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Cowboys & Aliens

Robert Downey Jr. Will Be Your Huckleberry

Robert Downey Jr. will save the world from an evil race of settler aliens as crack-shot gunslinger Zeke Jackson in the movie Cowboys & Aliens. Giving the humans a taste of their own wild, wild West medicine, a powerful group of aliens lands on Earth and proceed to steal our land and murder our people. Click through to find out more. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Meredith Woerner
3,059 views, 32 comments

Latest by RAHfanboy: @Thorfin: "Apparently nobody in Hollywood watched The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." Apparently Hollywood wasn't the only locale to tune out. A shame. more »

douglas wolk

Hulk Smash Military Industrial Complex!

Over the weekend at WonderCon, author Douglas Wolk (Reading Comics) gave a talk about the not-so-secret allegorical tales that lurk beneath the BAM! POW! of your typical superhero comic book. I caught Wolk on the con floor and asked him to explain the political subtext of Greg Pak's recent World War Hulk series. In this video, he explains how it's all about blowback from 9/11, and why Iron Man represents the military industrial complex. More »

7:40 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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interview

io9 Talks to "World War Hulk" and BSG Comics Writer Greg Pak

Greg Pak's Robot Stories was one of our favorite indie science fiction films of recent years. It explored people's emotional relationships with robots — and robots' relationships with each other — through three short narratives. Now Pak is writing comics, including the recent World War Hulk and a Battlestar Galactica miniseries. He talked to us about movies, comics and the inner lives of robots. (Minor BSG: Razor and comics spoilers) More »

10:00 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By charliejane
1,248 views, 2 comments

planet hulk

Must Read: Planet Hulk

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: Hulk: Planet Hulk
Date: 2006-2007

Vitals: Four of the Earth's top Super-heroes decide the Incredible Hulk's all-smashing rage could one day wreck everything. (Maybe because every single story about a future Hulk shows him either ruling the world, or surviving after humanity has become extinct?) So they shoot the Hulk off into space, and he goes off course, landing on the savage world of Sakaar. The planet's cruel, corrupt imperial government enslaves the Hulk and turns him into a gladiator — and transforms his customary rampage into something like justice.

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11:33 PM on Sun Sep 30 2007
By charliejane
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