Iron Man 3 makes second-biggest US debut of all time
Marvel Studios’ latest Tony Stark instalment opens with colossal $175.3m, putting it second only to 2012′s The Avengers
Colin Firth set to join up with Matthew Vaughn’s The Secret Service
The actor is in line to star in the Kick-Ass director’s new project for his first comic-book movie
Iron Man 3 international cut angers Chinese bloggers
Internet users in China who have seen international cut of new superhero movie dismayed at lack of airtime for Chinese stars and China-set sequences
Review: Iron Man 3
Whoo-hoo! Robert Downey Jr is back alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce and Don Cheadle in Shane Black’s luxury superhero extravaganza
Man of Steel new trailer: Is this the Superman you want to see?
The battle for superhero movie supremacy continues, as an extended trailer for Man of Steel shows off furious action, a glimpse of General Zod and a Superman fit for the iPhone generation
Apple bans gay sex images in adult comic
New edition of Saga comic cannot be sold through iOS apps, prompting fury from authors
• Update: comic app Comixology has taken responsibility for blocking the issue
Iron Man 3: The superhero sequel suits up for a cinematic smash
New armour, new villains and a nasty new nemesis in the shape of Ben Kingsley – preview footage of the next Iron Man film shows a franchise on the warpath
Will Kick-Ass 2 stay offbeat as our self-made superheroes polish their act?
Trailer shows more crazed crimefighting in violent comic-book sequel that may be in danger of becoming too slick
Superman comic artist Chris Sprouse withdraws amid anti-gay controversy
Sprouse ‘wasn’t comfortable’ with DC Comics’ decision to hire Orson Scott Card to pen an installation of Superman comics
Man of Steel: Lois Lane’s iPad points to Snyder’s fresh approach to Superman
Writer David Goyer says the film will take a more realistic approach to the comic book hero, ‘humanising the inhuman’
Alan Moore: Why I turned my back on Hollywood
Alan Moore, eccentric genius behind graphic-novel classics V for Vendetta and Watchmen, rejected big-movie riches. Now he has made a low-budget film in his beloved home town, Northampton
Zack Snyder: Man of Steel will set up Justice League movie
‘Yeah, they trust me to keep them on course,’ says Zack Snyder when quizzed about links to 2015 Avengers-style film featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman
Man of Steel promises a Superman ill-suited to the Justice League
Zack Snyder’s realistic take on Superman is likely to be at odds with the approach a planned Justice League film will require
Is Superman’s Man of Steel in tune with our times?
As Christopher Nolan and David S Goyer hint that the new Superman won’t be as dark as The Dark Knight, there are signs that the Man of Steel will need to find new inner strengths
Can Mark Millar be a superhero for Twentieth Century Fox?
Fox has hired the comic-book veteran as creative consultant – and boy does he have a job on his hands
Will The Avengers’ Hulk be left to sulk as Marvel spins out the sequels?
Following the success of Joss Whedon’s comic-book ensemble, rumours abound … Will Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk ever get his own movie? And will Viggo Mortensen join the Thor sequel?
