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Books and Periodicals, Pop Culture

Deadpool Brings the Chaos with Marvel’s April Pool’s Day Variant Covers

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Leave it to Deadpool to turn April Fool’s Day into a full-blown comic book event. This year, Marvel Comics is once again celebrating the Merc with a Mouth with April Pool’s Day, a playful, chaos-filled tribute arriving in comic shops alongside a special Deadpool: April Pool’s Day #1 one-shot. The release is part of a larger April Fool’s Day celebration that will also include merchandise, digital content, and other surprises centered around everyone’s favorite fourth-wall-breaking antihero. Continue reading Deadpool Brings the Chaos with Marvel’s April Pool’s Day Variant Covers →

Pop Culture, Toys and Collectibles

Hasbro Releases Marvel Legends Spider-Man Hellfire Gala Figure

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Hasbro is bringing some serious runway flair to your toy shelf with the debut of the Marvel Legends Series Spider-Man Hellfire Gala action figure — and yes, he understood the assignment. Inspired by Spidey’s glam appearance at the X-Men’s Hellfire Gala event in Marvel Comics, this 6-inch scale figure is dressed to impress in a mutant-designed couture costume by none other than fashion icon Jumbo Carnation.
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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Eye On Design: Gauntlet from Tony Stark’s Iron Man Suit

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Tony Stark, as Iron Man, sacrifices himself to save the universe from the super villain Thanos in Avengers: Endgame (USA, 2019), directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. The gems encased in the exterior of this gauntlet represent the Infinity Stones, formidable weapons with the ability to manipulate mind, power, reality, soul, space and time.
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Books and Periodicals, Pop Culture

Gwenpool Returns: A Wild Resurrection, a New Identity, and Lots of Chaos

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Gwenpool Varient Cover By Greg Land (Images Courtesy of Marvel)

This May, Marvel Comics will blow readers’ minds with a twist no one saw coming: Gwenpool is back — but not quite as we remember her.

Crafted by Star Wars: The High Republic writer Cavan Scott and brought vividly to life by rising artist Stefano Nesi in his Marvel debut, the new Gwenpool series reinvents the character in unexpected ways. At the center of the story is a dark, mysterious version of Gwen Stacy — yes, that Gwen Stacy — who emerges from the shadows with a thirst for vengeance, an arsenal of weaponized powers, and absolutely no chill.
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Books and Periodicals, Pop Culture

Dazzler, Luna Snow, Spider-Gwen, and More Rock the Marvel Universe in Concert of Champions!

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Get ready to turn up the volume, Marvel fans, because the Marvel Universe’s biggest music stars are taking center stage in Concert of Champions! This April, writer Jason Loo and artist Rafael Loureiro are bringing together an all-star lineup of super-powered performers for a one-shot comic that’s equal parts rock concert and superhero showdown.
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