Joe Simon, legendary comic book writer, creator and artist has passed away at the age of 98, according to his son’s Facebook posts. Simon’s most notable co creation (with Jack Kirby) Captain America, was recently featured in the Marvel Comics movie Captain America: The First Avenger.  

 Image Comics and Top Cow Productions are proudly spotlighting the landmark 150th issue of their iconic original comic book series this week with an over-sized issue full of extras. WITCHBLADE #150 also marks Ron Marz’s 70th consecutively written issue of one of the longest running comics with a single female lead, and a major turning point in the life of Sara Pezzini.  

IMAGE EXPO, the one-of-a-kind celebration commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Image Comics and celebrating creator-owned comics, is announcing many new guests! Joining the Image Comics partners Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino and Image founders Rob Liefeld and Whilce Portacio, are the following stars of creator-owned comics.  

The Beginning of the End…By Andrew Sanford Christopher Nolan reveals the first 6-7 minutes of his final Batman film to the public… And Metal Machine was there!!  

This March, fans worldwide cannot miss the prologue to the biggest pop culture comic event of the year as Marvel is pleased to unveil the trade dress and cover to Avengers VS. X-Men #0!  

On the heels of their recent string of sell-outs, Dynamite Entertainment continues the trend as their new comic, Voltron®, has sold out and is going to an immediate second print!  

Earth’s greatest super heroes face foes on all fronts – using a plan initiated from within – in the all-new Justice League: Doom, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives February 28, 2012  

With the recent announcement from Marvel of the up coming Avengers vs. X-Men, we here at metalmachine.net decided to size up both teams in the era that this battle would truly be seismic.  

Next week, the road to Avengers VS X-Men begins in Avengers X-Sanction #1 from the blockbuster creative team of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness! And just in time to witness Cable go head to head against Earth’s Mightiest  

Image Editor/Exec Says Marvel’s Next Big Thing’s Really Just the Same Old S#!t Writer/Editor/Executive Director of Image Comics Eric Stephenson wasted no time in making his feelings known about Marvel Comics announcement regarding AVENGERS VS  X-MEN; the supposedly momentous 12-issue series that’s due out this coming April. On his personal blog the day after the announcement he scornfully states “Marvel has announced that the next big thing from the House of Ideas is a new version of this” and posts this image: This is, of course, the cover of issue #1 of the 4 issue miniseries with the same name written by Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and Jim Shooter with art by Marc Silvestri, Keither Pollard, and... 

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.  

Discover The Secret Of The Marvel Universe In DEFENDERS #2! A dangerous secret lies deep within the Marvel Universe, and the only ones who can protect us against its calamitous consequences are… THE DEFENDERS!