“The only matter I do not take seriously, boy, is you.” Hot Toys is proud to officially present the eagerly-anticipated 1/6^th scale Thanos Collectible Figure from Marvel’s 'Guardians of the Galaxy!'

The Mad Titan, Thanos, is one of the most infamous Marvel villains in comic book history. His first appearance at the end of Marvel’s 'The Avengers' sent fans into frenzy and really kicked up the Marvel Cinematic Universe a notch. Then in Marvel’s 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' audiences were finally treated to more than a mere smirk as the titan had some menacing words to share with Ronan the Accuser. 

The movie-accurate Thanos collectible figure is specially crafted based on the appearance of Thanos in Marvel’s 'Guardians of the Galaxy;' featuring a newly developed helmeted head, meticulously sculpted armored body and the Mad Titan’s throne with LED light-up function.

Bathe the star-ways and make room for the powerful Mad Titan in your collection today! For more from Hot Toys, visit their website.

This February, star-studded creators unite to bring you three thunderous stories that should not be missed in THOR ANNUAL #1! Marvel is pleased to present your look inside this highly anticipated issue featuring the can’t miss lineup of CM Punk, Rob Guillory, Noelle Stevenson, Marguerite Sauvage, Jason Aaron and Timothy Truman!

First, wrestling superstar CM Punk makes his comic writing debut alongside artist Rob Guillory for a tale of the brash, boisterous young Thor and his attempt to beat the devil at his own game – by drinking him under the table!

Then, rising comic stars Noelle Stevenson and Marguerite Sauvage make their Marvel debuts to bring you an all-new tale of the new Thor! Who is the mysterious woman behind the mask? No one in all Ten Realms knows her secret, but the Warriors Three are determined to find out!

Finally, blockbuster THOR writer Jason Aaron and legendary artist Timothy Truman bring you an all-new tale set in the future starring King Thor! Join the Girls of Thunder on their epic quest to find their grandfather the perfect birthday present. How about a brand new Garden of Eden?

Three creative teams. Three Thors. One explosive annual. No fan can afford to miss the thunderous THOR ANNUAL #1 – on sale this February!

THOR ANNUAL #1 (DEC140896)
Written by CM PUNK, NOELLE STEVENSON & JASON AARON
Art by ROB GUILLORY, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE & TIMOTHY TRUMAN
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Variant Covers by ROB GUILLORY (DEC140897) & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE (DEC140898)
On Sale – 02/25/15

In 1964, Marvel premiered one of its enduring and exciting super heroes, Daredevil. Whether in his secret identity as blind lawyer Matt Murdock or using his enhanced radar senses, DD stood out from the crowd as an unrelenting crusader for justice.

To celebrate 75 years of Marvel, 50 years of the Man Without Fear and the upcoming debut of “Marvel’s Daredevil” on Netflix in 2015, we look back on the hero of Hell’s Kitchen’s remarkable history!

As the official kingpin of Hell’s Kitchen in 2004, Daredevil brought down fire on himself not only from criminal elements, but from the super heroes he once called friends. The cost to his personal life and his sanity would prove long-lasting.

Still chasing an amnesiac Frank Castle in THE PUNISHER #35 alongside Wolverine and Spider-Man, Daredevil found that fighting the street vigilante amounted to only a minor problem comparing to facing off against Frank’s friend The Hulk, as he did in THE PUNISHER #36 and #37.

Returning from the front lines, Matt Murdock discovered Echo’s vision quest led her down a different path than his in DAREDEVIL #55, but he found bigger things to occupy him, such as lording over Hell’s Kitchen in DAREDEVIL #56. Matt managed to clean up the struggling borough, but the Yakuza crime syndicate thought they could do a better job and challenged our hero for his turf in DAREDEVIL #57. Reporter Ben Urich learned that Matt had married Milla Donovan and promised to find our wounded hero for her in DAREDEVIL #58.

With DD hurt yet healing, Ben tried to launch a heart-to-heart talk with him in DAREDEVIL #59, explaining that he believed Matt to be going crazy over Karen Page’s death. Meanwhile, Matt’s friend and partner Foggy Nelson filled Milla in on her husband’s history with Karen while the Yakuza brushed themselves off for another assault in DAREDEVIL #60. Though the Man Without Fear’s costumed pals helped win the day against the syndicate, Matt lost out in the end with the announcement of his new wife’s departure.

After a confrontation with Elektra over her own grave in ELEKTRA #35, Matt heard Milla’s request for an annulment to their marriage in DAREDEVIL #61. Elsewhere, the U.S. government wanted to trade the Black Widow for Russia’s return of Madame Hydra, so Natasha swung off to her old love for a safe place to hunker down. Together, the two heroes took down Jigsaw in DAREDEVIL #62 when the scarred villain put in his bid to run crime in Hell’s Kitchen.

Daredevil joined with just about every super hero in the country following the destruction of Avengers Mansion and other troubles in AVENGERS #501, then addressed the situation with a government-sponsored assassin gunning for the Black Widow in DAREDEVIL #63. Natasha worked everything out to her satisfaction in DAREDEVIL #64, but Matt got the short end of the stick again when he reluctantly agreed to the annulment with Milla.

In DAREDEVIL #65, news of Alexander Bont, the crime boss before the Kingpin, arrived to make matters even more interesting, especially when in DAREDEVIL #66 the criminal, recently released from prison, recalled his early encounter with a neophyte Daredevil and a few lingering grievances with him…

Read more DAREDEVIL (1998) on Marvel Unlimited

Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron,' the anticipated blockbuster sequel, is only a few months away but if the wait is too much, then LEGO is here to help with the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier! This sophisticated aerial and naval carrier was seen in Marvel’s 'The Avengers' and then again in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.' These are S.H.I.E.L.D.’s primary mode of protection for our Earth, as this vehicle can patrol from the skies or in the seas down below and is loaded with plenty of high-tech weapons.

Owning such an arsenal is no easy task though, as first you will have to take the challenge and build it! The flying aircraft model consists of two runways, micro-scale Quinjets, fighter jets, ground support vehicles and many of your favorite LEGO Marvel Super Heroes minifigures plus 12 microfigures to display on deck and within the highly detailed interior. The official description is as follows:

• Includes five minifigures: Nick Fury, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye and Maria Hill plus an iconic SHIELD eagle stand to display them on

• Features three microscale Quinjets, three fighter jets, a gasoline truck, two forklift trucks, two runways, four road blockades, armored exterior with translucent elements, detailed interior plus 12 microfigures (Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Captain America, Iron Man and eight SHIELD agents)

• Also includes a detailed runway

• Weapons include Hawkeye’s bow, Black Widow’s gun and Captain America’s shield

• SHIELD Agent Maria Hill minifigure is new for spring 2015!

• Includes a plaque with facts about The SHIELD Helicarrier

• Add lights and spinning rotors to the Helicarrier with the 88000, 8883 and 8870 LEGO Power Functions sets (sold separately)

• Rotors can also be turned manually

• Includes a display stand

• Helicarrier measures over 11” (29cm) high, 31” (80cm) long and 17” (45cm) wide

• Each Quinjet measures over 1” (3cm) high, 2” (7cm) long and 2” (7cm) wide

• Minifigure stand measures over 4” (12cm) high, and 2” (6cm deep) and 6” (16cm wide)

Don’t miss out on your chance to own your very own Helicarrier and help save the Earth by ordering yours starting in March from LEGO!

Starting this May, writer Haden Blackman’s MASTER OF KUNG FU reveals how Secret Wars will impact even the bastions of immortality, such as K’un-Lun, when he chronicles the adventures of Shang-Chi with artist Dalibor Talajic as part of Battleworld.

The opportunity to indulge in some world-building amidst the chaos of coming events clearly appeals to Blackman.

“As soon as I heard ‘K’un-Lun’ I was in,” he admits. “I love the intermixing of mythology, martial arts, and masks that the setting affords. This is also a great opportunity to do some real world-building; to come up with the culture, traditions, and history of this version of K’un-Lun, and figure out how to integrate a wide range of reimagined characters into that mix.”

The writer also enjoys the prospect of working with Talajic.

“I've been really fortunate to have worked with some incredibly talented collaborators, and Dalibor is just continuing that trend for me,” Blackman affirms. “I've just received some of his designs, and his interpretations of both Elektra and Typhoid Mary feel familiar but wholly new, which is exactly what I had hoped.”

A chance to give readers a Shang-Chi never seen before, of course, also ranks high.

“He begins the story very down and out, an exile and an outcast himself,” Blackman reveals. “Shang-Chi has a really interesting internal conflict. He wants to prove himself to his father, but how can he do that when he’s cursed with a strong moral compass that is at odds with his dad’s own code? Even when he turns against his father, I feel like Shang-Chi is trying to defeat him in order to prove himself, to show that he's still worth something despite seeing the world so differently.”

Blackman hopes to reveal different sides of Shang-Chi, who finds himself a reluctant mentor in MASTER OF KUNG FU. The writer admits scouring the ranks of Marvel’s martial artists to select a few that might not be immediately obvious or expected.

“Razor Fist plays a big role in the first issue,” he notes. “Shang-Chi meets a group of outcasts with some familiar faces in their ranks. There’s also a dog—and at least one very rambunctious dragon.”

Any story set in K’un-Lun would not be complete without Iron Fist, he concedes, while admitting he could not resist the chance to include Elektra: “Incarnations of both Iron Fist and Elektra factor heavily into the story.”

Blackman acknowledges a love of researching films to put a jolt in some of the story’s fight scenes, as well as broadening the variety of action for MASTER OF KUNG FU fans.

“I've been drawing inspiration from the classic kung-fu films like ‘The 36th Chamber of Shaolin’ to the over-the-top martial arts flicks like ‘Kung-Fu Hustle,’” he discloses.

Fans of both big brawls between large groups of combatants or intricate one-on-one fights should be equally delighted by what Blackman and Talajic plan for MASTER OF KUNG FU.

Follow the latest updates on Secret Wars daily on Marvel.com and via our social channels!

New York Toy Fair is right around the corner and you know what that means True Believers -- lots of new Marvel goodies! One company that never disappoints when it comes to Toy Fair is Diamond Select Toys who has announced three new Marvel exclusives that will debut at the convention but can be pre-ordered today. Without further ado feast your eyes on the Marvel Deadpool Plastic Gelatin Mold.

Nothing burps better than Deadpool! Put the Merc with a Mouth inside your stomach using this plastic gelatin mold of Deadpool's head! Cast up an approximately 8-inch by 6-inch chilled gelatin dessert in the likeness of X-Force member and hired killer Wade Wilson, complete with squinty eyes and partially exposed brain. But you might want to eat it fast -- the self-regenerating mutant could be back on his feet in no time! Packaged in a full-color window box. Pre-order today.

Next up to coincide with the release of Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' -- The Marvel Select Avengers Age of Ultron Black Widow Action Figure.

Finally, the figure fans have been waiting for has arrived! After three blockbuster film appearances, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow joins the Marvel Select Avengers line-up, just in time for Marvel's 'Avengers: Age of Ultron!' This seven-inch scale figure features her look from the new movie, has 16 points of articulation and includes a diorama base that connects to 'Age of Ultron' Thor's to create a scene from the film. She comes packaged in the now-famous Marvel Select display packaging with spine artwork for shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! Pre-order today.

Heroes come in all sizes, presenting the Marvel Select Ant-Man Movie Action Figure.

The smallest Marvel movie hero is now the next big Marvel Select action figure! From the upcoming Marvel Studios film, 'Ant-Man,' this seven-inch scale figure captures Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, with detailed paint applications and 16 points of articulation. The figure comes packaged in the now-famous Marvel Select display packaging, with spine artwork for shelf reference, and includes interchangeable hands and a shrunken Ant-Man micro-figure! Figure is in scale to other Marvel Select movie action figures. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! Pre-order today.

Also joining these exclusive releases are the Marvel Minimates Series 62: Axis Assortment, which you can read more about here. These are just some of the exclusive merchandise Diamond Select Toys will be debuting at Toy Fair, so keep your eyes posted for much more!

It's time to face facts, true believers – the '90s were awesome. The pouches were plentiful, the costumes were impractical, and Marvel Universe dentists made a fortune correcting damages caused by perpetually gritted teeth. Thanks to the power of nostalgia, though, what would once be considered extremely embarrassing can now be called extremely awesome!

With that in mind, we've pulled a Marvel comic from the not-so-modern era and broken it down, one most excellent fact at a time! This week we're singling out IRON MAN #323 by Terry Kavanagh, Dan Abnett, Jim Cheung, Heitor Oliveira, and Yancey Labat. Here's "Innocent Eyes" by the numbers!

19 arrows in Hawkeye's quiver
 

13 knocked out henchmen at Iron Man's feet
 

8 trick arrows unloaded on Iron Man: laser, sonic, freeze, acid, glue, taser, gas and wire
 

5 memories extracted from Tony Stark's brain
 

4 super cool cut outs on Hawkeye's arm guard
 

1 Captain America plush doll

Sure, the highly anticipated HOWARD THE DUCK #1 from Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones hits comic shops in March, but Marvel is keeping the celebration going all the way into April! Today, Marvel is proud to unveil WHAT THE DUCK?! Month – a series of 20 special variant covers for April featuring that fabulous fowl, Howard The Duck! Now is your chance to see some of the most popular artists in the industry provide their own spin on that magnificent mallard!

“Response to the announcement of the new Howard the Duck series has been staggering,” says Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel. “There were so many talented artists eager to take a quack at drawing a Howard cover we couldn’t resist building an entire variant month around him. This April is going to be WTD certified!”

Today, Marvel is excited to reveal the following WTD Variants by some of Marvel’s greatest cover artists:

• ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #2 - WTD Variant Cover by Francesco Francavilla
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17 - WTD Variant Cover by W. Scott Forbes
• ROCKET RACCOON #10 - WTD Variant Cover by Rob Guillory
• UNCANNY INHUMANS #0 - WTD Variant Cover by Christian Ward

• ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #6
• ALL-NEW X-MEN #41
• ANT-MAN #4
• DAREDEVIL #15
• DEADPOOL #45 (a.k.a. Deadpool #250)
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #26
• HULK #14
• INHUMAN #14
• LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #11
• MS. MARVEL #14
• S.H.I.E.L.D. #5
• SILK #3
• SPIDER-GWEN #3
• SUPERIOR IRON MAN #7
• THOR #7
• UNCANNY AVENGERS #4

No fan can afford to miss out on these exciting variant covers featuring the one and only web-footed wonder! Run, don’t walk to your comic shops this April to get your hands on these can’t miss WHAT THE DUCK?! Variant Covers!

Attention: True Believers! We’ve all glimpsed the epic showdown between the Hulkbuster Iron Man and the Green Rage Monster himself in the recent trailers for ‘Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ but now preview the most anticipated fight in a whole new way. Straight out of this summer’s blockbuster sequel and into your living room, it's the battle everyone has been talking about... presenting the Hulkbuster Iron Man and Hulk ARTFX+ Statues from Kotobukiya! These are two separate statues that when combined recreate one of the most iconic moments from the record breaking trailer for Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron.'

The Hulkbuster is a specially designed upgrade to the Iron Man armor created by Tony Stark to combat the Hulk if he should go berserk and classified as the Iron Man Mark 44 armor, the Hulkbuster suit can really tear it up! The statue is based on its appearance in the film, and the huge armor looks as if it leapt straight off the screen. Iron Man strides forward to grapple with the green-skinned Avenger, leg pistons cranking and his right arm stretching out to make contact. The Hulkbuster takes it to a whole new level with a towering frame, thick armor plating and a stout shape. The highly detailed piece features all of the technological details of the Iron Man suit including surface armor, interior electronics, layered components, repulsor units, integrated weaponry and much more! 

Don’t make him angry! The alter ego of gamma-irradiated Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, is an unstoppable titan of rage.  Unrestrained and fully unleashed, Bruce Banner has left the building and the Hulk is in control. The massive green-skinned monster hurtles into battle, thick legs pumping and his enormous hands squeezed into fists to pummel anything that tries to stop him. The Hulk stature conveys a huge presence with his heroic proportions and rippling physique that stands out with every muscle on display. This one monster army of an Avenger is fantastically detailed with intricate anatomy down to his sinews and veins, all topped off by a fierce facial sculpt that captures the character’s never-ending anger! This time around, thanks to some tinkering by the science brothers -- Mr. Stark and Mr. Banner -- the Hulk does things a little differently, wearing high tech red-striped purple shorts rather than his traditional ripped  and tattered bottoms.

Both statues are sculpted by the same master artist who was responsible for the Avengers Marvel Now series, the infamous Junnosuke Abe and are intricately crafted to perfection. The Hulkbuster Iron Man stands at a towering 11 ½ inches tall while the Hulk reaches 9 ½ inches (both in the ARTFX+ 1/10^th scale).  Both massive combatants stride across the field of battle, while destroying a brick street underneath their massive weight. While each of the Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' ARTFX+ is an incredible display piece on their own, they’re even better together... as you can join their bases to recreate the epic battle scene in this summer’s highly anticipated film. Stay tuned to Kotobukiya's website for more!

“Here’s the question I get asked the most online: ‘Are you going to put it all back when you leave?’ No. No I’m not. And I’m also not going to leave it the way it is right now.”

With Brian Bendis preparing to wrap up his runs on Marvel’s mutants this coming May with UNCANNY X-MEN #600, which will also conclude his work on ALL-NEW X-MEN, the writer finds himself answering that question more and more often.

“Like my favorite runs of all comics, there won’t be a magic wand that puts everything back the way it was,” he continues. “That’s exciting to me and, I think, exciting to, at least, a large portion of the readers.”

One of Bendis’ favorite runs actually made the books a bit of an intimidating proposition initially.

“The shadow of Claremont is gigantic,” he confesses, referring to the legendary Chris Claremont’s decades-long X-Men stewardship. “With Claremont’s X-Men I was like, what you really need to do is come up with something he hasn’t done and good lord in 30 plus years, what didn’t he do? Anything you could think of, he did with the X-Men.”

However, the concept that became the driving narrative force of ALL-NEW X-MEN, an oft-raised but never executed idea that had intrigued Bendis for some time.

“There was just this one idea that had been floating around the Marvel retreat in the X-office about the original X-Men coming to the present,” he recalls. “So I was walking saying, ‘You guys doing that book?’ Because I, selfishly, I just wanted to read it.

“Then we were here, at my house, doing the Avengers Vs. X-Men Summit and I realized, ‘Boy, I guess I should leave the Avengers because if not now then when?’ So I said, ‘What do I do if I leave? Is there anything to do?’ And then [Marvel Editor-in-Chief] Axel [Alonso] goes, ‘Do the X-Men and do that book you want to do. You do it. I want someone to do it. Do it.’”

Adding to that the direction of the once heir apparent to the Xavier legacy, Scott Summers, and Bendis felt he had exactly what he needed to introduce ALL-NEW X-MEN and continue UNCANNY X-MEN.

“Having that great idea almost handed to me and then, on the flipside, having Cyclops kind of develop this hole he’s created for himself, you have two really good hooks for the X-Men that are not reminiscent of something Claremont had done but at the same time still absolutely felt like an X-Men situation,” he asserts. “You have to do the book if you have that. You have to.”

For the writer, the way readers embraced ALL-NEW X-MEN came as a tremendous pleasure.

“I’m genuinely thrilled that the audience bought into the original X-Men staying here,” says Bendis. “I always wanted to do it and had a very strong sense of why to do it, but it is—even by comic book standards, it is a big buy-in. You either buy it or you don’t. So I was grateful that so many people did.”

Confounding expectations also brought the writer considerable enjoyment.

“I will say I’m personally proudest of doing a Jean Grey story that didn’t end with her murdered,” he admits. “The people always said they wanted Jean Grey back and we brought her back. Literally every day, someone wrote me and said, ‘Are you going to kill her? Are you killing her? When you gonna kill her?’ But we told a great story and we didn’t do it so that was exciting.”

For UNCANNY, Bendis’ delight came from not just chronicling Cyclops’s bumpy ongoing evolution, but the birth of the New Xavier School.

 “Creating all the new X-Men and new villains was a lot of fun,” he enthuses. “It was nice to put toys in the toy box; to challenge ourselves to come up with a handful of X-Men characters that were as quirky and fun as the best X-Men characters but have original things about them and have them represent parts of the world that are not represented dramatically in other comics.

“Even though this generation of UNCANNY X-MEN students isn’t as profound a statement as Nightcrawler and Wolverine, there’s a similar spirit. They’re from all over the world, they have all different philosophies, they’re all coming from different places, and they have all different powers.”

Although all eyes may be focused on #600, Bendis warns fans not to think the book will simply be biding its time until the big finale.

“Not only do we have #600 but the end of Black Vortex is a game changer for many of the characters,” he points out. “Not all of them will go back to where they were at the end of that.

 “Issue #31 is going to be the issue that rattles people before we get to #600. There is a lot that’s going to happen the next few issues and particularly to Scott. Some people are going to like it; some people are not going to like it. But I think it is genuinely following a character that has had a massive nervous breakdown, if not a couple stacked on top of each other and how he’s going to deal with it as soon as he realizes it.”

Additionally, the end of Bendis’ run will address one the earliest questions the series raised:

“We’re going to close some doors and open some doors and we’re going to bring it full circle. From the first few pages of my first issue, people have been saying, ‘Oh, Hank McCoy is worse than Cyclops. Look, he does whatever he wants.’ Slowly but surely, all Hank McCoys are going to realize that that is a correct analysis and our issue #600 is titled ‘The Trial of Hank McCoy.’ It is not a courtroom trial, but it is Hank McCoy dealing with the repercussions of his actions and whether or not they were right or wrong. It’s going to be something profound for the character.”

A collection of past creators join Bendis on #600 to provide an extra 40 pages of content, welcoming him into a legacy that he feels excited to be part of.

“It’s absolutely lovely,” says the writer. “One of the great joys of this job is that if you play your cards right you get to meet your heroes, you get to work with them sometimes, [and] you get to feel their embrace. Then you’re like ‘Oh my God, I’m actually writing the UNCANNY X-MEN I read as a kid’ and someone right now will say that same thing in 20 years when they’re doing it. It’s a true honor.”

Pick up the latest issue of UNCANNY X-MEN as the road to #600 in May begins!

While the Spider-Verse event may be winding down in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, “Spider-Man Unlimited” from Gameloft has only just begun their multi-dimensional epic adventure! With the third major update to the popular mobile game, new heroes, deadly Inheritors, elaborate storylines, and exciting events add to the intrigue!

And that’s just the tip of the webbed up iceberg! We spoke to Tatiana Nahai from Gameloft for more details, plus hit up Spider-Man Editor Nick Lowe for his thoughts on the latest additions…

Marvel.com: What’s the overview on Update 3? What’s being added and what are you most looking forward to?

Tatiana Nahai: Where to start! This update has got me so excited just for the pure epic-ness that is Spider-Verse. The update features eight new Spider-Men—seven of which we’re giving playable game debuts to—including Anya Corazon, Earth X Spider-Man, and Spider-Punk! In addition to that, Jennix and Daemos have joined Morlun and Karn in the hunt for the Spiders, which will also take place in the new Subway environment. But what I love the most is how much deeper we’re going into Spider-Verse this time, with storylines and references directly from the comics, including a new rivalry between our original Amazing Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man.

Marvel.com: What parts of this update were planned from the start and just took time to roll out, and then which are responsive to feedback you’ve gotten from fans playing the game?

Tatiana Nahai: We always planned on having an ambitious three-part series to Spider-Verse in the game; I suppose you could call this Part Two. If we saw that fans weren’t enjoying the Spider-Verse playable experience, we might have considered shortening it, but thankfully that has not been the case at all. The progressive narrative events and multi-day events have been met with such excitement. Players have especially enjoyed seeing their favorite Spiders that they’ve been reading in the comics living and breathing in a 3D form in the game. With that said, players have been requesting new event types, which we will be providing in this update: non-score-based leaderboards, events with unlimited revives, and events with limited runs will be added to the game to give players a unique experience for each event. In addition, based partly on player feedback, we changed the requirements in Story Mode to be focused on the player’s team multiplier, or “Spidey Power,” rather than level.

Marvel.com: What kinds of new threats do Jennix and Daemos present as Inheritors?

Tatiana Nahai: Jennix and Daemos are amazing new bosses to add to the game, in part due to their reverse personalities, much like Karn and Morlun. While Jennix is the brain, a scientist willing to skip a meal and dissect a Spider, rather than devour it, Daemos is the brawn, a devourer who focuses on base debauchery, gluttony, and hedonism, due to a prophecy that told him he would die before his father. The thinness of Jennix and, well, “fleshed out” Daemos allow for an interesting contrast, and their arrival certainly makes it difficult for the Spiders. A nice addition to the update is the brotherly rivalry seen between Daemos and Morlun.

Nick Lowe: When it comes to the Inheritors, you can see if you fare any better than all the dead Spiders in Spider-Verse!

Marvel.com: What can you say about the team-up stories featuring the Leaders, Clones, and Spider-Women?

Tatiana Nahai: The leaders are our Amazing Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man. While Spider-Man is driven by the heroic and righteous path, Superior Spider-Man wants to do whatever is necessary to win. It creates an awesome rivalry between the two, and extends to the other main Spiders in the story. Silk and Spider-Gwen support Spider-Man where needed, and help save the new Spiders that are entering our dimension from the wrath of the Inheritors. Meanwhile, Scarlet Spider and Ben Reilly as clones are found to be uniquely targeted by the Inheritors.

Marvel.com: Anya Corazon joins the game this week—what does she bring to the table? What do you like about the character?

Tatiana Nahai: Anya Corazon Spider-Girl is awesome! She has been one of our most demanded characters for the game yet, so I’m really glad we finally get to release her! The update starts with the Inheritors going after her, and introduces the rivalry between Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man, as she is the first Spider they fight over saving and recruiting for their plans. The update also features Spider-Punk, who will be featured in our first Multi-Day event! The event last seven days long, with a new cut scene each day to showcase a progressive story to the players.

Nick Lowe: The Anya Corazon addition to Spider-Man Unlimited is just in time for her greater importance to Spider-Verse in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13-15!

Marvel.com: What can we look forward to next?

Tatiana Nahai: If players want to see the entire Spider-Verse story, they should be sure to play each event to see the story progress over the next couple months! There are tons of easter eggs, new Spider-Men, and awesome rewards being provided in these events.

Play “Spider-Man Unlimited” now and follow the latest news on the game and Spider-Verse here on Marvel.com and through our social channels!

Leave it to Deadpool to show up in the wrong crossover.

As Secret Wars devastates the Marvel Universe by bringing all sorts of realities together on an enormous Battleworld, Wade Wilson will head back to the original 1984 SECRET WARS series for his Warzones! tie-in, DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS.

Known for debuting Spider-Man's black costume, introducing the villain Titania and featuring Doctor Doom stealing the Beyonder's power, the first-ever event series also included a variety of appearances by Deadpool that readers never saw. The story, by the DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED team of Cullen Bunn and Matteo Lolli, actually has roots going back to an even earlier Merc with the Mouth tale, the writer explains.

“Way back when, right after I had finished DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, we were looking for something out of the ordinary as a follow up,” Bunn says. "One of my first suggestions was to have Deadpool thrown back in time into the middle of the original SECRET WARS limited series. At the time, we decided to go in a different direction, but the idea of having Wade playing a big, in-continuity role in the events of that series stuck with me. Now seems like a pretty good time to me.”

According to Bunn, the idea of inserting Deadpool into all of these classic scenes from SECRET WARS created a great deal of excitement for him as a writer.

“There are several major scenes and events I couldn't wait to write,” he previews. “The battles, the discovery of the alien symbiote that would become Venom, the mountain getting dropped on our heroes, the heroes getting smashed by a ‘bolt from the blue.’"

Split between heroes, villains and X-Men, the characters seen in the original story had a great deal to worry about, so what kind of monkey wrench does Wade throw into the works?

“When Deadpool introduces himself to the other heroes, most of them have no idea who he is,” Bunn notes. “At least, most of them are unwilling to admit that they know him! As the battle between good and evil commences, Deadpool gets plenty of opportunities to annoy the hell out of every major hero and villain in the Marvel Universe before the festivities are done!”

Those interactions between ‘Pool and the other heroes, especially the ones from a very specific period in Marvel’s history, add an extra layer of fun the proceedings, but not at the expense of continuity or accuracy.

“I was also pretty excited to have Deadpool interacting with the heroes and villains during that era,” says Bunn. “I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to bring the major story elements from the limited series together in a way that made sense and had the most emotional impact possible. I also wanted to make sure that I was creating some new Deadpool-centric events of importance for the series. What happens in this book becomes canon for the Marvel Universe, so I wanted to get it right.”

Follow the latest updates on Secret Wars daily on Marvel.com and via our social channels!

Max Dillon, the sinister Spider-foe known better as Electro, has made his electrifying entrance in “Marvel Contest of Champions.” Kabam’s very own Creative Director Cuz Parry and Game Designer Shane O’Connor weigh in on the Collector’s newest combatant!

Marvel.com: What's so special about Electro that The Collector would want him for the Contest?

Shane O’Connor: Max Dillon isn’t just an Electrical Engineer with a stroke of luck; he’s one of Spider-Man’s greatest adversaries—an infamous criminal rising to super villain status as a member of the Sinister Six. I’m sure The Collector is curious about what Electro’s unique combat abilities will bring to the Contest, and what drama might be stirred up with the introduction of a new super villain.

Marvel.com: Max’s powers have been less than reliable since the Superior Spider-Man messed with them in the comics. Is Electro back to his former shocking self?

Cuz Parry: Rest assured, Electro is back to his former formidable self and packs a serious bag of electrifying moves. I mean if he can bust a bunch of baddies out of the Raft, I’m sure he’ll hold his own in the Contest.

Marvel.com: But at the end of the day Dillon’s still just a normal guy that controls electricity. How can he hope to survive a run in with The Hulk?

Cuz Parry: Ah, the miraculous power of the ISO-Sphere and ISO-8.  Plus, The Collector likes to see a fair fight so he employs his powers to level the playing field.

Marvel.com: What class will Electro be? Who does he do well against and who should you not pick him into?

Shane O’Connor: Electro fights for team Science thanks to his encounter with a bolt of lightning. His unique Static Shock ability jolts enemies that touch him, returning some damage back to the attacker. This is very effective at countering high-offense foes with low health, such as Spider-Man or Iron Fist. Be careful against foes with ranged attacks or the Bleed ability, though, as they aren’t affected by Static Shock.

Marvel.com: And of course we can expect him to bring the lightning with his special attacks right?

Shane O’Connor: Yep, over a million volts of the stuff!

Marvel.com: And when do we get to play as Electro?

Cuz Parry: Electro makes his debut in the Contest on Feb 6, 11 AM PST to be exact. Summoners can compete in the Shocking Blast, Deadly Spark or Raw Power Arenas for the chance to add this electrifying new Champion to their rosters!

Keep your eyes peeled for more incredible “Marvel Contest of Champions” news right here at Marvel.com!

Hot Toys is firing on all cylinders! If you weren’t excited for Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' already, this just might do the trick! In an effort to expand their product line and bring more diversity to fans, Hot Toys will collaborate with different artists and designers to re-imagine some of your favorite movie characters in a unique style with their new Artist Mix collection! And what characters are better to start off with than Earth’s Mightiest Heroes themselves?

Joining hands with famous Japanese toy artist Touma, Hot Toys is set to bring a new artistic edge to 2015’s Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron.' The first series of these extremely detailed Artist Mix Figures will include Iron Man Mark XLIII, Captain America, Hulkbuster, Ultron Prime and two versions of Ultron Sentry! Each Artist Mix Figure has a bobble-head and stands approximately 14 cm tall -- except for Hulkbuster, which clocks out at approximately 20 cm -- and perfectly combines the movie characters’ designs with Touma’s distinctive style!

To celebrate the launch of this special new collectible series, a deluxe set will also be available that includes not only the all-powerful Hulkbuster, but the Battle Damaged version of the Mark XLIII -- both of which are exclusives only to this set! Don’t miss your chance to add a new spin on your Marvel’s 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' collection and stay tuned to Hot Toys for more information!

Nock your arrow and draw back your bow, True Believer, because Marvel’s Avenging Archer is back for a brand new beginning in ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1! A brand new ongoing series debuting this March, blockbuster writer Jeff Lemire and Eisner-award winning artist Ramon Perez bring you a fresh new look in to the life of Clint Barton as only this high profile, can’t miss creative team could!

With Kate Bishop, his trusted ward and protégé back at his side (note: not titles she would use), Team Hawkeye is thrown in to an all new adventure spanning two generations of avenging archers. Past and present lives collide as Kate and Clint face a threat that will challenge everything they know about how to be a hero, and what it means to be Hawkeye.

“To me, Kate is an equal to Clint in terms of who the ‘star’ of the book is,” says writer Jeff Lemire in an interview with Marvel.com. “It’s equal billing. It will be as much Kate’s story as it is Clint’s. The threat they’ll be facing is very much something new. And it’s not strictly a big bombastic super-villain-y kind of thing. It’s something that hits them both on a much more personal level.”

Fists, arrows and everything in between will fly this March as Hawkeye and Hawkeye take aim in ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1!

ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1 (JAN150761)
Written by JEFF LEMIRE 
Art & Cover by RAMON PEREZ
Variant Covers by SKOTTIE YOUNG (JAN150762)
And JEFF LEMIRE (JAN150764)
Women of Marvel Variant Cover by SHO MURASE (JAN150763)
FOC – 02/09/15, On Sale – 03/04/15