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Designer Danny Haas has created a series of weathered posters that split famed superheroes' personalities straight down the middle. For characters such as Jean Grey and Susan Richards, the divide is less obvious but no less charming. Here's hoping he makes a Multiple Man diagram that's shaped like a pie chart. You can pick up prints of these fractured do-gooders at Haas' Society 6 shop.

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So you've landed in an evil boarding school. Chances are your parents thought they were doing the right thing: giving you a great education, sending you to the top disciplinarians who will set you on the proper path in life. But there's something wicked going on behind the cute uniforms and impressive alumni list, and you might not survive until graduation. So what's a life-loving student to do? We look to the best in evil boarding school survivalism. More »
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We've already crowned Animal Man as the best thing to come out of the DC relaunch, but what about the other twelve titles from last week? More »
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What's in comic stores this Wednesday? Grant Morrison's "Bruce Springsteen Superman," the return of scifi man of mystery Casanova Quinn, and Animal Man crying tears of hemoglobin. Gross! More »
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Check out this totally fake, but still incredibly awesome, promo for a Batgirl animated series that aired during Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Doesn't it make you want to see a CG Batgirl for real? More »
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Most Comic-Con news arrives courtesy of press releases and carefully choreographed unveilings at panels. But this year, one of the most surprising Con stories of 2011 came out of that democratic staple of Con life: the audience question-and-answer session. More »
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In this 1971 PSA reminding employers to obey the federal Equal Pay Act, Batgirl refuses to defuse a bomb when she gets into a wage dispute with Batman. And here I thought crimefighting was a pro bono gig. More »
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We scoured the aisle, and got on our hands and knees, to play with all the best toys from the 2011 Toy Fair. You've seen the strangest, and the biggest movie spoiler toy — this is our collection of the best of the best. More »
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There are more superhero films coming in 2011 than in the past few years put together — but will they all be cookie-cutter super-adventures, or something a bit wilder and more different? Could this be the year superheroes stretch out? More »
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If you've got the money, DC has a collection of sparkling comic book-centric jewels you can adorn yourself with. Our personal favorite are the bedazzled Cat Woman claws, and this Gotham City ring. More »
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Chet Phillips' illustrations have taken us to the steampunk Planet of the Apes and an alternate universe where Earth's greatest writers and artists are cats and dogs. His latest fantastical trading cards place familiar superheroes in the VIctorian era. More »
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We've marveled at the beauty of black velvet science fiction art before, including the lovely paintings of Bruce White. Now he's doing a new gallery show, featuring all-new art of Darth Vader, Han Solo and Gojira, looking sexier than ever. More »
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Check out this brilliant collection of famous album covers remixed to star all of comics' greatest superheroes. The Teen Titans sit in Bat-Detention, Elektra's a maniac, and you'll never guess who plays Prince. More »
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Superheroes can escape almost any trap... except for 50 years' worth of backstory that's dated, self-contradictory or gets in the way of a story. So what do you do? Reach for the retcon! Here are 15 examples of retcon fail. More »
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More dead are rising at DC, Marvel looks back at its long history, and it's left to the indies to offer up the most interesting books of the week. As ever, these are New Comics We Crave. More »
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Batgirl's coming back to Gotham City after a long absence — but who is she? Her new writer's not saying. But at least we know what Fake Bruce Wayne will get up to, over in the Batman comics. Bat-spoilers ahoy! More »
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Hope you've got a healthy appetite when you hit the comic store tomorrow, because with comics about teen vampires, werewolves on the moon and culinary detectives, there's a lot to chew on in this week's comics. Plus new Batman. More »
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Lego justice has a new name — Barbara Gordon. You may never get to see Batgirl in another Batman movie, but she'll turn up in the new Lego Batman video game, and we've got the first look at Commissioner Gordon's red-headed girl in action. The newly released pics do raise one unsettling question, though — are they really going to have Barbara square off (sorry) with the Joker? More »
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With the Democratic and Republican Party conventions just a few weeks away, speculation is running wild about who each candidate is likely to pick as his running mate. But who could measure up to the impossible standards that both Obama and McCain will be looking for in their potential Vice Presidents? No real person could have the faultless moral character, good looks and ineffable belief in truth, justice and the American way necessary to win over the voters - which is why we're choosing from some of our favorite comic book politicians under the jump. More »
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Hope you weren't getting too excited about that Batwoman series that Dan DiDio said was happening last night; today's DC Universe panel included DiDio admitting that he'd made a mistake, and that it was actually Batgirl who was getting her own series, not DC's favorite lesbian crimefighter. Other than that, the DC panel was again light on actual announcements, with DiDio answering one question with "If you go to the New York Comicon [in April], I'd have answers for all you guys [asking about new series]." That said, there were some interesting hints and answers amongst the bantering about Final Crisis, dead teenagers and why DC as a company is going to start cracking down on creators. More after the jump. More »
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