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We've been enjoying the heck out of Kevin Wada and Max Wittert's X-Men clothing line (previously: 1, 2) — these drawings transform Marvel Comics' strangest superteam into a collective of blasé performance artists who blow Xavier's endowment on smart drinks imported from the farthest reaches of the Shi'ar Empire. More »
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We've seen kaiju inserted into yard sale paintings and vampiric 1800s facsimiles of Nicolas Cage. In the spirit of such portraiture comes Alex Gross' series of science fiction cabinet cards, in which he takes poor dead bastards who kicked it 100+ years ago and repaints them as pop icons. Gross will be presenting a new batch of cards in Los Angeles next month. Here are some of our favorites.

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Until laser pistols are invented — or trebuchets come back in fashion — bullets will remain the uncreative weapon of choice for individuals in regrettable situations everywhere. More »
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Superheroes don't always toss bad guys in the pokey. No, sometimes they turn them into babies and candles or torture them with quiescently frozen confections. Here are 10 times superheroes engaged in some weird justice.

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In the incredibly strange scene from the 1978 cartoon series The New Fantastic Four, Reed Richards bests Magneto with his secret weapon...the wooden gun. Who knew Reed Richards was such an avid hobbyist? Who knew Magneto was such a weenie? More »
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X-Men: First Class producer/former X-director Bryan Singer recently revealed that First Class takes place in the 1960s and has a pulpy Silver Age feel. And y'know what? I think this might be the thing that makes the X-franchise weird again. More »
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In 1997, X-Men: The Ravages Of Apocalypse hit stores. The game was a Marvel-sanctioned total conversion of the bloody first-person shooter Quake. You played as a cyborg Magneto built to kill Apocalypse's army of X-Men clones. Eat rocket launcher, bub!

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Michael Fassbender is playing a major Marvel villain - but will it be young Magneto in X-Men: First Class or the baddie in the Spider-Man reboot? And which Spidey nemesis will it be? More »
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Guillermo del Toro talks The Hobbit's majestic monsters. A photo reveals a new Doctor Who alien — or is it a familiar face? Plus, Summer Glau speaks riddles on Dollhouse, and news from Shazam, The Green Hornet, Lost, and Supernatural. More »
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Empire recently talked to X-Men movie franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner about plans for Wolverine 2, X-Men First Class, Deadpool and Magneto, and got some some interesting updates on what movies will happen when... if at all. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Tons of pictures in today's spoilers, from The Green Hornet, Astro Boy, Eclipse, and FlashForward. Plus, Ian McKellan talks about his participation in The Hobbit and Magneto, and Lost reveals two more children. Plus, Supernatural, SGU, and V. More »
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We watch their so-called "fiendish" schemes being defeated on a regular basis, but have you ever stopped to wonder whether life would be better if the bad guy won? Here're some villains we're rooting for... and why we're doing so. More »
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It's a spoiler: Patrick Stewart drops some X-Men hints. Doctor Who's next writer teases a historical epic. New pics show Smallville's Superman costume, Supernatural's cop-shop, and True Blood's finale. Plus 9, The Box, Dollhouse, Fringe New Moon, Stargate and Superman/Batman. More »
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When asked about the rumors that he'll get another shot at the next Superman movie, director Bryan Singer awkwardly stumbled around the idea. Does he know something we don't? Also could he be the man to revive the X-Men franchise after the last two duds? More »
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Looks like someone is finally taking care of the Magneto movie. IndieLondon caught up with Lauren Shuler Donner, big wig X-Men producer and one of the minds behind Constantine 2, Donner is eager to get cracking on the X-Men Origins: Magneto story. More »
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The remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still almost didn't include the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto," until star Keanu Reeves insisted on including it. But just wait until you find out what other liberties the remake takes with the original. Meanwhile, there's a new synopsis of the Magneto origin movie, a new Transformers 2 detail, and a new Dragonball photo. Plus ABC has released the first official promo pic for Lost season five, and Anna Torv tells you what to watch out for on Fringe. And there are spoilers for Dollhouse, Heroes, Chuck, Smallville, Sarah Connor and Supernatural. You can't stop the spoilers! More »
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After just showing that the "Ultimate" version of Magneto was the son of privileged Canadians, Marvel Comics are continuing their somewhat schizophrenic history with a new series looking back at Magneto's childhood... as a Jew growing up in Nazi Germany. Click under the jump to see previews that reveal that Magneto wasn't always a hardened terrorist; once he was a cute child with a curiously squashed face. More »
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David Goyer, the co-writer of The Dark Knight that everyone always seems to forget about, is a busy man. Fresh from directing upcoming horror movie The Unborn, he's about to launch into an io9-centric two-fer, writing the scripts for X-Men Origins: Magneto and a new version of The Invisible Man which takes the familiar story in a much more contemporary-retro direction. More »
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Some early script reviews for the X-Men spin-off starring mutant supremacist and Nazi concentration camp survivor Magneto has shown up online, and it's clear Magneto would be unlike any other superhero movie you've seen. In fact, the script by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) is more of a dark science fiction epic involving Nazis experimenting on mutants. Click through for details. More »
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Today's spoilers include an out-of-left-field revelation about the Magneto solo film. Yes, they're actually working on that X-Men prequel, focusing on the magnetism-wielding mutant separatist leader. And there are a ton of new Lost revelations, plus two clips and a ton of photos. We've also gleaned also some surprising revelations (and a new clip) from Smallville. And finally, we've dug up four new pictures from Saturday's Spectacular Spider-Man, including a first look at the Black Cat, voiced by Tricia Helfer. Spoiler alert! More »
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The U.S. military is famous for getting inspiration from science fiction — witness the not-very-aptly-named Star Wars defense system — and now they're turning to comic books too. Unfortunately, they're learning from the bad guys. DARPA has just announced a new project called the Magneto Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition (MAHEM), named after Magneto, one of the supreme bad guys from X-Men. And it's exactly the sort of weapon the magnetic-fields-manipulating Magneto would use: a jet of molten metal propelled by magnetic fields into its target. Could it really work? More »
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Rumors are swirling that Fox will be making several X-Men direct-to-DVD movies that delve into the origins of some of the minor characters. After the swift kick to the crotch that was X-Men 3: The Last Stand, this franchise just can't take it anymore. Expect a slew of crap like X-Men Origins: Jubilee and X-Men Origins: Kid Who Can Change Channels By Blinking His Eyes to start appearing on store shelves, while the studio fumbles and stumbles their way into other spinoff opportunities. What sort of meter are they going to use to determine who goes to the theaters, and who sits in the bargain bins? More »
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Heroes has borrowed liberally from the universe of Marvel's comic book X-Men. Both TV show and comic book are about super-heroes who gain powers through genetic mutations. And both have their bad guys. Heroes' Sylar is a mommy-obsessed nerd who wants to be the most powerful mutant in the world. X-Men's Magneto is a mutant-supremacist who thinks humans should be the slaves of his master race. Who would win in a fight? More »
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