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A judge ordered a memorabilia dealer and one-time advisor to stay away from comic book mogul Stan Lee for three years, amid allegations of elder abuse. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Laura Hymowitz issued the restraining order this morning against Keya Morgan, who had inserted himself into Lee's affairs…

UPDATED with details from legal memo: A judge dismissed a restraining order that sought to permanently bar a memorabilia collector from involvement in Stan Lee’s affairs, citing confusion over who legitimately represented the Marvel Comics icon. Attorney Tom Lallas said he appeared in court today to argue for a…

Steve Ditko, a comic-book artist who co-created the Marvel characters Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died in New York. He was 90. The NYPD public information officer told Deadline that he was found in his apartment on June 29 and likely had been dead for a couple of days. Ditko studied art at the…

Comic book industry legend Stan Lee is suing a former business manager for fraud and elder abuse in a suit that alleges such egregious claims of abuse as extracting and selling vials of the Marvel Comics icon’s blood as “collectibles” in Las Vegas. Lee, whom many consider the godfather of the modern-day superhero, was…

UPDATED with Marvel statement: Joan Lee, the wife of Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee who co-created superheroes from Spider-Man to the X-Men, died today. She was 93. A spokesperson for the family confirmed the news that Lee’s wife of 69 years died this morning “quietly and surrounded by her family.” The Lees…

UPDATED:  Marvel/Icon title Scarlet is headed to television. It is currently being developed as a series at Cinemax. Marvel Comics writer and creator Brian Michael Bendis, who co-created Scarlett with artist Alex Maleev, let the news slip today that the property is being developed as a series at HBO. Deadline has…

“The Marvel Experience”, a traveling, interactive indoor theme park intended to bring the Marvel universe to cities across the country will instead be shutting down early. The show’s summer tour will end after it completes a three week run in Philadelphia, producers have confirmed. Debuting earlier this year with…

A year after Amazon’s acquisition of comiXology, Marvel Comics has renewed its exclusive relationship with the digital comic distribution platform and expanded the deal to allow digital comics sales directly on the Amazon Kindle store for the first time. ComiXology will remain distributor of English-language…

The unstoppable onslaught of Avengers: Age of Ultron marketing continued tonight at the MTV Movie Awards, when a new clip aired that showcases one of the film’s more satisfying mythology porn moments. Seen here, a longer look at Tony Stark’s Hulkbuster armor as he confronts the angry green giant himself. As it turns…

A new 30 second TV spot for Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man dropped tonight during the MTV Movie Awards. This being 2015, it’s actually a teaser for the full-length trailer that airs tomorrow. Seen here, an off-camera Cory Stoll (the film’s villain, Yellowjacket) pitches the film’s shrinking-growing suit as giving whoever…

Three months after Ryan Reynolds finally sealed the deal to star in a stand-alone Deadpool movie, he’s revealed the first look at the Merc with the Mouth’s costume. Earlier today on Twitter, the erstwhile Van Wilder tweeted the this image: With great power, comes great irresponsibility. #deadpool #officialsuit @deadpoo…

EXCLUSIVE: In a move that makes official that the X-Men character Gambit is getting his own spinoff movie with Channing Tatum as the card-savvy protagonist, Fox has set Robocop scribe Josh Zetumer to write the screenplay. The studio has officially attached Tatum as star, and to produce with his Free Association…