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Simu Liu plays a young kung fu master who's hiding from his diabolical father in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

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Marvel's 1st Asian Superhero Gets The Full Blockbuster Treatment In 'Shang-Chi'

3:50pm September 01, 2021

by Justin Chang

Simu Liu plays a young kung fu master who returns home to battle his evil father. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a superhero movie packed with an unusual emotional intensity.

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Film Spending In North Carolina Hits Record High

3:57pm August 27, 2021

by Eddie Garcia

Spending on television and film productions in North Carolina is at an all-time high — and it amounts to thousands of jobs.

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Marvel Cinematic Universe To Get First Trans Character

5:54pm January 02, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The movie is shooting "right now," Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said at the New York Film Academy. Marvel's goal, Feige says, is to "represent the world."

Stan Lee attends the premiere of "Captain America: Civil War" at Dolby Theatre on April 12, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.

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'A Marvelous Life' Holds Stan Lee High As The Man Who Made Superheroes Matter

3:27pm November 06, 2019

by Adam Frank

Danny Fingeroth spends some time unpacking Lee's long-running dispute with Jack Kirby and others over ownership, but mainly offers strong insights into the forces that drove Lee and Marvel to success.

Four of the planned scripted programs — 10 episodes each — will be based around the iconic characters of Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Star-Lord. A fifth series will feature all four banding together.

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It's Superhero Time On Podcasts: Star-Lord And Black Widow To Step Up To The Mic

7:14pm October 22, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

A Marvel deal with SiriusXM and Pandora marks a deeper investment by the companies to claim a stake in the growing realm of podcasting, now on pace to become a $1 billion industry.

Marvel's Black Panther by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze.

Ta-Nehisi Coates Hopes 'Black Panther' Will Be Some Kid's 'Spider-Man'

10:47am April 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

Coates has written a new series of Black Panther comics telling the story of an African prince turned superhero. "Comic book heroes are like our mythology," he says. "They're our Greek gods."

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Time Warner, Others Join Disney In Opposing Georgia's 'Religious Liberty' Bill

3:25pm March 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Disney and its Marvel subsidiary have threatened to boycott the state if the governor signs the controversial measure. Other companies are now urging the governor to veto the bill.

She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa and Nico Minoru are some of the characters that make up Marvel's A-Force.

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The Woman Behind Marvel's Newest Team Of Heroines

2:02pm February 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

G. Willow Wilson says it's been a blast creating a team of all-female Avengers for the new Marvel Universe coming in May. "We really got no directives besides 'Pick your team and go nuts,' " she says.

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Wolverine's Death: Superheroes And The Cycle Of Eternal Return

6:47pm October 13, 2014

by Glen Weldon

Nerd-about-town Glen Weldon explains to a non-comics-reading guy exactly what is up with the impending death of Wolverine. (That's not a spoiler; the miniseries is actually called Death of Wolverine.)

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A new comic features Captain Citrus teaming up with the Avengers to defeat a villain. The new superhero, who uses the power of the sun to generate "energy items," is sponsored by Florida's citrus industry.

Marvel's New Hero Wants To Save The World — And The Citrus Industry

5:40pm September 22, 2014

by Greg Allen

Captain Citrus was sponsored by Florida's orange growers, whose profits are being hurt by disease and declining consumer demand for orange juice. They hope the comic character will boost sales.

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