Awesome Superheroes

Critically-acclaimed graphic artist Francesco Francavilla imagined what it would be like if superheroes joined the Winter Olympics. It must be awesome to be so talented that you can make beautiful art like these just for fun.

True believers! Support Glen Bricker’s proposal for an official LEGO set of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. It has four levels, including the Danger Room and Cerebro, as well as a variety of X-Men minifigs, including Professor X.

The recent string of superhero movies are making Screen Junkies’ job a walk in the park. The group’s latest Honest Trailer pokes fun at the many spatial extrusions in Thor: The Dark World, aka The Avengers 2 appetizer.

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?

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.

Ty Templeton imagines what Batman would be without the input of writer Bill Finger. For most of his life, artist Bob Kane claimed sole credit for inventing the Dark Knight, but evidence suggests otherwise. 2/8/14 marks Bill’s 100th birthday.

Hot Toys’ 1:6 scale replica of Bruce Wayne’s armory. It has lots of weapons, accessories and remote-controlled lights. It also comes with a Batman action figure. It will also be bundled with Bruce Wayne and Alfred action figures.

Flipbook artist Etoilec1 pits Dragonball hero Son Goku against DC’s finest. He really has Akira Toriyama’s style down pat. Place your bets! Can the Man of Steel defeat someone whose power level is over 9000? Thanks Matt!

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.

The third part of YouTuber Mike Habjan’s computer animated slugfest between the Hulk and Christopher Reeve’s Superman. Mike’s CG skills are steadily improving. Be sure to watch it in 1080p.

Brian Lai drew a couple of sketches of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, but with a neat twist. Lai drew color negative sketches, which means his “actual” drawing will only be seen on an inverted photo of the sketch.

One Minute Galactica used footage from The Avengers’ blooper reel to imagine what the movie would’ve been like if the characters were less intense. In other words, this is what it would be like to have RDJ play all of the heroes.

(NSFW: Language) “Those are bird wings, just huge and on a man.” After getting rid of Wolverine and Gambit, Pete Holmes’ evil Professor X turns his attention to Angel, who henceforth shall now also be known as Bird.

Super Power Beat Down pits a Power Ranger against an undead ninja. Tommy was kind enough not to use his giant robot, while Scorpion was kind enough to wait while his opponent summoned his sword. Skip to 4:08 for the battle.

(NSFW) After getting rid of Wolverine, Pete Holmes’ evil Professor X throws out the charming Cajun. We get that Holmes is ridiculing the cool guys, but it would actually be more fun to tell the world about the really useless X-Men.

(SPOILERS) If you’re willing to lessen the novelty of Batman: Arkham Origins a bit in exchange for an in-depth preview, watch this 17-minute demo. It’s a good look at the overall story, basic gameplay and optional features.

(NSFW: Language) Superman proposes that he and Batman team up. Batman proposes that Clark shove his proposal up his butt. We hate to say it, but the idiot is right. Hands down the most hilarious of Pete Holmes’ Badman sketches yet.

(NSFW) Comedian Pete Holmes points out why the coolest X-man is also one of its weakest. Wolverine’s not this dumb, but the point still stands. To be fair, compared to these guys, everyone in the Marvel universe is useless.

To honor the 75th anniversary of Superman, Bruce Timm and Zack Snyder made a 2-minute animated short film chronicling the evolution of The Man of Tomorrow. The short will also be included in the Man of Steel Blu-ray.

Home decor site Elite Fixtures edited a few famous comic book covers and replaced characters with lamps. Yeah, we didn’t think it would work either, but for some reason seeing Wolverine get mad at a lamp cracked us up.

YouTuber Mr88668866 used clips from various superhero movies and the trailer for DC Universe Online to create a fan trailer for a bank-breaking blockbuster movie. Black Widow and her pistols look even more pitiful here.