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August 2012

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Captain America, back in the world.

Here’s another tickler for The Avengers’ DVD release, this time a clip of Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, back in the world (current),…

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Inuyasha turns 30, and the Shikon Jewel is still in more pieces than a dropped Ming vase (manga news).

Everybody wants to be a Mind: why the AI bosses keep quoting Iain M. Banks, and what the Culture novels actually say (opinion).

Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home.

Futuristic: Rockets, Robots And Rayguns Of Space Age Pop Culture by Mark Voger (book review).

Angela gets a new Marvel ongoing, and New York gets a demon problem it can’t blame on the rats (comics news).

DERELIKT brings the PS1’s wobbliest textures back to haunt a space station orbiting Saturn (games news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

Pluribus makes Mr Diabaté a series regular, the one promotion the hive mind couldn’t arrange (TV news).

Spy x Family Season 4 and a second film: Operation Strix has its budget renewed for 2027 (anime news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary).

Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news).

Spider-Man Gets Seven Extra Minutes, Scrooge Haunts The Box Office And A Horror Game Takes The Golden Joysticks (Offworld Report, 6–14 November 2026).

Make it so: Sir Patrick Stewart gets his own asteroid, (645530) Patrickstewart, and joins Kirk, Spock and Uhura in the belt (science news).

A long time ago, in a cinema near you: the 1977 Star Wars returns on 19 February, and Lucasfilm opens the vault on how it was made (film news).

Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news).

Angela gets a new Marvel ongoing, and New York gets a demon problem it can’t blame on the rats (comics news).

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Marvel Comics

August 2012

Captain America, back in the world.