Marvel Comics

How many of you comics fans out there even remember Strikeforce: Morituri? Come on! If you missed it, believe us when we say you missed out! No worries, though; an adaptation is on the way that will no doubt trigger a resurgence in the series' popularity!

Marvel is launching a new three-issue Fear Itself Hulk vs. Dracula comic this September, and we've got a look at the cover art for the first two issues to help pique your interest in the series.

It may not be as well known as San Diego Comic-Con, its Southern California counterpart, but the San Francisco WonderCon is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year as one of the country's best comics and popular arts events. On the fence about attending? Here's a rundown of what genre fans can look forward to at the show.

Vampires may have lost a bit of their bite on the big screen, but they still reign supreme on the pages of comic books, as evidenced by this first look at Tomb of Dracula Presents: Throne of Blood presented by Marvel Comics.

Without a doubt one of the favorite Christmas tales around the Dread Central offices is A Christmas Carol. What could possibly make it better? Why zombies of course! Look for Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol Issue #1 in stores this May 4th, 2011, with Issue #2 following close behind on May 18th. From the Press Release:

Since the "Glee Thriller Zombies" fell flat with our readers, we thought we'd try a different approach toward the undead with an early look at the upcoming Marvel Zombies Supreme, written for Marvel Comics by Frank Marrafino and due to ship in March, 2011.

Marvel Comics has announced the next series in the New York Times best-selling line of Stephen King's Dark Tower adaptations with Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Little Sisters of Eluria. Look for Issue #1 in December, 2010.

When you are looking for "batshit crazy" in the world of Marvel Comics and Tales of Howard the Duck just isn't going to cut it, we can now look at a man they used to call "The Punisher". His family resurrected by "The Hood" to torment him, Frank Castle is then forced to put them back in their graves. His spirit is broken.

The Marvel Universe is in a very odd place right now. On one end of the spectrum they have entered the "Heroic Age", and on the other is the "Curse of the Mutants" we've been making fun of for some time now, mostly because Marvel keeps pitching art at us with all the X-Men baring fangs and looking generally silly. Now we get word of a secondary book dropping this September that tells the tale of the X-Men's science team as they search for a cure for the vampire outbreak. The tone seems very Aliens, a fact I thought might get the attention of Dread's readers. Here's the skinny...

It's spreading. Dear Lord ... it's spreading. What we once thought was an odd storyline that actually had a basis in X-Men history (believe it or not, they fought Dracula!) has now begun to surface as a possible teasing of a company-wide PLAGUE!!

Everybody loves Dracula, but what about his sons, Xarus and Janus? Learn more about what these two vamps have in store for us in Marvel's new Death of Dracula comic series by checking out the first six pages of Issue #1.

Marvel comics have always mirrored events happening in the world to better relate to the individuals reading them. They also suck up and incorporate popular trends like zombie outbreaks. Now, as Marvel heads into a shiny new future, getting back to the business of heroes pummeling villains on the streets of New York City in the "Heroic Age", it seems the X-Men are going down a very different path. A path that leads to teeth ... and blood ... and if there's any sparkling, you may see me on the news with automatic weapons in my hands. Check the skinny!

Ever since Ghost Rider opened in 2007, it seems like the only person clamoring for a sequel has been Nicolas Cage. Now word is coming out that Columbia is so desperate to get a Ghost Rider sequel into production before the franchise rights revert back to Marvel's new owners, Disney, that they may rush it into production with a skull not Cage's bursting into flame.

Today's the day that Issue #1 of the four-chapter graphic novel N., based on Stephen King's short story of the same name, hits the retail market. As publisher Marvel Comics says, "No horror fan can afford to miss this alarming tale!"

Meet Nemesis. He's systematically been destroying the lives of every police chief in Asia, and he's now set his sights on Washington, DC. Between you and me, the police don't have a chance.