so…) Marvel scooper, Daniel Ritchman shared via his Patreon that ‘Loki’ will introduce Kang the Conqueror, the time-twisting Avengers foe that has previously been off-limits to the MCU.  In case you didn’t know, Kang is also known as Immortus, Iron Lad, Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurian, and Victor Timely.  And one of those aliases — specifically Rama-Tut — appeared first in the pages of ‘Fantastic Four’, meaning that all versions of Kang were bundled with the film rights to the ‘FF’, meaning that Fox has had the rights all this time. The Disney+ Marvel commercial that aired during the Super Bowl depicted Loki (Tom Hiddleston) dressed in prisoner garb bearing the logo […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/18/rumor-mill-loki-may-be-in-for-a-bad-time-due-to-kang-the-conqueror/feed/ 0 Toy News Tuesday: I’ll Buy That For A Dollar https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/10/toy-news-tuesday-ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/10/toy-news-tuesday-ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#disqus_thread Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:42:08 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350582 Hello boys and girls and welcome to an all-new Toy News Tuesday! We’re the one weekly column right here on ScienceFiction.com where we seek out all of the awesome news you need to know about any announcements and cool happenings in the toy industry and put them all in one easy to find place for you! It’s a new week and with it comes a bunch of fantastic looking new toys! We are just two weeks out from New York Toy Fair and the hype for new toys is certainly palpable. While we wait we still have plenty to see from some of our favorite companies including Hot Toys, Super7, Mezco, and more! Don’t waste another minute, scroll on down to the toy news for the week of February 11th, 2020 below! Troopers Get A New-Classic Ride Everything old is new again and this week Hasbro is taking that to heart with their latest ‘Star Wars’ announcement! Collectors who watched ‘The Mandalorian‘ television series on Disney+ recently noticed a sly reference to a classic vehicle that was created for the original Kenner ‘Star Wars’ line and that had never previously appeared on screen- The Imperial Troop Transport! While many people […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/10/toy-news-tuesday-ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar/feed/ 0 Super Saturday: ‘The Marvel Super Heroes’ (1966) – The FIRST Marvel Cartoon Ever! https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/08/super-saturday-the-marvel-super-heroes-1966-the-first-marvel-cartoon-ever/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/08/super-saturday-the-marvel-super-heroes-1966-the-first-marvel-cartoon-ever/#disqus_thread Sat, 08 Feb 2020 15:00:09 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=346724 Generally speaking, my main focus of Super Saturday is on shows that actually aired on Saturday mornings, but as I plan to cover more Marvel shows, I figured I should start from the very beginning, and it just so happens that the first Marvel cartoon aired on weekday afternoons.  (Actually, I have already covered on Marvel series, ‘Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends’.) Many fans have fond recollections of various Marvel Superhero cartoons from when they were growing up– ‘X-Men’, ‘Spider-Man’, even ‘The Silver Surfer’ has his own series for a while.  But the first excursion of Marvel champions into animation was a truly bizarre footnote. In 1966, Grantray-Lawrence Animation delivered the syndicated package ‘The Marvel Super Heroes’, which aired on weekday afternoons in select cities.  However to call these cartoons “animated” is using the term at its loosest.  The art was xeroxed directly from comic books, just as the scripts were lifted from the word bubbles.  The resulting episodes featured a slap-dash of pencils by the likes of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck among others.  And while the characters mouths moved and their eyes blinked, there was very little movement otherwise.  An arm here.  A leg there.  Generally, […]

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