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**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Benjamin McKenzie MORE MARVEL --- Every time I see one of these Marvel-movies come to life on the big screen, I'm immediately brought back to my errant youth when I seemingly read and collected them all. In many ways, I remember it like it was yesterday: standing in line, waiting to buy the newest one and, being dazzled by everything. Such a visceral memory. And, then my parents threw them all away. Forgetting for a moment the possible worth of the originals now, I knew they were good even back then; filled with terrific images and stories that immediately intrigued. I finally caught Guardians Of The Galaxy last month and though I didn't immediately embrace it (and, it was the biggest grossing movie of last year) I marveled (!!!) at the story, Chris Pratt and the brilliant way they wove certain characters in and out; especially the ones whose movies were not even yet made! ...

Supermom Gwyneth Paltrow with Baby Apple Chris Martin has turned into a "big kid" since wife Gwyneth Paltrow landed a role in 'Iron Man'.The Coldplay front man is a huge fan of the Marvel superhero and has splashed out on hundreds of copies of 'Iron Man' comics to help Gwyneth research her character. A source told several websites "Chris is like a big kid with this. He's ordered a whole stack of comics which he says are for Gwyneth to help her get into the role but in fact he's spent more time reading them than she has."The mother-of-two is set to play Virginia 'Pepper' Potts, the executive assistant to Iron Man's regular alter ego, billionaire industrialist Tom Stark. Gwyneth, 34, will star alongside Robert Downey Jr. - who will play the armour-clad hero - in the Jon Favreau-directed film, due to be released in May 2008. Kevin Feige, president of production for Marvel Studios, said: "Gwyneth is the embodiment of a leading ...