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