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Tuesday Runaround With Lots Of Good Stuff
MemeWatch: The new Mister Freeze. Exposed.
ElephantWatch: When Matt Fraction draws an elephant at San Diego Comic Con.
SuitWatch: A first shot from Iron Man 3. Plenty of suits to go round…
ZombieWatch: A very strange interview with Ethan Van Sciver at Phoenix Comic Con.
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This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.
They say I am a work in progress. The fools.
MARVEL FANS! A.I.M. is going to play a part in… • The Ramblings and Posts of a Madman
MARVEL FANS! A.I.M. is going to play a part in Iron Man 3! I repeat the Advanced Idea Mechanics are going to be in Iron Man 3!
New DREDD photos & info. DREDD | OPUS | IM GLOBAL
DREDD TAKES US TO THE WILD STREETS OF MEGA CITY ONE, ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL QUASI-CIVILIZATIONS DOTTING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CURSED EARTH, A WASTELAND SPREADING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot – if necessary. The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Pete Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip.
This new pact between PW and Nielsen represents an exciting new way to look at the numbers:
How much did The New 52 really help sales? These charts may hold the answer. | The Beat
His takeaway? As you might have guessed, that the New 52 sales surge has resulted in only a modest increase in monthly sales.
'Before Watchmen': Exclusive trailer! | PopWatch | EW.com
DC set off a depth charge among comic book fans when the company announced the forthcoming release of Before Watchmen, a series of prequel comics focusing on characters from the beloved Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel. Now, EW has exclusively obtained a rough cut of a commercial for the cycle (a final version will begin airing on TV this week) that inclues first looks at the new renderings of all the classic Watchmen characters. (Huzzah for Skinny Nite Owl!) Watch the preview below:
Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » DC's Earth-2 Reissues: Prepare To Be Disappointed
It sucks to be a Roy Thomas' Earth-2 stories fan in 2012, it seems. From DC Comics' most recent shipping update to retailers:
Injustice: Gods Among Us Gameplay Demo With Ed Boon For E3 2012 – G4tv.com
Dust off your cape because this Injustice: Gods Among Us gameplay demo video with NetherRealm Studios' Creative Director Ed Boon and Kevin Pereia is putting you in the fighting game arena with DC Comics superheroes. Boon says Injustice: Gods Among Us attempts to model superhero classics, like Batman and Superman, in a realistic light, contributing to the incredible graphics of the upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 game.
The Amazing Spider-Man hits every platform known to man later this month.
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Walt Disney: Superhero stock in evil market – The Buzz – Investment and Stock Market News
Not even The Avengers could save Europe. (Bernanke as Captain America, Draghi as The Hulk, Merkel as the Black Widow, Rajoy as Iron Man, Hollande as Hawkeye and Monti as Thor, anyone?) But these superheroes have definitely helped Walt Disney (DIS) emerge from the tumultuous month of May unscathed. Disney is just one of four Dow stocks that is up in the past month.