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50¢ SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON No.10 JULY 2018 52-pageS OF NON-STOP FUN! SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON SURVIVAL GUIDE THE GUIDE COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to the Dork Side! ..................................................................................... 3 Marvel's Avengers .................................................................................................... 4 The Itsy-Bitsy Spider ................................................................................................ 5 Marvel Multiverse .................................................................................................... 6 Superhero Showdown .............................................................................................. 7 The Justice League ................................................................................................... 8 Legends of DC ............................................................................................................ 9 Click Picks Comics: What We're Reading ......................................................... 10 Click Picks Comics: We Always Recommend .................................................... 11 That Was a Comic Book? ........................................................................................ 12 That Was a Comic Book, Too? ................................................................................ 13 Yes, That Was Also a Comic Book ........................................................................ 14 Superpowers 101 ..................................................................................................... 15 With Great Power .................................................................................................... 16 The Truth is Out There ............................................................................................. 17 You Know, For Kids ................................................................................................. 18 You Know, Still For Kids .......................................................................................... 19 Comic-Con Exclusives ...........................................................................................20 Flights of Fantasy .....................................................................................................22 Rated "F" For Fantasy...............................................................................................23 TEAM CLICK Mail Order ad ....................................................................................24 How to Speak Geek .................................................................................................25 Spaceship! ...................................................................................................................... 30 Invasion! .......................................................................................................................... 31 The Future is Now ......................................................................................................... 32 Comic-Con Survival Tips & Tricks .............................................................................. 34 We Love the 80s ............................................................................................................. 35 Nineties Reborn! ............................................................................................................ 37 Heroes of Comic-Con .................................................................................................... 38 Level Up! ......................................................................................................................... 40 TL:DR ................................................................................................................................ 41 HAHAHAHA I'm Dead ................................................................................................... 45 I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts ........................................................................................... 46 Oh, the Horror! ................................................................................................................ 47 Revenge of the Son of Horror 3D ................................................................................ 48 How to Survive a Horror Movie .................................................................................. 49 About Team Click ........................................................................................................... 50 Credits page .................................................................................................................... 51 Bingo ................................................................................................................................ 52 Created by Team Click COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE WELCOME TO THE DORK SIDE! DISCLAIMEROBLIGATORY Click's Guide is just a little something fun we wrote, tongues planted firmly in cheeks, for your information and our entertainment. While we can vouch for our research skills, we can't guarantee that the information found on the internet is 100% reliable. After all, release dates change, actors need rewrites, directors run out of budget, writers go...insane. Things happen. Since we all know that, no one reading The Guide is going to take any of the information here as locked-in gospel or anything. Okay? Okay. Now go follow us on the socials so we can chat to each other about all the news, exclusives & awesome cosplay we find on the �oor. FRIENDLYYOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLICKERS Mac and Dinah McLean, Amy Hart, Brigid Margeson, Caitlin McKinley, Emily Ronkar, Erica Hulberg, George Roush, Greg McDonald, Karen Penhale Kerry Meehan, Marie Remelius Mario Parra, Nikki Stefansen Scott Neumyer, Tommy Gardner Winter Graham reetings friends and colleagues, f you’ve read The Guide before, G and welcome to Team Click’s annual welcome back, friend! Your favorite Guide to Comic-Con! I features, like our Lexicon of Geek Speak, have gotten a fresh update plus we have or those of you who are new to The a few new tips and notes on this year’s F Guide, thank you for checking it pages. And, as ever, we’ve provided a full out! We started producing this Guide, run-down of all the upcoming properties our annual labor of love, as a way of we think will be vying for our attention navigating all the films, shows, events, this year. exclusives, and fans that one might encounter, as well as providing some hether you’re an entertainment helpful tips—and hopefully a little W professional, a comic n00b, or a amusement—to anyone traveling to San die-hard fan, we hope this edition of Diego for either work or pleasure. The Guide will make your convention experience that much more enjoyable. See you there!* /clickcomm @clickcomm @click_comm 3 * unless you're a ninja. In which case... we won't. COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE MARVEL'S AVENGERS ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (Walt Disney Studios/Marvel) – 7/6/18 Director: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer No problem is too big or too small for this size-shifting duo when Ant-Man and The Wasp team up to battle Ghost. (Yes, we realize this already came out, but come on—how AWESOME was Wasp?! She deserves additional cheers!) CAPTAIN MARVEL (Walt Disney Studios/Marvel) – 3/8/19 Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Starring: Brie Larson, Jude Law, Lee Pace, Djimon Hounsou, Samuel L. Jackson, Gemma Chan, Clark Gregg Set in the 90s, Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie features one of the most powerful Avengers as she is caught up in an intergalactic war. Strap on your Doc Martens and hold on tight! AVENGERS 4 (Walt Disney Studios/Marvel) – 5/3/19 Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Brie Larson, Paul Rudd, and HOPEFULLY everyone else… We know Thanos will return, but what about Spidey?! Or Black Panther? Or Star-Lord? Or Groot? Or Vision? Or, or, or…(Where’d we leave that box of tissues?) Created by Team Click COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE THE ITSY-BITSY SPIDER VENOM (Columbia Pictures) – 10/5/18 Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, Jenny Slate, Riz Ahmed A journalist tries to expose a shady corporation and instead exposes himself to an alien symbiote, giving him powers and a taste for violence. Pro-tip: Whenever living space slime lands on Earth, let’s just all agree not to touch it. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Sony Pictures) – 12/14/18 Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Liev Shreiber, Lily Tomlin, Mahershala Ali, Shameik Moore Spider-fans have waited a long time for Miles Morales to get the silver screen spotlight. Rumor has it, he’ll be teaming up with some of our favorite parallel Spideys: Gwen, Ham, and Noir! SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (Sony Pictures) – 7/5/19 Director: John Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Jake Gyllenhaal Considering where we last saw our friendly neighborhood web-slinger, “far” seems like a bit of an understatement. With the addition of Mysterio, and a possible suiting-up for Scorpion, this could add up to something quite sinister. 5 COMIC-CON 20182018 THE THE GUIDEGUIDE MARVEL MULTIVERSE X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX (Fox) – 2/14/19 Director: Sion Kinberg Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Olivia Munn, Sophie Turner The lines between good, evil, friendship and nemesis get blurred for the X-Men when an accident occurs on a mission, and Jean Grey turns into a Dark Phoenix. THE NEW MUTANTS (Marvel) – 8/2/19 Director: Josh Boone Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Antonio Banderas When high school cliques keep in touch, but these are not your normal jocks and geeks. Xavier’s first graduating class teams up for general bad-assery. MARVEL’S NEW WARRIORS (Fox) – 2018 Director: TBD Starring: Nathan Barnatt, Chloe Coleman, Keith David, Kate Comer Able to lift paperclips with a single thought! The power to calm jittery squirrels! Defy actual death! Talk to…germs! Thrash on a skateboard! Generate bouncing balls! These are the powers bestowed upon our next great superhero team. (Are we sure the Avengers are off planet?) Created by by Team Team Click Click COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE SUPERHERO SHOWDOWN There have been nearly 40 superhero films from Marvel & DC alone in the last ten years, in addition to numerous TV shows. Here's a handy cheat sheet to help you sort out which hero fights for which team in the universes of the "Big Two." VS. Thor Superman Billionaire Batman Born of Gods Captain America All-American Boy Scout Iron Man Playboy-Turned-Hero The Hulk Giant Green Fists CAPtAIN MARVEL Ant-Man Wonder Woman Green Lantern Marvelous Captain Captain Marvel Man of Diminuitive Height * The Atom The Wasp Winged Woman HawkGIRL Falcon Winged Man Hawkman Hawkeye Resident Archer Green Arrow Black Widow Femme Fatale Black Canary Quicksilver Speedster The Flash Scarlet Witch Mystic Mistress Zatanna War Machine Loaded for Bear Cyborg Spider-Man Acrobatic MouthyTeen Robin † Black Panther Animal Prowess Vixen Namor the Sub-Mariner Friends with Fish Aquaman The Vision Humorless Know-It-All Martian Manhunter 7 *Shazam! †Super Friends COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE THE JUSTICE LEAGUE AQUAMAN (Warner Bros.) – 12/21/18 Director: James Wan Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman When you’re handed the keys to the kingdom as the new heir to Atlantis, you say YES! Many abs will be on display, begging the question: how do you do sit-ups under water? WONDER WOMAN 1984 (Warner Bros.) –11/1/19 Director: Patty Jenkins Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig We are getting a Wonder Woman movie set in the era of big hair and Cold Wars. The first image from the set is, naturally, in a mall where Diana is hopefully shopping for satin tights to wear while fighting for our rights (and the old red, white, and bluuuuuuue…). SHAZAM! (Warner Bros.) – 4/5/19 Director: David F. Sandberg Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou “How cool would it be to be able to fly and have super strength like Superman!” “What are you, 12?” “…Yes.” Fun Fact: Shazam is not his name. You know, like Link isn’t Zelda. OK, not exactly like that. It’s Captain Marvel. But not the Carol Danvers one. Never mind, just go see it. Created by Team Click COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE ALL THE WORLD LEGENDS TIME IN OF THEDC SWAMP THING (DC Universe) – 2019 Alec Holland fuses with supernatural plant forces to become the Swamp Thing, as the famous comic book character returns to television. We love to see DC planting the seeds for new character growth in an environment where they can really put down roots and bloom. SUICIDE SQUAD 2 (Warner Bros.) – 2019 TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES (Warner Bros.) – 7/27/18 Directors: Aaron Horvath, Peter Rida Michail Starring: Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Will Arnett, Tara Strong It’s the Teen Titans vs Deadpool in the summer mash-up of the century! <Whispers from side.> Sorry, DEATHSTROKE. Not Deadpool. Aw, yeah, Titans! TITANS (DC Universe) – 2018 Creators: Greg Berlanti, Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Teagan Croft, Anna Diop, Lindsey Gort, Minka Kelly Robin, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Hawk & Dove kick off the series, but rumor has it there will be even more characters featured. Our fingers are crossed for Baby Wildebeast! 9 Director: Gavin O’Connor Starring: Margot Robbie, Dwayne Johnson, Joel Kinnaman, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Karen Fukuhara, Joseph Oliveira Word on the street is that The Rock might make his DC Universe debut as Black Adam this time around, which would be pretty much the opposite of suicide for box office results. DOOM PATROL (DC Universe) – 2019 Starring: Bruno Bichir, April Bowlby, Jake Michaels, Dwain Murphy Not all superheroes are mighty pillars of truth and justice. Some are quite a bit more…broken. Enter this rag-tag team of misfits, scarred both physically and mentally, who unite to investigate weird phenomena and help others like themselves. COMIC-CON 2018 THE GUIDE CLICK PICKS WHAT WE’RE CURRENTLY READING All-New Wolverine/Old Man Logan – What is old is new is… well, the original Wolverine died, so these two series follow the tales of the original Logan’s daughter, Laura, and a future alternate-reality version of himself. Bitch Planet – If you’ve been watching the Handmaid’s Tale wishing you could see those women rise up against their dystopic patriarchal oppressors and f--- some s--- up, then this is your new favorite comic. DC Bombshells – Set during World War II, this reimagines all your favorite DC super hero women with more victory rolls and red lipstick, though their butt-kicking prowess remains the same. Detective Comics – This most recent series has collected a group of Bat-allies like Cassandra Cain and Batwoman, along with Clayface, who has a pretty great character arc as we learn that the longer he’s in clay form, the more…malleable his moral compass becomes. Injustice: Gods Among Us – Based on the popular game, this series imagines a world where Superman is traumatized to the point that he decides pre-emptive and permanent justice is better. Batman, of course, disagrees and their world is torn asunder as the two sides battle it out. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – The Marvel Team-Up we never knew we totally needed: a young super genius and a giant red dinosaur. Fun, fantastical stuff like this is kind of why we read comics in the first place. Ms. Marvel – Kamala Khan blends the duality and teen angst of Spider-Man with the unfailing sincerity and conscientiousness of Wonder Woman. Books with her in them are fantastic, e.g. Champions, which also features Miles Morales, another of our faves. Saga – We could say this is NOT a gorgeously-rendered series that blends mindbending sci-fi with action, adventure, and romance, but then we’d be lying. Tiny Titans – Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl and many more can be found on these pages battling dirty bedrooms, playground bullies, and falling ice cream. They’re great for the little heroes in your life. AW YEAH TITANS! Note: Both DC & Marvel have rebooted many of their books in the past year and it’s a great jumping-on point for fans of different characters in the superhero universes, as many of them are quite good. Created by Team Click