Who’s Coming to SDCC? Patrick Ballesteros, That’s Who!!

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What do Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters and Aliens all have in common?  Each one has a limited edition print available at San Diego Comic Con, and each one of these limited prints are done by none other than Patrick Ballesteros, that nostalgic and whimsical “product of the 80’s” who draws inspiration from his childhood.  Patrick will be found at  San Diego Comic Con in Artists Alley at Table DD-08. [Read more…]

‘The Falconer’ Book Trailer

I freaking loved this book and with the release of the second book The Vanishing Throne I had to give it some hype!

Weekly Bookette #3 Indie books!

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Publishing houses today do not like to take risks. They prefer to publish books written by well known authors who have a solid fanbase following. However, people like me, sometimes prefer new writers with styles and stories I have never seen before. People like that find themselves in the world of independent publishers. So here, on this week’s Bookette, we give tribute to those lesser known indie titles, by sharing some of the books we came across this past month. [Read more…]

Frank Cho Leaves Wonder Woman

Thought I would take a brief break from SDCC coverage to share some important news.

 

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Bleedingcool reported yesterday that artist Frank Cho has walked off Wonder Women after drawing six covers. Frank was hired by DC to do 24 covers to coincide with the books bi-monthly release for the first year.

He explained why he left to Bleedingcool.

All the problem lies with Greg Rucka.

EVERYONE loves my Wonder Woman covers and wants me to stay. Greg Rucka is the ONLY one who has any problem with covers. Greg Rucka has been trying to alter and censor my artwork since day one.

Greg Rucka thought my Wonder Woman #3 cover was vulgar and showed too much skin, and has been spearheading censorship, which is baffling since my Wonder Woman image is on model and shows the same amount of skin as the interior art, and it’s a VARIANT COVER, and he should have no editorial control over it. (But he does. WTF?!!!)

I tried to play nice, not rock the boat and do my best on the covers, but Greg’s weird political agenda against me and my art has made that job impossible. Wonder Woman was the ONLY reason I came over to DC Comics.

To DC’s credit, especially [Art Director] Mark Chiarello, they have been very accommodating. But they are caught between a rock and a hard place.

I just wanted to be left alone and do my Wonder Woman variant covers in peace. But Greg Rucka is in a hostile power trip and causing unnecessary friction over variant covers.

This is just Cho’s side of the story. Greg Rucka (writer of Wonder Woman) has yet to respond to tell his side.

 

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Whether what Cho said is correct or not, the man felt bullied out of a job. Regardless of who you are, that’s a horrible feeling. I remember him posting about going to California to chat with DC. He said the only reason he was working for DC was the for the Wonder Woman Gig. Cho’s work on Wonder Woman seem very tame compared to his previous work; I don’t see the problem with his interpretation of Wonder Woman.

Claims of censorship from surprisingly not DC but writer Greg Rucka is very odd considering a writer (at least in the work for hire game) never has the power of an editor. It seems that despite the DC staff’s approval of Cho’s work one person (who is not a permanent DC employee) had the “power” to say I want it my way.

Greg is a big name writer, with a huge following. He is well respected by SJW’s (social justice warriors) and people who are PC (politically correct) for his portrayal of women in comics. Cho, on the other hand, is hated by SJWs and the PC crowd. They believe his art is over sexualized and demeaning to women and look for every opportunity to call him a misogynist and voice their disgust for him and his work.

It’s fine not to like Cho’s art; it comes down to personal taste. What you can’t deny is his talent and his right to create, and his right to be employed despite political and social differences. Cho made an agreement with DC, not Greg Rucka, if DC had said, we don’t like it, that’s their right they own the property. I understand why Cho left and why DC couldn’t do much about it, you have a superstar writer who’s not a fan of a superstar artist, a bit of a catch 22.

The past few years I have noticed the shocking influence the social justice, and PC culture has had on the comic book community and society in general.(my country Canada is pretty close to changing our national anthem from “all thy sons command” to “in all of us command”….sigh ). For the most part, I see nothing but whining, complaining and hypersensitivity to any comment or differing opinion from their own.

The truth is they do not represent the majority; they have been getting mostly positive influence and support from the media which make them seem larger than they are.

I’m acutely aware of issues of sexual harassment and inequality in the comic book industry. I realise a lot of creators in a position of influence are keeping quiet on the topic.I don’t condone it; I believe it’s something that should be talked about but not over social media, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter. It turns into a mob of your ignorant or your an idiot, from random people wanting to put their two cents in. Nothing will get accomplished that way.

The sad thing to me about mainstream comics today is that no one is saying I want a story that’s told well by talented creators, regardless of gender, religion, creed or sexual orientation. Are there creators that are female, and POC that deserves a shot at mainstream comics properties? Absolutely. There are also many people who deserve to play in the NFL or the NBA that never get a chance despite their talent. Countless reasons for this are known and unknown to the public and the professionals. It happens in every creative and athletic market, not just comics. Shouting at the top of your lungs for “Diversity” in a mainstream industry who is interested in making money is not working. Sales have declined for many of Marvel’s books mainly, for giving into to an immature movement. Lots fans feel they are force fed an ungenuine form of diversity.

If you feel like your not represented in comics, I suggest exploring indie comics, or better yet make your own. If you believe there is an audience for your particular comic start a Kickstarter campaign, people will support it. You have the ability to outsell Marvel and DC if you have the right book and the right marketing of it. If you have time to complain 24/7 from your keyboard, you have time actually to do something productive and make a “real” difference. What the social justice community and even fanboys need to realise is that all this extremist hate and an argument are over FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (Ben Affleck’s best line in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back by the way) they are not real, we all need to step back and remind ourselves of that sometimes.

The social justice culture is no different than religious groups who force their views down your throat or vegans pushing their agenda, or people who believe we should all cut out gluten from our diet.

It’s easy to get caught up in a movement or belief system and lose sight of common sense and treating you fellow man(persons for the PC crowd) with respect. The big question is why do we to act like were children or even like were in high school? What happened to real constructive criticism and fair debate?

I hope this incident with Frank Cho doesn’t occur to another artist but with the way our culture is right now I don’t see it getting any better. For the sake of comics, I hope I’m wrong.

 

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Old But Gold (Books #1: Metamorphosis)

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New books are released every three seconds, however, there are still a lot of old books that are just as good (and sometimes even better) that deserve more attention than most people care to give. With this new segment we revisit some of these old titles that are timeless and quite unforgettable.

For this week’s book I chose to review the latest classic (more like modern classic) I have personally read, and that is Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. If you are a fan of ugly and depressing stories, then this is the short story for you! [Read more…]

SPOILER-FREE REVIEW : Sleeping Tom by E.V. Fairfall

Here is my latest review of the book Sleeping Tom by E.V. Fairfall. I was lucky enough to be selected for the Sleeping Tom’s Booktube Tour run by LovingDemBooks. E.V. Fairfall is an indie author that provides a very unique story.

Check out my review below!

Happy Reading,

Aly

Image Comics Exclusives & Signings SDCC 2016

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Image Comics was formed by Marvel’s top artists frustrated with their work for hire policies at the time. In 1992 Jim Lee, Todd Mcfarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri,     Erik Larsen,  Jim Valentino and Rob Liefeld left their high-profile books at Marvel to form a comic company dedicated to creators owning 100% of their rights to their creations.

Image went through some highs and lows, with creators, sales and even partners over the years. In the past five years or so though Image has been putting out many quality titles. Their sales have risen significantly in single issues and trades. With Image’s sales and popularity growing many of Marvel and  DC’s creators have left to pursue their ideas at Image.

Here is a list of exclusives and high profile creators Image is bringing with them to SDCC.

SDCC Variants Sold At The Image Booth #2729 (Limited Quantities)

Paper Girls Book Plate with art by Cliff Chiang (free with purchase of Paper Girls, Vol. 1 at the booth)

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Snotgril #1 by Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung, $10

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Monstress Vol.1  hardcover by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, $40

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Throwaways #1 by Caitlin Kittredge & Steven Sanders, cover art by Roberta Ingranata, $10

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Convention Exclusives:

Toyko Ghost, Vol. 1 Convention hardcover by Rick Remender & Sean Gordon Murphy, $35

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Sex Criminals Vol.3 convention hardcover by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky, $35

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Complete Signing Schedule:

Wednesday, July 20th

Charlie Adlard, 6 – 6:45 PM

Thursday, July 21st

Joshua Williamson & Adam Guzowski, 10 – 10:45 AM
Sina Grace: 11 – 11:45 AM
Kyle Higgins: 12 – 12:45 PM
Brandon Thomas & Juan Gedeon: 12 – 12:45 PM
Keenan Marshall Keller & Tom Neely/Brian Schirmer & Jeremy Saliba 1 – 1:45 PM
Jason Aaron & Jason Latour: 1 – 1:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Terry Dodson: 2 – 2:45 PM
Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung: 3 – 3:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Charlie Adlard: 3 – 3:45 PM
Brenden Fletcher & Babs Tarr: 4 – 4:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Brian Haberlin: 4 – 4:45 PM
Meredith McClaren: 5 – 5:45 PM
Otis Frampton: 5 – 5:45 PM

Friday, July 22nd

Jim Zub: 10 – 10:45 AM
Joe Harris: 10 – 10:45 AM
Cliff Chiang & Jared Fletcher: 11 – 11:45 AM
Nicola Scott: 11 – 11:45 AM
Caitlin Kittredge: 12 – 12:45 PM
Charlie Adlard: 12 – 12:45 PM
Rick Remender: 1 – 1:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Joshua Williamson: 1 – 1:45 PM
Man of Action Group: Steven T. Seagle, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Duncan Rouleau: 1 – 1:45 PM
Steven T. Seagle & Jason Katzenstein: 1:45 – 2:30 PM
Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda: 2 – 2:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung: 3 – 3:45 PM (ticketed, 3item limit)
Spawn Kills Everyone: J.J. Kirby, Liana Hee: 3 – 3:45 PM (signing 100 limited edition Spawn Kills Everyone posters featuring the art of all three SKE covers)
Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie: 4 – 4:45 p.m. (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Ed Brubaker: 4 – 4:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Andy Belanger & Becky Cloonan: 5 – 5:45 PM
Emi Lenox: 5 – 5:45 PM
Max Landis: 5 – 5:45 PM (ticketed, 3-item limit)
Robert Kirkman: 6 – 7 PM (ticketed)

Saturday, July 23rd 

Scott Snyder & Jock: 10 – 10:45 AM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Caitlin Kittredge: 10 – 10:45 AM
Ed Brubaker: 11 – 11:45 AM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie: 11 – 11:45 AM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Chris Dingess: 11 – 11:45 AM
Tula Lotay: 12 – 12:45 PM
Dustin Nguyen: 12 – 12:45 PM
Man of Action Group: Steven T. Seagle, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Duncan Rouleau: 1 – 1:45 PM
Jason Latour & Jason Aaron: 1 – 1:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Brian Buccellato: 2 – 2:45 PM
Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda: 2 – 2:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Brandon Thomas & Juan Gedeon: 2 – 2:45 PM
Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung: 3 – 3:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Matt Fraction: 3 – 3:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Nick Spencer: 4 – 4:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Rick Remender: 4 – 4:45 PM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Shawn Martinbrough: 4 – 4:45 PM
Emi Lenox: 5 – 5:45 PM
Kyle Starks: 5 – 5:45 PM

Sunday, July 24th

Howard Chaykin: 10 – 10:45 AM
Brenden Fletcher: 11 – 11:45 AM (ticketed, 3 item limit)
Cliff Chiang & Jared Fletcher: 12 – 12:45 AM
Ivan Brandon: 2 – 2:45 AM
Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung: 3 – 3:45 AM (ticketed, 3 item limit)

As always for all you’re SDCC news and announcements keep checking in at Skatronixxx.com/@Skatronixxx.

Panels For San Diego Comic Con 2016

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SDCC is now just seven days away! As we get closer to the opening day of the convention, more news and announcements are being released. Here is a list of some of the panels taking place at the convent next week.

 Many of these panels have been announced by the properties themselves already and not officially from SDCC yet, all times, locations and people on the panels are subject to change.

Saturday, July 23rd

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Aliens 30th Anniversary Panel-Hall H.  James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Gale Anne Hurd, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Michael Bien, Carrie Henn.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Reunion -5:30 PM, Room 8. Lewis Smith, Billy Vera

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American Dad-1:45 PM, Ballroom 20. Scott Grimes, Dee Bradley Baker, Rachael MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal and executive producers Matt Weitzman and Brian Boyle. See a preview of the new season and a live table read from the hilarious cast.

Arrow -5:45PM-6:30 PM, Ballroom 20. Echo Kellum, Stephen Amell.

Ash vs Evil Dead -6:45PM-7:45 PM, Room 6A. Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Rob Tapert, Dana DeLorenzo, Ray Santiago, Lee Majors, Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi.

Ash vs Evil Dead Screening -10PM, Room 6DE.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow -4:15PM-5PM, Ballroom 20. Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill.

Family Guy -1PM, Ballroom 20. Alex Borstein, Mike Henry and executive producers Rich Appel, Alec Sulkin, Steve Callaghan give a preview their new season.

The Flash-5PM-5:45 PM, Ballroom 20.  Danielle Panabaker, Keiynan Lonsdale, Grant Gustin.

Gotham-2:10PM-3:00 PM, Indigo Ballroom. Special Video presentation, as well as Q&A with cast and producers.

Grimm -2:30pM-3:15PM, Ballroom 20. Sasha Roiz.

Celebrating 50 Years of Star Trek– 2PM-3PM, Hall H. William Shatner, Scott Bakula, Michael Dorn, Jeri Ryan. The panel will be moderated by Bryan Fuller, executive producer of the new Star Trek television series, which premieres in January 2017.

Supergirl -3:30PM-4:15 PM, Ballroom 20. David Harewood

Comics

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Skybound Panel-4:15PM-5:15 PM, Room 6DE. Skybound Entertainment Chairman Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead franchise, Outcast), CEO David Alpert, Dan Murray, Skybound Interactive President, and Rachel Skidmore, Skybound’s Director of Media Development, will also join the panel. Writer Max Landis will join the panel to discuss his new Skybound comic series Green Valley. The panel will be moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown.

Top Cow Panel -11 AM. September Mourning.

Torchwood Titan Comics Panel -3:30PM, Room 5AB.  John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman.

Special Interest Panels

Writer’s Workshop-2PM, Room 30CDE. Q&A based workshop covering movies, TV, and comics. J. Michael Straczynski.

 How To: Documentary filmmaking-6PM, Room 2.  Jessica Hernandez, Mike J Nichols, and Amanda Spain. Moderated By: Edward Doty.

Sunday, July 24th

Movies

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Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants. World premiere.

Crackle Presents Dead Rising: Endgame-12:30PM-1:30 PM, Room 8. 10th Anniversary of Capcom’s Dead Rising franchise with a discussion about the recent release of, Dead Rising: Endgame from Crackle and Legendary Digital Media. Jesse Metcalfe, Marie Avgeropoulos  Jessica Harmon and Keegan Connor Tracy will join in a panel discussion, along with director Pat Williams, co-writer and producer Tim Carter and executive producer Tomas Harlan.

TV

 

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Animaniacs Live– 3PM-4:15 PM, Room 6DE.  Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess Harnell along with series songwriter Randy Rogel.

Buffy Interactive Musical: Once More With Feeling– 3:15PM, Room 6BCF.  Juliet Landau.

Supernatural-11:15AM-12:15 PM, Hall H.  Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins,  Mark A. Sheppard, and executive producers Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb.

Comics 

Comics on Comics -4 PM. Clayton Thom, Dani Fernadez, Scott Joseph, Georffrey Golden, Jacqueline Lopez.

Skybound Comics-12PM-1PM, Room 7AB. Skybound editor Jon Moisan and Skybound creators  Juan Gedeon (Horizon), Brandon Thomas (Horizon), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), and Chris Dingess (Manifest Destiny) will discuss their work and the comic book industry.

Special Intrest Panels

R2 Builders-12PM-1PM, Room 30CDE.  Mike Senna, Michael McMaster, Victor Franco, William Miyamoto, Chris Romines.

Geektastic Careers in Video Game Media -4PM-5PM, Room 29AB. Genese Davis, Kiri Callagan, Aaron Carter.

 

Update: IDW and Top Shelf’s just released their schedule for SDCC here

Lots of choices and planning required if you’re attending SDCC and plenty of information to follow right here on Skatronixx.com if you’re not attending. Stay tuned.

 

Tony Stark… Adopted!!? Who Is Iron Man’s Old Man?

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(Disclaimer: I had to do some research on this piece from the internet and if any of this is not true, please be kind and leave nice notes, or maybe help to update the internet?) I did,  however, buy some of the comic books, but unfortunately I was unable to purchase them all due to the store not having them, so I was only able to read some of the actual story. This is very torturous, I might add. But that just means I need the rest, which means more comics, which is always a plus.)

Tony Stark is the son of Howard and Maria Stark, and has been since the creation by Stan Lee, as far as I know. But now there is a story that has erupted on the nerd scene, sourced from a comic that came out October 27th 2013, stating that Tony Stark is …. Adopted!! WHAT!?!?! And universes are turned upside down…

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Origins

Ok, let’s start with the new story: according to the comic, Maria and Howard were expecting a child, yet the pregnancy was not going so well for the couple. There were complications that were threatening the unborn child’s life. Howard went searching across the universe in hopes to find a cure. He then came upon Recorder 451, a member of a race of robotic life forms created by the Rigellians, (who also, just side note, play a role in the X-Men universe regarding the death of Jean Grey and also have associations with She-Hulk) to save him from the Greys ((source: comic book: Iron Man vol. 5 #10)) … the Marvel Universe is so huge and interconnected!!

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Recorder 451 had seen potential in the Earth and wanted to colonize, but needed a minion to do so… Howard’s unborn son would be perfect for this. The robot agrees to help, and thus the engineering of the baby (who would later be named Arno), for the purpose of saving his life, starts. (Now mind you, Arno is engineered to be smart and such, unlike our amazing Tony who was born naturally brilliant… just saying.) Ok, jumping quickly through the story, Howard finds out that 451 set some sort of killswitch to activate when child hits puberty, then figures out a way to disarm this by implanting something into Maria. This plan which works, they save child, 451 sees all is well and leaves earth… but this happiness is short lived. Infant Arno becomes sick and a doctor tells the couple the baby will not be able to survive without machine support. Worried that 451 would find out that he tampered with the alien work, the couple decides to hide Arno in the Maria Stark Foundation, in hopes he will never be discovered. They then decide to adopt a child and present him as the genetically engineered offspring. Enter Tony Stark.

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Off the Track

OK so, if you are comic book nerd or just love the Stark, you probably are aware of the other Arno storylines out there; One being he is the first cousin once removed, ((source: comic book: Machine Man #2,)) another being he is the nephew of Tony ((source: mentions from the Marvel wikia,)) or possibly Tony’s half brother ((source: Iron Man 2012 #1)) plus many others that the true comic book nerds may know about. And each one has their own convoluted story, and if I go down any of these routes, this article will become a novel instead! So the one we are focusing on is the story of the adoption, so maybe another time….

 

Who is Arno Stark?

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According to this particular story, Arno is the biological son of Maria and Howard Stark. He grew up in the Maria Stark Foundation, and is being kept alive by an iron lung, with a supposed incurable disease… (yeah right… comic books are rewritten and reconnected frequently, so we know this will not last long.) According to the comic he looks nothing like Tony Stark, (which is weird, since Tony looks like Howard Stark, just saying) But anyway, Arno is as brilliant as Tony, or almost, since his was engineered by alien technology. Arno does use a suit called the MMXX, which he pilots alongside Tony in his Iron Man suit.

 

How Tony Finds Out

In the future, Tony is on a space voyage and meets Recorder 451, who tells him of his supposed origins and alien DNA, and forces him to pilot the Godkiller suit. Tony returns to Earth, confused, as he was unable to make the suit work. Then does his research to find out he was adopted, and there is a real biological son of Howard and Maria out there. He of course goes to the Foundation, meets the real son (Arno) and they figure they can put their amazing brains together and save the world. (Sure… why not? You got it, right?)

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What Does This Mean for the Movies????

As we know, Robert Downy Jr., who plays the beloved Iron Man, does not plan on being in the suit forever. In fact he is contracted for maybe three more movies, but one of them is not Iron Man 4. ((source: http://www.slashfilm.com/iron-man-4/))  What of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark? Will the filmmakers try to kill him off? Will he just retire and maybe show up in future films in cameo roles? Or will there be a sort of battle of brother vs. brother later? (In the comic series when Arno is Tony’s cousin, Tony has to fight him… so, maybe a familial grudge match is possible?) Or are they even going to run with this? I mean, this didn’t come from Stan Lee himself, so will they allow the comic written by a different author to be part of the Marvel movies? Stan Lee has his cameo is every movie, so he may not want to be in one universe that he didn’t write. Does this new story line leave open the possibility for them to pass the torch to a new star to play Iron Man? Indeed it does! Especially in ways one does not expect!!

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Yes, this is real!! (Google it!)

But we do know that there are so many openings for this franchise… so I guess whatever Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel want to do will work one way or another.

 

Who Could be Tony’s True Parents??? (this is the fun idea part of the story)

((Fellow nerds, don’t hate on me! This portion is entirely speculative, and mostly just for fun.))

Could Tony’s father be Warlock? Could he have a possible relationship to Star-Lord? (I think this will fit in with the story line of Avengers: Infinity Wars. Plus, cousin Arno hangs out with the Guardians of the Galaxy at one point, so makes you wonder if they will still do so with brother Arno… I mean the link could fit.)

What about Professor X?  They both have a brilliant mind, but the Professor is compassionate and caring, kind of not like our Tony Stark, who is egotistical and a play boy…. Nope.

Hank Pim? The original Ant Man? Could he be the real father?  Genius, old, no kids that we know of. He could have had a fling with some chick when he was younger before his waspy wife, and she may have had the child without him knowing. Let’s not forget his genius, this man built the Ant Suit! (Sure, he may have been blonde but his mystery lady could have had dark hair…)

Norman Osborn? He could be old enough, if this theory takes place in the same timeline. He’s a mechanical genius, he built the Goblin Suit, weapons and the Glider… Could he have been a play boy at younger age? Once again, a mystery lady may have had Tony and given him up for adoption, or maybe was paid to do so by either Norman or his family so they could cover the scandal… OOOOH, yeah that one could be fun. Could totally see this one happening. Might get more ladies to read this one if there is some scandalous material lol.

Who do YOU think Tony Stark’s biological parents could be??

 

Heroes And Villians Need Your Help

Heroes and Villians is an independent comic book shop, currently struggling to keep their Diamond Comics account (distributor you need to deal with to get Marvel and DC titles and most direct market books) Diamond has given them until July 18th, 2016 to come up with 6000.00$ if not their account will be closed. While the store will not close if they don’t come up with money it will drastically affect the future of their store.

 

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Owners Vanessa and Stephen Mielke opened their shop in Courtland, N.Y USA. They were inspired to do so by their son Dallas’s growing passion for comics as well as their own. The community of Courtland had also not had a comic shop in over a decade, so the Mielke’s saw this as something that would also benefit people of all ages in the community.

Vanessa has been reaching out to pro comic creators to help get the word out. Creators such as Mark Waid, Gail Simone, and Kelly Sue DeConnick have shown support by retweeting Vanessa’s go fund me campaign on Twitter.

Mom and pop comic shops like Heroes and Villians are ideal for any community; it gets kids reading and interacting with like-minded people. The Mielke’s are not particularly happy about asking for money but due to situations, they have no choice. They believe once they get over this obstacle they will be able to pay it forward in the future.

If you can support them financially, please do so here

If you’re not able to support financially, please follow @HndVcomics on Twitter and retweet their tweets for the go fund me campaign.

Check out Heroes and Villians website for their full story

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