NEWS: Spider-Man Joins the Fantastic Four

Well, kind of...

In the wake of the death of Johnny Storm - AKA The Human Torch - Marvel has revealed that Spider-Man will be joining a new organisation rising from the ashes of the Fantastic Four. Still employing the double-F moniker, the new team, entitled The Future Foundation, consists of former Fantastic Four members Mr Fantastic, The Invisible Woman and The Thing, who along with everybody's favourite webslinger, Spider-Man, form this new organisation whose mission is to ''save the Marvel Universe.''

WEEKLY ANALYSIS: Week Ending January 31st

Another week over, another round of stat-related malarkey!

REVIEW: Marvel Universe's Dark Hawkeye

For BULLSEYE, working as Norman Osborn's HAWKEYE is like having a free pass to do everything he ever wanted.  He gets to operate in the open, be as bad as he wants, and people cheer for him.  He gets to indulge his urge to hunt heroes like DAREDEVIL and SPIDER-MAN, and the nightly news loves him for it.  He never thought being a hero could be such a thrill, but he could get used to it.

Continuing our trend of MAKING MINE MARVEL, today it's the turn of Wave 11's Dark Hawkeye.

Read on, True Believer!

REVIEW: Marvel's Greatest Battles Comic Pack: Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-man

Hasbro continues their double-pack roll-out with the Marvel's Greatest Battles Comic Pack: Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-man.

For those who aren't up-to-speed on the Marvel Universe's recent history, essentially everything's gone bad for the heroes.  Norman Osborn (the former Green Goblin) has risen to power under the guise of the Iron Patriot and is now commanding supergroup the Avengers.  However, all is not what it seems: Osborn's reform is a sham and the Avengers he's assembled are in-fact all self-serving supervillains.

Now the history lesson is over, what about the figures themselves?

NEWS: Upcoming Marvel Universe Figures

There's a rather nice video on Marvel's website in which former TNA star (and self-confessed Marvel geek) Christopher Daniels takes a look at some of the upcoming figures in the Marvel Universe 3.75'' line.

What's interesting is that if you look closely you'll see three figures that have yet to be officially announced - Captain Marvel, Spider-woman (Jessica Drew version) and ''Doc'' Sampson can all be seen in the line-up.

Captain Marvel, 'Doc' Sampson and Spider-Woman.  (Click to view larger image)

It's nice to see Marvel expanding the line beyond Fire-Attack Emergency Iron Man and Ultra-Aquatic Spider-man and introducing some more obscure characters into the mix.

As of yet, there's no release date or even confirmation of these figures but let's hope they'll be arriving soon!

EDIT: Although no date has been given, these figures are now listed on Wikipedia as being part of the ''Spring 2011'' wave along with World War Hulk (which can also be seen here, extreme left), Spider-man 2099 and Iron Man Bleeding Edge figures.