What if movie Captain America had the body of comic book Captain…

Superheroes are supposed to have Olympian physiques, but this is plum disturbing. I chanced upon this image while writing today's piece about Deadpool. As you can see here, Ultraculture has applied the body proportions — not unlike Rob Liefeld's infamous 1990s illustration of busty Captain America — to Chris Evans'…

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A preview of next week's issue of Deathstroke, guest-starring Lobo

Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek at next week's issue of Deathstroke, which features the interstellar mercenary Lobo and ex-X-Force illustrator Rob Liefeld on artwork and scripts. This issue hits stores on Wednesday, July 11 — here's the rundown:

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A Brief History Of X-Force, The X-Men's Edgy Sister Superteam

This week, io9 is teaming up with Marvel Comics to celebrate the release of Uncanny X-Force #18, the final issue of author Rick Remender's eight-part mutant epic "The Dark Angel Saga." This issue promises to have longstanding ramifications for founding X-Man Archangel, who's been almost irrevocably corrupted by the…

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10 More Deranged Depictions of Santa Claus

We've seen plenty of proper screwball depictions of Kris Kringle previously, but history is ripe with examples of magical pensioners who trespass down strangers' flues. Here are 10 of the more egregious examples to throw on this Yuletide bonfire of weirdness.

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From The Walking Dead to time travel: Robert Kirkman discusses his new …

Comic scribe Robert Kirkman's most famous for penning The Walking Dead, and now he's teaming up with X-Force promulgator Rob Liefeld for The Infinite, a time-hopping scifi comic. Kirkman recently told io9 about crafting this tale of two Roberts.

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Did Green Lantern just kill the Deadpool movie?

Warner Brothers is already developing the Green Lantern 2 screenplay, long before GL1 is even finished. Pair that with rumors that Green Lantern will be a trilogy shot back-to-back, and where does that leave Ryan Reynolds' other superhero movie: Deadpool?

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Who has the best knockoffs and parodies: Superman or the Fantastic…

Superhero comics are full of knockoffs, parodies, and shameless copies of iconic characters. And nobody gets copied more often than Superman and the Fantastic Four. Which of them has the best copy-cat characters? We break it down for you.

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Five Superhero Movies We're Glad Didn't Get Made

Click to viewWith The Dark Knight set to follow Hancock, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man into the theaters and hearts of cinemagoers worldwide, it seems that this really is the summer of movie superheroes. But what about Will Smith's earlier attempt to be a superhero and all the other superhero also-rans that…

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