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03:51 PM, Jan 23, 2013

Spider-Man's geeky alter-ego, Peter Parker, dies in a major battle with his rival Doctor Octopus. ...

01:49 PM, Dec 27, 2012

Los Angeles: Professor X, the Marvel comic book character who formed and led the superhero mutant team known as X-Men, has been killed off. The latest issue of comic book 'Avengers VS. X-Men,' out on Wednesday, saw the wheelchair bound and telepathic character, whose full name is Charles Xavier, get killed by Cyclops, a member of his very own X-Men team. "When we first crafted 'Avengers VS. X-Men,' we didn't...

02:41 PM, Sep 13, 2012

Los Angeles: The new Spider-Man climbed to the top of movie box office charts with weekend sales of $65 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, a smashing debut for the reinvented franchise about a web-slinging superhero. The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield in the role played by Tobey Maguire in three earlier installments, started strong with $7.5 million in midnight sales on July 3 and remained so through the...

05:38 PM, Jul 09, 2012

New York: On a weekend in January of 2010, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios pivoted faster than even Spider-Man would dare. A fourth installment of the hugely popular Spider-Man franchise was planned, with director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire returning to their trilogy of films that had earned more than $2.5 billion at the global box office and generally been hailed as a standard-bearer in big-screen comic book adaptations....

04:54 PM, Jun 28, 2012

Philadelphia: Green Lantern, one of DC Comics' oldest and enduring heroes no matter what parallel earth he's on, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a proud, mighty and openly gay hero. The change is revealed in the pages of the second issue of 'Earth 2' out next week, and comes on the heels of what has been an expansive year for gay and lesbian...

05:14 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Marvel comic book crime fighters 'The X-Men' are getting ready for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world. ...

04:30 PM, May 23, 2012

Philadelphia: Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. The New York-based publisher said on Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu, in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men" No. 51. That's due out June 20. Northstar revealed he was gay in the pages of "Alpha Flight" No. 106 in 1992, one of Marvel...

11:00 AM, May 23, 2012

Los Angeles: 'Ant-Man' movie project has been given a go ahead by Marvel Studios following the massive success of 'The Avengers'. Details about the long-awaited movie are still scarce for now, but it has been said that Marvel president Kevin Feige is eager to move forward with the project, reported Ace Showbiz. 'Ant-Man' follows biochemist Dr Hank Pym, who uses his latest discovery, a group of subatomic particles, to create...

04:09 PM, May 21, 2012

New Delhi: 'The Avengers,' the smash hit movie about Marvel superheroes who team up to save the Earth, crushed competitors for a second weekend with a record $103.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and was poised to top $1 billion worldwide. After posting the highest domestic box office debut in history, 'Avengers' set another record by easily topping the $75.6 million 'Avatar' pulled in during its second weekend...

02:53 PM, May 16, 2012

Philadelphia: Call it a relaunch bump and jump. DC Comics overtook long-time rival Marvel for the first time since 2002 after figures for October sales of comic books showed the publisher of relaunched versions of Superman, Batman, the Flash and others, gathering 51 percent of the market share for the month compared with nearly 30.3 per cent for Marvel. They were followed by Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics and IDW...

01:44 PM, Nov 05, 2011

New York: Marvel Comics revealed on Tuesday that the heir to the Spider-Man costume following the death of Peter Parker will be Miles Morales, a teenager of half-Hispanic and half-black origin who will protect New York from the bad guys starting Wednesday, when "Ultimate Comics Fallout #4" hits the magazine racks. "When the opportunity arose to create a new Spider-Man, we knew it had to be a character that represents...

02:04 PM, Aug 03, 2011

New York: A federal judge ruled on Thursday that influential comic book artist Jack Kirby's creations such as the Fantastic Four and the Hulk belong to Marvel Entertainment, and not his heirs. The decision in New York by District Judge Colleen McMahon scuttles a copyright claim by Kirby's heirs that threatened to undermine everything from Marvel's movie projects to its integration into parent company Walt Disney Co. "I conclude that...

02:10 PM, Jul 29, 2011

Hong Kong: Stan Lee wants to see the likes of Spiderman and the X-Men weaving between skyscrapers in Shanghai and battling enemies on the Great Wall. The comic book legend has announced a joint venture with a Hong Kong investment company that aims to roll out a new superhero franchise targeted at Chinese and foreign audiences. Lee's POW! Entertainment said in a statement issued on its website this week that...

06:05 PM, Jul 04, 2011

Philadelphia: The lights are going out for Peter Parker, the high school student bitten by a radioactive spider whose wall-crawling and web-slinging antics have made him a touchstone of Marvel Comics' universe of heroes and villains. The publisher said on Tuesday that Parker's alter ego, Spiderman, will die, finally succumbing to one of his most pernicious foes in the final issue of "Ultimate Comics Spiderman" due out Wednesday. Fans of...

12:32 PM, Jun 22, 2011

Philadelphia: The Uncanny X-Men, soon to end in just a few more issues, won't be gone for long. Two new titles will replace Marvel Comics' longest-running current series in November as it draws a 48-year run to a close with issue No. 544. In what the publisher is calling "X-Men Regenesis," two separate teams calling themselves the X-Men will take root this fall with the respective series " "Wolverine &...

07:28 PM, Jun 16, 2011

Philadelphia: A new look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker - the awkward teenager who catches thieves like flies - is still a mystery. Marvel Comics said Monday that Parker is taking off the Spidey costume for good as part of its "Death of Spider-Man" story in its Ultimate Comics imprint, but it has offered scant clues as to what...

10:55 AM, Apr 19, 2011