Highlights: Happy Holidays
Posted: 2007-12-20 Updated: 2008-01-10 10:19:44
Deck the halls with tons of comics, gang!
With the holiday season in full swing, the gang here at Marvel.com has loaded up on special goodies tying in with family, friends, festivities and fun! Check out these Marvel holiday classics, available to you on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited
X-MEN #98
What's angry, made of metal and coming to ruin the X-Men's holidays? Sentinels! Nothing screams "Merry Christmas" in Midtown like Evergreens and ice-skating, but what will Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm and the rest of the X-Men do when their festivities get rudely interrupted by those pesky enforcers of anti-mutant sentiment? Check out this early Chris Claremont/Dave Cockrum classic to find out—and don't miss special cameo appearances by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!
PUNISHER: SILENT NIGHT
The holidays: a time for giving, cheer and…revenge? Well, it is with Frank Castle on the prowl, punishing the criminal dregs of New York City. See how Frank gets into the spirit as he pursues an elusive mob boss and lays some winter wonderland-style booby traps. You can be sure the Punisher will protect the nice and…well, you know what happens to the naughty when Frank's around.
GLX-MAS SPECIAL
The former Great Lakes Avengers celebrate the holidays with drama, comedy, evil Christmas trees, M.O.D.O.K. and tons more! Watch Squirrel Girl and her trusty pet Tippy-Toe help S.H.I.E.L.D. take down a terrorist threat by A.I.M.! Will she remember to bring back egg-nog? Plus, that crazy Doctor Tannenbaum puts his killer shrubs into action in an attempt to rob the good people of Milwaukee! Can the GLX save the day? Read on!
PUNISHER: X-MAS SPECIAL 2006
The Punisher takes the spotlight once again—the guy just loves the holidays—as he's got a list and he only needs to check it once to see who deserves far worse than coal in their stocking. Frank embarks on a Christmas Eve campaign of violence, going up against a crooked motivational speaker to seek justice for a tragedy involving a young boy and the family he has left behind.
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2006
Last year's celebration of the most wonderful time of the year from your pals at the House of Ideas features writer Mike Carey (X-MEN) and artist Mike Perkins (HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS) team with the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing to try and teach cosmic tyrant Annihilus the meaning of the season. Also, ring in the New Year with the Hulk, Fin Fang Foom and more in a series of short stories devoted to the holidays!
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The Weekly Watcher: July 18, 2008Alexa Mendez counts down the days until Comic-Con by showing off the "Iron Man: Armored Adventures" trailer, the UFC fighter who loves Marvel, her comic book picks of the week and more!
Revenge of the SkrullsSusan forces the rest of the team to take part in 'Fantastic Fifth for a Day,' an attempt to drum up a little good PR for the team. But the contest is interrupted by the return of the SKRULLS. The FF aren't exactly worried by the awkward shape shifting aliens… that is, until they reveal the SUPER SKRULL—a genetically altered warrior who possesses all of the Fantastic Four's powers! And the team realizes they're in real trouble when they learn the Super Skrull has teamed up with Ronan the Accuser! The team's only hope might lie in the hands of the 'Fantastic Fifth…' a nerdy teenager named Rupert.
The Weekly Watcher: July 11, 2008Alexa Mendez brings the funk with new "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" movie still, the "Hulk vs. Wolverine" animated movie trailer and her comic picks of the week!
De-Mole-ItionThe deviant monster GIGANTO bursts up from the underground, putting a quick stop to the Fantastic Four's day off. Now it's up to them to stop the monster from destroying the city, but the FF quickly realize that the giant monster has a specific target… the BAXTER BUILDING! The mystery of the monster's appearance will lead the FF deeper into Subterranea than they've ever gone, and right into a TRAP. The MOLE MAN sent Giganto to attack the FF, but has a grander scheme in the works. Because the only thing better than having Giganto destroy the FF is to control an ARMY of Gigantos.
The Weekly Watcher: July 4, 2008Alexa Mendez celebrates America's Independence with "Punisher: War Zone" and "Next Avengers" movie news, a Wizard World wrap-up, comic book picks and more!
AnnihilationThe FANTASTIC FOUR fall into a trap and are taken to the NEGATIVE ZONE, where they're attacked by ANNIHILUS and his warriors. But all is not as it seems - something in the Zone is affecting the Four's powers. Things go from bad to worse when DOCTOR DOOM arrives, apparently in league with Annihilus! But Doom isn't one to share power, and he takes Annihilus' energy source back to Earth with him. But even if the Four can escape Annihilus, how can they defeat Doom, who now has the power to destroy the world?
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Trailer 3In a world where the evil robot Ultron has wiped out nearly all of humanity—including all the world's heroes—what chance does the next generation of Avengers have against the metallic menace? Check out the third trailer for "Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow"!
Smashed: Second Incredible Hulk Movie TrailerCheck out the second theatrical trailer for "The Incredible Hulk," complete with more Hulk and Abomination throwdown goodness, some tender moments and footage of Hulk's signature thunderclap!
Mythos: Captain America TrailerExperience Captain America's origin in a new way with this special trailer to MYTHOS: CAPTAIN AMERICA by Paul Jenkins and Paolo Rivera!
Bait and SwitchWhile Reed conducts an experiment designed to cure Ben Grimm, there's an energy disruption which causes the experiment to go haywire! Now the Fantastic Four's powers have switched, but they don't have time to get used to them before they have to save the city. Because the energy disruption that caused the accident was the work of Doctor Doom, and now the FF, new powers and all, have to stop Doom before he destroys the city with his scheme.
The Weekly Watcher: June 20, 2008Alexa Mendez returns from vacation to spread news about "The Incredible Hulk," "Punisher: War Zone," "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows" and more!
ImpossibleReed summons one of his deep space probes back to the Baxter Building for repairs, only to find that someone has hitched a ride on it back to Earth: the Impossible Man! The small, impish alien seems harmless enough, but the Fantastic Four soon realize that this creature, who can turn into anything, has turned into a big problem for them! Now they have to figure out how to get the Impossible Man off the planet before he goes from 'annoying' to 'dangerous!'
Punisher: War Zone Debut TrailerFrank Castle's back and he's bigger, meaner and more vengeful than ever! Feast your eyes on the first trailer for December's "Punisher: War Zone" movie right here!
The Weekly Watcher: June 13, 2008What kind of mischief does Alexa Mendez get into on Friday, the 13th? None! She's too busy delivering Incredible Hulk news this week for any shenanigans!
Incredible Hulk Fan Q&A, Part 3"Incredible Hulk" movie director Louis Leterrier answers questions about the film from loyal fans in the final video in this three-part series.
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