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9 TO 5 Returns to Theaters, Honoring Dolly Parton's Charities

Following Dolly Parton's recent death at 80, Twentieth Century Studios is re-releasing her classic 1980 comedy 9 to 5 (also starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin) in theaters for one week starting October 9, with ticket proceeds benefiting The Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library literacy program. The announcement came on September 25 ("9/25"), now dubbed "Give Like Dolly Day," an annual charitable observance honoring her legacy.

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VISIONQUEST May Pay Off 15-Year-Old CAPTAIN AMERICA Easter Egg

The upcoming Disney+ series VisionQuest appears set to finally introduce Jim Hammond, the original 1939 Human Torch (Marvel's first superhero), 15 years after he first appeared as a background Easter egg in Captain America: The First Avenger's Stark Expo scene. The article recaps the character's comics history — his creation by Dr. Phineas Horton, his WWII heroics alongside Captain America and Namor, and his complicated retcon history tying him to the creation of the android Avenger, Vision. Recent D23 production art and a VisionQuest trailer clip showing a man igniting suggest the payoff is imminent, though no casting has been confirmed. VisionQuest premieres on Disney+ October 14.

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These DC Comics Stories Are Perfect for LANTERNS Fans

A reading list highlighting seven classic Green Lantern comics that influenced HBO's Lanterns, including Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Hard-Travelin' Heroes (the Hal/Ollie road-trip dynamic mirrored by Hal/John on the show), John Stewart's 1972 debut issue, the 1980s John Stewart solo-Lantern era, Geoff Johns' Secret Origin (Hal's father backstory), Justice League #5 (the origin of Guy Gardner's animosity toward Batman), Action Comics Weekly (John's rejection of the ring after his wife's murder), and Darwyn Cooke's DC: The New Frontier (a major visual/tonal inspiration for Hal's characterization).

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Alex Ross Almost Drew a Superman/STAR WARS Crossover Comic

Legendary artist Alex Ross revealed he once created concept art for an unrealized Superman/Star Wars crossover comic, including images of Superman fighting Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Superman side-by-side, Batman battling Boba Fett, and a A New Hope-style poster featuring the Justice League and Rebels facing off against Vader and Darkseid. Writer Kurt Busiek was reportedly attached to write it, but the project collapsed over a profit-sharing dispute between Lucasfilm and Warner Bros. The author notes this news comes amid a newly announced Marvel/Star Wars comic crossover (easier since Disney owns both) and recent Marvel/DC crossovers, fueling hope that a Superman/Star Wars team-up could still happen someday.

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LANTERNS Might Have Introduced an Infamous Planet from DC Lore

In Lanterns episode seven, John Stewart and the Halogram travel through a portal to a desolate, corpse-strewn alien world where Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) is hiding after escaping Oa's prison. The author theorizes this is the planet Ryut from DC Comics — homeworld of Atrocitus, site of an ancient Manhunter massacre, and later the prison of the fear entity Parallax — and speculates the show may be setting up Sinestro's transformation into a Yellow Lantern, and possibly teasing Parallax or even the Black Lantern Corps in future seasons.

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Marvel INCURSIONS Comic Pits X-MEN: TAS vs X-MEN: EVOLUTION

Marvel has revealed details of X-Men '92: Incursions #1, a one-shot pitting the 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series team against their younger X-Men: Evolution counterparts in a multiversal incursion story (tying into the Avengers: Doomsday-inspiring "Time Runs Out"/2015 Secret Wars comics lore). Written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost with art by Salva Espin, the story centers on dueling versions of Rogue and pits teenage Evolution mutants against their adult TAS selves, with the fan-favorite matchup of Jubilee vs. Kitty Pryde highlighted. The author predicts the more powerful, Phoenix-potential TAS Jean Grey gives that team a decisive edge. It releases January 6, 2027.

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ENDGAME: ENCORE May Tease Hulk for SECRET WARS, Not DOOMSDAY

A new post-credits scene in Avengers Endgame: Encore shows Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom "collecting" Bruce Banner from an underground bunker where he'd been imprisoned since his Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hulk-out incident. While many assume this sets up a Doomsday role, the author argues it more likely teases Avengers: Secret Wars instead, drawing parallels to Jonathan Hickman's 2015 comic where a version of Banner called "Doc Green" guides a Hulk-populated Battleworld domain called Greenland. The piece speculates Doom may keep his full villainous agenda hidden during Doomsday, saving Banner's transformation into his enforcer for the sequel, and hopes this eventually means a Hulk vs. The Thing showdown.

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What LOKI & ENDGAME's New TVA Scene Mean for DOOMSDAY

The most crucial new Endgame: Encore scene shows the TVA (Mobius, Ouroboros, Casey) helplessly watching an unprecedented wave of "incursions" — collisions between parallel Earths — destroy 3,000 universes in seconds, including a clash between the Fox X-Men's Earth-10005 and Earth-1127 (which Earth-10005 wins, explaining X-Men's big Doomsday role). The article recaps Loki's ending, where the character sacrificed himself to free the multiverse from the rigid Sacred Timeline by weaving it into Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life — a peace that clearly didn't last. The piece ties this collapse to Steve Rogers' time-travel choices and Loki's TVA visit to Steve and Peggy, teasing that leaving one's "assigned" universe destabilizes all of them, setting up the coming multiversal war in Avengers: Doomsday.

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What AVENGERS ENDGAME: ENCORE's New Scenes Mean for DOOMSDAY

This roundup breaks down all four new "Encore" scenes: (1) Loki, in a TVA jacket, interrupts Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter's dance to warn them he can help — confirmed by Anthony Russo as the moment that leads directly to Doomsday; (2) Doctor Doom's voice "collects" Bruce Banner/Hulk from his underground bunker, which the author argues is really a bonus Brand New Day scene teasing Secret Wars rather than Doomsday; (3) the TVA watches thousands of incursions destroy universes, including the Fox X-Men's Earth-10005 clashing with and defeating Earth-1127; and (4) a hammering sound (originally implying young Tony Stark building his Iron Man suit) is revealed to actually be Doctor Doom forging his own mask and armor — a fun but ultimately inconsequential retroactive tease.

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Steve Going Back in Time Causes DOOMSDAY, Confirms Anthony Russo

Co-director Anthony Russo confirmed in a new interview that Steve Rogers' choice to travel back in time and live out his life with Peggy Carter in Avengers: Endgame is what sets Avengers: Doomsday into motion, saying "that's where Doomsday is born." The Nerdist author argues this retroactively (and fairly) frames Steve's original decision as a selfish, even villainous one — abandoning his friends and disrupting Peggy's already-lived life — and hopes Doomsday leans into the consequences of that reckless time-meddling. Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters December 18, 2026.

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