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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

St George’s Day launch for a new superhero: Englishman

David Barnett: The launch of an English graphic counterpart to Captain America is not a hoax. But it's hard to take seriously

From Batman to Iron Man: the super-rich superheroes

Michael Moran: Money is the real superpower as vendettas dominate plotlines – when did these guys stop championing the oppressed?

Man of Steel new trailer: is this the Superman you want to see?

Ben Child: The battle for superhero movie supremacy continues, as a trailer for Man of Steel shows off furious action, a glimpse of General Zod and a Superman fit for the iPhone generation

Robert Downey Jr hints Iron Man film role may have lost its sheen

Star of superhero movies suggests forthcoming sequel Iron Man 3 may be his last, as novelty wears off

Iron Man 3: the superhero sequel suits up for a cinematic smash

Ben Child: 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

Wolverine trailer shows superhero giving yakuza claws for thought

Superhero film The Wolverine takes Hugh Jackman to Japan in the latest big-screen comic-book adaptation

Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman to enter The Secret Service

Director and screenwriter behind Kick-Ass to return with big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book

Robert Redford lined up for Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Actor's role as M-style senior agent in superhero sequel would be Redford's first comic-book film to date

Joseph Kony graphic novel illustrates personal stories of violent campaign

David Axe's entry in the 'comic reporting' genre takes readers deeper into the conflict that shot to notoriety in Kony 2012 film

Bradford Batman is not alone: the real-life superheroes watching over you

Tea Krulos: This caped crusader is one of hundreds. By day they're chefs, bankers, baristas. By night they're costumed fighters of injustice

Batman Inc kills off Robin

DC Comics series does away with the boy wonder's current incarnation as crime fighter's 10-year-old son

Superman comic’s anti-gay writer faces backlash from major media

Companies set to work with Orson Scott Card on upcoming film threatening to halt promotion after his anti-gay remarks

The Murder Mile by Paul Collicutt – review

Rachel Cooke enjoys a beautifully illustrated detective story that unfolds alongside the race to break the four-minute mile

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