This guy is all about transparency. Sorta. 

Tony Stark don't need no Iron, Man.

Be a hero! (Quick, please confirm - you're a boy, right?)

Bryan Lee O'Malley (SCOTT PILGRIM), Ed Brubaker (CAPTAIN AMERICA, FATALE) and comicgirl19 weigh in on turning four color pages into big screen spectacle.

Jeff White, Oscar nominated FX supervisor for THE AVENGERS, talks about making the Hulk and the realities of modern CGI as a tool and a crutch.

Time to put on your speculation hats, gang. 

Ding dong 2012 is dead! Jeremy Smith and Amy Nicholson join Devin to discuss the best and worst movies of 2012 

And some other fun stuff too. But not quite as fun.

Plus: tiny hints on AVENGERS 2.

The Marvel Studios chief insists there will be no distracting guest appearances. Plus: it's not a serious movie!

The delayed collector set is getting new features... and a new price tag. 

Could such madness actually happen?

Badass Digest With Devin Faraci is a new show on the CineFix Channel, and the first episode is here! Devin drunkenly talks summer movies with Amy Nicholson and Jeremy Smith.

Lawsuits get in the way of a geek consumer frenzy.

What should have been the geekiest summer since 1982 totally fizzled out. Here's a look back at the winners and losers of Summer 2012.

A wonderful, somber sequence establishes Cap as a man out of time.

Can Marvel's superheroes bag enough money to give James Cameron a black eye?

Joss Whedon and Marvel made the right choice in cutting this out.

Don't allow these small independent films like SLEEPWALK WITH ME to infringe on THE AVENGERS' box office. Boycott!

Hawkeye. Aaron Cross. William Brandt. How well can you tell these characters apart?

Now you can gaze upon the hidden baddie all you like.

The post-credits stinger is now almost expected. What are the five best examples of it?

Lizzy Caplan stars in a short film tied into THE AVENGERS.

Devin looks back at the last six months and picks ten films that rise above.

We're gearing up to go to San Diego Comic Con. Here's some of the stuff that's exciting us.

The internet gets stupid again.

If you said THE TOWERING INFERNO, you're right!

Are sincerity and optimism the greatest weapons in the arsenal of THE AVENGERS?

Hulk love-smashes THE AVENGERS and Joss Whedon. 

Put away your dreams of a movie starring Mark Ruffalo.

You can do better, Marvel!

Sam Strange tells you the tragic story of a would-be Avenger who failed to make the cut.

The superhero team-up isn't just a hit at the box office, it's impacting the pop culture.

In superpowered ensembles, those without powers are always my favorite.

Being helpful is badass, so let's clear up any confusion about the mechanics of the Hulk's transformations in THE AVENGERS.

Our own Hulk smashes into Pauline Kael's house.

It's the biggest movie in the world right now, which means you've probably seen it. Spoiler discussion of THE AVENGERS within!

Marvel's nerdiest cameo yet, explained.

Marvel Studios is done with hiding little references in their movies... for now.

Yes, hardcore badass Harry Dean Stanton is in THE AVENGERS. Joss explains how that happened.

Fox sits on a whole pile of popular Marvel characters. Can they learn to share?

From Captain America to Darkseid, the entirety of modern superhero stories owe a debt to Jack Kirby. And his immense influence extends well beyond the four color pages, deep into the heart of American pop culture. As THE AVENGERS opens we pay tribute to the genius behind it all.

The Marvel Studios honcho claims the franchises get to go their own way now.

Earth's Mightiest Heroes live up to their name in the best Marvel movie yet.

How many IRON MAN movies does Robert Downey Jr have in him? Nobody knows, but Tony Stark will live beyond Downey.

Marvel's grand experiment finally comes to fruition and offers a little TLC for all those raped childhoods out there.

We got Hulk - see the rest of the team!

Our very own Film Crit Hulk is pleased to reveal the exclusive Mondo character poster for THE AVENGER's Hulk!

New Marvel art show!

The director of THE AVENGERS spills the secret to making comic book movies work. There has to be a secret, right?

Hawkeye and Black Widow are the first out the gate!

Who wins the summer?

Robert Downey Jr lets slip that the team is getting back together for one last shoot.

Sidestepping embargoes with online buzz!

The land of the rising sun brings us some neat new bits of THE AVENGERS - including a shot of the SHIELD Helicarrier!

Don't worry, the big stuff is still hidden.

The latest trailer for Earth's Mightiest Heroes gives us something to get excited about.

The one sheet for THE AVENGERS puts Iron Man front and center.

Maybe they're catching up on MAD MEN season 4.

Those are familiar looking aliens...

They're revealed in the Super Bowl ad, but no one knows what they are, exactly.

Extra Hulk action online-only!

And it's our first look at the... jetbike aliens.

Empire assembles the AVENGERS for a set of four different covers.

Take a look at what the Avengers fly in, and discuss the missing antagonists. 

12 films for 2012. And because I like to cheat, I've already seen some of these!

Because, you know, the kids. Or something.

A new trailer for THE AVENGERS, now in the Red Skull's language.

Let's get marketed.

EW publishes one of the ugliest Photoshop jobs I have ever seen.

I run these things because I’m still having a hard time believing there’s an actual AVENGERS movie in the works.

Footage from THE AVENGERS proves that Joss Whedon can do two people talking very, very well.

Thor and Cap come together to battle a common foe in thirty seconds of raw set footage.

Disney and Marvel Studios bringing the noise to this month’s D23 Expo, including THE AVENGERS, OZ, JOHN CARTER and more.

New clip shows last minute of CAPTAIN AMERICA but saves the tease from THE AVENGERS mostly for theaters.

They held him for last and the big reveal is that the Emerald Avenger looks like… the Hulk.

The mighty bowman debuts.

Don’t get too excited!

This is, more or less, your first look at The Avengers as a team. Including Captain America’s new 21st century costume!

Once The Avengers are assembled will Marvel lay off the intrusive SHIELD appearances?

Rumors swirl that MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS has been delayed due to script leaks. I’m hearing otherwise.

Did anybody notice the fact that it’s not just THE AVENGERS?

Has a scene from THE AVENGERS been put into CAPTAIN AMERICA? Or was the first footage for THE AVENGERS secretly shot this weekend?

Renner loves playing secret agents! First MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, then SHIELD agent Hawkeye in THE AVENGERS, and next the lead in the BOURNE spin-off.

Just to make some things clear: there is only one writer credited on the front page of THE AVENGERS script.

A report has appeared that reveals the villains of THE AVENGERS, and how they work together!

Samuel L Jackson spills on THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA, and about his sidekick in THE AVENGERS.

The Marvel Universe’s archer will be making a cameo appearance in an upcoming Marvel movie. Which one? If I told you here you’d have no reason to click on through.

As we get closer to THE AVENGERS the rumor mill goes into overdrive. Could a debunking of one story led to another one?

BAD’s own Devin Faraci first reported it in 2009, and now it’s back - will the Skrulls be the villain in THE AVENGERS movie?

Mark Ruffalo won’t just be playing the human side of the Incredible Hulk equation in THE AVENGERS - he’ll also be stepping into the mocap suit to play the monster.

The first real pictures of Captain America premiere in Entertainment Weekly, and they’re kind of amazing.