New Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual information

I've got to leave soon, so I'll just direct you over to the site with all the information of the upcoming Annual issue. It includes plenty of new info via an interview they had with the creator of the issue.

Source - ComicBookResources

Marvel Comics solicitations for November 2007

Oh man November's going to be a great month for comic book fans. Here are some previews that Marvel just released. More should come in either later tonight or tomorrow.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #32
Written by Ed Brubaker
Pencils & Cover by Steve Epting
THE EPIC DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA STORY CONTINUES!
The Falcon and Black Widow hunt together! Can they save the Winter Soldier from becoming a tool of the Red Skull again? And if they do, will he just go kill Tony Stark? And what of Agent 13, Sharon Carter, who shot the final bullets into her true love, Steve Rogers, and has seen her life fall apart since then? Those answers, much action, and more! From the Eisner Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker and Fan-Favorite Artist Steve Epting, who brought you the biggest selling comic of the year!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THOR #5
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Pencils and 50/50 Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant 50/50 Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Thor has searched far and wide for his Asgardian brethren, seeking each of them out across the length and breadth of these United States…but he was never prepared for what he finds next! But alas, where there is Thor, there must also be…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #545
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by JOE QUESADA
50/50 Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
“ONE MORE DAY” PART 4
The riveting conclusion to the most-talked about -- and controversial -- comics event of the year. Brought to you by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada. Brace yourself, Spidey fans, after this, nothing will be the same for Peter Parker!
The stakes have never been higher. At his darkest hours -- and he's had plenty -- Peter has always had one shoulder to lean on, one person who'd remind him who he is, who he was, and who he can be. Now he's about to lose that person. What will he do...what would you do, if you only had "One More Day?”
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE ANNUAL #1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled by TBA
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY!
You have been granted clearance to Camp Hammond's most sensitive files.
For the first time anywhere, witness the hidden origins of the GAUNTLET, ARMORY, MVP, and HARDBALL. Also, learn some of the Initiative's most hi-tech secrets. And meet the team from America's 2nd State, Pennsylvania, as they battle FLAG SMASHER and the forces of ULTIMATUM! How will Philly react to the Initiative's all-new take on the LIBERTY LEGION?
Jump on here for the next chapter in Marvel's big breakout series!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D. ANNUAL #1
Written by Christos Gage
Penciled by HARVEY TALIBAO
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
S.H.I.E.L.D. has a problem, and her name is Madame Hydra. The leader of the world's deadliest terror organization is also the lawful ruler of Wolverine's old stomping ground: the island nation of Madripoor. Unable to depose her openly, S.H.I.E.L.D. sends in its best man to secretly take her down. His name? Stark...Tony Stark. But with his Extremis powers blocked and his Iron Man armor hovering in orbit for emergencies only, can the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. survive against enemies like Bloodscream and Roughhouse, who've nearly killed Wolverine himself? Wizard's 2007 Writer to Watch, Christos Gage (Iron Man), and in his stunning Marvel debut, artist Harvey Talibao (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic), bring you a roller coaster ride of action and espionage that will change Madripoor forever!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

WORLD WAR HULK: AFTERSMASH
Written by GREG PAK
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by GREG LAND
World War Hulk is over. But the Aftersmash has just begun. Heroes and monsters rise and fall as the events of "World War Hulk" reverberate through the blasted ruins of New York City with goliath impact in a massive story featuring the Warbound, the Renegades, Heroes for Hire, Iron Man, Tom Foster, and Damage Control. And yes, smashing will be involved.
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #7
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
Cover by FRANK CHO
The Ultimate Spider-Man super-team of Bendis and Bagley reunite and just in time for the Avengers’ biggest problem ever!!! A Venom virus hits the city of New York!! A Venom virus!! The entire city of New York turns symbiote. Plus, Wonder Man gets a much needed makeover. All this and Tony Stark gets himself a green-skinned present in a body bag.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS #36
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Hey, I don't know if you read the solicitation for Mighty Avengers but a Venom virus has gone off in New York City. That means the whole city!! That means the New Avengers have turned symbiote. Oh yeah!! Plus, Wolverine has a bone to pick with Spider-Woman about a little green-skinned something. Oh, and the Hood isn't wasting any time setting himself up as the kingpin of all super-villains.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #5 (of 5)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & Brian Reed
Pencils & Cover by Jim Cheung
The Illuminati get together for the first time since Planet Hulk and the Civil War to deal with the shocking reveals in NEW and MIGHTY AVENGERS. But not everyone in the cabal is who they say they are. Its a throw-down drag-out that opens the door to the Marvel event of 2008!! WHO DO YOU TRUST?? Do not miss this important chapter in the saga!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

More Thor #3 preview images

Man this issue's going to be awesome!

Iron Monger images from Iron Man

A "spy" took some images of Iron Monger from the upcoming Iron Man movie. They're not the best of quality, though they're still looking pretty good!

Iron Man footage from Comic-Con to be online soon

Iron Man director Jon Favreau stated on his MySpace page that the Iron Man footage shown at Comi-Con this year would be online real soon. I've already seen it, though it was quickly taken off the internet by the request of Paramount. It's great, and can't wait to see the high quality version of it!

Upcoming Marvel previews

Marvel just posted up some previews of their upcoming comics. Check them all out by clicking the link below. The list of the comics featured can be shown below as well -

*Amazing Spider-Man #543 (I'm serial when I say you must get this issue)
*Iron Man #21
*Immortal Iron Fist #8
*Sensational Spider-Man #40
*The Order #2 (Another goody)
*Thunderbolts #116
*World War Hulk: Gamma Corps #2

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Ultimate Hulk/Iron Man announced

Over at Wizard World, Marvel announced a new mini series called Ultimate Hulk/Iron Man, where the two will have to work together, something that you'd not expect from the two entirely different supers.

According to Marvel, it'll be released sometime in 2008, and will be written by Warren Ellis and will be drawn by Cary Nord.

High-res image of Iron Man punching pavement.

We've seen the image before, but now it's at a higher resolution. Click to enlarge!

Marvel Characters - Hawkeye

As a child Clinton Barton was an orphan who went to join a traveling carnival. At the age of fourteen, Jacques Duquesne, also known as the Swordsman, trained him by showing the young teenager how to throw knifes. Soon later, the Swordsman came to learn that he was already a master archer, and brought him over to man who's alias is Trickshot, who is also an archer.

Later on in life, he saw Iron Man in a brawl. It was so aspiring that he decided to use his bow and arrows to fight the world's enemies. While tring to stop a robbery, he was understandably thought to have been the villain, and Iron Man fought him. Later on, he started to really commit crimes to impress his new girlfriend, Natasha, also known as the Black Widow. However, he later realized that what he was doing was wrong, and left her.

After this, Iron Man allowed Clinton to join the Avengers, and years later, he was killed prior to the events that took place in House of M, along with other Avengers. The deaths eventually caused the Avengers to go apart, though later on Tony Stark (Iron Man) proposed that they restart the Avengers, and thus the New Avengers were born.

Currently, Kate Bishop, a member of the Young Avengers, is the new Hawkeye.

Ultimate Universe

In the Ultimate Universe, Hawkeye is a member of the Ultimates (the Ultimate Universe's Avengers). In the universe, he was a partner of the Black Widow, though once he found out that she was a trator who was one of the people responsible for Hawkeye's family being killed, he tracked her down and shot an arrow in her head.

Marvel Characters - Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man)

Nick Name: Iron Man
Real Name: Tony Stark
First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963)

Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist who happens to be one of the most recognized super heroes of all time. While young, his parents whom started the company died in a car accident. Once he turned 21, he took over the company, and while observing the Vietnam War (later the Gulf War) to see how he could be of assistance, he was badly injured when a piece of shrapnel almost plunged right through his heart. He was then captured by the opposing army.

With the help of a prisoner, the two of them developed the first Iron Man armor, which was originally silver rather than red. He escaped the wretched place, though only with the help of the other prisoner, who sacrificed his life so that Tony could escape safely.

Once he arrived back to the Americas, he developed better and more advanced armor, most notably the red and yellow armor (as well as its many variations). For a while Tony claimed that Iron Man was his body guard, not telling the world that he was in fact the man behind the metal mask. The hero mostly just fought threats to his own company, though would soon later save others rather than just saving Stark Industries.

Later on, Tony comes to realize that he's addicted to alcohol. It really took off once he found out that the national security agency S.H.I.E.L.D. has been buying interest in his company. Another time he succumbed to alcohol was when a series of attacks from villains were issued by business rival Justin Hammer.

However, things eventually blew over, and Tony's view on things started to change - First he halted all sales that would go to the army, and then started multiple foundations that would be charitable. Soon later he was one of the founders of the Avengers, and with one of the richest men in the world on the team, their financial problems would be easily solved.

Powers
His amazing Iron Suit allows the playboy to have increased strength and durability. His jet boots allow him to fly, and he is also able to shoot out lasers from his hand. He has a large weapon on his chest that will greatly harm his enemy.

ComicCon 2007 - IRON MAN TRAILER!!!

Enjoy it! This is the full trailer of Iron Man which was shown at ComicCon. It's pure aweswome!

ComicCon 2007 - Iron Man Mach 1 armor unveiled!

There you go! Obviously this is from the movie.

ComicCon 2007 - New Marvel comics information

New information has been revealed through a Q&A session with Joe Quesada. Here's what was revealed -

*Ultimate Iron Man volume two is still being made by Orson Scott Card and Pasqual Ferry.
*Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos are taking command of Runaways.
*Phil Jimenez is exclusive to Marvel.

ComicCon 2007 - Iron Man mini-series info!

I just reported this news under minor Marvel news (mainly because we knew next to nothing about it), though Marvel just released some new images and info via their website. Check it out! -

*As formerly mentioned, Jon Favreau is teaming up with artist Adi Granov for the mini series.
*Will only have four issues in all.
*Will be called Iron Man: viva Las Vegas (I think :P).
*Fin Fang Foom will be the main villain.
*While it's a stand alone movie, it will have some references to the upcoming Iron Man film.

ComicCon 2007: One Iron Man (movie) shot!

This image came out yesterday, though I oddly didn't see it. It looks great in my opinion!

ComicCon 2007 - Thor #3: Thor vs. Tony Stark

The battle of two of my favorite characters is at hand! In two months, you'll be able to wittness the epic battle that will ensue once Tony Stark (Iron Man) starts to hear rumors that Thor is back from the dead. The iron knight then goes down to Oklahoma to see if these rumors are true... and they are. Long story short - Thor is ticked off that Iron Man cloned him during the events that took place in Civil War, and he means buisness!

Who do I want to win? This is actually a hard choice... I like them both so much, though seeing that this is Thor's comic... well... you know. But while we're on the topic of Thor, who else hopes that he kills Hulk at the end of World War Hulk? I'm not saying that I don't like Hulk, though it's obvious that he needs to die after these events.

IGN got an exclusive look at the upcoming comic, which includes five pages of the issue, two of which are covers.

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ComicCon 2007 - Hilary Swank to appear in Iron Man

Hilary Swank, star of Million Dollar Baby, will apparently make a cameo appearance in Marvel's upcoming soon to be blockbuster Iron Man. Along with her, Samuel L. Jackson will also appear as Nick Fury, though we've known that for a while now...

ComicCon 2007: Eeek! New information regarding ComicCon 2007!

ComicCon 2007 is nearly here, and new information regarding the upcoming event has come up.

First of all, Marvel apparently has something huge in store for us fans. New information regarding the upcoming Spider-Man animated TV show, upcoming movies like Iron Man and Hulk (and maybe even Wolveriene!), and more. Here's what you should expect -

*New information regarding the Spider-Man animated TV show!
*Info regarding upcoming movies "Iron Man", "Beowulf", "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Stardust", "Hot Rod", as well as the upcoming Indiana Jones and Star Trek films will be revealed. Hints of a new movie were also made!
*Marvel editors, creators, and special guests will discuss World War Hulk, Annihilation: Conquest, and anything else regarding Marvel!
*Marvel's Joe Quesada will reveal new information regarding your favorite Marvel characters and creators, and will reveal some surprising announcements as well. According to the press release: "You don't want to miss it!"
*We're going to get new info regarding Marvel related video games that will be released on all consoles and handhelds (and not to mention PC's!).
*World Premiere of the upcoming, straight to DVD Marvel and Lionsgate film Doctor Strange.
*ZOMG! Joe Quesada and Jeph Loeb will reveal something that will change the Ultimate Marvel universe for ever that, according to the press release, will re-define the industry!
*Find out new information regardin the future of Spider-Man comics!
*New information regarding X-Men comics.