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  1. vulture lists
    Every DC Comics Movie, RankedFrom the Christopher Reeve era to the Snyder Cut and this week’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  2. vulture lists
    Marvel Villains, Ranked by HotnessLet’s all marvel at more than 50 badies from the MCU of varying degrees of hotness.
    By Carrie Wittmer
  3. pow! wham! boom!
    The 30 Best Superhero Cartoons of the Past 30 YearsSince Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men in 1992, animation has been a rich avenue for comic-book adventures.
    By Daniel Dockery
  4. vulture lists
    Superman’s 15 Best Animated MomentsLive-action adaptations may be the Man of Steel’s Kryptonite, but he flourishes in animation.
    By Daniel Dockery
  5. sequential art
    Who Are All These Spider-People?The Spider-Verse has a lot of spider-creatures. Here is every man, woman, punk, cat, monkey, manga, dinosaur, and car, explained.
    By Richard Newby
  6. movie review
    Let’s Just Pretend Shazam! Fury of the Gods Never HappenedThe latest DC movie seems to have forgotten what made the original so charming and special.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. movie review
    Black Adam Is Entertaining RubbishThe Rock plays the DC superhero with such a stony face that we forget how charming this actor can be otherwise.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. batgirl
    Warner Bros. to Batgirl: Bye, Girl!Leslie Grace said Batgirl was “My own damn hero” on IG.
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. where are their fingers
    Release the McCracken! New Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home Reboots Are ComingCraig McCracken returns to two of his beloved Cartoon Network shows.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. chat room
    Paul Reiser Initially Turned Down His Role in The Boys“It was a little bit rough for me.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  11. the pg-13 multiverse
    Sam Raimi Exploding Superheroes’ Heads in ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is Good, ActuallyThe MCU has always been about death as an abstract form of entertainment, but Multiverse of Madness gets darkly, and thrillingly, literal.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  12. trailer mix
    The Marvelous Ms. Marvel Trailer: You Glow Girl!Featuring guidance counselor Jordan Firstman.
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. extreme thirst
    Thank You, The Batman, for Bringing Horniness Back to Gotham CityBatman is looking respectfully from Catwoman’s dominatrix-y knee-high PVC boots up to her face, but there’s a hunger there, too.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  14. spinoffs
    Matt Reeves Says The Batman Prequel Series on HBO Max Has Been AxedNow we’ll never get to see, uh, how Commissioner Gordon got his glasses.
    By Halle Kiefer
  15. movie review
    The Batman Is Sad, Scary, and Even a Little SexyMatt Reeves and Robert Pattinson give us an austere, tense serial-killer thriller as much as a superhero action flick.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. deep dive
    Wait, Who Are the Eternals?The 2021 MCU entry is finally streaming on Disney+. Here’s what you need to know before hitting play.
    By Nola Pfau
  17. movies
    The Matrix Taught Superheroes to FlyIt laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  18. dceu
    HBO Max Mistakenly Uploads Censored Version of Birds of PreyHBO Max is working to restore the original version to the streaming service.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  19. allegations
    Ruby Rose Alleges Dangerous Conditions, Injuries, ‘Bullying’ on Batwoman SetWarner Bros. TV calls Rose’s allegations “revisionist history” in a new statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  20. trailer mix
    Doom Patrol Season Three Trailer: What the Piffle Paffle?HBO Max’s other gang of reluctant heroes return.
    By Zoe Haylock
  21. dc
    Winston Duke Will Play Bruce Wayne (Cool!) in a Podcast (Oh …)Batman Unburied is written by The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer.
    By Rebecca Alter
  22. dc
    Michael B. Jordan Is Developing a Black Superman Project for HBO MaxThey haven’t revealed whether Jordan will actually play Superman, but like, come on. How could he not?
    By Rebecca Alter
  23. movie review
    Black Widow Bids a Barbed Farewell to the MCU’s First Female SuperheroScarlett Johansson plays Natasha one last time (for now) in an espionage adventure that’s as much a criticism of the character as a good-bye.
    By Alison Willmore
  24. dad things
    Clark Kent’s Most Super-Dad Moments on Superman & LoisYes, he’s holding up bridges and stopping nuclear reactors from melting down, but he’s also going to football practices and packing school lunches.
    By Maggie Fremont
  25. dc comics
    Batman: The Animated Series Creator Will Return with More Animated BatmanHBO Max and Cartoon Network green-lit Batman: Caped Crusader.
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. i would like to see it
    Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing a Superhero Movie About an Older Black Woman“Do you know who’s really going to save the earth?”
    By Justin Curto
  27. trailer mix
    Florence Pugh’s Russian Accent Stars in Black Widow Trailer“Bring. Her. Home.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. tv review
    Invincible Offers Superheroes With a Side of More SuperheroesThe hour-long animated series has a palpable “more of an eight-hour movie” vibe, with all the possibility and potential pitfalls that model entails.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  29. dceu
    Emerald Fennell to Become Promising Young Superhero ScreenwriterShe’s writing a Zatanna movie for DC.
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. superheroes
    The Story Behind the Winter Soldier’s Unprecedented CreationIt’s one of the greatest transformations in superhero comics history.
    By Abraham Riesman
  31. the dc universe
    It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Superman Reboot!It’s reportedly being set up as “a Black Superman story.”
    By Devon Ivie
  32. animation
    Craig McCracken Talks Taking on Serialized Superheroics in Kid CosmicFor his first streaming series, Netflix’s new Kid Cosmic, animator Craig McCracken didn’t want to just make “another campy parody of superheroes.”
    By John Maher
  33. castings
    Ethan Hawke to Play the Villain to Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight in Marvel SeriesBecause we guess someone has to antagonize Oscar Isaac.
    By Justin Curto
  34. dceu
    All of the Magical Objects in Wonder Woman 1984, ExplainedWhat we know and don’t know about the MacGuffins, invisible planes, and fanny packs.
    By Ryan Britt
  35. ww8more
    Warner Bros. and Patty Jenkins Fast-Track Development on Wonder Woman 3Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins will return to give us more Wonder Woman.
    By Rebecca Alter
  36. my octopus teacher
    Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock to Lay Tentacles on Tom Holland in Spider-Man 3Doctor Octopus is back, and he’s gonna get that Spidey.
    By Rebecca Alter
  37. role muddles
    The Boys Is the End of the Superhero As We Know ItThe dark satire’s second season has illuminated the rotten core of superheroism, and cast our collective obsession with it in an unflattering light.
    By Abraham Riesman
  38. superhero movies
    Andy Samberg, Craig Robinson, and Common’s Powers Combine for Super HighIn a world … where smoking weed gives you superpowers.
    By Halle Kiefer
  39. behind the seams
    The Boys Is a Microcosm of Modern Supersuit DesignThe series’ supersuit designer explains how the Seven’s looks both reflect and satirize the evolution of superhero costuming in the 21st century.
    By Manuel Betancourt
  40. vulture lists
    All 13 X-Men Movies, RankedHow does The New Mutants stack up?
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  41. nanananananananananana
    Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton Will Be Batmen Again in The FlashBatsman? Batmen? Batmanses?
    By Rebecca Alter
  42. wait what
    We Asked a Marine Biologist to Explain Pistol Shrimp PowersEverything you need to know about the almighty crustacean at the center of Netflix’s new movie Project Power.
    By Nick Allen
  43. results may vary
    The Absurd Superpowers of Netflix’s Project Power, ExplainedIncluding the formidable power of … pistol shrimp?
    By Nick Allen
  44. movie review
    Project Power Is a Depressingly Uninspired Off-Brand Superhero StoryJoseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, and Jamie Foxx star in a would-be Netflix blockbuster with a clever premise and crummy follow through.
    By Alison Willmore
  45. fictions of violence
    The Old Guard Is Not a Superhero StoryComic author and screenwriter Greg Rucka is adamant that his “fiction of violence” stand apart from Marvel.
    By Oliver Sava
  46. movie review
    Netflix’s The Old Guard Is BreathtakingOnce you watch it, you’ll wish every superhero movie were this good.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. movies
    Gina Prince-Bythewood, the Quiet StormThe director’s The Old Guard is an unlikely superhero film, both patient and intimate. But she’s always been uncompromising.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. in your car the radio up
    Here’s Your First Look at the Snyder CutHBO Max just dropped a trailer.
    By Rebecca Alter
  49. hashtag inevitable
    What Hath the Snyder Cut Released?In retrospect, Warner Bros.’ decision to rerelease Zach Snyder’s Justice League was inevitable. It’s also consequential.
    By Abraham Riesman
  50. money moves
    Mulan, Black Widow, French Dispatch, and More Disney Films Get New Release DatesYou’ll have to wait longer for the next wave of Marvel supers.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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