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superman
Warner Bros. To Superman: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Warner Bros. doesn't have a Superman film in development right now, and President Alan Horn told a judge that he has "issues" with the Man of Steel. Warners won its latest legal battle, but has Superman's movie career already lost? More »
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Comment by jajbowler: ...exactly what kind of movie was being filmed in that comic? 14 Responses | Other threads
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green lantern
Superman Returns In Green Lantern Movie?
Will the upcoming Green Lantern movie feature a cameo appearance from a certain cape-clad Man of Steel, like the script version we reviewed? One of the movie's writers isn't confirming or denying, but not because he's trying to tease. More »
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Comment by AngryEddy: This is crap. For one, who is going to play Clark Kent? Warner Bros let their contract with Brandon Routh... 8 Responses | Other threads
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puppet vamp slayers
Pinocchio's New Vampiric High Concept = Win
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is so last April. For the latest in classic-literature/monster crossover, you have to turn to fairy tales and the story of a little puppet who just wants to be a real boy. And stake vampires. More »
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Comment by nutmeag: The idea of vampires and puppets will always remind me of The Middleman . . . **tear** 2 Responses | Other threads
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book review
American Flagg's Retrofuture Still Ahead Of Its Time
Howard Chaykin's classic American Flagg has come back into print, showcasing a comic that still seems ahead of its time 20 years later - and making us wish that Paul Verhoven had made this into a movie way back when. More »
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Comment by BadUncle: The idea that political economy falls to city-state shopping malls ("Plexmalls") is also timelessly hilarious. Plus guns sounds lettered like... 1 Responses | Other threads
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buffy slash
Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)
Convinced that the idea of Buffy's vamp beaus, Spike and Angel, getting it on was forever condemned to your slash fic folder? Joss Whedon's new online Buffy comic proves you wrong... Well, kind of.
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wonder woman
New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past
Looking for a comic to return Wonder Woman to her bondage roots, and then redefine her feminist credentials? Final Crisis and Batman and Robin writer Grant Morrison claims to be working on that very book, just for you. More »
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Comment by TheTheTheTheWhat: What about the sexuality of men? Superman (I don't think) never really dealt with the sexual implications of his character... 7 Responses | Other threads
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holiday heroes
20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With
It's Independence Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate it than to remember the fictional men and women who drape themselves in red, white and blue and try to personify what makes the country great?
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triviagasm
Vampires - In Space! Or the Future! Or Both!
Why must vampires always appear someplace in Louisiana, Northern California, or London whining about their gothic pasts? If you're sick of the same old vamps, we've got a batch of newfangled ones for you - some from outer space. More »
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Comment by KhaiJB: what.. no Lifeforce....? how can you do vampires in space without Lifeforce! 7 Responses | Other threads
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reborn
Kiss Me Underage Deadly In New Captain America Tease
Jailbait psychopaths and government organizations offering secret deals? It can only be the latest ploy from Marvel Comics to make sure that you'll pick up the first issue of Captain America: Reborn. More »
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exclusive interview
Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin
With the second issue of DC Comics' Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. More » -
book review
The Nobody's Invisible Charms Become Slowly Evident
The Nobody, Jeff Lemire's reimagining of HG Wells' classic The Invisible Man, can seem aimless, slow and frustrating at times... but is also haunting, moving and a book that'll stay with you for a long time after reading.
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Comment by gorehound: Jeff Lemire's reimagining of HG Wells' classic The Invisible Man goes to show you that YARM is not just about... 5 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week's Comics
After the busy-ness of the last few weeks, it's not too surprising that this week's raft of new releases hitting your local comic store is much smaller than usual. But with new Star Wars and Reborn, it's not less interesting.
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x-men
Indulge In The Incestuous World Of The X-Men
Missed out on the last 40+ years of X-Men comics and feel like you need a scorecard to work out just who knows, is in love with or has married, one another? You're in luck: Such a scorecard exists. More »
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Comment by neatgrl: This is awesome. Cyclops was a bit more of a manslut than Jean. Sigh. I miss Jean. 6 Responses | Other threads
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battlestar galactica
The Final Five Spill Their Secrets, If You Can Get Over Your Preconceptions
Ignore the covers that made it look more like a T&A book than anything appropriately Battlestar Galactica-esque; the four-issue Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five offers up a complex backstory for the robots that put everything in motion. More »
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Comment by searonson: The artwork looks nothing like the actors. I find that very distracting. 4 Responses | Other threads
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the simpsons
100+ Science Fiction Characters Drawn In The Simpsons Style
This news may come as a shock, but people who like science fiction often also like The Simpsons. (I know...shocking!) And when those fans want to combine their two loves through art, the results are often quite awesome. More »
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Comment by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I loved the Simpsons. Loved = Past. Now I turn to Family Guy for my kicks. It doesnt mean b... 8 Responses | Other threads
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speculation sport
Is This The Secret Behind Captain America's Rebirth?
With Captain America: Reborn due in comic stores on Wednesday, we ask: Have Marvel Comics kept the secret to the star-spangled Avenger's resurrection in plain sight all along? We look at our suspecting method of resurrection. Potential-spoilery speculation ahead. More » -
superart
Starry Starry (Batsignal-Filled) Night
We all agree that comic books can be art, but here are some particular takes on classic paintings may be taking that argument just a little bit too literally (Wait until you see the Wolverine Lichtenstein). More »
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Comment by Alizarin: Neither is original. Don't get me started, I'm an art major. Hah. Sesame Street beat both of them by years:... 2 Responses | Other threads
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free comics
Atlas' Agents Save Your Day
Feel like you need a little something unusual to get you through your workday slump? Marvel Comics have you covered, with a free digital issue of Agents of Atlas, their great modern pulp antidote to depressing superheroes and slow Thursdays. More »
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Comment by ♠ Final ♠: This puts off my suicide plans for another day atleast. 1 Responses | Other threads
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the end
The End of Wolverine?
Marvel Comics have released a very Terminator-esque image of Wolverine with his half of his face missing and the words "The End" scrawled along the top, without any further information. But the end of what, exactly...? More »
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Comment by DumbledoreCalrissian: Man he has a shiny skull. How come his teeth aren't metallic? It never occurred to me to wonder before. 8 Responses | Other threads
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io9 backgrounder
Know Your Transformer Generations
Considering that Transformers have been in almost continuous production as toys, cartoon characters and comic book stars since their creation 25 years ago, it's not surprising that they've undergone numerous relaunches and changes in appearance. If you can't tell your G2 from your Beast Machine, or you're wondering which version of Optimus Prime turned into a gorilla, here's a quick guide. More »
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Comment by CoffeyWasHere: "the one where giant robots turn into vehicles, dinosaurs, cassette tapes and all manner of other unassuming objects..." For the record,... 5 Responses | Other threads
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io9 backgrounder
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Transformers
With Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen hitting screens tomorrow - unless you live in the U.K. or Japan, in which case we're jealous - it's time to brush up on your basic Cybertronian history with our easy refresher course.
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Comment by Brain.wav: The IDW reasoning for gender isn't the same as the other continuities, IDW stands largely on it's own from everything... 3 Responses | Other threads
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io9 backgrounder
Transformer Origins
The history of Transformers is something that proves, in an odd way, how interconnected the toy world used to be. Or, to put it in simpler terms: Blame everything on G.I. Joe. That always works. More »
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Comment by velasquez: What I always wanted to know is why there were two Primes in that picture... 4 Responses | Other threads
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new comics we crave
Something For Everyone In This Week's Comics
Hope you've been saving up your pennies recently, because this week's comics are full of new treats for you to savor, whether they're Gotham Girls, deadly alien Predators, or Barack Obama in a loincloth. Okay, maybe not that last one.
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marvel zombies
Marvel's Zombies Get Literate With New Return
With zombies shuffling over media boundaries, it was only a matter of time before their creators followed suit... leading to Marvel Comics' announcement that three well-known novelists of the undead will be contributing to the new series of Marvel Zombies. More »
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Comment by Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Marvel Marvel. Top that, bitches. 7 Responses | Other threads
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blastosaurus
Blastosaurus May Be Our Sci-Fi Future
New comic book publisher/movie producer American Original announced its first projects at this weekend's WizardWorld Philly convention, and amongst them was one science fiction project that sounded right up our alley... if a little worryingly SciFi Original Movie-esuqe: Blastosaurus. More »
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Comment by GreyHammer: teenage mutant ninja turtles + DINOSAURS! + time cop = profit? 5 Responses | Other threads
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y the last man
Shia May Be Our Last Man After All
It's a case of good news, bad news for the Y: The Last Man movie. On the plus side, a new script for the movie is currently being co-written by creator Brian K. Vaughan. On the minus, Shia's still involved. More »
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Comment by OMG! Ponies!: I loved his work in "Holes". Ever since then, I have thought of Shia LaBeouf as quite possibly the... 15 Responses | Other threads
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x-babies
Marvel Resurrects The X-Babies
As if three different versions of Marvel's X-Men wasn't confusing enough for casual readers, this weekend saw the announcement of yet another take on the mutant franchise. But at least this one has a gimmick: They're a bunch of babies. More »
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Comment by Ed Grabianowski: I've got the Muppet Babies theme song stuck in my head now. 3 Responses | Other threads
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longbox
Your iTunes For Comics? Here It Is (Maybe).
While publishers like IDW and Dark Horse have had luck releasing digital versions of their comics for the iPhone recently, many publishers have wondered whether a one-stop digital comic store would ever be created. And then Longbox was announced. More »
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Comment by Bill-Lee: I will continue to downloading scans and reading them on Comical. If I want to pay for a comic, I'll... 14 Responses | Other threads
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batmania
Remembering Burton's Batmania, 20 Years Later
It was 20 years ago this week that Tim Burton's Batman was released, changing the face of summer blockbusters, superhero movies and even breakfast cereal forever (Okay, maybe not that last one). Perhaps it's time to relive some Batmania...?
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batmania
Batmania - The Sequels
As the cliche (doesn't) go: Where there's the box office smoke, there's going to be sequel fire, and Batman's box office breaking lead to three follow-ups that pretty much define that whole The Good, The Bad and The Ugly idea. More »
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Comment by Sam Timmins: About time he apologised for the film. It's bloody horrible! The Nostalgia Critic review is funny as hell though. [thatguywiththeglasses.com] 5 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Zidel333: I, for one, liked Dick Tracy. It was stupid and colorful, and haunted my dreams, but it didn't have the... 2 Responses | Other threads
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batmania
Batmania - The Merchandise
In the summer of 1989, you couldn't get away from Batman even if you tried. Kevin Smith put it best: More »
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Comment by austin316gb: That Danny Elfmann score is one the best ever written, it went on my HiFi on repeat pissing off my... 3 Responses | Other threads
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batmania
Batmania - The Movie
Even before Tim Burton took the director's chair of Batman in 1986, the movie seemed troubled, if not just outright unlikely to ever happen. A Batman movie had been in development since 1980, following the success of Richard Donner's Superman The Movie and Superman II, with various writers - including comic writer Steve Englehart - and directors (amongst them, Ghostbusters' Ivan Reitman) attached at different times. It took Burton's arrival, following the success of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure as well as Frank Miller's gamechanging The Dark Knight Returns comic series, to galvanize a coherent direction for the movie, but even then, it would take another two years - and Burton's Beetlejuice becoming a hit - to get the movie greenlit by Warner Bros. More »
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galactica 1980
The Battlestar Galactica Revival You Never Saw Coming (1)
Galactica: 1980 is coming back from the television grave - or, at least, from almost 30 years ago - courtesy of Green Lantern movie writer Marc Guggenheim and comic publisher Dynamite Entertainment. More »
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Comment by Ghost_in_the_Machine: Doing Galactica 1980 "the right way" is like making a turd pie "the right way". It's still a big... 3 Responses | Other threads
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project superpowers
The Future Of Superheroes Is Weird, Wonderful In Project Superpowers
Project Superpowers may be - in its own, quiet way - the oddest, most subversive superhero comic around... plus, thanks to co-creator Alex Ross' covers, one of the best looking. Here're some examples of Ross' covers to the new series. More »
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Comment by AcceleratedDragon: I'm the only person I know who doesn't think Alex Ross art is "one of the best looking". His rendering... 6 Responses | Other threads
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buffy the vampire slayer
Will The Buffy Motion Comic Be Animating Every Part Of Ms. Summers' Recent Adventures?
Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic is getting its own animated recreation... sort of. Think Watchmen-style motion comic, but hopefully without horrible voiceovers. So how long until that scene? Comics spoilers below. More »
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Comment by omgwtflolbbqbye: Wasn't the scene just 'cut to Buffy resting in bed with sleeping hot asian girl'? Not too much to act out... 12 Responses | Other threads
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thor
Marvel Chief Drops Thor Movie Hints
Marvel Comics chief Joe Quesada has been talking about the company's upcoming Thor movie, including what comics it'll draw from, why Kenneth Branagh is the ideal director, and the problems of making a Thor movie in the first place. More »
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Comment by Indignant: As long as The Immigrant Song by Led Zepplin is involved in this production, everything will be all right. 13 Responses | Other threads
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star trek: nero
Learn What Trek's Villain Did During His 25-Year Vacation
Wondering what Nero did in between killing Captain Kirk's dad and getting his ass kicked by the crew of the Enterprise in this summer's Star Trek? A new comic promises to explain all. More » -
the clone saga
Spider-Man's Clone Returns, But Why?
With Marvel shamelessly mining the collective pain of comic fandom by reliving Spider-Man's "Clone Saga" one more time with a new series officially announced yesterday, we wonder: Why return to one of Spider-Man's least successful storylines ever, anyway? More »
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Comment by Belabras: Here's an idea - instead of this maybe get rid of the 'One More Day' crap? 4 Responses | Other threads
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