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Heroes Embrace, Cast Comic Book Fans

It's taken them three seasons, but Heroes is finally embracing its heritage with the announcement that Seth Green and Breckin Meyer are to join the cast of NBC's superhuman drama, playing two massive comic book nerds. Does this mean that we're going to see more of 9th Wonders, the show's deus ex comic book plot device? More »

No More Heroes ... At Least Until Fall Hayden Panettiere let it leak that Heroes won't be back for the rest of the season, even though the strike is coming to an end. Maybe this will allow the writers to focus on Season Three (Season 2.0 Redux?) and come out of the gate with a bang instead of a whimper. After all, we know they've filmed part of Volume Three: Villains and that it's all about the bad guys, so how can they screw that up? Plus Zachary Quinto will be done with Spock duty, so they can cram more Sylar in there for extra brain-munching action. [Ain't It Cool News]

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Fugly-Twin Powers, Activate!

We told you yesterday about the upcoming line of Heroes figures, and now we've tracked down more images of the first wave of toys based on the hit NBC show. These are apparently all prototype figures — the real ones will be out later this year. Based on what we've seen, maybe that means there's still a chance to go back and fix things like making Claire actually look like her character, and having Sylar not look like a neanderthal. Check out more mind-bogglingly awful details and pictures inside, like Sylar with his awesome brain accessory. More »

The Coolness of New "Heroes" Action Figures? Not So Much. The most recent issue of Toyfare magazine came out yesterday, and it has a spread on all the new Heroes action figures that'll be out later this year. Since it's looking less and less likely that you'll be seeing new episodes anytime soon, it might be time to pick up some of these and bust out that video camera. Unfortunately, the Sylar figure does not have brain-eating action, so you might want to add your own visual effects. Maybe even ones that make these figures look a bit better because... yow.

Milo Wuvs Hayden, We Saw It Coming
At the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival last month during the Heroes event, we noticed that Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere were canoodling with each other the whole time, whispering back and forth like giddy schoolkids. But, we chalked it up to nerves and confusion about what was going on during the Q&A. For instance, Milo's answer to "How has Heroes changed your life?" was "I don't really know what to say." Nice. Our tabloid-papparazzo circuit wasn't working properly that day and anyhow, now it's official. The brother/sister set of Peter Petrelli and Claire Bennet are Hollywood's newest incestuous power couple. At least until Sylar swoops in and eats their brains, hoping to gain some of their couple-of-the-moment pheromones.

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Sneak Peek at New Bad Guys on "Heroes"

Heroes won't be back on the air for months, but we were able to see some sneak peeks from the few scenes they've filmed for episodes 12 and 13. If you've wanted a lot more evil in Heroes, you're about to get your wish in a big way. Read all about Heroes Volume Three: Villains after the jump. More »

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Who Would Win a Mutant-on-Mutant Smackdown: Sylar or Magneto?

Heroes has borrowed liberally from the universe of Marvel's comic book X-Men. Both TV show and comic book are about super-heroes who gain powers through genetic mutations. And both have their bad guys. Heroes' Sylar is a mommy-obsessed nerd who wants to be the most powerful mutant in the world. X-Men's Magneto is a mutant-supremacist who thinks humans should be the slaves of his master race. Who would win in a fight? More »

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Sylar Almost Has Sex With Himself On Heroes

Sylar has always been a lame character on Heroes, but he almost had a chance to get interesting last night when his special friend the illusionist offered to let him have sex with her in any body he chose. Pretty nice offer, actually, especially when Sylar is being such a whiny bitch about losing his powers. Still, the sex fantasies she offers him are pretty cringe-worthy, especially when she turns into a Geisha and asks if he wants "something exotic." Hm, maybe she should have pretended to be the "exotic" Hiro instead? Anyway, the best bit is when she actually offers him a chance to have sex with himself while dressed in some kind of pseudo-Trent Reznor getup. Too bad Sylar ate her brain before doing the double nasty.