Here’s another preview from the four-bundle of free comics for Free Comic Book Day from Red Giant Entertainment. This time Magika #0 from Giant-Size Adventure #0… Spinning off from the upcoming fully-animated feature film JOURNEY TO MAGIKA, GIANT-SIZE ADVENTURE’s MAGIKA is an all-ages adventure series written by NY Times-bestselling author David Lawrence (MERCY THOMPSON) and Kevin Juaire (ACTION COMICS) and illustrated by Wilson Tortosa (TOMB RAIDER, BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, LEGO EXO-FORCE) and Sebastian Cheng (CARBON GREY). Niko is a child of two worlds; our own and a wondrous land of enchantment known as Magika, a place where myths and monsters comeBut in Magika the greatest power of all is the power of friendship…and when that power is tested it’s up to Niko to save his best friend. Here are some pages – and scenes from the movie… About the Author Latest Posts ContactStirrups & Beans: Food, Comics And Bringing Back The Chisholm Kid, In Manhattan This April J Scott Campbell’s Exclusive Venomized Cover To Iron Fist #1 (UPDATE) All The ECCC 2017 Comic Book Exclusives We Can Find In One Big Post Comics Delays This Week In Arizona – At Least This Week, America Punches Nazis View All Posts
The page you have attempted to load is not currently available on the BZPower server. Please use the site search, return home, or check the discussion forums to find the page you were looking for:X-Men: Apocalypse post-credits scene: What does this mean for the future of the X-Men universe? The mysterious sequence could, essentially, be setting up any number of the upcoming X-Men movies Thursday 19 May 2016 09:55 BST *CAUTION: Major spoilers for X-Men: Apocalypse* With Bryan Singer's epic X-Men: Apocalypse officially out in cinemas, it's finally time to talk about that post-credits scene, and what it implies about the future of the X-Men universe. It's a sequence that's as oblique and confusing to the casual viewer as, unfortunately, much of Apocalypse itself; but there's some big news here, with just a little extraction to be done for the full weight of its significance to land. First off, you'll have to sit through the entire credits here - Fox is seemingly a little less generous to its viewers than Marvel;
but it all finally fades into a suited man strolling through a very high-tech, militaristic-looking facility. This, of course, will be instantly recognisable to audiences as the facility Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops operated their rescue mission; soon revealed to be the facility the Weapon X programme was housed in after one of its subjects, Wolverine, was unleashed out of his cell. Indeed, the figure here is forced to step between the bodies and carnage left behind by Wolverine during his escape from the facility. The man is then seen to retrieve a vial of Wolverine's blood, labelled Weapon X, before it placing inside of a briefcase alongside other, differently coloured vials of blood. The briefcase is then closed, to reveal the ominous words, 'ESSEX CORP.'Here's where the expertise comes in: the name refers to one Nathaniel Essex, or Mister Sinister, one of the most formidable villains of the X-Men universe. In the comics, Essex is the one responsible for awakening Apocalypse;
a geneticist, he believes the mutant had the potential to unlock the secret of perfecting the evolution of the human race, and is granted agelessness from Apocalypse himself. He also has telekinesis abilities, as well as the powers of shape-shifting and regeneration; essentially making him an ultimate combination of major X-Men characters, and a perfect foe for any upcoming X-Men movies. His obsession with creating the perfect mutant being would also tie back into the suitcase filled with serums, though it's hard to tell exactly which upcoming X-Men film Sinister would feature in. He could very well be the villain of the upcoming, '90s-set X-Men sequel; though the sight of Wolverine's blood vial could be hinting at the rumoured introduction of the character's female clone, X-23, in Wolverine 3. Or, is this a hint at the delayed, but still apparently in production, Gambit movie with Channing Tatum? In the comics, Gambit spent his days before the X-Men under the employment of Mister Sinister as a skilled thief.
Or could this even be a look forward to Deadpool 2? Sinister had a particular obsession with Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey, creating a clone of the latter who eventually married the former and had a son, Nathan Summers AKA Cable. Of course, anyone who sat right to the end of Deadpool's credits will know that Cable has been prepped to feature in the sequel. Or maybe all these options are true, and Sinister is about to become a major player in the X-Men universe? 33 Superhero films set for release between 2016 and 2020 Producer Simon Kinberg is keeping quiet on that front, telling Collider; "It’s a nod toward potentially a lot of different movies. I mean certainly the Wolverine movie is related to what happens at the end of it, but there’s also another character that’s introduced, at least in name, in the tag and he could show up in any host of different X-Men films. Maybe a Gambit movie, maybe another X-Men movie." Meanwhile, we've argued why Apocalypse is hitting cinema screens 10 years too late.
X-Men: Apocalypse is in cinemas now. Lego wants some of that Skylanders cash, planning toys-to-life game 03.17.2015 :: 10:31AM EST @JordanWMinor We talk about Lego a lot here on Geek because whether you’re young or old, geek or jock, Lego is awesome. And with that universally agreed upon awesomeness, Lego has built a toy empire brick by brick while making its creator’s heirs the richest people in Denmark. However, if these latest rumors are true, Lego’s billions could just be beginning. Apparently, Lego is working on a toys-to-life video game to release later this year. If you don’t know, “toys-to-life” refers to the relatively recent new video game genre where players scan physical objects, typically toys, to affect the game world. The trend began back in 2011 with the first Skylanders game and continued with products like Disney Infinity and Nintendo’s Amiibo figurines. This Lego rumor is scant on info, but we can assume the theoretical game would use the same near field communication technology featured in the scanning portals, as well as the Wii U gamepad, that detects figures in similar games.
Aside from the lucrative Holiday 2015 release date and unsurprising detail that the Lego game masterminds at TT Games are working on the project, we pretty much know nothing about the game. Will the game be set in a generic Lego universe like Lego City Undercover or will it leverage the massively popularly franchises featured in previous Lego games like Marvel, The Simpsons, and the upcoming Jurassic World? How will the figures work exactly? There has to be some kind of building component since we’re talking about Lego here, but will the game be able to somehow recognize players’ custom creations? Maybe all the construction will be done virtually like Minecraft and players buy figures and sets to unlock new pieces? Beyond just blurring the line between physical toys and digital games, toys-to-life games have been cleaning up all over the industry as far as cash goes. In early 2014, Skylanders hit $2 billion in total revenue, making it arguably more important to its publisher Activision than the colossal Call of Duty franchise.