Crazy Ass Rumors

* "The Incredible Hulk" DVD will be coming in October. It is rumored that there is an alternate ending to the film that will be on the DVD. The alternate ending sees Bruce Banner traveling to the Antartic, seeking a place to die. When Banner gets to the his final resting place he finds a frozen Captain America.

* "Secret Invasion" is coming to an end soon and the rumored ending is...the good guys win and skrulls go home, after a giant death toll of humans and skrulls take place. I know it's not all that radical of an ending, but who knows.

* Spinning out of "Secret Invasion" will be new line-ups for the various Avengers team. There is speculation right now that Dr.Strange, Echo, and Iron Fist are leaving the New Avengers. Joining the team will be the new Captain America.

* The Dark Illuminati is set to appear soon. The line-up is rumored to be, Loki, Dr.Doom, Vulcan, Namor, Emma Frost, and Norman Osborn. Others are speculating that Purple Man and or The Hood would be in that group.

* Ultimate Black Panther is Nick Fury.

Crazy Ass Rumors

* Kingdom Come 2 was mentioned by DC Comics one month and never spoken of again. The rumors are circulating now that the sequel will be coming in 2009 and is not exactly what you think. The book will be done by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross, but takes place in the current DC universe.

* In "Secret Invasion" #4 we saw Reed Richards lay some smack down and start revealing some Skrulls. the speculation that I'm hearing is that from here out the series will be more about fighting and less about who is and who isn't a skrull. Maybe the "Who do you Trust?" was more hype than anything. If true then we know not to trust Marvel Comics.

* Bruce Wayne became Batman when his parents were gunned down in Crime Alley. Will the death of Alfred during "Batman R.I.P." be the moment that retires Bruce Wayne? Will Alfred's last words to Master Wayne be, "I am proud of you Son."

* There's another Avengers shake-up coming soon. Expect Captain America to join New Avengers after "Secret Invasion"

* Time for some new Batman movie rumors. Brian Austin Green from 90210 to play the Riddler in the next film. Not sure where this one started but its too funny to ignore. The Angelina Jolie/Catwoman rumor is still going strong too. David Goyer has commented that maybe they won't use any of the more well known villains. I call bullshit on three of those items.

* Speaking of sequels. Word is that character of Dr. Donald Blake will play a part in the next Iron Man movie. Most fans know that the good Dr.Blake is the human host for the Thunder God known as Thor. Although a second script has not come in yet, unconfirmed director Jon Favreu wants a shot at Hulk in the movie, as a cameo.

* What if Robert Downey Jr doesn't want to be an Avenger? There are early reports that Terrance Howard will be kept on contract to play War Machine in an Avengers movie if Robert Downey losses interest by 2011.

* Punisher: Warzone will end up being rated pG-13, instead of the R we were all waiting for. Just a reminder, the last film was rated R.

Holy Shit We're Under Attack!

Years of planning by Marvel Comics and award winning writer Brian Bendis (New Avengers, Mighty Avengers) have started to pay off as Secret Invasion issue 1 hit newsstands this past Wednesday. Bendis is once again teamed up with artist Leinil Yu (New Avengers) to bring us eight issues of Skrully goodness.

Here's what you need to know so far. The Skrulls are the shapesfiting aliens of the Marvel Universe. Not to long ago the Skrulls home planet was destroyed. The survivors of this tragedy decided that Earth should be their new home, and for years have been planning a very hostile takeover. In the past Skrulls were identifiable to the heroes of the Marvel Universe, now not so much. Last year the tag line for "Civil War" was "Whose Side Are You On?", this year fans are presented with a new question, "Who Do You Trust?"

Every week we plan on taking a look at what's going in the Marvel Universe as the Secret Invasion goes very public. We will recap who has been outed as a Skrull and how might still be in the green closet. Here are a few of the facts that we know already.

* Elektra was the first hidden Skrull to be found by the New Avengers while in Japan.

* Black Bolt was the second to be outed as a Skrull at the end of World War Hulk.

* During issue one it was revealed that "Dum Dum" Duggan, Jarvis, and Hank Pym have all been skrulls for some time now.

* The prison doors of the Raft and the Cube are now open to cause complete chaos.

* Either Captain Marvel or Captain Marvel Skrull has attacked The Thunderbolts.

* Tony Stark is completely screwed by a virus that has effected everything on Earth.

* A ship has crash landed in the Savage Land. The people who have emerged from the ship seem to be heroes from Marvel's 70's era that include, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Ms.Marvel, Spider-Man, Jean Grey, Beast, Emma Frost, Mockingbird, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and more.

* One last thing to keep in mind. With the people that have been revealed as Skrulls so far we can now state that for some amount of time the Skrulls have led ninja clan known as The Hand. Ruled the Kingdom of the Inhumans. Worked inside S.H.E.I.L.D. as a senior officer. Helped establish The Initiative. And most importantly did the laundry for the Mighty Avengers. The Marvel Universe is so screwed.

More details will be spilling out of the pages of New Avengers and Mighty Avengers in the coming weeks. For speculations and rumors, keep an eye open for "Crazy Ass Rumors" later this week.