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This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie's name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. More »
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Marvel's gearing up for the release of The Avengers with some curious promotions, but here's one that's pretty magnificent. Come April, Marvel will give select comics variant covers depicting Earth's Mightiest Heroes as illustrated by the likes of Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Monet. Here's what they've unveiled so far. I wouldn't mind having that Georges Seurat hang in my boudoir one iota.

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Before Scarlett Johansson donned Natasha Romanov's red tresses and Lynda Carter wore ancient Grecian skateboarding gear, Angie Bowie — a.k.a. the model "Jipp Jones," the then-wife of David Bowie, and mother of Source Code director Duncan Jones — gave both Marvel's superspy and DC Comics' Amazonian princess a shot. Neither of her forays into superheroics were picked up, but the photographic evidence does have a magnificently deranged 1970s vibe. More »
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Marvel's big superhero ensemble movie The Avengers released an early look at some rough promo art. Which includes some concept art for Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk! More »
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From the brilliant mind behind Iron Baby and the Puppy AT-AT comes the latest in awesome stop-motion shorts, Black Widow Gone Wild. Plus a gorgeous Mexican zombie movie and another short worth your immediate attention! More »
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Halloween is almost upon us, but you haven't had time to make a costume. What does the prefab costume industry have for you this year? Lots of superheroes, Predators, skanky robots... and Lady Gaga. Prepare to bleach your eyes. More »
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James McAvoy explains Patrick Stewart's influence on his performance in X-Men: First Class. Steven Moffat drops some crazy hints for what lies ahead on Doctor Who. Breaking Dawn might not start out as 3D. Smallville casts another major Superman alum. More »
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Thanks to io9 commenter alohaloya for the whipping this awesome poster up. More »
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Even more so than usual, it's an especially movie- and Marvel Comics-centric week in terms of new comic releases, with Iron Man-related books leading the charge. But don't forget the return of Doc Savage and the Green Hornet, too...! More »
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Iron Man 2 may be the cinematic debut for Marvel's femme fatale spy the Black Widow, but it's not the first time she was headed for the big screen. X-Men screenwriter David Hayter explains how Charlize Theron ruined everything. More »
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A few more details are leaking out from the Iron Man 2 trailer besides what comic book story line the movie may be using. It seems Black Widow's true allegiance may have been leaked. Check out the spoilery reveal. More »
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It may be the start of the holiday season - which, amongst other things, means that new comics are released on Thursday this week, instead of Wednesday - but that doesn't stop comics from bringing death, destruction and Iron Man. More »
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Want to be one of the first people to see Iron Man 2, meet Scarlet Johansson and indulge your charity benefactor side while you're at it? eBay and cinema's new Black Widow are offering a way to make it happen. More »
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It's still three years away, but that isn't stopping Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige from dropping hints about who and what to expect from the big superhero mash-up movie The Avengers when it eventually comes out. More »
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More dead are rising at DC, Marvel looks back at its long history, and it's left to the indies to offer up the most interesting books of the week. As ever, these are New Comics We Crave. More »
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If you like what you've seen of Scarlett Johanssen's Black Widow from Iron Man 2 so far, Marvel has your future needs covered: Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell will be telling her back story in Black Widow: Year One. More »
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Scarlett Johansson is slipping into the leather catsuit and filling the high-heeled boots of Black Widow, while everyone's favorite Wrestler, Mickey Rourke, is getting his own cybernetic whips in Iron Man 2. More »
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Are we jumping to wrong conclusions by linking recent leaks about the Iron Man sequel and thinking that it really is the start, at least, of the boozy Tony story? Maybe... but we doubt it. More »
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Move over, Emily Blunt; Dollhouse's Echo is after your place in the next Iron Man movie, as Eliza Dushku goes public with her desire to play Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff, AKA The Black Widow. More »
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Is this the face of the Black Widow? Rumors have Emily Blunt as the front-runner to play the Russian femme fatale in next year's Iron Man 2, and we couldn't be happier. More »
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If rumors are to be believed, Tony Stark's dad is just one of three very familiar faces we'll see in 2010's sequel to this summer's Iron Man - and there's some interesting casting involved, too. More »
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Jon Favreau may have spilled the unsurprising beans on who the movie version of Marvel’s Avengers consists of, but what does he know? He may not even be making Iron Man 2: This Time, He’s Rusty! We here at io9 would rather see a movie that builds around the core franchise heroes with some lesser-known names from the Marvel library. Join us under the jump for our list of (io)9 potential new movie idols. More »
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We've already told you about five fan films that blew us away. With more Iron Man on the horizon, a reader (thanks Clive!) has let us know about this fan film featuring the other Man of Steel that looks pretty snazzy. It not only includes Ms. Marvel, the Black Widow, Nick Fury, and a decidedly non-Asian, curly-headed Mandarin, but it doesn't relegate Pepper Potts to her traditional "Oh, Tony!" role. More »
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