Let the Avengers Fight Godzilla, Cowards
Godzilla has a long and fruitful comics history—including at Marvel, with his legendary ‘70s series from Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe. He’s gone to hell, battled ferocious beasts, he’s teamed…
Watch Mind-Blowing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Art Come to Life
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was already a work of art—but now, it’s a work of art in a whole new way. Artist Scott Campbell has painted a stunning image featuring…
The 15 Most Fun Evolutionary Adaptations
GotchaPhoto: Kurit afshen (Shutterstock) Billions of years of evolution has given rise to us, the millions of species that persist on planet Earth today. Some of us are small, some…
Send Love Across the Stars With io9’s Nerdy Valentines
Start Slideshow Illustration: Vicky Leta Happy Valentines Day, you lovely nerds! io9’s favorite tradition on this most romantic day is back, with another round of pop culture gag cards to…
Across the Spider-Verse Almost Had a Crazy Spider-Man Game Easter Egg
Some of the best moments in both Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 are the cross-medium crossovers. In Spider-Verse, the game’s Spider-Man briefly appears in Miguel O’Hara’s world.…
Tom Holland’s Gigantic Avengers Bonus Once Got Accidentally Sent to Tom Hollander
The Screen Actors Guild prevents two actors from claiming the same name, for obvious reasons; that’s why, for instance, we know Emily Stone as Emma Stone. Actors with very similar…
Midnight Suns Is Marvel Messiness Worth Coming Back To
Firaxis and 2K’s Marvel’s Midnight Suns was one of my favorite games of 2022, but it ended up falling by the wayside in 2023. Amid a deluge of great games…
Behold the Mega Lake: Earth’s Largest Lake in History Lands in Guinness Book of Records
The largest lake in Earth’s history is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Paratethys—or Lake Paratethys, if you will—and contained 10 times more water than all of…
Man Claims His Big Toe Was Infested With Spider Eggs, but Experts Are Skeptical
Just in case you needed a new fear to keep you awake at night, here’s this possibly fanciful tale of arachnid infestation. A UK man claims to have gotten a…
A Quick Guide to the Spider-Heroes and Villains in Madame Web’s Trailer
Image: Sony Pictures/Marvel Comics This is where things get properly weird with Madame Web. The version of Ezekiel we see in the movie—almost a serial killer Spider-Man with the costume…