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The MCU now has an Illuminati. Well… had an Illuminati, as nearly the entire team was wiped out by the Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, now streaming on Disney Plus. As viewers of the film know, the MCU version of the secret squad of heroes …

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the Marvel Universe, which kicked off with 1961’s Fantastic Four #1 (opens in new tab), and the publisher is celebrating by giving the heart-and-soul of the FF, Ben Grimm, his own The Thing five-issue limited series written by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley, making his …

The sad tale of 2015’s Fantastic Four is well-documented; Decried by director Josh Trank on the eve of its release, the movie – which had all the telltale signs of studio interference – was met with an overwhelmingly negative reception from critics and general audiences alike. Screen Crush (opens in …

More than just superheroes… Comics have already taken over the movies and now they’re conquering TV. We already have a swathe of superhero shows based on books from Marvel and DC: Arrow, The Flash, Gotham and more. Then there’s The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman’s enormously popular zombie comic has become …

It’s yawning time. It all looked so good for Josh Trank a few months ago. A cult superhero flick to his name in 2012’s Chronicle. A major-league Marvel movie in the can. And a Star Wars spin-off in the offing. And then came the mysterious departure from Star Wars and …