Marvel has been teasing ‘MU’ for the past week, accompanied by the names of writer Cullen Bunn and various artists.

Michael Chernus has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming as Phineas Mason (aka The Tinkerer), the armorer of the underworld, who made his first appearance in Spider-Man #2 in April of 1963.

The nominees for the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced.

Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have chosen Jason Fuchs to write Lobo.

Marvel Comics will collect its hip-hop variant covers in a hardcover collection this fall

J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned an estimated $88.3 million to set a new third weekend record and lead the box office to its second highest January total ever.

Confessions of a Comic Book Guy is a weekly column by Steve Bennett of Super-Fly Comics and Games in Yellow Springs, Ohio. This week Bennett rounds up what's going on the week before Christmas, including the FCBD Gold titles, DC's Legends of Tomorrow , what Steve wants for Christmas, and the wrap-up of the MST3K Kickstarter.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 topped the box office for the fourth weekend in a row while Ron Howard’s whaling epic In the Heart of the Sea , which was widely expected to take the top spot, foundered as younger moviegoers shunned the 19th Century whaling epic.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include Ant-Man , the genial 12th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with a pricy BD (3-D BD) collection of all 7 Phase 2 MCU movies, plus the mega-popular Despicable Me spin-off Minions , the Blu-ray debut of the X-Files TV series, the third season of Brian K. Vaughan’s Under the Dome , and the 13th of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy .

Dynamic Forces and Comic Link have partnered for an art auction to raise money for the CBLDF and animal rescue organization Saved Whiskers.