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Arts and Culture

Spider-Man Swings Back into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

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Get ready, true believers — Spider-Man is back! This Thanksgiving, Marvel and Macy’s are teaming up to bring everyone’s favorite wall-crawler soaring through the skies of New York City with a brand-new balloon, making its big debut during the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on November 28th.

Inspired by the legendary art of John Romita Sr., the new balloon isn’t just another high-flyer — it’s a heartfelt tribute to one of the most beloved comic artists in Marvel’s history. And after a decade away, it’s time for Spidey to show off those web-slinging moves once again, celebrating Marvel’s deep roots in the Big Apple in the most epic way possible!
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Books and Periodicals, Pop Culture

Marvel Reveals the All-New Spider Girl at San Diego Comic Con

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Last year, Spider-Boy’s startling debut took the comic book industry by storm—selling out multiple printings that led to his own smash-hit solo series! Just announced at the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con, comic book powerhouse and Spidey legend Dan Slott is at it again with the introduction of an all-new Spider Girl this October!
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Marvel Comics Celebrates LGBTQ Icons in New Pride Variant Covers

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This year, Marvel Comics will kick off Pride Month with its annual Marvel’s Voices: Pride anthology one-shot, titled X-MEN: The Wedding Special #1, followed by an all-new series of Pride variant covers. On sale throughout June, this year’s Pride variant covers were drawn by two of the industry’s most promising talent: Betsy Cola and Davi Go. Across eight stunning covers on Marvel’s hottest titles, celebrate LGBTQIA+ heroes from throughout the Marvel Universe, including members of the Avengers, the X-Men, and more.
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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Eye On Design: Mutant Fashion From The X-Men’s Hellfire Gala

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Storm (All Images Courtesy of Marvel Comics)

In this week’s Design post, we are going to step out a bit and have some fun exploring the world of the X-Men comics, checking out what all the cool Mutants wear when they head out to do some serious partying!

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This June, the Hellfire Trading Company invites readers everywhere to the inaugural Hellfire Gala to announce the first team of Krakoan X-Men to the world and unveil the startling plans that mutantkind has in store for the Marvel Universe. The Hellfire Gala will unfold in issues of your favorite ongoing X-Men series as well as Planet-Size X-Men, a special double-sized one-shot. These twelve issues will all center around a single night that will go down in Marvel Comics history and while it’s too early to reveal the world-shattering steps mutantkind is about to take, one thing is for certain: the X-Men have never looked better!

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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Spider-Man Subway Car!

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Spiderman Subway Car
All Photos By Gail

Just as ABC did for a TV Show Reboot that is, thankfully, no longer on the air, Playstation has launched an immersive ad campaign for the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man Game in the Subway Cars that run on the S Shuttle line along 42nd Street between Times Square and Grand Central Station.

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