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Marvel Studios shifts its movie release schedule

Marvel Studios

Marvel Studios is already shifting around its movie release schedule of Phase 4 and 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Blade, Untitled Deadpool Movie, Fantastic Four, and Avengers: Secret Wars all have new release dates, many of these only recently announced.

BLADE

Previously dated 11/3/23 moves to 9/6/24

UNTITLED DEADPOOL MOVIE

Previously dated 9/6/24 moves to 11/8/24

FANTASTIC FOUR

Previously dated 11/8/24 moves to 2/14/25

AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

Previously dated 11/7/25 moves to 5/1/26

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It’s new comic book day! What are you all excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below! Here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start your day.

Book Riot – The Yom Kippur Comic That Finally Made Ben Grimm (Officially) Jewish – Some nice comic history.

Kotaku – Warner Bros. Really Wants You To Know That Gotham Knights Will Look Great On PC – But how does it play?

CBR – Marvel’s Blade Reboot Loses Director Bassam Tariq – Will the “sky is falling” commentary happen like when it happens for a DC film?

Reviews

CBR – Action Comics #1047
CBR – DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead #1

Action Comics #1047

Shang-Chi Director will take on Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Destin Daniel Cretton will direct Marvel‘s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Cretton previously directed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for the film studio.

After that film Cretton signed an overall deal with Marvel. He is currently developing a series with Andrew Guest focused on Wonder Man. There’s also the Shang-Chi sequel that’s in the works.

The writer(s) for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty have not been revealed but the film will help close out Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s expected to arrive May 2, 2025 and will be followed by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025.

The seeds for the film are being laid out now as a version of the character debuted in Loki and being played by Jonathan Majors. He will next appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which is out February 17, 2023. That film launches Phase 5. The version in Ant-Man is different than the one in Loki as there’s multiple versions of the character.

Also revealed is that Bassam Tariq will be directing Blade which is scheduled for November 3, 2023; Julius Onah is directing Captain America: New World Order which is scheduled for May 3, 2024; and Jake Schreier is directing Thunderbolts which is the last film of Phase 5 and comes out July 26, 2024.

Find Avengers, Blade, X-Force, and More New Comics on comiXology

There are five new comics available now on comiXology. There’s four comics from Marvel and one from Harlequin. You can get shopping now or check out the individual issues below.

Avengers: Once An Invader

Written by Chuck Austen, Allan Jacobsen
Art by Scott Kolins, C.P. Smith
Cover by Scott Kolins
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Collects Avengers (1998) #82-84, New Invaders (2004) #0, Avengers (1963) #71, Invaders Annual (1977) #1.

Who is the mysterious figure that claims to be Captain America, and what mission is he recruiting the super-soldiers of past wars to accomplish? As the new Invaders hit the battlefield, Namor the Sub-Mariner marshals his forces against a crucial island nation! But whose side will the Avengers come down on?

Avengers: Once An Invader

Blade: Black & White

Written by Chris Claremont, Marv Wolfman
Art by Gene Colan, Tony DeZuniga
Cover by Gene Colan
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Collects Vampire Tales #8-9, Marvel Preview #3, 6, Blade: Crescent City Blues #1, Marvel Shadows And Light #1.

A war is raging, and he has a job to do; for Blade the Vampire Hunter, there are no shades of gray! Now, for the first time ever, the House of Ideas reprints the best of Blade in bold black and white from its legendary ’70s-era horror magazines – including VAMPIRE TALES and MARVEL PREVIEW!

Blade: Black & White

Identity Disc

Written by Robert Rodi
Art by John Higgins
Cover by Tony Harris
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Collects Identity Disc #1-5.

Six of Marvel’s most violent and cunning villains – Sabretooth, Bullseye, the Juggernaut, Deadpool, Sandman and the Vulture – are forced to work together by a mysterious agent who somehow knows every dark and dirty secret in their violent lives. Their mission: to retrieve the nearly priceless Identity Disc – purported to contain the true identities, the home addresses and even the credit reports of every hero in the Marvel Universe!

Identity Disc

Rider On Fire

Written by Sharon Sala
Art by Matsuri Akino
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Sonora is a DEA agent. While on a mission, she shoots a mafia boss. They’re now out for her life after what she’s done. In order to escape her pursuant, Sonora continues on her journey and ends up arriving at a small village. It is there that a man named Adam Two Eagles is waiting for her. It should be their first time ever meeting, but Sonora recognizes his eyes… He was the mysterious man who would appear in Sonora’s dreams every single night! Sonora and Adam are guided by a mysterious power as their fates become intertwined and begin to move as one!

Rider On Fire

X-Force: Famous, Mutant And Mortal

Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Mike Allred
Cover by Mike Allred
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Collects X-Force (1991) #116-129.

What happens when mutants become celebrities? Peter Milligan and Mike Allred offer this insightful, irreverent and wickedly entertaining deconstruction of the human/mutant dynamic – spiced with sex, drugs and death!

X-Force: Famous, Mutant And Mortal

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Stacy Osei-Kuffour Will Pen Marvel’s Blade

Blade

Blade has found its writer as Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been tapped to pen the Marvel Studios film.

Stacy Osei-Kuffour is a playwright and was the story editor and writer on HBO’s Watchmen. She’s the first Black woman to write a Marvel movie. The film has Oscar winner Mahershala Ali attached to star.

Osei-Kuffour was the story editor on the television series Hunters, executive story editor on Run, and wrote the script for the television film Binti which has been announced.

The studio has reportedly spent six months meeting with writers for the film.

Blade was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan and first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #10 in 1973. The character appeared in a trilogy of films with Wesley Snipes in the role. The first film was released in 1998.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Arm Yourself with the Marvel Blade Sale, Ends Sunday

Perfectly timed for Halloween, you can stock up on Blade comics with the “Marvel Blade Sale.” The digital comic sale features 117 comics deeply discounted.

Blade, Avengers, The Tomb of Dracula, and Strikeforce, and more are on sale. Trades are 60% and more off, while single issues are just $0.99.

You have until October 25 to save because at that point, comiXology puts a stake through it.


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One:12 Collective Blade – MDX Edition is Available for Pre-order

One:12 Collective Blade - MDX Edition

Undetectable in all black, the One:12 Collective Blade is outfitted in a tactical armor vest with a sleeveless t-shirt underneath and a removable duty belt that holds both of his boomerang blades. He comes with two head portraits, capturing his vengeful nature.

Creatures of the night do not stand a chance. The Daywalker comes well-equipped for a manhunt with accessories including a customized submachine gun with removable magazines, a pump action shotgun with shoulder strap, a handgun with removable magazines, his signature sword with removable sheath, boomerang blades, striking stakes, and of course, sunglasses.

Infused with all of a vampire’s powers but few of their weaknesses and determined to avenge his mother’s death, Eric Brooks arms himself with weapons that are fatal to the undead and fashioned himself into the vampire hunter known as Blade.

THE ONE:12 COLLECTIVE BLADE FIGURE FEATURES:
  • One:12 Collective body with over 30 points of articulation
  • Two (2) head portraits
  • Hand painted authentic detailing
  • Approximately 16 cm tall
  • Twelve (12) interchangeable hands
    • One (1) pair of fists (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of sword-holding hands (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of stake holding hand (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of gun holding hand (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of posing hands (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of martial arts posing hands (L&R)
COSTUME:
  • Sleeveless t-shirt
  • Tactical armor vest
  • Motorcycle pants
  • Duty belt (removable) with boomerang blade harness
  • Left thigh harness for stakes
  • Right thigh harness for handgun
  • Tactical boots
ACCESSORIES:
  • One (1) customized submachine gun with two (2) removable magazines
  • One (1) customized shotgun with pump action movement & shoulder strap
  • One (1) customized handgun with two (2) removable magazines (fits into thigh holster)
  • One (1) sword with removable sheath
  • Two (2) boomerang blades
  • Six (6) stakes (fit into thigh holster)
  • Four (4) pairs of removable sunglasses
  • One (1) gun blast FX
  • One (1) gun firing FX
  • One (1) One:12 Collective display base with logo
  • One (1) One:12 Collective adjustable display post

Each One:12 Collective Blade figure is packaged in a collector friendly box, designed with collectors in mind.

The One:12 Collective Blade – MDX Edition is available for pre-order now. The figure is expected to ship some time in late May or June 2020.

The Daywalker Comes to One:12 Collective. Pre-Order Blade Today

Blade, vampire hunter of the Marvel Universe, joins the One:12 Collective.

The One:12 Collective Blade figure features two intricately detailed head portraits:  an unwelcoming scowl and a bloodcurdling roar. No details were overlooked when designing the infamous daywalker. His outfit boasts a leather-like black trench coat with an integrated wire for dynamic posing, as well as a tailored three-quarter sleeve t-shirt and motorcycle style pants. Blade comes well-equipped to hunt down creatures of the night with accessories including a customized submachine gun with removable magazines, a pump action shotgun, his signature sword with removable sheath, collapsible throwing blades, striking stakes, and of course, sunglasses.

Eric Brooks was being born when a vampire attacked his mother during childbirth, passing on a series of enzymes that transformed Eric into a Dhampir – a being tainted by a vampire’s kiss, but not converted. Now infused with all of a vampire’s powers but few of their weaknesses and determined to avenge his mother’s death, Eric Brooks arms himself with weapons that are fatal to the undead and fashioned himself into the vampire hunter known as Blade.

THE ONE:12 COLLECTIVE BLADE FIGURE FEATURES:

  • One:12 Collective body with over 30 points of articulation
  • Two (2) head portraits
  • Hand painted authentic detailing
  • Approximately 16 cm tall
  • Eight (8) interchangeable hands
    • One (1) pair of fists (L&R)
    • One (1) pair of sword-holding hands (L&R)
    • One (1) stake holding hand (L)
    • One (1) gun holding hand (R)
    • One (1) pair of posing hands (L&R)

COSTUME:

  • Tailored trench coat with integrated wire for dynamic posing (removable)
  • Three-quarter sleeve t-shirt
  • Motorcycle pants
  • Belt (removable) with throwing blade sheath harness
  • Thigh harness for stakes
  • Work boots

ACCESSORIES:

  • One (1) customized submachine gun with two (2) removable magazines
  • One (1) customized shotgun with pump action movement
  • One (1) sword with removable magnetic sheath
  • Two (2) folding throwing blades
  • Three (3) stakes
  • Two (2) pairs of removable sunglasses
  • One (1) blast gun effect
  • One (1) firing gun effect

Each One:12 Collective Blade figure is packaged in a collector friendly box, designed with collectors in mind. The figure is to be released some time between October and December 2018 and is available for pre-order from Mezco, Entertainment Earth, and Things from Another World.

 

 

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