Awesome Marvel

The new trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier gives us our first look at Sam Wilson aka Falcon. You’ll also see more of the titular villain and Scarlett Johansson’s return as Black Widow. Oh and the SHIELD Helicarrier crashes. Again.

This sizzle reel for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 shows the movie’s takes on Spidey’s classic villains. See Electro’s origin, Rhino’s tank-like armor and Harry Osborn’s general creepiness. Seriously who talks like that?

Iron Man 3 was one of the disappointments of 2013, but its silly plot doesn’t mean it wasn’t chockful of impressive VFX artistry, as is evidenced in this breakdown of the destruction of Tony Stark’s mansion from Scanline VFX.

The debut trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the sequel to one of the more decent and well-received movie tie-in games in recent years. The game sees Peter Parker hunting a killer with the help of the cunning Kraven.

Originally shown at the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, the latest teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees Peter going up against Sparkly Smurf. Seriously though they should’ve kept Max Dillon’s simple look.

A photo from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Headlined by Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper (as Rocket Raccoon) and Vin Diesel (as Groot). Also stars John C. Reilly, Benicio del Toro, Karen Gillan. Out 8/14.

Peter Parker takes on a new round of evildoers, as OsCorp does its best to take down the young web-slinger with its latest and most heinous inventions. And Jamie Foxx debuts in a role we like to call Electro Unchained.

A series of statues featuring the six original X-Men along with their original archenemy (and now teammate) Magneto as they appeared in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s 1963 comic Uncanny X-Men #1. Limited to 950 units each.

Professor X continues to clean house of heroes with mediocre powers, ridding himself of “a man whose weakness is room temperature.” We’re waiting for him to fire Jubilee and her amazing ability to make fireworks. Oh, never mind.

Stan Lee doesn’t care for the flying ability of rival DC Comics’ Superman, and he’s here to tell you why. While we agree that there’s no physical sense behind his ability to fly, it’s not exactly like a radioactive spider bite would let you sling webs.

Cap begins to disagree with the tactics of S.H.I.E.L.D. and that puts him in the crosshairs of mysterious threats that only he can lead new and tested allies to overcome in the first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Balloon sculptor and humanitarian Jeff Wright created this epic Iron Man suit in just under 10 minutes. Oh, did we mention that he wears it at the end? Of course all The Mandarin needs to do is bring a pin and it’s game over.

Illustrator Terry Huddleston creates these tightly-cropped portraits of famous comic book superheroes and villains. He also does custom commission work. Be sure to check his DC Comics and Marvel collections.

Before shooting big action scenes, directors often commission rough pencil animations to work out the composition and sequencing. Here’s some footage of an epic Iron Man sequence that never made it into The Avengers.

An ancient race led by the evil Malekith (Chris Eccleston – the ninth Doctor Who) is hellbent on throwing the universe into chaos. Naturally, Thor must use his powers – and his mighty hammer to restore order to the Nine Realms and Earth.

To hype up X-Men: Days of Future Past, Marvel set up a fake website for Trask Industries, the company that builds Sentinels. The site has lots of information and images, including a shot of Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask.