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The Cartoon Network Lands 26 Episodes Of MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD!!
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Wolverine, Hulk, Iron Man, Silver Surfer and Captain America will team up for 26 animated episodes of “Marvel Super Hero Squad,” which has landed on The Cartoon Network.
Steve Blum, who plays Logan on “Wolverine and the X-Men” is involved. Maybe to play Wolverine?
Marvel Entertainment already has Spider-Man on the CW and Wolverine and the X-Men on Nicktoons. The Black Panther is coming to BET. There's an Iron Man series coming soon as well.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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But could you guys stop attaching the picture with the Gay Nazi Junk Trio to all of your articles? It's quite frightening...
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It's a sad day when the movie ads on this site are larger than the news article.
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With Silver Surfer instead of Thor. No news about the Thor movie and Favreau didnt seem to keen on adding him to his "realistic" Iron Man. Maybe we will see a SSurfer movie instead?
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Feb 16, 2009 11:29:39 PM CST
Carl--Kenneth Branaugh is directing THOR, it's in pre-prod
by george newman
we got that news months ago. now's the time for under the radar pre-production development. I'd love a great Silver Surfer flick; the only problem is FF4:2. It will be hard to separate the two. (I never saw FF4:2 and will resist an foolish, completion-ist urge to do so)
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whoopsie
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It's supposed to be released next year, casting news would be great. It's been pretty much non-news since Kenneth was announced.
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and i wouldnt be surprised if it goes belly up.
Remember how Incognito THE INCREDIBLE HULK was though. Geez, it felt like that came out of nowhere. I really had almost-straight-to-video expectations with that one 'cuz of how quiet things were. -
What do you need the other guys for?
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The new X-Men cartoon is pretty decent, but why can't Marvel get it together with their cartoons? Why don't they just do a Justice League style ongoing series of the Avengers? You can introduce any side characters you want, make it an ongoing series with several episode story arcs, make it intelligent, and get interesting name actors to do voice talent. Justice League is the model for sophisticated superhero group cartoons. Why don't they follow it? Marvel Super Hero Squad sounds like a goofy 70s cartoon.
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Come on, WB. Use that Dark Knight money and make it happen!
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make mine marvel!
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The problem that Marvel has always had is the lack of consistency in its storytellling and the messing up of its continuity. The big test is whether or not Marvel will allow multi part story arcs on this new cartoon. If nopt then no one will be interested.
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That's what I'm afraid of. I doubt Marvel can make a good Asgard based movie, with all it's fantasy elements, if they already go cheap on Iron Man and all "his" money...
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Given the specs it sounds more like a Marvel Team-up which would be more akin to the Batman The Brave and the Bold. A couple different Marvel characters thrown together in a story with little continuity.
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the avengers aint good enough? marvel used to be cool...not any more
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Good Grief..
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check out those briefs.
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Looks like they just went and picked some of the more popular Marvel heroes and tossed them together.
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Wow- that is lame. X-Men and the Wolverine is surprisingly decent!!!
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that MSS is that super-deformed kiddie marvel series right? It's like Baby Marvel and will probably air after Baby looney tunes. DOH!
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since the cw deal is dead
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So don't expect it to appeal to anyone other than who the toy line is directed at: 4 years or younger...
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Wolverine and The X-Men is surprisingly good so far. Even them hinting at things like the fall of Genosha have me excited. Also, did I see Archangel in a preview? Having the Scarlet Witch in the series also opens up doors for House of M. A lot of good stories they can pull from! But I really don't see the point of this new show, besides profit that is. Give us a New Avengers series and be done with it.
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Spidey, Wolverine, Hulk and Ghost Rider? Or something like that?
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Gods it sucked. I mean seriously. It was horrible.
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..a few eps and enjoyed the heck out of it. It's mindless and craptastic, but a lot of fun. This Marvel thing could be too... IF... they come up with a new animation style. I hate the Marvel toons with their awkward, overly muscled character designs... streamline that s**t for crying out loud!
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Feb 17, 2009 8:40:19 AM CST
Wake me when they make a cartoon that is not aimed a 7 year olds
by ev1ldead
Until then I stay with anime.
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Not aimed at preteens. Pretty damn witty and geeky.
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They have put out a few stinkers. The Mariko/Silver Samurai episode could have been written off. And Mystique/Wolverine relationship was unnecessary. Plus do they really plan on Professor X's twenty year coma? Other than that pretty good.
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Kitty Pride, Jubilee, Rogue Wolverine is the John Locke of comicdom.
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many of these chars have rarely interacted with each other in the decades of the MU.
They cherry picked the current big sellers and ones they want to or have made movies with and throw them together.
This marketing ploy just doesn't interest me. -
It's the "Everyone We Wanna Pimp This Year League"!
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a marketing ploy.
That is all. And should the continuity/canonicity of a show aimed a 10 year olds really trouble you? -
John Locke doesn't mentor girls. He's shied away from every single female on that show. I think he prefers the Boone type who he can spend hours with in the jungle.
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from Jan's death
How they supposed to work in that Hank Hit Jan, one time, 30 years ago, ever 3 or 4 issues
It's like the Avengers just lost 1/4 of their content -
...Any of us would, that's who! Admit it!
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..How cartoons always suck, anybody try to watch that animated Iron Man clip on the movie's DVD? Yikes.
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Correct me if I'm wrong (my comic knowledge is pretty spotty from the 90s), but isn't the aforementioned cast the Avengers--if you take out the Silver Surfer?
And having the Silver Surfer in the team is a bit of overkill, at least it is to me. I thought he was supposed to be an all-powerful cosmic being. Doesn't he even beat out Thor in terms of sheer brokenness? -
Even Mr. Furious knew the Sphinx was talking out his ass with such a silly team name.On the other hand, some of you guys need to lighten up and relax. I think it's pretty cool that Marvel tries to give each age group something to watch. Not everything has to be dark and moody.Looks like this is a kinda "Invaders Assemble!" featuring Wolverine. Because these days everything features Wolverine.
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Doctor Strange and The Submariner and you have the original Defenders and some wannabe's
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I'm sorry and did not phrase the comparison correctly. So Wolverine is to young girls as John Locke is to young males.
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just shit Herc wants us to see? maybe? i hope.....
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If it stays true to the comics, is a sometimes backup feature in Marvel Adventures and a toy line. Its overly stylized, humorous and aimed at kids. Still I do find it funny at times, in a very juvenille way (like buying a scratching post for Wolverine sort of humor). I'm assuming that's what they're going for, not the next JLU.
The new Iron Man with Tony as a teen was so bad I couldn't watch it when they showed the premiere here on Teletoon. Can't comment beyond that.
However, Spectacular Spider-Man is a solid. Not quite as dark as B:TAS but in the same ballpark as far as quality of storylines goes. Its well worth the time to check out. -
I think I'm going to pitch:
Wolverine and the Justice League, Wolverine and the Harlem Globetrotters, Wolverine and the Real Ghostbusters, Wolverine and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wolverine and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Wolverine and the Watchmen, and Wolverine and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat -
Like the good old days.
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I've been getting the Super Hero Squad toys since they were first released, using my young sons as my excuse. They're actually pretty cool, and from the same company who first made the Star Wars Galactic Heroes line of toys. (They also make those G.I. Joe movie toys posted here recently.)
However, the animated series had better be more amusing than the insipid one-shot comic book Marvel released earlier this year. (It didn't even include SPIDER-MAN, for crying out Pete's sake!) I was hoping for something along the lines of Chris Giarrusso's "Mini Marvels" comics. Instead, we got crap.
I'm also hoping the theme song for this show is at least partially equal to the '67 "Spider-Man" theme song. 'Cuz you know that song rocks, unlike the opening tune to every other animated superhero adaptation since. -
Jack Bauer Power! Batman Bill Buchanan! Aaron Pierce, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Freckles/Rack Bauer! Soul Patch! Oracle Chloe!
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And Rex Carsalot is apparently gay.I HAVE SPOKEN.
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Wolverine On Gilligan's Island
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I just associate every Character With Spike Spegal I exspect to see Wolverine with a blue suite and Jewfro.
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Sounds like a good show for kids. Nothing wrong with that!
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It sucked as it was basically just an ad for the toys. No effort whatsoever was put into it. Sad.
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Or make something Marvel related of the same calibre. JLU was an outstanding show; excellently written, great art design and animation. Marvel has far more box office successes under its belt, but DC owns in the animation department.
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And that's a GOOD thing. Lord knows comic books aren't. When the current crop of 30-40 year old fanboys dies off, there won't be any comic readers left. It's a good thing that Marvel hasn't completely forgot about the kids.
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Toonol - There are a few from the big two. Marvel has the Marvel Adventures line and DC has its own imprint (the best of which IMO is Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam). Both are specifically geard towards kids (not continuity heavy, not hinged on tie ins) but not painful for adults to read (I really enjoy Marvel Adventures - Avengers and the above mentioned Billy Batson).
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Kids today don't read. They're post-literate. Which mean, of course, that de-evolution is very real. Its not just that comic readers are dwindling; ALL readers are dwindling. People who read, who like to read lots of different kinds of books, also read comics; but they don't buy monthlies, they read trades and graphic novels.
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Feb 18, 2009 8:46:18 AM CST
Will this be aimed at 8 year olds? Pseudo anime? Yes it is.
by damien chowder
Fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In other news, my grandmother is teaming up with God to fight evil.
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the newspaper in detroit going out of business because over half the people there are illiterate now
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Back in the 90's there was a surprisingly decent story where Logan, Mr Fixit(Hulk), Spider-Man, and Ghost Rider stepped in for the Fantastic Four when they went missing. The Punisher made a cameo in the last page of the final comic of the story arc. Yes, they used everybody who was popular at the time, but it was good.
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Judging by the look of the thing, I wouldn't have wanted to watch it when I was a kid. I probably would have thought it looked stupid.
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