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SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Marvel Legacy #1, out now. Since it was announced, Marvel Legacy #1 has been hyped by the publisher as a comic that will bring back a major fan-favorite character in a story designed to shape the future of the Marvel Universe. Sounds simple enough, right? Speculation was rampant, with fans theorizing the return of everyone from from Mar-Vell to Miracleman, and more. Was it The Sentry? Was it Jean Grey? Was it Uncle Ben? The Marvel Universe is packed full of fan-favorite characters that would shock the world with their return, but in the end it turned out that the biggest shock was that Marvel brought back not only brought back one beloved character but also teased the return even more. RELATED: Marvel Legacy: [SPOILER] is Back From the Dead, And They Have… The biggest reveal, which was announced ahead of time on Monday, was that Logan, the regular age Wolverine who died several years ago after losing his heali

This article contains spoilers for Justice League of America #15, by Steve Orlando, Ivan Reis and Julio Feareira, on sale now, as well as DC Comics’ greater Rebirth storyline. The Justice League of America has finally found Ray Palmer deep within the infinite landscape of the Microverse, but the the size-changing physicist reveals that the threat that has been ravaging the fabric of reality on a quantum level is not a natural event but deliberately orchestrated by an immensely powerful being. With Doomsday Clock ticking and the mysteries of DC Comics’ Rebirth coming to a head, the mystery figure can only be Doctor Manhattan. Justice League of America, the series starring Batman’s hand-picked lineup of eclectic heroes seeking redemption, social justice, or other resolution for personal causes, has not been billed as a major Rebirth tie-in. Nevertheless, these heroes’ role in the next cosmic Crisis began to take shape in issue #13, where Ryan Choi, the Atom, l

This article includes major spoilers for Doomsday Clock #1, on sale November 22, and for DC Comics’ Rebirth arc. Following the Doomsday Clock panel at New York Comic Con, DC Comics has released a six-page black and white ashcan preview of the first chapter of the 12-issue miniseries launching in November that will bring to a head the central mysteries of the post-Rebirth universe. Written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Gary Frank, Doomsday Clock will pit Superman and the heroes of the DC Universe against Doctor Manhattan and other characters from Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s seminal Watchmen. And, wow — Johns and Frank aren’t wasting time getting to their first big reveal. Rorschach is back. Set in 1992, the preview pages catch up with the world after the events of Watchmen, where we discover that Ozymandias’ plan to save humanity from itself ultimately failed.  Rorschach’s journal, exposing the plot, has been pu

This year's 46th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that Takuya Mitsuda's Major 2nd baseball manga will have an "important announcement" in the magazine's next issue on October 18. The 47th issue will also feature the manga on the cover, and the chapter in the issue will have a color opening page. Mitsuda launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in March 2015 as the first new installment in the manga series in five years. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on August 18, and will publish the 11th volume on October 18. The sequel manga inspired an animated commercial in December 2015. The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga. Mitsuda serialized Major in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1994 until 2010. Shogakukan published 78 compiled book volumes for the series. The story begins when Goro Honda's father, a professional baseball player, dies in an accident. This gives hi

Sequel series starring son of protagonist of 1st manga premiered in 2015 The cover of this year's 47th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that Takuya Mitsuda's Major 2nd baseball manga is getting a television anime adaptation. The magazine's 46th issue had teased on Wednesday that the 47th issue would have an "important announcement" for the manga. The 47th issue will also feature the manga on the cover, and the chapter in the issue will have a color opening page. Mitsuda launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in March 2015 as the first new installment in the manga series in five years. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on August 18, and will publish the 11th volume on October 18. The sequel manga inspired an animated commercial in December 2015. The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga. Mitsuda serialized Major in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1994 until

Sequel series to air on NHK-E TV This year's 47th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that the television anime adaptation of Takuya Mitsuda's Major 2nd baseball manga will premiere on NHK E-TV in April 2018. Mitsuda launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in March 2015 as the first new installment in the manga series in five years. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on August 18, and will publish the 11th volume on Wednesday. The sequel manga inspired an animated commercial in December 2015. The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga. Mitsuda serialized Major in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1994 until 2010. Shogakukan published 78 compiled book volumes for the series. The story begins when Goro Honda's father, a professional baseball player, dies in an accident. This gives him the motivation to try and become a pro baseball player himself. The manga inspired i

The staff on the television anime of Takuya Mitsuda's Major 2nd baseball manga revealed the anime's visual on Thursday. The visual shows Goro the protagonist of the original Major manga, with his son Daigo, the protagonist of Major 2nd. The anime will premiere on NHK E-TV in April 2018. Mitsuda launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday in March 2015 as the first new installment in the manga series in five years. Shogakukan published the manga's 11th compiled book volume on Wednesday. The sequel manga inspired an animated commercial in December 2015. The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga. Mitsuda serialized Major in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1994 until 2010. Shogakukan published 78 compiled book volumes for the series. The story begins when Goro Honda's father, a professional baseball player, dies in an accident. This gives him the motivation to try and become a pro baseball player himself. The manga inspired its first tel

A fascinating aspect of film-making is that once the editing on a film is complete and the picture is wrapped, the filmmakers essentially no longer have any real control over it. It is then in the hands of the studio and the marketing, and that can take things in a direction that the filmmakers might have preferred they avoid. For instance, when the trailer is cut for films, it is the marketing people who do that, not the filmmakers, and the marketing often wants to give away as much of the cool parts of a movie as possible. RELATED: 8 Times Lego Sets Spoiled A Superhero Movie (And 7 Times They Lied) This approach has carried over to the toy tie-ins to these films, as the toys naturally want to highlight some of the coolest parts of the movie, but the problem with that is that sometimes the coolest parts of the movie are also intended to be secrets. From hidden villains uncovered to major plot twists revealed, toys have been spoiling superhero movies for over two decades. Here, then,

Composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears) said on Twitter on Tuesday that in addition to his revealed work on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the "Episode Ignis" DLC for Final Fantasy XV, and Inazuma Eleven Ares, there may be "one more intense announcement" to mark the end of 2017. Square Enix began streaming a trailer for "Episode Ignis" on Monday. Like the first two episodes, the new episode features a new guest composer. The staff of Final Fantasy XV also began streaming a video message from Mitsuda on Monday. In the video, Mitsuda says he thinks it has been about 18 years since he last worked with Square Enix, and this is his first time working on a Final Fantasy title. Mitsuda has composed music for games such as Valkyria Revolution, Chrono Cross, and Mario Party. He has also composed music for anime including Black Butler: Book of Circus, Inazuma Eleven, and Pugyuru. [Via Siliconera]

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy #146, by Gerry Duggan and Marcus to, on sale now. This week saw Guardians of the Galaxy, by Gerry Duggan and Marcus To, return to its original numbering as part of the Marvel Legacy relaunch. Not only does Issue #146 kick off a new storyline — “Infinity Quest” — it features a whole new direction for the Guardians, and a new team member to boot in the form of the Astonishing Ant-Man, Scott Lang. Plus, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Baby Groot have traded their now-familiar garb for Nova Corps outfits, now that they’re officially full-fledged members of the intergalactic police force. RELATED: Guardians of the Galaxy Learn New Truth About the Infinity Stones But while the team is helping to rebuild the once proud and mighty intergalactic space cops organization, they have a mission of their own: Locate the Infinity Stones which, as it turns out, have been missing eve