The first Saturday in May every year is Free Comic Book Day. This year, that day is May 1 and it is tomorrow!

In all over 30 comics from various publishers will be available, though you’ll want to get to your store early to avoid sell outs. And hey, don’t forget to actually buy some books and support your local comic shop while you’re there.

Don’t know where to get free comics? Go to this website and enter your zipcode!

Then come back and leave a comment telling us what books you picked up, and the name of your local comic store!

Marvel has released the first still from the upcoming Thor movie.

Last Night Microsoft started the TV ad campaign for Halo: Reach with an ad for the Multiplayer Beta next week. Its true, the above commercial doesn’t even mention the full game coming this fall, just the Beta starting on May 3!
The ad shows the augmentation of Carter 259, the Spartan III leader of Noble Team in the Halo: Reach story.
This is the extended version of the ad, available on Halo Waypoint via Xbox 360. You’ll be able to get the full ad in HD on the Reach site, Welcome to Noble Team later today. Some new footage of the Multiplayer Beta itself is after the cut. [Read the rest of this entry…]

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Some time ago we found out that Sam Jackson and Don Cheadle would lend voices to the Iron Man 2 video game. I guess what I didn’t expect is that the game would not feature Robert Downey Jr as the title character. I’m fairly certain the game based on the first movie from Sega did have RD Jr. And actually watching this video, Rhodey only has one line so its hard to tell if its Cheadle, and Nick Fury has enough lines to completely rule out Sam Jackson. Are these placeholder voices, or did Sega/Marvel lose the actors in the last month and a half?

Anyway, the likenesses are good, so if you’ve been dying to see Don Cheadle rendered by a game console, this is your shot. The game apparently takes cues from the movie, but doesn’t include any actual story from it. Hopefully it won’t be too bad, Sega’s been promising us to expect more than the first.

Sean Orange is out, but the show must go on. This week we discuss Disney Princesses, Marvel movies and games, Aliens, Pokemon, and whether or not V is actually an OK show.

Keep an eye out later this week for an explosive supplemental with all the material too hot for the regular show!

Direct Link: Powetcast Episode 32: Ball & Chain

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The sleeper hit of last year, the critically acclaimed reboot of Red Faction is being developed for the cable channel Syfy (formerly SciFi).

Red Faction deals with post colonization of Mars in 2120 when natural resources for Earth have been depleted and the citizens of Mars are forced into servitude and slavery to the Earth Defense Force. The minors and workers form their own revolutionary group, the Red Faction, and begin targeting the operations of their unwelcome captors in the name of a free Mars.

According to Broadcasting & Cable, SyFy intends to produce Red Faction as a movie event first, which if successful will be expanded into a regular series.

In addition, THQ’s sequel to Red Faction Guerrilla will be co-produced with SyFy Games, furthering the channel’s long term commitment to the series.

Red Faction Guerrilla as a game was a real blast, knocking down buildings with all manner of explosives or just using your sledgehammer. Unfortunately the story is a little weak, but the universe has a lot of potential especially if the producers want to get daring and relate the conditions on Mars to current day events. We’ll have to keep an eye on who lines up to write and star in the show to see.

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