Superhero Bits: The Harley Quinn Season 3 Release Date, Thor's Future In The MCU & More

Published earlier this month, "What If...? Miles Morales" #4 sees the character becoming Thor in an alternate reality within the Marvel Comics universe. A great premise, but one that did not go over so well. The book has been called out for racial stereotypes, amongst other things. Writer Yehudi Mercado (per Bleeding Cool) has responded to the backlash with the following statement:

"I've taken the last few days to step back and listen, and I acknowledge your criticism for my recent issue of What If... Miles Morales was Thor. While I've lived a different experience through my own Jewish and Mexican background, I still know inauthenticity hurts, and I'm sorry this failed on that front. I've appreciated hearing and learning from my Black and Puerto Rican comics peers and hope to use this moment to help promote better authenticity. I'm also going to donate what Marvel paid me to the Brooklyn Book Bodega, which works to build literacy and get more books to kids in NYC."

Come what may in the future, this story did not pan out as planned for Marvel or Mercado.

"Blade" was Marvel's first certifiable hit at the box office and, nearly 25 years later, that is no small thing considering what has happened in the years since. The movie birthed a pretty famous line that the internet has really latched onto, which is uttered by Wesley Snipes towards the end of the film: "Some motherf*****s are always trying to ice skate uphill." So, where did that come from? In a new chat with Comicbook.com, Snipes revealed it all came from him during a dinner that centered on cream cheese chicken. Yes, really.

"That happened at my dinner table. We were having a script read and I remember one of the other producers, and the writer David Goyer. They were all sitting at my dinner table, eating some wonderful, fantastic cream cheese based chicken, something out in Louisiana. That was so good, it would make you want to lick underneath your fingernails, and we were doing the read. We were thinking of things that would work, things that make sense. It was one of those inspirations. It just came out. Yeah. So it's originally mine, originally, over dinner table and sour cream chicken. Sour chicken could be a hell of an influencer, be a hell of a inspiration."

So there we have it. Will the upcoming "Blade" reboot offer the world a new classic phrase for the next generation? Time will tell.

Speaking of Thor, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige recently addressed the potential future of Chris Hemsworth in the role. Things have been left a bit nebulous in that regard; the actor has been playing the part for over a decade at this point and he may have other things in mind. Be that as it may, in speaking with Total Film recently (via GamesRadar), Feige made it clear Marvel would continue to welcome Hemsworth with open arms for "Thor 5" and beyond.

"I know this: there are many, many other Thor stories in the comics that we talk about a lot. And as we watch Chris Hemsworth continue to grow and evolve as a major acting talent, I would be excited to see how he keeps evolving this complex character."

I suppose we'll have to wait and see how "Love and Thunder" does at the box office and whether or not that's enough to talk Hemsworth into another go-around.

Heads up, "Harley Quinn" fans: it has been confirmed that the fan-favorite animated series is finally returning next month. While no specific release date has been shared, HBO Max (per Comic Book Resources) has revealed that season 3 of the show is set to debut sometime in July. Previously, it had only been revealed that we were going to get more of the DC series this summer but this gives us a far more specific target to aim for. One imagines it will end up being a little later next month given that we've yet to see much by way of official marketing up to this point. To that end, we'd expect to see a trailer sooner rather than later with the release mere weeks away, so be sure to keep your eyes open on that front.