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It's been a little over 24hrs since the Ant-Man movie trailer debuted nationwide. After seeing the flood of links for it on your Facebook or Twitter feed, you may be asking yourself ,"Who is Ant-Man?" Although it seems everyone is excited over this upcoming film, there's a few people that have donned the Ant-Man costume. Hank Pym was the original Ant-Man and a founding member of the Avengers, but the one featured in the upcoming film is Scott Lang, who will be portrayed by Paul Rudd. Scott Lang was once a thief who became the infamous superhero after stealing the suit from Hank Pym in order to save his dying daughter. Since then he has fought alongside heroes such as the Fantastic Four and the Avengers.
If you're curious about the Ant-Man character and don't know where to start, you're in luck! A new Ant-Man series was released by MARVEL today! Ant-Man #1 is out now and I personally really enjoyed this issue! Scott Lang isn't a poster-boy hero, he's flawed, he doesn't have a stable income, his place is a runned down studio apartment, has an ex wife who doesn't want him near his daughter, and he isn't the guy that people would normally count on. He continues to try and he means well; that's what makes this first issue great to read. Scott Lang will either remind you of yourself or maybe someone you know. As you get through this issue, you'll find yourself rooting for him as he tries to better himself for his daughter. The interaction between Lang and his daughter is quite heartwarming, mix in Lang's smart alec comments and you have gold. Ant-Man #1 is out today, so swing by your local comic shop and pick this issue up!
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Tony Stark is as arrogant as ever in his new series, Superior Iron Man. We're just three issues in and I'm really digging what Tom Taylor is doing with this series.
Stark has moved to San Francisco to try out his latest invention called Extremis 3.0 app. This app is vanity at its finest, it helps improve a persons life by making them more attractive, smarter and healthier. But it sounds too good to be true and it comes with a price, and only a few can afford it.
Superior Iron Man #3 focuses on Tony Stark and Matt Murdock also known as Daredevil and it really shows Tony's new arrogant and aggressive personality. Matt Murdock reached out to Tony to try and reason with him about what Extremis 3.0 is doing to the city. The confrontation heats up when Tony uses the app on Matt Murdock without his permission, and Murdock's character really shows after Tony has given him something that even the greatest doctors couldn't do.
I wouldn't really call this an Iron Man comic but more of a Tony Stark story. It's different from what Marvel has out right now. It's more about morality and has the reader thinking what would you do if you were able to erase your flaws. Like any well written character you're going to either love him or despise him, but you're going to want to continue reading this series. Not to mention the new all chrome Iron Man suit is easy on the eyes. Superior Iron Man #3 is out now so go out and give it a try!
Marvel released a new teaser poster for next years relaunch of the Uncanny Avengers earlier today. The teaser poster singles out Quicksilver indicating he might have been living a lie. What does that mean? Well let me give you a brief summary of who Quicksilver is.
In 1964 Quicksilver debuted on the issue of The X-Men #4. Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a mutant with superhuman speed. His father is Magneto and has a twin sister Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch. Quicksilver has been part of a few affiliations, the Botherhood of Evil Mutants, Inhumans, X-Factor and now with the Avengers.
If you're not a comic book reader but a fan of the movies you may recognize Quicksilver in this years X-Men: Days of Future Past. Where he is portrayed as a juvenile delinquent that helps Xavier and Logan breakout Magneto from the Pentagon. He also appeared on the end credits along with his sister on Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will be coming out on next years Avengers: Age of Ultron. Since 20th Century Fox owns X-Men and Marvel Studios has the rights to Avengers, due to contract agreement Quicksilver isn't referred to as the son of Magneto. Although 20th Century Fox found a funny way of sneaking that into Days of Future Past.
So what is the poster hinting too? Its hinting that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch may not have been mutants all along but in fact Inhumans, a Superhuman Race created by the Kree.
Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender and Daniel Acuna will be hitting comic shops January 28,2015!
