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Remember those curious Cthulhu Transformers? Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's a sneak peek at the second issue of the Infestation 2: Transformers miniseries, which features more tentacled robots and Optimus Prime meeting Tesla. Edison was hanging out with the Gobots, presumably. This issue hits stores Wednesday, February 15. Here's the plot synopsis: More »
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Space: 1999 occupies a special place in many of our memories — so when we heard that a reboot called Space: 2099 was in development, many people had mixed feelings. How would this show handle the original show's mixture of horror and kitschiness, not to mention the somewhat nonsensical premise? More »
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Author Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman has been one of our favorite books of the DC Comics relaunch, what with its profoundly creepy take on Greek mythology and the Olympic pantheon's political machinations. More »
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In Marvel Comics' forthcoming Avengers Vs. X-Men miniseries, we're promised some heavyweight superhero duels and the return of the Phoenix Force to Earth. More »
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You've seen the creepy ghosts hiding beneath the water of ABC's new series, The River. But what horrors could possibly be lurking in the shadows? We chatted with actor Joe Anderson (a.k.a. the former deputy from The Crazies) about playing Bruce Greenwood's surly son and what scares him deep in the Amazon. More »
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Supernaturally tinged comics like Sandman, Hellblazer, and Lucifer have long been staples of Vertigo's roster. Next month, the publisher will debut their newest ghostly series, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child by author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and artists Denys Cowan and John Floyd. More »
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Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive seven-page preview of the next issue of the Snake Eyes ongoing series. This issue — which hits stores next Wednesday, February 8 — features such Joe characters as Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Iceberg, Helix, and more ninjas than you can shake a bō staff at. Here's the plot synopsis: More »
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Daniel Radcliffe could have done pretty much anything, coming off the mega-successful Harry Potter series — so why did he choose to do another supernatural movie project? We asked him, in our exclusive interview about his new horror movie The Woman In Black. The Boy Who Lived also told us which famous superhero he's always dreamed of playing. More »
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Captain America has his shield, Thor has his hammer, Black Widow has her thighs and Hawkeye has his awesome bow. We've seen very little of Jeremy Renner's superhero Clint Barton (better known as Hawkeye) from Joss Whedon's Avengers. More »
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Later this year, Dark Horse Comics will release The Massive, a new ongoing comic book from writer/illustrator Brian Wood (DMZ, Channel Zero, Northlanders). More »
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This month marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of Mitochondrial Eve, a common ancestor of all humanity who helped rewrite the story of human evolution. In honor of this anniversary, we talked to the scientists who started it all. More »
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Boy howdy, this is one of the strangest comic previews we've ever run. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive preview of the first issue of Infestation 2: Transformers. More »
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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive first look at next week's issue of Stormwatch. More »
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Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the next issue of the 30 Days of Night ongoing series by writer Steve Niles and extremely idiosyncratic illustrator Sam Kieth (whose work we recently discussed on this very site). 30 Days of Night #4 hits stores this Wednesday, January 25 — here's a plot synopsis: More »
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Last week, we unveiled one of several duels readers could see in Marvel's upcoming Avengers Vs. X-Men storyline. Today, here's an exclusive sneak peek at another one of the battles scheduled on the fight card. In April's Uncanny X-Men #11, a Cyttorak-fueled Colossus will go toe-to-toe with the burning mad Red Hulk! Here's the issue information:

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In DC Comics' relaunched Teen Titans series by Scott Lobdell, readers have witnessed a new team of young superheroes rally together to battle against an unlikely opponent: the psionic clone Superboy. More »
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We really dug the debut of Chris Roberson (iZombie) and Rich Ellis' Memorial, a promising new series about an amnesiac young woman who suddenly becomes embroiled in magical weirdness. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive seven-page sneak peek at the upcoming second issue. More »
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Caroline Skinner has become one of the most important people in British television science fiction and fantasy, almost overnight. She produced The Fades, the horror-fantasy series which took Britain by storm, and which hits BBC America this Saturday. And now she's the new executive producer of Doctor Who, replacing Piers Wenger and Beth Willis. More »
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Gambit's an X-Man who epitomizes the charming scoundrel. He's quick-witted, fleet-of-foot, hypnotically charming, and has a bit of a sordid past. But in April's Avengers Vs. X-Men miniseries, Gambit will square off against an Avenger who will match his wiles and test his mettle. Can you guess who? More »
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Lev Grossman's The Magicians brought an emotional weight, and a pleasurable snarkiness, to the age-old story of magical people discovering their powers. And The Magician King expanded Grossman's world-building themes by adding a second protagonist. But how on Earth would you go about translating it to the television screen? More »
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Here's an exclusive preview of Dark Horse's upcoming Conan the Barbarian series by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (interview here). You can read an exclusive two-page preview of the first issue below, and check out a gallery of the series' sword-swinging covers, including a first look at the fourth issue's cover art. Conan the Barbarian #1 hits stands February 8.

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When Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars in 1912 (originally published as a serial in the magazine All-Story, as Under the Moons of Mars), he gave birth to the iconic character John Carter and his wondrous vision of Mars (or as the natives call it, Barsoom). With this setting and character, Burroughs created something that has enthralled generation after generation of readers. Now, a hundred years after the series first debuted in print, new generations of readers—thanks, in part, to the new Disney film—are still finding and discovering the adventures of John Carter for the first time. More »
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We're still haunted by the oozing hands that smushed Lisbeth Salander's lovely face in David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's title sequence. But what sort of Dragon Tattoo imagery is hidden amongst all these tangled vines of USB cables and "primordial dream ooze"? We spoke with co-founder of Blur and the title sequence's creative director, Tim Miller, to uncover what sort of secret messages are hiding inside Lisbeth's nightmare. More »
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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the next issue of Batwing, starring David Zavimbe, Batman Incorporated's representative from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this five-page preview, Batwing teams up with Batman to thwart the agents of the villain Massacre — the heroes use wits, technology, and a panoply of punches. More »
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Here it is — the final contest of wits and heart. Hundreds of you submitted your captions for our exclusive photo of Falling Skies season two. And now we've picked the ten best entries. More »
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David Fincher is bringing your favorite Swedish hacker girl Lisbeth Salander to life in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — but he almost tackled Spider-Man instead. In our exclusive interview, the director told us how he would have handled the web-slinger... and walked us through his operatic title sequence in great detail. More »
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Remember when you first got hooked on the Battlestar Galactica reboot? That heady feeling of discovery, together with the addictive rush of plot twist after revelation after character-driven moment. No matter how you feel about BSG now, we can all remember the excitement of getting immersed in this revolutionary show. More »
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Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, here's an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at how artist Chris Scalf digitally illustrated the upcoming cover of Star Wars: Blood Ties – Boba Fett is Dead #3. Watch as the Sith Lord and the carnage he's wreaked appear right before your very eyes! More »
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Courtesy of Marvel Comics, here's an exclusive first look at Daredevil: Season One, an original graphic novel that will hit comic shops April 2012. This book features a script by Antony Johnston (The Courtyard, Daredevil) and artwork by Wellington Alves (Nova). This graphic novel is part of Marvel's Season One line, which is designed for new readers and tells the origin tales of some of the publisher's most familiar superheroes. Here's a sneak peek: More »
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We're eagerly awaiting a second season of Falling Skies, TNT's post-apocalyptic TV show about humans struggling to survive after an alien invasion. The good news is, Falling Skies is filming more episodes right now — and we've got your first exclusive photo of season two! More »
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You may have noticed yesterday that Nathan Fillion tweeted a very dapper portrait of himself as Mal Reynolds from Firefly. This artwork is by Dan Dos Santos, who immortalized the Browncoat for Dark Horse's upcoming Serenity comic for Free Comic Book Day. Dan took io9 through the process of drawing the most charming captain in the 'verse. More »
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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive first look at next Wednesday's issue of the teen superhero series Blue Beetle. More »
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Hergé's classic Tintin comics have many a zany visual, so how did Steven Spielberg and his team render the hero's 2D adventures in 3D for The Adventures of Tintin? To learn about this process, io9 spoke with the film's animation supervisor — Weta Digital's Jamie Beard — about bringing the boy adventurer to life. More »
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What would happen if Bender made tiny copies of himself until the entire atmosphere was made up of our favorite shiny robot friend? More to the point, what would a booze-obsessed robot do to our drinking water? Find out, in this exclusive look at a deleted scene from the recent Futurama episode, "Benderama." More »
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Alcatraz might be the most mysterious and creepy J.J. Abrams production yet — it involves crminials from the famous island prison disappearing in the past and reappearing, without having aged at all, in the present. These time-displaced criminals wreak havoc in present-day San Francisco. More »
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Hammer Films was more than just a studio that put out classic, cheesy horror movies — Hammer was an attitude, a gothic style factory, and a weird cultural icon. A new book, Hammer Vault, ventures into the heart of Hammer, with poster art, script treatments, and other rare Hammerobilia. More »
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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek of next week's issue of Suicide Squad. In this six-page preview, Harley Quinn learns the "truth" about the object of her affections. Also, El Diablo mixes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with fire-breathing. Dangerous! More »
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We've been immensely fond of Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman's relaunch of the famously trippy comic book Animal Man. Now, courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek at next Wednesday's issue. More »
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In this exclusive behind the scenes clip from Cowboys & Aliens, watch John Wayne's grandson cower before the very difficult task of being thrown into the sky off a horse! Thank goodness Olivia Wilde was there. More »
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