Multiple Superhero Disorder: The 11 Most Notable Actors Who Played More Than One Movie/TV Superhero

No one will beat Stan Lee as far as cameoes go, but here's 11 superhero two-timers (and three-timers!) from film and TV.

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GIFFEN Does His Best KIRBY In KAMANDI CHALLENGE

The writer/artist worked on KAMANDI in 1976, and now he returns 40 years later.

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HARLEY QUINN Creator On JINGLE BELLE, His Christmas Obsession, And How His Two Girls Compare

Paul Dini has a Christmas present for you.

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KIRK & Crew Meet The BORG In STAR TREK: BOLDLY GO #2

Check out a preview of STAR TREK: BOLDLY GO #2 from IDW.

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FLASH Director's Exit 'Very Upsetting' For IRIS WEST Actress

Kiersey Clemons comments on her DOPE director leaving THE FLASH.

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Trapped In A Mall With MYSTERY INC. In SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #7

Dawn of the Dead, anyone?

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The White Donkey: Terminal Lance - Maximilian Uriarte

The White Donkey: Terminal Lance Maximilian Uriarte Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $13.99 Publish Date: April 19, 2016 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

New York Times Bestseller A graphic novel of war and its aftermath. A powerful, compulsively page-turning, vivid, and moving tribute to the experience of war and PTSD, The White Donkey tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly, pedestrian, and often meaningless side of military service in rural Iraq. He enlists in hopes of finding that missing something in his life but comes to find out that it's not quite what he expected. Abe gets more than he bargained for when his journey takes him to the middle east in war-torn Iraq. This is a story about a Marine, written and illustrated by a Marine, and is the first graphic novel about the war in Iraq from a veteran. The White Donkey explores the experience of being a Marine, as well as the challenges that veterans face upon their return home, and its raw power will leave you in awe.

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Report: GAME OF THRONES Actor Cast As JUSTICE LEAGUE's Main Villain

Jack Kirby's creation comes to life.

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Get Out The Vote With MS. MARVEL #13

Check out a preview of MS. MARVEL #13 from Marvel Comics.

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Balancing ODY-C, ULTIMATES, SUICIDE SQUAD with CHRISTIAN WARD

What does he like most about drawing comics? "The challenge."

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TNT & TBS Land DC FILMS Exclusive Deal For WONDER WOMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE, More

DC Films will be broadcast on TNT and TBS.

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Exclusive Preview: BETTY & VERONICA #2

This Just Happened: Jon Kent Gut Punches Damian Wayne!

This Just Happened: Jon Kent Gut Punches Damian Wayne!

Kids. They always manage to surprise you. Often, it’s with their rambunctious curiosity or their innocent worldview. Occasionally, it’s with their impressive levels of understanding.

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DC Holiday Family Game Night Sweepstakes

DC Holiday Family Game Night Sweepstakes

This is Your Chance to Be Our Grand Prize Winner for Your Whole Family!

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Marvel's CHAMPIONS Trailer

In a world where second issues sell far less than the first issue...

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Disney's Live-Action BEAUTY & THE BEAST Comes To Life With Official Images

Here's your first look at Disney's live action BEAUTY & THE BEAST.

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The DARK KNIGHT Assembles A Family In THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Trailer

Check out a trailer for THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

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Black Mirror: “Nosedive”/”Playtest”

By Shannon Fox, @shannonfox

 

Note: If you haven’t watched the series, feel free to read ahead: there’s no real spoilers in this review!

 

It’s a big ol’ cliché to say “they don’t make ’em like they used to”, particularly when it comes to television shows. I mean, of COURSE they don’t– look how different the world is from just how it was in the 90s, you know? And besides, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing that television shows have drastically evolved over the years: they are calling this the “Golden Age of Television”! However, I totally understand that there’s some shows that have left an impression for years, and we wish that we could find another show that makes us feel similar things to one that has disappeared into TV’s past.

 

Take “The Twilight Zone”, for example. The fact that the annual New Year’s marathon STILL attracts so many viewers (I mean, even Syfy has added other ones throughout the year) proves how much that show continues to affect people, even in a world of color television and popular horror shows. But it was THAT good, you know? It was THAT creepy and THAT original. It’d be hard to replicate such a iconic series, and honestly? I’m not sure that anyone should try. Mainly because we have enough remakes and reboots that don’t really work in entertainment already, but also because I don’t think ANYTHING could get as close to a modern-day “The Twilight Zone” as “Black Mirror” does.

 

“Black Mirror” is a British television series created by Charlie Brooker (if you’re an American into British TV, he also co-created “Nathan Barley”, another great series) that premiered in the UK back in 2011. It was thankfully brought to Netflix last year so we yanks could finally be graced with its genius. The third season of the series just premiered on Netflix last month.

 

But what is it? “Black Mirror” is an anthology series (i.e. every episode has a completely separate story and cast) about technology. More specifically, the dark side of technology. In its first two seasons, the show explored everything from the voyeuristic aspects of social media to reality competition programs. It’s so much more than it sounds, but I’m not willing to spoil the experience of watching it, so I’ll just say this: just watch the first episode. The brilliant WTF-ness of the show is immediate and jarring.

 

Anyway, I was a bit nervous about the new season. Most British shows that get “Americanized” aren’t so great (even “The Office” had to become a very different show from the original to succeed here). But apart from a bit more American actors in the cast, not much is different. And thank god for that.

 

The first episode of this new season is called “Nosedive”, and it stars Bryce Dallas Howard (from Jurassic World, among other things). It’s the only episode of the new series that wasn’t written by Brooker, but by Rashida Jones (ANN PERKINS!) and Mike Schur (creator of “Parks & Recreation”). Random, right? To give you a non-spoilery synopsis, Lacie Pound (played by Howard) is a young woman who is determined to advance her “approval rating” in her life. In this future reality, all people have a Yelp-esque app embedded into their every day life; all interactions are rated, including pictures and status updates.  When she sees that an old friend, Naomi (played by Alice Eve, of “Star Trek” fame), has a higher rating, she hopes to reconnect with her to boost her numbers. There’s also an awesome appearance by Cherry Jones (probably most known for “24”).

 

 

Honestly, this wasn’t my favorite episode of “Black Mirror”, but I think it’s because the secondhand embarrassment/discomfort level was SO high, which is exactly the point. The episode nails society’s obsession with apps like Instagram and public image, though. It was also fascinating to me that the people who brought us “Parks & Rec”, a show with probably the highest amount of likable characters in the history of television, could write an episode with such UN-likable characters.  Seriously, Lacie is a TRAINWRECK.

 

But let’s move on to the second episode, “Playtest”, which is basically “Black Mirror” at its creeptastic, “WHAT IS HAPPENING” best. This one, written by Brooker and starring Wyatt Russell (who I SWORE had to be Tyler Labine’s brother or something, but he is not; you may know him from 22 Jump Street), focuses on virtual reality and horror video games. Cooper (played by Russell) leaves home to go backpacking around the world. To make some extra money, he volunteers to be a guinea pig for some new products/technology from a video game company that specializes in the horror genre.

 

 

I don’t know what I can say about this episode without giving too much away, other than it MESSED ME UP. You will NEVER know what is going to happen next, especially in the last act of the episode.  Do not watch this one right before bed, like I did. Good LORD.

 

But it’s a perfect example of why “Black Mirror” can be SO freakin’ disturbing: all of the situations and technological advances are just feasible enough to believe that they could actually happen (and some of them actually HAVE, to a certain level, since the show premiered. Which is even scarier). Brooker is consistently able to highlight the darkest parts of not only humanity, but of this technological age, from obsession to paranoia to disconnection and back. The closer each episode is to reality, the more frightening each one becomes.

 

It’s a brilliant series, and I can’t wait to watch the remaining episodes, even if it kind of feels like watching a preview of an impending, bleak future.

 

All three seasons, plus a Christmas special, of “Black Mirror” are available on Netflix.

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Atari Aims For Television Future

Atari wants to reconnect with your TV set - just not with a console.

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DRAGON BALL Cafes Open In Japan

Try the Vegeta salad!

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New STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE Footage Coming In New ABC Holiday Special

No, not a STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL remake.

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller, Klaus Janson & Lynn Varley

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Frank Miller, Klaus Janson & Lynn Varley Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $12.99 Publish Date: August 7, 2012 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

Hailed as a comics masterpiece, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is Frank Miller's (300 and SIN CITY) reinvention of the legend of Batman. It remains an undisputed classic, one of the most influential stories ever told in comics, and is a book cited by the filmmakers as an inspiration for the most recent Batman movies. It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired, and Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now, when his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and Two-Face, for the final time Batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive.

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Blackest Night - Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis

Blackest Night Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $5.99 Publish Date: September 11, 2012 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

As the war between the different Corps rages on, the prophecy of the Blackest Night descends in this hardcover collecting the best–selling BLACKEST NIGHT #0-8. Now, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps lead DC's champions into battle to save the universe from an army of Black Lanterns made up of the DCU's deceased heroes and villains!

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Blackest Night: Green Lantern - Geoff Johns & Doug Mahnke

Blackest Night: Green Lantern Geoff Johns & Doug Mahnke Genre: Graphic Novels Price: $5.99 Publish Date: September 11, 2012 Publisher: DC Comics Seller: DC Comics

Comics hottest writer Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, THE FLASH, ACTION COMICS, JSA) and superstar artist Doug Mahnke (JLA, BATMAN, SUPERMAN) raise the dead in this must-read tie-in to the most anticipated comics event of the year, BLACKEST NIGHT. This collection starring Hal Jordan expands on the War of the Light as the evil Black Lanterns descend on all of the Corps throughout the universe, explains villain Black Hand's connection to death and the Black Lantern corps and features key plot points that are essential to enjoying the storyline to it's fullest.

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