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Friday Trending Topics: Chris Roberson And DC Comics

It's been an eventful week on this subject, Rich sums it up in today's top post: Earlier this week, Chris Roberson announced on Twitter that he was going to quit DC Comics as a writer on the conclusion of iZombie, and after the Fairest arc he'd committed to writing. He cited concerns over the publisher's morality.  Suddenly he has now been told he won't be writing that Fairest arc anymore.

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

Now DC Comics Fires Chris Roberson Off Fairest

Remember that old line "You can't fire me, I quit!" DC Comics has just done the opposite. "You can't quit, we fire you."

So What Else Do We Know About The September DC Zero Issues? 

September solicitations are still some time away, but I do have a couple of tidbits.

The Legion Of Well Endowed Heroes

Well, if Archie Comics are doing it, why not the Legion Of Superheroes?  Take this fight scene with a certain physically malleable young lady.

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

Marvel Avengers Assemble: The Bleeding Cool Review

We both knew I was going to love The Avengers. Even if Marvel did insist on calling in by the wrong name in the UK. The question is – how much?

Rights Glitch: Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch Could Appear In Both Fox And Marvel Studios Movies 

Yesterday evening Avengers Assemble (so titled because people were getting confused about why Diana Rigg wasn't in it – no, really) premiered in the UK last night at the Westfield shopping centre in London. Ben Mortimer of HeyUGuys was there to badger producer Kevin Feige for answers about future Marvel projects, and quite successful he was too.

Guy Pearce Set To Play Aldrich Killian In Iron Man 3

Here's another Extremis credential to suggest just how closely Shane Black's Iron Man 3 might be hewing to Warren Ellis' comic book storylines.

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