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DC Comics’ The Button storyline is being closely watched by comics fans— and well-promoted by the company. The four-part crossover between Batman and The Flash is teasing itself as the next step in the slow arc of DC’s Rebirth storyline, which promises to reveal Doctor Manhattan — and possibly other Watchmen characters — as the secret architects of the destiny of the entire main DC Universe. It makes sense that a comic event of that magnitude would have some fancy covers, and The Button does, with a set of variant…

It looks like the Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally going to get some LGBTQ representation. Stephen Broussard, a producer who’s worked on a series of MCU movies including Captain America: The First Avenger and Ant-Man And The Wasp, was recently asked by Den Of Geek about the possibility of LGBTQ characters in future movies. “For sure, you will see that. I know it can be frustrating if you’re part of a group that wants to see more representation and the answer is always ‘stay tuned’ – I can imagine that…

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who has written the upcoming superhero film Bhavesh Joshi, today said a mask does not make an actor a superhero. Bhavesh Joshi, featuring Harshvardhan Kapoor in the lead, is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Asked about younger generation of actors not getting acceptance in the superhero genre and if that is one of the reasons why filmmakers are not making such movies, Anurag said, “I don’t think a filmmaker thinks like that. If a filmmaker is obsessed with an idea, that is what drives him to make the…

Comic book legend Stan Lee has been accused of sexually harassing several nurses who took care of him in his Los Angeles home. The 95-year-old former president and chairman of Marvel is alleged to have repeatedly groped and harassed several female nurses, including walking around naked in their presence and asking them for oral sex in the shower, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The nursing company that employed the women, which the Daily Mail declined to name, confirmed that the female proprietor had received several complaints from nurses before parting…