Most of the time, sequels are at best entertaining, and at worst an affront to the memory of the original. But once in a great while, a sequel comes along that makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about the original story. Here are 12 sequels that pull back and show you the bigger picture. » 7/31/14 2:18pm Yesterday 2:18pm

Marvel has announced release dates for five films – two in 2017, two in 2018, and a fifth in 2019 – but opted to leave out which films they'll be releasing. Let the wild speculation begin! » 7/20/14 1:59pm 7/20/14 1:59pm

Yesterday, we all found out via women-targeted talk show The View that Marvel Comics' Thor is going to be a woman soon. Today, Marvel says their next big super-hero news will be announced on parody political show The Colbert Report. What Marvel connection could Colbert possibly have? » 7/16/14 11:35am 7/16/14 11:35am

With Independence Day right around the corner, Fox's Animation Domination mixes a comic book icon with horrible U.S. statistics to make everyone a little more depressed. » 6/30/14 4:00pm 6/30/14 4:00pm

That's one cool, unexpected Marvel/Nintendo mashup by artist Vance Bell. Link and Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda games, back together as Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier. » 4/22/14 8:30am 4/22/14 8:30am

Since Dark Souls is one of the few RPGs where you can use a shield as your primary weapon, it is clear that it needs a proper Captain America shield mod. Here's one, made by the talented modder l2dusk. » 4/16/14 9:20am 4/16/14 9:20am

Imagine, for a moment, that The Avengers weren't the Marvel heroes that we know and love—and instead, they were Sailor Moon characters. Okay, I know that sounds bizarre but...just stick with me here, okay? » 4/14/14 4:30pm 4/14/14 4:30pm

Marvel's self-made superhero movies are box office blockbusters and massively fun. But they're not perfect; like so many summer action flicks, they can be plenty dumb, and there's no sense in pretending otherwise. Here are 10 plot holes from Marvel's movies that we're still trying not to think about. » 4/07/14 5:07pm 4/07/14 5:07pm

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a brilliant action movie, that serves up a huge dose of wish fulfillment along with its bravura fight scenes. The wish fulfillment isn't just being a face-kicking badass and blowing shit up, but the notion that we could all live in Steve Rogers' world, where political conundrums… » 4/04/14 12:43pm 4/04/14 12:43pm

There's a new Captain America movie, so there are new Hot Toys figures based on that movie. And true to the company's past exploits, they're amazing. » 4/03/14 11:00pm 4/03/14 11:00pm

With Captain America: Not A Condensed Origin Story hitting theaters later this week, it's time to reflect on all the things the first movie got wrong. Or jut skim over them, because 12 minutes is way too short. » 4/01/14 2:30pm 4/01/14 2:30pm

The official video game tie-in for Captain America: The Winter Soldier came out this week for iOS and Android, and the $2.99 Gameloft joint has me waxing nostalgic for the days of paying $50 for licensed console games that were almost guaranteed crap. » 3/29/14 5:00pm 3/29/14 5:00pm

We could get off relatively cheap without his vibranium shield, and even with the shield, it would be still nothing compared to building Iron Man—at least according to this financial breakdown of how much being Captain America would cost. » 3/26/14 7:00am 3/26/14 7:00am

Over the weekend, the Avengers assembled in Taiwan! Well... sort of. This past weekend in Taipei, thousands of superhero fans and running enthusiasts hit the ground running in a 5k marathon. » 3/24/14 6:00am 3/24/14 6:00am

It's all been leading up to this. Hundreds of pages, or hours, of buildup, leading up to the final confrontation between the forces of excellent and the forces of not-excellent. And then... it's kind of a bust. The bad guys kind of fold. Or the fight lasts 30 seconds. Or it's just thumb-wrestling. Here are the most… » 2/27/14 3:35pm 2/27/14 3:35pm

Team-based tactics in a Captain America video game? Here's our first look at the official video game tie-in for Captain America: The Winter Soldier from Gameloft. It's a mix of action and tactics, and will feature multiplayer clans. Weird. Look for it on iOS and Android next month. » 2/04/14 1:00pm 2/04/14 1:00pm

You would think that having the powers of a radioactive spider, or wearing a cape to a fight, would qualify as crazy enough for comic books. Not so. Comics delve into alternate worlds that show different sides of their superheroes - nutbag, wacko-smacko sides. Take a look at the looniest alternate reality versions… » 11/18/13 9:14pm 11/18/13 9:14pm

Superheroes don't just wear costumes to disguise themselves — they take on a whole heroic identity by slapping on the spandex. So it's no wonder that supers like to keep their suits in elaborate glass cases, so they can stare at them and brood. Here are our favorite scenes of superheroes staring at costumes in cases. » 11/11/13 7:33pm 11/11/13 7:33pm

Look, if you’re going to troll fans of the Marvel Universe, Falcon aficionados and all of America, you can’t do it much better than this new fake trailer for the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Cap punched Hitler back in the 1940s. Now he’s slapping Obama. What are you trying to say, Taiwanese animators? » 7/10/13 2:00pm 7/10/13 2:00pm