It had been a long time in coming - another month of filming, followed by press and promotional tours. Though there have been documentaries about super-heroes, the debut of Spider-Man : The Movie was eagerly anticipated as the first summer blockbuster-style look at the life of a real costumed crime-fighter. Of course, despite the real Spider-Man's ( Read more... )

Humans and mutants alike enjoy their holidays. They have large ones such as Christmas and New Years Day. They have them throughout the different seasons such as Easter in the spring and Halloween in the fall. They even have silly holidays such as International Talk Like A Pirate Day ( Read more... )

Movie magic seems awfully interesting from the perspective of an outsider, but up close? Not so much. Sure, having the real Spider-Man on set had caused a bit of a stir, and if anything, Flash Thompson was more excited than ever to bring this project together - but for Peter, the set visits had begun to get repetitive ( Read more... )

Phil takes a deep puff of his inhaler before wiping his brow, hunched over a worktable in the loft he'd rented. It was amazing what you could find with Reed Richards' name backing your expense card. He'd asked if it'd be alright if he got himself some space outside the Baxter Building, after the first few months of practically living at the ( Read more... )

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Another arrow hit the bullseye. Kate grinned, wiping the sweat from her forehead. Five in a row, all perfect shots. Like always. Her teammates may poke fun at her "addiction" to training, but for Kate? At least two hours of training a day was a must for her. It wasn't that she was a perfectionist herself or anything, but it wasn't like she ( Read more... )

When temperatures get unseasonably warm, catching many unaware, it effects everyone and everything. The Earth is no exception. Let us see how some of the inhabitants react when a sudden heat wave grips the Northeast.

The Xavier Academy has one of the most advanced security systems in the world, designed for the early detection of a variety of threats that could put the student population at risk. It's been a long time since this particular alarm was triggered, though.

WARNING. Sentinels detected.Two modified Mark IV Sentinels land on the grounds and begin ( Read more... )

Most major film studios maintain a New York office, and the studio handling the Spider-Man movie was no exception. And despite a bevy of security on the ground-level to keep out the riff-raff, they weren't really prepared to deal with riff-raff with web-shooters. So he's able to bypass the receptionists and ex-football players in security guard ( Read more... )

There are many people whom Emma Frost is generally loathe to deal with. Sebastian Shaw is one of them. Selene Gallio is another. Jean Grey and Madelyne Pryor are also on that list ( Read more... )

It was nearly the end of the semester. As such, there were exams coming up, presentations to think about, and projects to wrap up. The last option, there... That one was Laurie's chief concern. It was a two-person thing, and, bad as it was, she hadn't even managed to set up a meeting time or anything with her partner ( Read more... )