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Saturday Trending Topics: Still Mighty, San Diego

Published Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:28:51 -0500

Last updated Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:29:01 -0500

Marvel's in the top spot two days straight for the first time in forever with the mystery of The Mighty. But the comic world is mostly about San Diego right now — preparing, planning, packing con booths, praying you can get those books printed and to the church on time.

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We Know Who The Worthy Are. Now… Who Are The Mighty?

Great. So we all know who The Worthy are in Marvel's Fear Itself. Well, now we have to work out who The Mighty are as well. Presumably Marvel heroes turned by Asgardian magic to battle them or somesuch. There are some obvious Tron-castoff silhouettes, with the likes of Hawkeye, Wolverine and the like, but there's bound to be some red herrings in there.

The Penis Taunt That Made A Man Out Of Archie

TMZ are reporting that Archie Comics Publications filed papers in New York yesterday against the co-Chief Executive Officer of Archie Comics, Nancy Silberkleit, accusing her of sexual harassment and bullying.

San Diego Debut: Dave Stevens Complete Sketches & Studies

High concept: For several years, Dave Stevens self-published four sketchbooks to sell specifically at the San Diego Comic Con. This volume collects the entire contents of those four sketchbooks, plus approximately 100 additional sketches that have never before been published!

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New Rise Of The Planet of The Apes Trailer Has Caesar's Most Intimate Scenes Yet

There's already some hubbub about the possibility of Andy Serkis winning an Oscar for his performance-capture portrayal of Caesar the chimp, star of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It would be a nice recognition of performance capture actors, though possibly a slap in the face of the various animators who make up the "other part" of the performance.

Full NSFW Trailer For The Inbetweeners Movie

After the merest hint of plot in the first Inbetweeners movie teaser, there's quite a bit of set-up in this full trailer. And lots of swearing. And casual sexism. And euphemisms for vaginas.

James Bond Gets His New Moneypenny, A Villain And… Some Other Bloke

The mystery of who Naomie Harris will (most probably) be playing in Sam Mendes' upcoming Bond 23 has been solved, and it seems she will be taking up the role of Miss Jane Moneypenny.

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