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Saturday Trending Topics: We Have Entered The SDCC Zone

It's that time of year when the trajectory of a large portion of the comic news drifting across the internet is warped by the massive gravitational pull of San Diego Comic-Con.  Con comic & merch debuts are already being announced. Some companies are trying to (sometimes unsuccessfully) hold back major announcements for the show. Other companies are trying to get out in front with their announcements.  Industry staffers are doing those round-the-clock shifts to make sure those major announcements are ready to announce.  And speaking of that, I gotta cut this short…

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Swipe File: Flipping Gotham City

This is the Adam Hughes cover to Just Imagine Stan Lee And Chris Bachalo Creating Catwoman from 2002.

San Diego Comic Con Exclusive – Steve Ditko's Peter Parker/Spider-Man

From Marvel and Dark Horse, a thousand-copuy limited edition statue, retail price of $49.99, only sold at the San Diego Comic Con 2011, with a limit of four per customer. And then flipped instantly on eBay. Queues will start at booth 2615…

And Finally – You Would Be —?!?!? (UPDATE)

You might have missed out a name, intending to check it and fix it later, only you forgot and it went to print in Batman: Gates Of Gotham #2 that came out this week….. would you not?

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Kirk Vs. Kirk – Shatner And Pine Arm Wrestle

So here's a picture of William Shatner and Chris Pine, the two Captain Kirks, arm wrestling.

Okay, Scratch That – No Emma Stone In Pride And Prejudice And Zombies

Just a quick update to tell you that previous reports were, to say the least, exaggerated. Emma Stone did receive an offer to appear in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but she said no.

Coen Bros. New Film Is Not Just Full Of Music, It's Also A Biopic

The subject of the film seems to be Dave Van Ronk, a folk singer about whom I know relatively little, and everything I do know, I learned from BBC documentaries in which he was one of many players. According to the 24 Frames column of The LA Times, the Coens are deriving some of the material for their film from The Mayor of MacDougall street, Van Ronk's posthumous memoir.

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