COMIC REEL: "Walking Dead" Stars Talk Beardgate; Avengers Assemble In New "Age Of Ultron" Banners

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By Brett White

Published Feb 6, 2015

Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus reveal the final fate of Rick's beard to "The Today Show"; the Vision gets a closeup in new banner and more.

THE WALKING DEAD

AMC has released a new trailer for "The Walking Dead" that teases the back half of the fifth season.

"The Today Show's" Natalie Morales visited the set of "The Walking Dead" where she talked to stars Norman Reedus and Andrew Lincoln about the recent "BeardGate" "controversy."

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Along with their cover story, Entertainment Weekly has posted a number of nearly full-body portraits of several members of the cast. You can check them out below.

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel has announced that Luke Mitchell will guest star on upcoming episodes of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." The former "Tomorrow People" star will play Lincoln, a "charismatic" Inhuman that will help Skye adjust to her new status quo.

Returns in March on ABC

ARROW

The CW has released a synopsis for an upcoming "Arrow" episode titled "Nanda Parbat." The installment will mark the debut of Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) as the Atom.

"Nanda Parbat" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)

MERLYN IS CAPTURED BY RA'S AL GHUL; THE ATOM SUIT REVEALED -Malcolm (John Barrowman) is captured by Ra's al Ghul (guest star Matt Nable) and taken to Nanda Parbat. Because of his love for Thea (Willa Holland), Oliver (Stephen Amell) considers saving Merlyn. Ray (Brandon Routh) is obsessed with finishing his Atom suit so he can save the city but Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) fears he is heading down the same path as Oliver (Stephen Amell) and tries to pull him out of the lab. Gregory Smith directed the episode with story by Wendy Mericle & Ben Sokolowski and teleplay by Erik Olesen & Ben Sokolowski (#315). Original airdate 2/25/2015.

Actor David Ramsey has posted a picture of the new Suicide Squad lineup to his Instagram account. This time around, the Squad will include Lyla Michaels (Audrey Marie Anderson), John Diggle (Ramsey), Deadshot (Michael Rowe) and Cupid (Amy Gumenick). The team will return in the 18th episode of "Arrow's" current season, which will be fittingly titled "Suicidal Tendencies."

Coming. #tfx A photo posted by David Ramsey (@davidpaulramsey) on Feb 4, 2015 at 9:27pm PST

Lastly, "Arrow" EP Marc Guggenheim took to Twitter yesterday to reveal the script pages for the final scene of this week's episode. You can check out the pages below -- but beware spoilers if you haven't seen "Uprising" yet.

By popular (or at least somewhat) demand, the script pages for last night's final scene: pic.twitter.com/YmYiKJ24Ir- Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) February 6, 2015

Airs Wednesdays on the CW

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Superhero Feed revealed a few new international banners for "Avengers: Age of Ultron." The batch of promotional images include solo shots of "Age of Ultron's" heroes and villain as well as a fully assembled team pic.