This summer, Marvel fans will learn the secret history of WOLVERINE that changed the Marvel Universe forever! Written by Eisner Award winner Paul Jenkins from a story by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins and Bill Jemas with captivating artwork by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove. The adventures of Wolverine’s early days and the startling revelation of his true origins are brought to life when MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION’S WOLVERINE: ORIGIN debuts for the first time on home entertainment shelves nationwide on July 9, 2013 from Shout! Factory. This highly anticipated Marvel Knights Animation presentation boasts engaging storytelling combined with visual rich animation and insightful bonus content. Featuring cover art illustration by Joe Quesada and Richard Isanove, this deluxe DVD is collected in a unique comic book style packaging that bridges the comic book to DVD concept. As one of the most important stories of all time in the Marvel Universe, this DVD is a must have for loyal fans, comic book enthusiasts and collectors. MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION’S WOLVERINE: ORIGIN is priced to own at $14.97.

Exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus content features interviews with the creators and illustrators to provide an intimate and retrospective look at the development and production process of this amazing story. Marvel Knights Animation remains true to the heritage of panel-by-panel graphic storytelling, boasting groundbreaking illustrations, sensational soundscapes, and of course, the explosiveness of the Mighty Marvel Universe. Behind every image and every word lies the genius of Marvel’s celebrated creators.

SYNOPSIS

Wolverine is the best there is at what he does – although of course, what he does isn’t very nice. But long before he was a member of the X-Men, a tormented experiment of the Weapon-X project, or even a savage bar brawler known as Logan – he was simply a young boy.

What incredible forces created this man, the world’s greatest killing machine? For years, Wolverine has searched desperately for answers from his past, from the wilds of the Canadian Wilderness to the teeming cities of Japan and beyond. And despite his perseverance and longing for the truth, he remains an enigma to himself and those around him. But, in this landmark event, Marvel reveals all: the birth and childhood of young James Howlett…the intriguing secrets of his family history…and the tragedy that changed everything.

Welcome to the greatest story never told.

Bonus Features Include:

An exclusive retrospective with the Eisner Award-Winning creative team behind Origin.

Total Feature Running Time: +/- 66 minutes

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Shout! Factory Will Give Wolverine: Origin The Motion Comic Treatment This Summer

In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone’s imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as “Superman,” not only to shine as the world’s last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Superman And Zod Are Next In Line For Man Of Steel Character Posters

The Grove Nymph #1 is about Mira, a grove nymph, and her fascination with what is outside her canyon.  Classic folklore, and a good jumping off point for a story.  Jecaro spends the rest of the issue sending Mira on a a small journey, meeting plenty of characters.  The issue reads like an all-ages book.  This genre is a hard one to write for, as the writer doesn’t want to talk down to the reader, but also not talk over their heads.  The dialogue is easy to digest, and the small amount of mythos is easy to explain and understand.  This is a perfect book to kids if you are thinking about getting them into comics (but don’t, as there is nudity).  It’s a very quick read, even at 40 pages.  Most panels cap off at six panels, with most having three panels.  It’s a quick, enjoyable read.

Mira is naked through most of the book, and Jecaro doesn’t even make hint of it.  It’s nudity that works within the story, something I don’t see much in comics.  From a marketing standpoint, Jecaro might want want to put clothes on the characters.  But that’s just me.  The nudity doesn’t feel out of place in the story, as the innocent characters keep the reader from thinking dirty thoughts about them.  The artwork supports this.

One of the problems with the book is the artwork.  The inking should have been filled in more, as some characters start to blend in with the background.  In one scene, when Mira saves the Pom-sprite from the root monster, there are details in the stone that the reader can’t make out.  I didn’t realize that something was on the wall behind Mira until I looked at the breakdown pages after the story.  This might be due to the conversion to digital, or it could be Jecaro’s artwork.  But the innocent look on every character is easy on the eyes.  Every character wears their emotions on their sleeves.  As stated before, the nudity doesn’t play a role in the story.  It’s refreshing to see an artist draw women proportional instead of having boobs so big that it breaks their backs.  The colors are pretty, although muted.

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The Grove Nymph #1 gets 3.5/5.

MrComicBook, Review: The Grove Nymph #1

Shadow Ravens are a new tribe which will make their first appearance in Knightingail: Shadow Divisions #2. The Shadow Ravens are a tribe of all female assassin warriors, and they are very good at it. There’s a particular reason for that. Shadow Ravens are able to blend into shadows (including their clothes and weapons) to remain essentially invisible to all other creatures. However, wherever light hits them, their true colorful appearance shines through. This can be clearly seen in an included image that shows Sicari, the Queen of the Shadow Raven, in all three of her lighted forms: all light, mixed, and in full shadows.

Sicari, herself, is the Queen of the Shadow Ravens and the undisputed leader. That is because any officer may challenge the Queen in battle. As such, the Queen of the Shadow Ravens is the most deadly of all the Shadow Raven assassins. In most cases, there does not need to be a formal declaration of challenge for the Queen ranking. A worthy Queen will most likely ensure any potential challenger is found dead before able to make such declaration. And if a Queen is not worthy, the Queen most likely will be dead before a challenge is needed. The symbol of Shadow Raven leadership is the Shadow Raven gold and silver staff. Whoever carries the staff is the undisputed leader of the Shadow Ravens.

In addition to the Shadow Ravens, a new creature called the Stalsions are introduced in this series also in issue #2. The Stalsions are quite literally the work-horse of the Knightingail world. They are large enough to carry Builders like Maragus into battle or pull loaded carts full of equipment. They are very regal animals, like a Clydesdale horse; and they are well evolved within the Knightingail world since they come with their own biologically attached furry reigns. They also have a special glow about them with a very special origin and meaning to be revealed at a later time. The attached artwork from the upcoming Knightingail: Shadow Divisions #3 shows how impressive these creatures really are. Interior illustrations are by Mel Joy San Juan and Katrina Mae Hao. A Stalsion variant cover to issue #3 was illustrated by Jen Broomall and Ula Mos and will be released at a convention later this summer.

Agent Burgos, Knightingail Shadow Divisions: Announcing Shadow Ravens & Stalsions

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Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Two New Character Posters For The Wolverine Debut

Carano is out promoting her latest film Fast Furious 6, where she stars alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez. She sat down with the folks at Collider to give a bit of insight on her future projects as well any roles she’d like to play. Naturally, talk of Wonder Woman came up and she has some interesting things to say. It sounds as though she’s already talked to some folks about playing a super hero.

There have been talks about some different characters.  That’s a dream to put on a costume and be a whole other level of character, but I think that … we’re looking at a whole bunch of different things right now.  There’s always the possibility that some day I will be a comic book character that I’ll play and I’m not sure who that’s going to be.  It would be very fun and fascinating.  We’ll just have to see where my career is going to go.  There’s so much I want to do.  I love emotions, I love drama, I love comedy and I also want to take action up to another level, I love comics.  I’m just reading some scripts and putting myself out there and seeing what’s attractive to me.  We’ll kind of figure out where this goes.

Obviously nothing too specific there, but it certainly sounds like she’s put her name out there for various roles. I know that Carano has a lot of people on the fence in regards to her donning the iconic wrist shields and lasso, and that mostly stems from her inexperience as an actress. But, if you place “beginners” in the hands of a veteran director, they can do wonders (pun intended) and get that actor or actress to pull a role of fairly well.

Aside from Wonder Woman, what comic book character do you think Carano could pull off, if at all? Think she could pull of the lawyer-look of She-Hulk? How about the deadly assassin known as Elektra? Or would you rather she stay away from our beloved female power-houses?

Josh "ecksmanfan" Johnson, Gina Carano Talks Comic Book Movies

I never had really planned being on this book this long. I feel extremely fortunate that I work with so many great artists and writers on building the Green Lantern universe in the way we did this time around. We’re leaving it in a good place for people to come on and play with concepts that were there before us, concepts we introduced and introducing their own stuff. Building on a foundation is always much more fun than destroying a foundation.

I love Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner and all the Green Lanterns. They’ve been great characters for a long time and hopefully we helped them grow a little bit more, but I find Sinestro probably took the biggest leap in terms of where he was before we started and where he ended up.

Nine years worth of stories and plot will be resolved in this one issue. It will be interesting to see just how much Johns brings to an end while also doing a well deserved victory lap. What do you think of the preview? Are you ready for the new GL era to start with Robert Venditti at the helm?

Green Lantern Issue 20 Exclusive Preview

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Green Lantern #20 Preview: Geoff Johns Super-Sized Final Issue

A while back, it was announced that a good part of the movie would be filmed in China, which the Asian country also serving as a local for a lot of the story. Not surprisingly, as was the case with Iron Man 3, a Chinese actress has joined the cast. Li Bingbing has signed on for an unknown role in the film. We can expect other well-known actors, as well as a younger crop to be announced soon.

Production on the film is slated to begin later this year, with a release date set for June 27th, 2014. Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed $177.3 million in tickets sales in China, making it the second highest grossing foreign film in the country, second only to Avatar. China Movie Channel is co-producing the film alongside Paramount films, and as with Iron Man 3, expect to see some newer marketing tactics to promote the film in China.

Li was most recently seen in Resident Evil: Retribution and was also seen in The Forbidden Kingdom, opposite Jet Li and Jackie Chan.

Josh "ecksmanfan" Johnson, Li Bingbing Joins Transformers 4

Like it or not, A third film in the Ghostbusters movie is headed our direction. The project is still early in the planning stages, but a script is ready to go and most of the cast is slated to return, with Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two films, is ready to get behind the camera once more. While talking to Larry King, who we now know will also be reprising his brief role in the three-quel, Dan Aykryod, who’s been the driving force behind the film, gives us a bit of an update on what we can expect in regards to a story.

“It’s based on new research that’s being done in particle physics by the young men and women at Columbia University. Basically, there’s research being done that I can say that the world or the dimension that we live in, our four planes of existence, length, height, width and time, become threatened by some of the research that’s being done. Ghostbusters — new Ghostbusters — have to come and solve the problem.”

Doesn’t sound…horrible. For those still holding out hope that Bill Murray will have a change of heart, it sounds like Aykroyd shares your feelings as they’ve left a spot for him should he decide to join the reunion. “There will be a hole for him. If Billy wants to walk in the door and be in the movie, we will find a place.” Let’s hope he does decide to come back, as I can’t imagine seeing the Ghostbusters without the comedian involved.

As mentioned previously, the Ghostbusters 3 will see a new group of busters come onto the scene, all of which start out as Columbia University students. Casting for this new group has yet to begin, despite previous rumors we’ve heard. The script was written by Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg and Etan Cohen. A release date has yet to be set, but it is expected sometime in 2014, which would coincide with the 30th anniversary of the original film.

Josh "ecksmanfan" Johnson, Dan Aykroyd Reveals Ghostbuster 3 Story Details

With this new poster it begs the question, will we be getting any more character driven posters? While we will have to just wait and see, make sure to check back here at Comic Book Therapy for the latest. As well as check out Man Of Steel when it hit theaters June 14th.

Jake Lester, Russell Crowe Shines As Jor-El In New Man Of Steel Character Poster

Yesterday a lot of sites, this one included, picked up a story from Dallas Comic-Con where Kevin Conroy stated he was involved with a new Arkham game. It turns out he wasn’t referring to Origins. He was actually talking about the unknown Batman game Rocksteady is working on. Conroy sent out a Tweet to address the confusion, but later deleted it. Probably because it confirmed a new Arkham related game from Rocksteady. IGN reports that Roger Craig Smith (Sonic, Ezio in Assassins Creed, and Chris Redfield) will take Conroy‘s place and voice the younger Batman. Along with that news, Troy Baker (Bioshock) will voice the Joker. Mark Hamill stayed true to his word it seems. It looks like Arkham City was indeed his swansong.

Some characters have been confirmed for the game as well. We see Deathstroke (who is also a DLC playable character) and Deadshot in the trailer, but the Joker, Bane, the Penguin, and Anarky are also confirmed. No word on who will be providing the voices just yet.

Hero Complex debuted some new pics from the game which you can see below the trailer. They also got a few words from the creative team. Senior Producer Ben Mattes and Creative Director Eric Holmes talk about the game set five years before Arkham Asylum:

Batman: Arkham Origins captures a rawer, scarier Batman. That’s the time in his career we loved, and we believe it dovetailed very appropriately with being a player in a video game — that feeling of raw empowerment that comes from knowing the people you’re fighting in the world are scared of you. They are genuinely worried about what happens when you get your hands on them. That creates a very strong feeling of power that we want to put in the hands of the players. There’s all sorts of fun things we can do with that. When we introduce Bane to the mix — the big masked enemy — he can take that feeling of power away from you very quickly because of his physical size and his intelligence.

Bane will be partnering up with the Joker, though there isn’t any indication as to whether they’ll play a large role in the game or just be limited to a mission or two. You can read the full interview about the game at Hero Complex by clicking here. What do you think about the trailer? Are you upset Conroy and Hamill aren’t back?

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, New Arkham Origins Trailer, Partial Cast List Announced, Kevin Conroy NOT Involved, And More

First look: #JenniferLawrence as a vengeful #Mystique. #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast twitter.com/BryanSinger/st…

— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) May 20, 2013

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Bryan Singer’s New Tweet Gives Us An Eyeful Of Jennifer Lawrence As Mystique

If you’ve read the comic book the movie is based on, you know that Kitty Pryde has a huge role. She’s the one that sets all the events in motion when she sends her mind back in time to the body of her younger self. The old Kate Pryde, in her younger body, then warns the X-Men about the coming Sentinel threat. If the movie follow suits, Page will be getting a lot of screen time. Collider asked when she was approached about the film. Turns out it was pretty late in the game:

I didn’t know for that long.  I knew they were kind of doing it, but I didn’t expect it.  I didn’t expect to play Kitty Pryde again, so when that came up and I met with Bryan, because I didn’t work with Bryan I worked with Brett Ratner, it was just awesome.  I feel so grateful to be back… Really, truly, it’s not like something I’ve known for a year by any means.  I really didn’t know that long before we went to shoot.

When the title Days of Future Past was announced, that was a pretty good indication that Kitty would be playing a part in the story. Page was asked if she had any idea about that and if she was a comic book fan:

No, because I’m going to be perfectly honest I was never really into comic books as a kid. So when the first X-Men popped up it was awesome because that was the first time I read about Kitty Pryde and thought she was awesome and wanted to do it obviously. No, I really did not. Really.

Finally, the actress touches on director Bryan Singer‘s tendency to Tweet behind the scenes pics while filming is going on. Page‘s costume was one of the first pictures released, so she was asked about Singer‘s Twitter addiction and what she thought of the reveal:

Yeah, He told me. I think that’s a great way to give information to people. The whole format and everything is changing so drastically and so quickly. If you said like two years ago, “Netflix is going to make a show, they’re going to release it all at once, and people are going to go apeshit over it,” like House of Cards, or “Netflix is going to do a whole new Arrested Development.” You probably would have been like, “Really?” You know? I mean, maybe that’s a bad analogy for this, but I think it’s great. I think it lets people kind of be involved, and the fans of X-Men are obviously so passionate, and into it, and excited. I just went on his Twitter the other day and saw this picture of Hugh and Nicholas Hoult walking down the hallway and I was like, “Cool.”

You can check out the rest of the interview from Collider by clicking here. It does look like Singer will be following the meat of the Days of Future Past comic even though we’ve heard about a lot of character addition that weren’t part of the original. What do you think? Will we see a lot of Kitty Pryde?

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Ellen Page On Reprising Her Role Of Kitty Pryde In Days Of Future Past

Just two months after the wildly popular The Clone Wars was forced to a closure, Disney and Lucafilm have announced that a new animated series is in the works and will hit the airwaves fall of 2014. The series will first air as an hour-long special, then will transition into traditional series format on Disney XD. The series will be produced by Lucasfilm and is set during the nearly two decade long span between Episodes III and IV of the Star Wars films. As fans may know, this is a period that has never been seen on film, of any kind. The Empire is firmly closing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the few remaining Jedi’s as a fledgling rebellion is beginning to form. Other than that, details are slim.

Writer and producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes) is serving as executive producer on the new series and will also direct the first episode. Dave Filoni, who also served as supervising director on Clone Wars, and Greg Weisman (Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man) will also serve as executive producers. No casting has been announced, but we can expect that to come soon. The first public look at Star Wars: Rebels will occur Star Wars Celebration Europe, set for July 26-28 in Messe Essen, Germany. In the mean time, you can check out the video below for a look at the progression on the project.

So, Star Wars fans, is this something you’ll be looking forward to? I like the fact that they are shooting for a time period we haven’t seen before, as it should offer up some new characters and fill in some holes. It will be interesting to see if the upcoming Episode VII will have any tie-ins to this series.

Josh "ecksmanfan" Johnson, Disney & Lucasfilm Announce New Animated Series Star Wars: Rebels

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Raphael, April O’Neil, And Dora The Explorer Spotted In New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Set Video