Bringing you the latest Heroic Headlines from the world of Superhero Entertainment!
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******** SUPERHEROES IN THE NEWS! ********
SUPERMAN: "I'm here to fight for truth, justice and the American way."
- Entertainment Weekly has 9 new Man of Steel Pics!
- Superman: Unbound: an adaptation of Geoff John's and Gary Frank's Braniac story premieres at WonderCon in Anaheim CA!
- The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex features a Superman pictorial tribute.
- Superhero fanfilm Power Meeting is back online!
- Man of Steel Trailer re-created by Legos.
- The 35th annual Superman Celebration takes place June 6th- June 9th in Metropolis Illinois.
- Superman celebrates his 75th anniversary this year!! The hero was introduced in 1938.
- Super-Fact: Kryptonite will not be introduced in the latest Superman movie, Man of Steel.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: "I don't like bullies. I don't care where they are from."
- The new Captain America film starring Chris Evans is titled Captain America: Winter Soldier. It celebrates the patriotic Avenger's third appearance on the big screen. This time in 3D.
- Robert Redford has joined the cast of
- Revenges, Emily Vancamp has been cast in the role of Steve Rogers new love interest.
- The story: As Steve Rogers continues his affiliation with S.H.I.E.L.D and struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he's reunited with James 'Bucky' Barnes, who is now brainwashed Russian assassin known as the 'Winter Soldier'.
- Captain America's sidekick the Falcon will join the cast. The Falcon aka Sam Wilson will be portrayed by actor Anthony Mackie.
- Cap-Fact: Captain America came out on 1941, nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
BATMAN: "Crime doesn't Pay!"
- DC Comics kills Batman's son: Damian Wayne/Robin! Damian is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Ghul.
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns comic book becomes an animated movie! The story based on Frank Millers' classic Batman tale is retold in 2 parts. Both are currently on DVD.
- The Batmobile from the 1966 Batman series fetches 4.2 million in auction.
- New Batman/Superman Comic Book to come out in July.
- A Batman cameo is rumored to be featured in Zack Snyder's The Man of Steel.
- Toy-line featuring toys from The 1966 Adam West Batman TV series is coming in 2013!
- Bat-Fact: When Batman was first introduced he carried a gun, now he doesn't like them.
IRONMAN: "Don't waste it... don't waste your life, Stark."
- Iron Man 3 Breaks records and crosses the one billion dollar mark.
- Iron Man 3's PG-13 rating doesn't hurt sales.
- Robert Downey Jr. reports getting paid 50 million for the Avengers.
- Robert Downey Jr. hints at dropping out of the Ironman role.
- Media debates who could fill the armor.
- Check Out a colol Ion Man 3 poster!
- Iron-Fact: Tony Stark is based on Multi-Millionaire Howard Hughes.
SPIDERMAN: "We need a hero, courageous sacrificing people, setting examples for all of us."
- The Amazing Spiderman 2 is currently being shot in New York City. Both Andrew Garfield and director and Marc Webb return.
- Spidermans pal's Mary-Jane Watson and Harry Osborn will appear in The Amazing Spiderman 2. They will be played by Shailene Woodley and Dane Dehaan. Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti are also confirmed as Electro and The Rhino.
- The Superior Spiderman in which Doctor Octopus takes over Peter Parker's body has some fans outraged.
The Disney XD animated series Ultimate Spider-Man starring Nickelodeon star Drake Bell as Peter Parker/Spiderman returns for a second season. - Spidey-Fact: In 1987 a Spiderman balloon measuring 78 feet was introduced in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
GREEN ARROW: "I'm not super. Any talents I have, I worked for."
- The Arrow TV series is a hit for the CW.
- In the vein of Smallville, Arrow is packed with many lesser known DC characters. The Green Arrow's main squeeze from his comic book adventures, The Black Canary has already debut. Batman's Huntress and many Batman villains have also been featured, including Firefly and The Royal Flush Gang.
- Visit Arrow's official Website!
- Arrow official Poster revealed! Check it out!
- Green Arrow-Fact: Mort Weisinger's creation was inspired by Robin Hood and a movie serial, The Green Archer.
THE HULK: " Hulk no like fighting girls!"
- There will be no stand alone Hulk film for quite some time says Hulk star Mark Ruffalo. The next time the Hulk appears on the big screen will be in The Avengers 2.
- “Marvel Animation Studios revealed plans for its debut feature, Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United. The story will team Tony Stark and Bruce Banner in a fight against the villain Zzzax, a creature formed out of pure energy who can absorb human minds.
- Former Hulk writer Peter David suffers stroke!
- Mark Waid is writing the comic book series, Indestructible Hulk!
- Avengers Initiative Incredible Hulk Mobile Device Game for iPhone and Android.
- Hulk-Fact: The Hulk can travel up to 3 miles in just one leap!
X-MEN: "Second best don't cut it, bub!"
- The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman is the second installment in the Wolverine franchise will be released on July 26, 2013. The story takes place in Japan.
- Bryan Singer, the director of the original X-Men movie is back at the helm of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Halley Berry returns as Storm.
- X-Men: Days of Future Past is set to include all X-Men characters from every film.
- An all female X-Men comic book is on the way. Roster for the team will consist of Storm, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Psylocke and Jubilee.
- A new Wolverine comic book series starts in March with Cornell writing and Alan Davis on pencils.
- X-Fact: Within the Marvel Universe, the X-Men are widely regarded to have been named after Professor Xavier himself.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: "The real test of honor isn't how you die, it's how you live."
- Rumors circulate the internet that Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan is said to have been asked to oversee the JLA film as he did with the upcoming Man of Steel with Henry Cavill and Christian Bale to star.
- Injustice: God's Among Us, one of the most anticipated video games based on the DC Comics heroes is coming in April Wii U, PS3 and XBox 360.
- The Injustice: God's Among Us website allows fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite heroes as they battle.
- It is the last season of the animated series Young Justice .
- JLA-Fact: Michael Rosenbaum is the voice of the Flash on the Justice League Animated series. He also portrayed Lex Luthor on Smallville.
AVENGERS: "If we can't protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we'll Avenge it."
- The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are added to the Avengers 2 hero roster.
- Cast members of the Avengers, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo will all return for Avengers 2.
- Shield is coming to TV. Series is expected to take place after The Avengers movie. Series is set to take place after the Avengers movie.
- Avengers hardcover issue compilation of comics to include a digital copy.
- Avenger-Fact: The very first "Avengers" consisted of Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and Wasp.
GREEN LANTERN: "Anything I see in my mind, I can create. I've just got to focus."
- Green Lantern leads the way with The Cartoon Network's DC Nation.
- The Green Lantern Animated Series outshines The Green Lantern movie for many fans.
- Green Lantern 2 is being considered despite a lackluster performance at the box office for the first Green Lantern film. New directors and cast are being considered.
- Batman Lego Movie to include The Green Lantern.
- Ryan Reynolds says he is not ready to return to Green Lantern.
- GL-Fact: The Green Lantern made his first small screen appearance on The Challenge of the Super Friends in 1978.
WONDER WOMAN: "Hiding like cowards is not the Amazon way."
- The WonderWoman TV show Amazon is resparked and head for 2014.
- WonderWoman Kia Car is revealed at The New York Auto show. The car is DC Comics and Kia’s efforts to raise awareness for the We Can Be Heroes giving campaign to fight hunger in Africa.
- Play as the Amazon Princess in the upcoming Injustice: God's Among Us game.
- New high quality WonderWoman Fan Film returns her to her World War 2 roots.
- Wonder-Fact: Wonder Woman and her magic lasso of truth were invented by William Moulton Marston, the inventor of the polygraph machine.
