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– While I know no one that actually liked the ‘twist’ at the end of “Captain America: Steve Rogers” #1 yesterday, I also don’t know any monsters who would tweet death threats at Nick Spencer, which apparently is a thing. Look, it is a disgusting turn of events, and a shameful way to treat a Jewish-American creation, but telling a stranger to die is even more disgusting and shameful. If you dislike the book and don’t buy it, that will send a much clearer message.
– Deja vu anyone? Marvel will be publishing their own previews catalog in July to give fans information and get them excited for…Marvel NOW! Nope, you didn’t go through a time warp, that branding is coming back. To be fair, it works better than All New, All Different, All NOW!, or whatever the next stage in that branding scheme was.
– Supposedly, Warner Bros. is toying with the idea of other Suicide Squad spinoffs, in addition to the previously rumored Harley Quinn feature. The two names tossed around are the Joker and Captain Boomerag and, I must say, if the first thing Geoff Johns does as new co-head of Warner’s DC films division is give us a Captain Boomerang movie, that’s the most Geoff Johns thing in the world. Well, except for “Rebirth” #1…that’s really the most Geoff Johns thing in the world.
– We got a better look at the returned Wally West’s new digs yesterday, though we still don’t know if or what his superhero name will be. Young Adult Flash?
– Titan has announced a new comic based off of the ‘Dishonored’ video game series by writer Gordon Rennie, artist Andrea Olimpieri and colorist Marcelo Maiolo.
– The adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” did something that the casting of Scarlett Johansson didn’t – cast an actual Asian woman! Rila Fukushima, who you may know from Arrow or The Wolverine, has been cast in an unknown part.
– And, finally, the original trailer for the third Star War film, then callled Revenge of the Jedi, has finally surfaced after 34 years. It is incredible how cheap and tossed together trailers looked back then.
