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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 9h

Just announced at #NYCC: The trilogy that started with #WandaVision will conclude with Marvel Television's #VisionQuest, coming to Disney+ in 2026.

Learn more about the cast: spr.ly/6182Av36Y

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 9h

Marvel Television’s #WonderMan premieres January 27 at 6PM PT only on Disney+.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 9h

"Simon Williams. Reading for Wonder Man."

#WonderMan premieres January 27 at 6PM PT only on Disney+.

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Marvel Television’s Wonder Man | Official Trailer | Disney+

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 10h

Just announced at #NYCC: Marvel Animation's #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan Season 2 will swing onto Disney+ Fall 2026!

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 10h

Just announced at #NYCC: Marvel Animation's #XMen97 Season 2 is coming to Disney+ Summer 2026!

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 10h

Just announced at #NYCC: Marvel Television's #DaredevilBornAgain Season 2 is coming to Disney+ March 2026!

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 11h

ON THIS DAY... 41 years ago, issue 94 of Doctor Who Magazine was first released by Marvel Comics.

#DoctorWho

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• Three comic strips featured in this issue: Doctor Who and the Iron Legion, The Return of the Daleks, and Tales from the TARDIS: War of the Worlds.

Written by Mills & Wagner with art by Dave Gibbons.

Written by Steve Moore with art by Paul Neary and David Lloyd.

Written by H.G. Wells & Chris Claremont. Penciller: Yong Montano.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• The print run for the first issue was 250,000 copies, of which roughly 154,000 (61%) were sold.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• DWM 500 (published in May 2016) recreated the cover image, albeit with Peter Capaldi in costume as the Twelfth Doctor, with a 2005-era Dalek prop, going as far as to include stickers of the Doctor in the place of the original transfers.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

The issue included an interview in which Tennant claimed to still have his transfers. (2/2)

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• DWM 400 (released in October 2008) included a poster featuring David Tennant's Tenth Doctor reading the first issue, contrasted with a 1979 image of Tom Baker altered to show him reading a copy of the 400th edition. (1/2)

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• In issue 283, which celebrated the magazine's 20th anniversary, the comic story TV Action! showed the Eighth Doctor reading a copy of the comic while visiting the "real world" (a parallel universe) on the day of the first issue's release.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• This issue was reprinted in December 2004 as a free gift with DWM 350.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• Skinn's original "dummy" issue had featured solely Tom Baker (as featured in the show's opening title sequence), but he later admitted: "How can you possibly launch such a title without including Daleks on the cover too?"

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• The cover uses a publicity shot of Tom Baker with a Dalek, taken during the making of TV: Genesis of the Daleks. (1/2)

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 12h

• This "Fantastic First Issue" had free transfers sellotaped to the cover that could be used on Dave Gibbons' full-colour page panoramas on the inside cover.

The full colour illustrations, with transfers applied exactly where the guide suggests.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 13h

ON THIS DAY... 46 years ago, issue 1 of Doctor Who Weekly was first released by Marvel Comics.

#DoctorWho

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 13h

• Story art was done by A. B. Cornwell, Richard Jennings, W. Wiggins and John Woods, but none of the stories are individually credited, although The Dalek Task Force (an illustrated feature) does bear the signature Jennings.

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 13h

• Co-written by series writer David Whitaker and Daleks creator Terry Nation, the book contained information on the Daleks, as well as original stories, comic strips and a textless photo story with Dr. Who featuring images from the movie Dr. Who and the Daleks.