Awesome Superheroes

DC Comics’ video presents all of the characters who became part of the Justice League, from Superman and other fan favorites to obscure ones like General Glory. It’s also proof that it’s hard to come up with cool character names.

(SPOILERS) Avengers: Age of Ultron is packed with characters, teasers for future Marvel films and as Mr. Sunday Movies points out it, references to the comic books that casual fans won’t recognize.

The latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight reveals a new feature called Dual Play. During combat, you’ll be able to switch between Bats and his allies, including Robin, Nightwing and Catwoman for tag team action.

(PG-13 Language) The Avengers take on The Justice League in this ridiculously over the top cosplay battle from the guys at RackaRacka. Despite Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark’s wonderful toys, the Hulk’s fist is still our favorite weapon.

The debut trailer for Ant-Man assures us that Marvel is sticking to the formula that made a bunch of a-holes household names: equal parts action, comedy and eye candy. Besides, there’s this guy for the wilder stuff.

Butcher Billy’s new series of superhero-themed mashups features post-punk and new wave artists such as The Smiths, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Devo. Get them on various merch on Red Bubble.

The latest gameplay video for Batman: Arkham Knight showcases the game’s open world, where citizens gawk and scream as Bats basically flies and power slides all over Gotham. We wish we could also even the odds just by pressing a button.

Our first glimpse at Avengers: Age of Ultron was heavy on the drama. Then we saw a smattering of humor. And now we have this reassurance that yes, the movie will meet its quota of lighthearted quips and nonchalant badassery.

Apparently a lot of people disagreed with how the Super Power Beat Down between Batman and Darth Vader ended, so Bat in the Sun made an alternate version of the short film. If you’ve seen the original, you can skip to 2:55 for the battle.

Lawyer by day, vigilante by night. This upcoming Netflix series by Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus) is about Matt Murdock, who developed superior sensory perception after being blinded at a young age. Season one drops 4/10/15.

The latest trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron gives us more glimpses of Ultron and his Iron Man-like minions, Andy Serkis’ as yet unidentified character as well as the battle between Hulk and Iron Man.

Our first look at Marvel’s next summer popcorn flick, the story of a superhero who can muster tremendous strength, but only when he shrinks down to the size of an ant. Stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas.

Batman goes to the Death Star to rescue Superman. But before he can do that he has to go through Darth Vader in this snazzy short from Super Power Beat Down. Why don’t the Sith just Force Choke their way through every battle?

The latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight is a gameplay montage that sees Bats infiltrate a chemical factory guarded by the titular antagonist. The Arkham Knight may have an army, but the Dark Knight has the Batmobile.

It’s Thor’s Mjölnir versus Master Chief’s Mjölnir as superheroes and videogame heroes battle it out in this fun short made possible by the action VFX dudes at Corridor Digital. Today’s lesson: The Tesseract is really just a Minecraft block.

Despite the huge number of Marvel and DC Comics films in production, they have yet to dig into the archive of the more obscure superheroes. But when they eventually run out of ideas, there’s always the man with the power of rainbows.

Comics Alliance made this neat chart that catalogs the announced lineup of superhero movies from Marvel/Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Fox. 2017 is crazy packed. We can’t wait for Black Panther and LEGO Batman.

The alternate debut trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron starts out with a lighthearted scene about Thor’s hammer. Perhaps this was supposed to be the original trailer, but after it got leaked Marvel rushed the other one out.

Sideshow Collectibles’ Marvel 1/6 Scale Merc with a Mouth comes with 6 pairs of hands, 2 heads, 3 blades, 3 guns, and of course speech bubbles. The Sideshow exclusive also comes with a zombie head. Pre-orders start 9/25 for $230.

(NSFW: Language) Maddox presents counterarguments to the outrage about Milo Manara’s now infamous comic book cover for Spider-Woman #1, the Hawkeye Initiative and sexualization in general. More here.

Pop Chart Lab celebrates Batman’s 75th anniversary by giving its The Myriad Monikers of Gotham’s Villains chart a new look. The poster features hundreds of Bats’ foes categorized according to the nature of their names.

MTV points out the Easter eggs from the past nine Marvel Studios movies – Iron Man to Captain America: The Winter Soldier – from Stan Lee’s cameos, hints to future movies and numerous references to Marvel’s comics.

Freelance illustrator and diehard Deadpool fan Marco D’Alfonso loves to mashup comic book characters and covers with pop culture, often as submissions to Comic Book Resources’ contests. We’d share all of his art here if we could.