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Alright. I had my doubts, but they’re pretty much gone now.

I approve this casting.

Although Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash still looks kinda stupid…

Also in EW – Gwyneth Paltrow, presumably not as she’ll appear in the movie.

Although…Pepper Potts…

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Tuesday seems to be developing into the day I post my reviews so…

Batman and Robin #2 – Another good issue, and I know this is being overwhelmingly positively reviewed but…(and you knew there’d be a but)…I really don’t like Damien and that’s souring the whole book for me. I understand that I’m not supposed to, but when there’s very little likable about a character, why bother reading about them?

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 – Better late than never! A good set up issue, but I need more Hush like I need an axe in the head. I know that he’s become Dini’s pet bad guy over the past year or so, but let it go already. The Manhunter back-up was a good start to Kate’s Gotham adventures, but had very little weight to it.

Gotham City Sirens #1 Nice art, but once again there’s very little of note going on. Catwoman’s weak as a kitten (ho ho) so decides to set up house with Ivy and Harley, because obviously nothing could possibly go wrong with that – and that’s about it. Sure there’s a random bad guy thrown in but…that’s it.

Green Lantern Corps #38 – Good, but underwhelming intro to Blackest Night. The Guardians continue to be bastards, and nobody really seems to mind aside from Kyle and Guy. Suspect that’ll come back to bite them in their little blue asses.

Justice League: Cry for Justice#1 – Nice art, shame about the cliched writing. Every character wants “…Justice!”, which appears to be another way of saying “…Revenge!”. Overwrought, over played, and distressingly unsubtle. Although it does have a talking gorilla, so there’s that.

Agents Of Atlas #7 – I’m teetering on dropping this, as much as I like it. I’m just not sure where it’s going exactly. Right now, it feels oddly directionless – it seems desperate to define itself by reference to its guest stars. Next issue may make it or break it, Gorilla Man or not.

Amazing Spider-Man Family #8 – As good as ever, and per Bleeding Cool, not exactly cancelled, which is good news.

Captain America Reborn #1 – I don’t even have an opinion on this. It reads well, it looks good, it makes some sense…but I need to let it play out a little more before I make a decision one way or the other on the book. Something just feels iffy to me, using time travel as a plot point – even if it was heavily telegraphed in the early days of this volume of Captain America. And if that was Steve pulled out of time, who was buried in his coffin?

Fantastic Four #568 – Splash pages galore as the Marquis of Doom and his hooded disciple knock the team around a bit and then Reed shows him what a real man is. And then Reed gets the crap kicked out of him by a whole bunch of alternate versions of the Torch, the Thing and Sue. What? Ridiculous, borderline incoherent, but a very good looking book.

Invincible Iron Man #15 – Good issue, if a little light on action – but the plot moved forward nicely anyway. It’s the first time that the loss of Tony’s memory and intelligence hit on an emotional level, too, with a simple “Who’s Happy?” showing just how bad things are getting.

Uncanny X-Men #513 – Pointless posturing as Norman Osborn consolidates his power and clumsily muddles through some exposition as he introduces his own team of X-Men, and Cyclops ponders his next move. Honestly, I don’t know how this is the same guy writing this and Iron Man right now.

War Of Kings #5 – Continues to be an example of how to do a crossover right. And, of course, it all seems to boil down to the two leaders duking it out. I’m intrigued for what’s next for these characters, and hope that we get an Inhumans regular series out of it, or at least something starring Ronan and Crystal, who are really the break out stars of the story.

I also picked up Buffy but haven’t a chance to read it, so next week for that. I know, you can’t wait!

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Better late than never – and still ahead of this week’s releases, which is good.

Action Comics Annual #12 – A steaming pile of crap. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve read a worse comic in a long time. Where to begin? Perhaps the grating, omniscient third party narration? Perhaps the fact that their origins are contrived? Perhaps the fact that we may know their history but we don’t really know them? If you haven’t bought it, don’t.

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 - The store I went to didn’t have it. I choose to take this as a sign that it is not destined to be a monthly pull of mine. Alternatively, I may pick it up this week.

Outsiders #19 – Not bad, not good, just forgettable. The good news is that it has Vandal Savage (who’s always fun, in spite of Morrison’s makeover) and it also has Ra’s Al Ghul. IN A BEAR HEAD-HAT.

Power Girl #2 – Aaand I’m out. Well, that was quick. I’ve been looking forward to this comic since it was announced over a year ago, but I’m done. Two issues in and I get half an issue dedicated to the origin of a villain I don’t care about? Not only that, but the book suffers from serious verbal diarrhea. It’s the opposite of decompressed storytelling – which is fine until you realise that you don’t really care about the story anyway.

Supergirl #42 – Solid issue, with Lois reliably under control mourning her sister’s (apparent) death. It’s funny, but for all the fuss about Supergirl being back on track (and it is), I kind of view this book as the home of the Superman supporting cast right now – Lois, Sam Lane, Lana, Cat Grant; they’re all here. And the book’s the better for it. Oh, and Jamal Igle’s art on here is fantastic. He and Sibal are really working well together.

All-New Savage She-Hulk #3 – A great fun little mini. I find myself liking this more and more, and having the original She-Hulk punch out the Sentry is icing on the cake. Although…who wants more tiny little Normans running around? Sure, Harry’s okay, but the two-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken weren’t enough? Although…would a Norman/Lyra mix still have his brillo pad hair?

Amazing Spider-Man Family #7 – A Roger Stern-penned Spidey tale is always a must, even if it is about Aunt May and Uncle Ben first getting together – but on the eve of May’s wedding, its a nice little retrospective. Throw in Spider-Girl (still entertaining) and Fred Hembeck’s l’il Peter Parker meeting the Brothers Voodoo, and you’ve got a nice little book.

Cable #15 – The whole Messiah War thing has basically become one big fight scene. Enjoyable fluff, but no depth to it.

Captain Britain And MI 13 #14 – I mentioned how much I liked this last week – but allow me to add this:
Heh.

Dark Reign Fantastic Four #4 – The more I read this book, the more concerned I am with Hickman taking the reigns of the regular title. Reed is back in ‘fix everything’ mode (which is the title of Hickman’s first arc), Ben, Sue and Johnny are supporting characters, and Franklin and Valeria are funny but kind of brattish – and they really shouldn’t be one of the main focuses of the book in my opinion. On the plus side, Norman Osborn is reliably crazy and the end of the issue promises a great smack-down which will, no doubt, not be delivered.

Invincible Iron Man #14 – Apparently I missed last issue which is why , but I’m all caught up now. Fraction handles this book much better than he does Uncanny X-Men. Focused, smart and funny, he’s on fire here, and Sal Larocca’s work is gorgeous. I’m a bit confused about Crimson Dynamo as I thought Dmitri was out of the suit, but that’s not enough to put me off.

Mighty Avengers #26 – Better than last issue, which isn’t saying much. I’m still not entirely on board but I want to see how this plays out. Honestly, though, the book needs a better art team than this.

Punisher #6 – Didn’t pick it up. So its been moved to the trade list!

War Of Kings Ascension #3 – This issue turned the spotlight on Chris Powell as opposed to Darkhawk and was the better for it. The art’s a lot less confusing without the two Darkhawks running around, and I feel like I’m getting to know the protagonist. And the book has finally dovetailed with War of Kings.

X-Men Legacy #225 – A decent enough wrap up to Xavier’s arc, but after a year and a half of him as the central star, I still don’t really care about him. So I suspect that the book’s failed, really, in spite of solid writing on Carey’s behalf. Nice art though.

Er…
…okay.

Not really sure what to think of this. Looks like Rourke’s Whiplash has hijacked some Stark tech and made a Gladiator armor out of it.

I’m sure it’ll work out well in the movie, but right now, I’m not feeling this.

I only saw The Wrestler the other night so maybe I’m still on a high after seeing that, er, uplifting movie.

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If this doesn’t make you grin like a loon, then you’re on the wrong blog…

Right, back to moving.

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Director Jon Favreau is twittering about it!

Marvel.com is writing about it!

And Spoiler TV has these – and more pics – from it!

Yep, Iron Man 2 has started filming!

But the question on my mind is…what’s in Tony Stark’s lunchbox?

Yesterday Marvel announced changes to it’s film slate, with their revised offerings now playing out like this:

IRON MAN 2 – May 7, 2010
THOR – June 17, 2011
THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA – July 22, 2011
THE AVENGERS – May 4, 2012

Essentially, Thor has been pushed back a year, as has The Avengers.

I’d say that was a smart move. For an uncast movie that’s bound to be special-effects heavy, I think the turnaround on Thor was unrealistic. Now that it’s pushed back, we can look forward to a well produced, unrushed version – and with Kenneth Branagh behind it, I’m more than happy.

The move also makes more financial sense, spreading the risk and cost over a longer period, enabling the company to offset the cost with recouped profits on DVD sales on other movies somewhat (from a cashflow basis, anyway). I’m a little leery of the fact that Marvel Studios is pretty reliant on financing to get these films made in the first place, but this should spread the risk a little.

Just as long as the market starts recovering at some point…

I’m a little disappointed, if not surprised, that there’s no Incredible Hulk 2 on there, though. I like the idea of him being a driving force in getting the Avengers assembled in their movie, but by that time he will, presumably, have been off the big screen for four years. Can we get a big green cameo in any of the other movies along the way?

Bright side to the delay. None of this:

Marvel has signed Samuel L Jackson to appear as Nick Fury in nine – NINE movies.

So…Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America (maybe back in WWII?), Avengers and any future spin offs including possibly a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie.

Not mentioned in the THR article is this blog’s vote that clearly influenced Marvel’s decision.

Sorry, Avery Brooks!

The results are in!

I asked you who you wanted as Nick Fury when news broke about Samuel L Jackson’s contract negotiations, and here’s what you said (with 92 votes cast):

The majority of you wanted to keep Sam Jackson in the role – but someone that I should have put on the list that I didn’t think of was Captain Sisko-cum-Hawk Avery Brooks:

He’s a big guy, has gravitas and can do bad-ass when he needs to. You know, if Jackson doesn’t end up appearing, I could probably live with Brooks in the role.

It looks like Favreau may be close to casting his Black Widow.

According to Variety and EW, Emily Blunt may have snagged the role.

I’m okay with this, even if I’m not bowled over by it. I mean, I guess being an English Russian is better than being an American Russian, but it doesn’t beat being a Russian Russian, or even an Eastern European Russian, does it?

Unless this version of Natasha isn’t Russian, in which case I’ll just shut up now.

EDITED for a late addition to the poll suggested by Scott King

It looks like Samuel L Jackson is enlisting the press in his efforts to get a little more money to play Nick Fury in the Avengers, or at least that’s how it seems to my cynical eyes; from the LA Times…

“There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don’t know. Maybe I won’t be Nick Fury. Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it. There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so , ‘We’re not making that deal.’”

I called Marvel Comics and they gave me a statement that suggested that they still want to see Jackson wearing the eyepatch. “Marvel does not comment on active negotiations,” was the boilerplate response, but there was that emphasis on the word “active” in the voice of the spokesman who phoned me back.

That sounds to me like Marvel are trying to work a budget for the Avengers movie which, if it includes Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Samuel L Jackson, maybe Ed Norton, Tim Roth, William Hurt and whoever is cast as Thor or Cap or anyone else, could be astronomical. The smart thing to do would to negotiate lower salaries and more points on the back end – or just recast the part.

After all, Jackson appeared as Fury in only one scene; treat Fury as a codename instead of a real name and you’re done. Or you could just recut any Samuel L Jackson roles from the past ten years where he’s played exactly the same character and build the role around those sound clips.

But if you do recast there are two three obvious options.

One:
And two:

Oh yeah.

And three: late addition:

Vote in the poll on the right!

So with that little titbit about ‘Natasha’ being a character in the next Iron Man movie, I propose one of the following two ladies for the role:

Either…

Hilary Swank. She was rumored to cameo in the first movie back when it was shooting, she can kick ass, do comedy and, let’s face it, she’s a pretty good actress.

Or…

Olga Kurylenko. Because she’s Ukrainian and pretty and can handle action sequences. And she’s pretty.
Thoughts? Other options?

In comics, Hammer is much older than Stark, and is the head of Roxxon. He frequently (back in the eighties, it was virtually every other issue) employs supervillains in order to trash his enemies. More interestingly, he was also the man who first pushed Stark into alcoholism.

I smell casting disinformation – assistant indeed!

In the same spirit as yesterday’s Gotham MiniDude post…

little love for Marvel by ~duss005 on deviantART
I think Dustin Nguyen may have just jumped up my favorite artist list!

Back to that potential Mighty Avengers line-up…you know the one:

In light of what I said last post, and that several people pointed this out to me, and that Bendis said he was going to be one of the Avengers teams, I’m going to call that gun-wielding guy on the bottom left not as Hank Pym, but as Noh-Varr, the new Captain Marvel.

Also, you may remember that Slott said that there will be a founding member on the team – but the absence of Pym (sniff) still leaves Iron Man and Hulk on that pic above.

Or does it?

The image below appeared on Mike Deodato’s blog a few days ago, and Bendis had hinted at the appearance of a character by this name –

– so it could be him and not Iron Man, although Mike Deodato is the artist on Dark Avengers and not Mighty, so maybe not.

It could still be War Machine on the Mighty Avengers cover with the shoulder cannons down. Yep, I’m going for that, because I really, really, hope that’s the Hulk on that cover above and not Hulking, so he’s the only founder.

It occurs to me that if Don Cheadle doesn’t work out as the new, post-Terrence-Howard-Jim Rhodes, there is another perfectly good – nay, AWESOME – candidate in the wings!

He has experience at his roles being usurped, so he has sensitivity to spare…

He can handle a gun…

His experience with alcohol will provide a perfect support for Downey Jr’s Stark should he turn to the bottle…

Quint at AICN has an in depth interview with Jon Favreau, which includes this excerpt: