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T'Challa married the Black Widow

 

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MR. AND MRS. SMITH Official Trailer (2024) Donald Glover & Maya Erskine

 

I remember I shipped her with T´challa on Civil War movie. Their scenes together were pretty good. Since then it became one of my top IR I´d wish cannon on any media honestly, a lot more interesting than her cannon ships. Also Anthony Mackie wanted to kiss Scarlett Johansson too, he shiped his Falcon character with Natasha.

 

So Tomorrowverse seemingly will it end with Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy, any of you thinks John and Shayera will kiss again for last time? Since Hawkgirl showed up on Beware my Power, that John Stewart movie, and it was a little tease of them.

 

The first trailer for Bethesda's Blade game.

 

Marvel Settles Legal Battle With Ditko Estate For Spider-Man & Doctor Strange Rights



Marvel has reached a settlement agreement in a legal battle over the right to franchise characters Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

In a new report about the case, it's being said that Marvel managed to come to terms with attorneys representing the company and estate of comic book creator and icon Steve Ditko this week, ending a wider net of legal challenges going back to 2021. The original case started with a back-and-forth battle between Marvel and the estates of late comic book creators Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and Don Rico, with characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hulk, Doctor Strange and other all in contention.

In June of this year, most of the lawsuits were settled – except for the portion of it involving Ditko's estate. the final portion of the legal challenge continued, with Marvel being represented by Dan Petrocelli and Molly Lens of O'Melveny; the representative for Ditko's estate, Patrick Ditko, was represented by attorney Marc Toberoff.

With this latest settlement, it seems that Marvel has finally cleared up the issues with its character rights in full. Ditko's estate had been holding out over rights to issues of Amazing Fantasy and Strange Tales – the two comic book titles that served as the first appearances of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, respectively. No word on the terms that Marvel and Ditko's estate have agreed on, only that it is "an amicable settlement" and that we can expect "a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice to be filed in the coming weeks."

There's been a lot of debate in the last few years about how Marvel has made its library of characters into bigger, and more profitable brands via the MCU movies and TV series, without the original comic creators sharing in those profits. Like with the 2023 Actors' and Writers' Strikes, the central debate has been whether or not creative deals made in the pre-Internet era were still fair and valid when there are now so many other platforms and lanes of distribution for content – or in the case of comic creators, significantly more potential profits from their characters than they ever could've dreamed of.

Going forward, it will be interesting to see if more comic book creators from different publishers all file similar suits, or if there is now some kind of equilibrium that's been established for the foreseeable future.

 

Was this really a Disney special or just wishful thinking ?!? I would resubscribe to Disney+ if they did a "What If" on this

 

Spinning out of Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch’s ULTIMATE INVASION, it’s the dawn of a new ULTIMATE UNIVERSE! With it comes an all-new ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER series from the creative minds of Bryan Hill (BLADE, KILLMONGER) and Stefano Caselli (X-MEN RED, AVENGERS).

Hitting stands in February, this bold new take on Black Panther sees the legendary nation of Wakanda still isolated and kept secret from the world at large. When Khonshu and Ra—the force known together as Moon Knight—seek to expand their brutal control of the continent of Africa, Black Panther is forced to take his people out of the shadows for the first time!

In addition to T’Challa, readers will also meet new Ultimate versions of Okoye, Shuri, Killmonger, Storm, and more in this rousing saga of duty, sacrifice, and love. Fans can get the first glimpse at the cast bracing themselves for war in the all-new ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork.

"I was invigorated by this opportunity because in addition to my immense respect for Jonathan Hickman’s detailed storytelling, the idea of shepherding this bold new take on Black Panther in this event gives me a platform to do the kind of broad, epic, storytelling I’ve always wanted to do in comics," Hill said.

“My influences range from the history of BLACK PANTHER comics to Ryan Coogler’s incredible work with the recent films, to Frank Herbert’s worldbuilding capacity of Dune," he added. "This is something people won’t expect, in the best of ways, and full credit to Marvel and editors Wil Moss and Michelle Marchese for bringing this creative possibility to me."

Following next month’s ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER will be the second launch in Marvel’s new Ultimate line. The saga began with the Maker, one of the last survivors of the old Ultimate Universe, travelling back in time on a parallel Earth to create a world without heroes. He succeeded and ruled this world in secret through various global factions.

Now, he’s vanished, and a quiet war has broken out across the planet to shape what will happen to his kingdom. Some want to control the world. Some want to free it. After discovering the dark truth, a young Tony Stark embarks on a bold mission to make things right. Meanwhile, Wakanda stirs, pressured from internal and external forces to take its rightful place on the global stage…

Filled with modern takes on classic Marvel ideas and characters, the new Ultimate Universe is ripe for rich storytelling and a perfect evolution of the Ultimate brand. See it grow and develop in upcoming issues of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER, and March's ULTIMATE X-MEN, along with more Ultimate titles launching in the months ahead.

 

What If... ? Season 2 Holiday Wordplay

 

Bonus Ultimate Black Panther cover art.

 

Episode titles for What If...? Season 2:

 

What the next Frozen Movie could be

 

Deck the Halls: Marvel Studios' What If... Season 2