Superhero Bits: A Major Marvel Villain Returns, Peacemaker Character Posters & More

DC has revealed a new set of character posters for the upcoming "Peacemaker" series, which stars John Cena as the title character. Hailing from James Gunn, the series serves as a spin-off of this summer's "The Suicide Squad." As we can see in the posters, there are some familiar faces, as well as some new ones going along for the ride. The show arrives on HBO Max next month.

IDW has revealed a new partnership with Toho, BOOM! Studios, and Hasbro, that is bringing two huge franchises together for the first time. Yes, "Godzilla Vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" will do just what it says it will, bringing the young heroes up against the king of the monsters in a five-issue comic book series. Let them fight, as it were. Writer Cullen Bunn ("Deadpool") and artist Freddie Williams II ("Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles") are behind the book. A synopsis for the book reads as follows:

When Rita Repulsa uses an ancient artifact to transport herself to a universe without Power Rangers, she finds herself in a world with aliens, kaiju, and... Godzilla! Hoping to annihilate this new foe, Rita hurls her own terrible creatures into battle. But she never expects that the Rangers have followed her to this alternate reality, pitting the Dinozords themselves head-to-head with the King of the Monsters!

Look for "Godzilla Vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on shelves in March 2022.

Lobo is a popular antihero from the DC universe who, outside of the comics, has appeared in shows like "Krypton" and, at least at one point, had a movie in development. It turns out that a "Lobo" video game nearly happened in 1996 as well, and it would have been released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The folks at Comic Book Resources recently broke down the ill-fated project, and some footage from the game has even surfaced online over the years.

"Lobo" was developed by Ocean of America and would have been a fighting game not unlike "Mortal Kombat," which had exploded onto the scene just a few years earlier. Unfortunately, for reasons that remain unknown to this day, it was scrapped at the last minute. It now exists firmly in the realm of "what if?" along with so many other comic book-based projects that never came to be.

It turns out that being a big superhero in a major franchise is quite profitable. To that end, Benedict Cumberbatch, per a new report from Puck, is getting a huge payday for his work as Doctor Strange in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." The actor is said to be earning $7.5 million guaranteed for his work, with box office bonuses also in place. Given how good the opening weekend is looking so far, Cumberbatch should expect to hit some of those incentives. And he's also surely getting a nice chunk for next year's "Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness" as well.

Yes, this item contains spoilers for "Hawkeye" episode 5. Look away if you have not seen it yet! Last chance. That said, viewers learned that none other than Kingpin is at the top of the food chain when it comes to the Tracksuit Mafia, with a glimpse at the character provided in the show's closing moments. None other than Vincent D'Onofrio, who played the villain in "Daredevil," is returning to reprise the role. D'Onofrio, taking to Twitter, shared an interesting moment from the episode's credits, acknowledging his return.

When I was a boy... pic.twitter.com/3iRk6OO6c6

— Vincent D'Onofrio (@vincentdonofrio) December 15, 2021

So there we have it. The "Hawkeye" season finale next week figures to be a big deal, to say the very least of it.