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  1. coming soon
    Nonalcoholic-Beer Salesman Will Put the Spidey Suit Back OnSpider-Man 4 has Tom Holland, a director, and a release date.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. pow! wham! boom!
    The 35 Best Superhero Cartoons of the Past 30 YearsFrom ’90s breakout hits Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men to this year’s outstanding X-Men ’97 and Batman: Caped Crusader.
    By Daniel Dockery
  3. vulture lists
    All 14 X-Men Movies, RankedHollywood hasn’t always done right by the X-Men.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  4. vulture lists
    Every DC Comics Movie, RankedFrom the Christopher Reeve era to the Snyder Cut and this week’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  5. vulture lists
    Marvel Villains, Ranked by HotnessLet’s all marvel at more than 50 badies from the MCU of varying degrees of hotness.
    By Carrie Wittmer
  6. vulture lists
    Superman’s 15 Best Animated MomentsLive-action adaptations may be the Man of Steel’s Kryptonite, but he flourishes in animation.
    By Daniel Dockery
  7. sequential art
    Who Are All These Spider-People?The Spider-Verse has a lot of spider-creatures. Here is every man, woman, punk, cat, monkey, manga, dinosaur, and car, explained.
    By Richard Newby
  8. movie review
    Let’s Just Pretend Shazam! Fury of the Gods Never HappenedThe latest DC movie seems to have forgotten what made the original so charming and special.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. movie review
    Black Adam Is Entertaining RubbishThe Rock plays the DC superhero with such a stony face that we forget how charming this actor can be otherwise.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. batgirl
    Warner Bros. to Batgirl: Bye, Girl!Leslie Grace said Batgirl was “My own damn hero” on IG.
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. where are their fingers
    Release the McCracken! New Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home Reboots Are ComingCraig McCracken returns to two of his beloved Cartoon Network shows.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. chat room
    Paul Reiser Initially Turned Down His Role in The Boys“It was a little bit rough for me.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  13. the pg-13 multiverse
    Sam Raimi Exploding Superheroes’ Heads in ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is Good, ActuallyThe MCU has always been about death as an abstract form of entertainment, but Multiverse of Madness gets darkly, and thrillingly, literal.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  14. trailer mix
    The Marvelous Ms. Marvel Trailer: You Glow Girl!Featuring guidance counselor Jordan Firstman.
    By Rebecca Alter
  15. extreme thirst
    Thank You, The Batman, for Bringing Horniness Back to Gotham CityBatman is looking respectfully from Catwoman’s dominatrix-y knee-high PVC boots up to her face, but there’s a hunger there, too.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  16. spinoffs
    Matt Reeves Says The Batman Prequel Series on HBO Max Has Been AxedNow we’ll never get to see, uh, how Commissioner Gordon got his glasses.
    By Halle Kiefer
  17. movie review
    The Batman Is Sad, Scary, and Even a Little SexyMatt Reeves and Robert Pattinson give us an austere, tense serial-killer thriller as much as a superhero action flick.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  18. deep dive
    Wait, Who Are the Eternals?The 2021 MCU entry is finally streaming on Disney+. Here’s what you need to know before hitting play.
    By Nola Pfau
  19. movies
    The Matrix Taught Superheroes to FlyIt laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  20. dceu
    HBO Max Mistakenly Uploads Censored Version of Birds of PreyHBO Max is working to restore the original version to the streaming service.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. allegations
    Ruby Rose Alleges Dangerous Conditions, Injuries, ‘Bullying’ on Batwoman SetWarner Bros. TV calls Rose’s allegations “revisionist history” in a new statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  22. trailer mix
    Doom Patrol Season Three Trailer: What the Piffle Paffle?HBO Max’s other gang of reluctant heroes return.
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. dc
    Winston Duke Will Play Bruce Wayne (Cool!) in a Podcast (Oh …)Batman Unburied is written by The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer.
    By Rebecca Alter
  24. dc
    Michael B. Jordan Is Developing a Black Superman Project for HBO MaxThey haven’t revealed whether Jordan will actually play Superman, but like, come on. How could he not?
    By Rebecca Alter
  25. movie review
    Black Widow Bids a Barbed Farewell to the MCU’s First Female SuperheroScarlett Johansson plays Natasha one last time (for now) in an espionage adventure that’s as much a criticism of the character as a good-bye.
    By Alison Willmore
  26. dad things
    Clark Kent’s Most Super-Dad Moments on Superman & LoisYes, he’s holding up bridges and stopping nuclear reactors from melting down, but he’s also going to football practices and packing school lunches.
    By Maggie Fremont
  27. dc comics
    Batman: The Animated Series Creator Will Return with More Animated BatmanHBO Max and Cartoon Network green-lit Batman: Caped Crusader.
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. i would like to see it
    Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing a Superhero Movie About an Older Black Woman“Do you know who’s really going to save the earth?”
    By Justin Curto
  29. trailer mix
    Florence Pugh’s Russian Accent Stars in Black Widow Trailer“Bring. Her. Home.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. tv review
    Invincible Offers Superheroes With a Side of More SuperheroesThe hour-long animated series has a palpable “more of an eight-hour movie” vibe, with all the possibility and potential pitfalls that model entails.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  31. dceu
    Emerald Fennell to Become Promising Young Superhero ScreenwriterShe’s writing a Zatanna movie for DC.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. superheroes
    The Story Behind the Winter Soldier’s Unprecedented CreationIt’s one of the greatest transformations in superhero comics history.
    By Abraham Riesman
  33. the dc universe
    It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Superman Reboot!It’s reportedly being set up as “a Black Superman story.”
    By Devon Ivie
  34. animation
    Craig McCracken Talks Taking on Serialized Superheroics in Kid CosmicFor his first streaming series, Netflix’s new Kid Cosmic, animator Craig McCracken didn’t want to just make “another campy parody of superheroes.”
    By John Maher
  35. castings
    Ethan Hawke to Play the Villain to Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight in Marvel SeriesBecause we guess someone has to antagonize Oscar Isaac.
    By Justin Curto
  36. dceu
    All of the Magical Objects in Wonder Woman 1984, ExplainedWhat we know and don’t know about the MacGuffins, invisible planes, and fanny packs.
    By Ryan Britt
  37. ww8more
    Warner Bros. and Patty Jenkins Fast-Track Development on Wonder Woman 3Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins will return to give us more Wonder Woman.
    By Rebecca Alter
  38. my octopus teacher
    Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock to Lay Tentacles on Tom Holland in Spider-Man 3Doctor Octopus is back, and he’s gonna get that Spidey.
    By Rebecca Alter
  39. role muddles
    The Boys Is the End of the Superhero As We Know ItThe dark satire’s second season has illuminated the rotten core of superheroism, and cast our collective obsession with it in an unflattering light.
    By Abraham Riesman
  40. superhero movies
    Andy Samberg, Craig Robinson, and Common’s Powers Combine for Super HighIn a world … where smoking weed gives you superpowers.
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. behind the seams
    The Boys Is a Microcosm of Modern Supersuit DesignThe series’ supersuit designer explains how the Seven’s looks both reflect and satirize the evolution of superhero costuming in the 21st century.
    By Manuel Betancourt
  42. nanananananananananana
    Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton Will Be Batmen Again in The FlashBatsman? Batmen? Batmanses?
    By Rebecca Alter
  43. wait what
    We Asked a Marine Biologist to Explain Pistol Shrimp PowersEverything you need to know about the almighty crustacean at the center of Netflix’s new movie Project Power.
    By Nick Allen
  44. results may vary
    The Absurd Superpowers of Netflix’s Project Power, ExplainedIncluding the formidable power of … pistol shrimp?
    By Nick Allen
  45. movie review
    Project Power Is a Depressingly Uninspired Off-Brand Superhero StoryJoseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, and Jamie Foxx star in a would-be Netflix blockbuster with a clever premise and crummy follow through.
    By Alison Willmore
  46. fictions of violence
    The Old Guard Is Not a Superhero StoryComic author and screenwriter Greg Rucka is adamant that his “fiction of violence” stand apart from Marvel.
    By Oliver Sava
  47. movie review
    Netflix’s The Old Guard Is BreathtakingOnce you watch it, you’ll wish every superhero movie were this good.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. movies
    Gina Prince-Bythewood, the Quiet StormThe director’s The Old Guard is an unlikely superhero film, both patient and intimate. But she’s always been uncompromising.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  49. in your car the radio up
    Here’s Your First Look at the Snyder CutHBO Max just dropped a trailer.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. hashtag inevitable
    What Hath the Snyder Cut Released?In retrospect, Warner Bros.’ decision to rerelease Zach Snyder’s Justice League was inevitable. It’s also consequential.
    By Abraham Riesman
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