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  • June 2008

    • Hulk Sees Green at Box Office

      Variety  |  Jun 15, 08 4:38 PM CDT

      Hulk Sees Green at Box Office

      (Newser) - The Incredible Hulk stormed the weekend box office, grossing $54.5 million for Universal and Marvel Comics , Variety reports. Kung Fu Panda fell to second with $34.3 million as the R-rated thriller The Happening surprised analysts by banking $30.5 million in third. You Don't Mess With the Zohan and Indiana Jones claimed fourth and fifth spots. More »

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      box office  • Universal Studios  • Marvel Comics

    • Hulk Packs a Fun Punch

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 13, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Hulk Packs a Fun Punch

      (Newser) - It’s no Iron Man , but The Incredible Hulk is a crowd-pleaser that comic book devotees and action fans will appreciate, critics say. The second adaptation of the Marvel comic in five years avoids the missteps of Ang Lee’s 2003 moody bust ( Hulk ) and “embraces its identity as a sci-fi-summer-action-blockbuster extravaganza,” writes Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle . More »

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      movie review  • Marvel Comics  • Ang Lee  • Iron Man  • The Incredible Hulk

  • May 2008

    • Studios Gamble on Hulk 's Quick Return

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 9, 08 6:30 PM CDT

      Studios Gamble on Hulk 's Quick Return

      (Newser) - Studio executives are hoping that The Incredible Hulk , due out June 13, will roar in dollar-sign green—and not the sicklier shade of moviegoers still recovering from Ang Lee's 2003 version, the Los Angeles Times reports. Funders Universal and Marvel promise more action in the new version, and bigger names like Edward Norton and Tim Roth. More »

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      action movie  • Universal Studios  • Marvel Comics  • Ang Lee  • movie remakes  • The Incredible Hulk  • trailers

    • Iron Man Blasts Off at Box Office

      Variety  |  May 4, 08 4:56 PM CDT

      Iron Man Blasts Off at Box Office

      (Newser) - Paramount and Marvel struck gold with Iron Man this weekend, raking in $201 million worldwide in the tenth-best opening ever, Variety reports. The male-skewing film left room for Made of Honor to draw in women and $15.5 million in second spot.  More »

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      box office  • Paramount Pictures  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Paramount  • Marvel Comics  • Iron Man

    • Iron Man Solid Gold

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 1, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      Iron Man Solid Gold

      (Newser) - Iron Man rockets into theaters tomorrow, and it’s so good it “practically dares the competition to measure up,” Peter Travers writes in Rolling Stone . Critics are nearly unanimous in praising the latest superhero flick, admiring its “raw vitality” and “pitch-perfect casting.” Robert Downey Jr., in particular, “brings so much creative juice to the party that Iron Man achieves instant liftoff.” More »

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      film  • movie review  • movies  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Marvel Comics  • superhero  • John Favreau

    • Iron Man Wrought of Risk

      Washington Post  |  May 1, 08 11:28 AM CDT

      Iron Man Wrought of Risk

      (Newser) - Iron Man isn’t really an A-list superhero. “You could really go down the list till you get to Iron Man,” says director John Favreau. But Marvel Studios is banking its future on Iron Man , and its titular hero isn’t even the riskiest part. There’s also baggage-laden star Robert Downey Jr., and Favreau, a comedy director who hates CGI. More »

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      movie  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Marvel Comics  • superhero  • Iron Man  • John Favreau

  • March 2008

    • Big-Time Writers Lured to... Comic Books?

      NPR  |  Mar 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Big-Time Writers Lured to... Comic Books?

      (Newser) - Comic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel,” says novelist Jodi Picoult, who recently tried her hand at Wonder Woman. More »

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      comics  • Marvel Comics  • graphic novel  • DC Comics

  • January 2008

    • Spidey Dumps Mary Jane

      Newsweek  |  Jan 11, 08 10:53 AM CST

      Spidey Dumps Mary Jane

      (Newser) - After 20 years of togetherness, Peter Parker and his beloved Mary Jane are kaput, and he's locking lips with a new mystery woman, according to the latest issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Longtime fans of the Marvel Comics classic aren't any too happy about the split, Newsweek reports. "This is an admission of a lack of ideas,"  said one disgruntled fan. More »

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      fans  • comics  • Spider-Man  • Marvel Comics

  • December 2007

    • Spider-Man's Mission: Save UN

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Dec 27, 07 9:17 AM CST

      Spider-Man's Mission: Save UN

      (Newser) - Battered by the oil-for-food scandal and accused of inaction and inefficiency, the United Nations is looking to an unusual ally for help improving its image: Spider-Man. In a novel collaboration, the international body has enlisted Marvel Comics to produce a one-off comic book that will see its cast of superheroes team up with blue-helmeted peacekeepers to fight violence, poverty and disease, reports the Financial Times . More »

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      United Nations  • comics  • Marvel Comics

  • November 2007

    • Marvel Takes Superheros Online

      Reuters  |  Nov 14, 07 5:50 AM CST

      Marvel Takes Superheros Online

      (Newser) - Comic giant Marvel will soon launch a website where fans can access thousands of new and vintage titles featuring Spider Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and other iconic superheroes. The Internet has dealt a heavy blow to newsstand comic sales, and Marvel hopes to recoup some of the loss with $4.99-$9.99 monthly online subscriptions, Reuters reports. More »

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      Internet  • website  • comics  • Spider-Man  • Marvel Comics  • superhero  • X Men

  • July 2007

    • Captain America Dead at 66

      Associated Press  |  Jul 1, 07 7:42 AM CDT

      Captain America Dead at 66

      (Newser) - In an issue of its comic book coming out July 5, Marvel Comics kills off superhero Captain America.  In "Fallen Son" Captain America is killed by an assassin on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York.  He was there after refusing to register his true identity (Steve Rogers for you non-fans) with the government. More »

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      Iraq war  • obituary  • politics  • comics  • Marvel Comics  • superhero

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