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Above is the scene from All Star Superman #11 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, published by DC Comics. And this is the equivalent scene from All Star Superman, released on DVD and Blu Ray by Warner Bros, scripted by Dwayne McDuffie, based on the Morrison/Quitely series. In the comic we see that Superman knows that[...]

But gives much hope to a potential DCU Online 2. Because you can be Superman Watch And gawp And give a silent thank you to the  MSc Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam with ISLA (Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6C01tyrhf0[/youtube] This is amazing Hacking the XBox Kinect has resulted in this demo that couold[...]

This is the current DC solicitation for Superman #708, out yesterday, from the DC Comics site. Except the comic sees Superman go to Lincoln, Nebraska instead of Omaha Which is sad news for Omaha retailers, Legend Comics, Kypton Comics and Dragon's Lair that ordered hundreds and garnered plenty of publicity over a year on the back[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2WVlmNqMMs Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes oh yes oh yes. A few screencaps... without giving away the bad guy...

But it's not alone… front facing costumes, Batman, Joker, Robin and Superman follow… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkvEnAIfdVI[/youtube] From Costume Craze This is almost worth buying a dog for Fully functioning Superdog/Krypto and Bathound suits But it's not alone… front facing costumes, Batman, Joker, Robin and Superman follow… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkvEnAIfdVI[/youtube] From Costume Craze [...]

Oh look, they've finally cast Superman Now the next hurdle is the studio's struggle to make Superman feel relevant to the young 'uns and not something their granddads were into. The current comics are still struggling to make Superman feel relevant but everyone seem to have forgotten that during the 1960s, when DC and Marvel[...]

But with Christian Bale playing Batman, Andrew Garfield playing Spider-Man and now Henry Cavill playing Superman, something's going on The three most famous American superheroes in the world are being played by Brits. When you throw in Aaron Johnson's Kick Ass, Patrick Stewart's and James McAvoy's Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen's Magneto, Alan Cumming's Nightcrawler, Jason Flemyng's[...]

28 year old British actor Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in the upcoming Christopher Nolan / Zack Snyder reboot, Deadline is reporting Interestingly, Cavill lost the Batman role to Bale in '05 But keyboard casting calls have been a favorite fan activity for years, and the game has just begun on this 2012[...]

It's not often that copies of Superman #1, #2 and #3 come onto the market It's even less often that they come on all at once Well, All About Books And Comics are selling their copies, bought from Sothebys in 1992. Issue #1 is flat and clean with off-white pages, but the front and back[...]

As the end of the year approached, the impossible happened and for December DC, buoyed by orders for David Finch's The Dark Knight topped marketshare over Marvel in terms of dollars for the first time since Superman karked it, though Marvel still kept the title for individual comics sold. Anything specific? Well, Dark Knight aside, DC[...]

"...gone is the father of Kal-El" Written and sung by Michelle Osorio. See, definitely Christmas time when this sort of stuff starts happening. Anyone

A marriage ceremony with two Superfans, Beth Reed and JC Vallacqua, recreating the look of a Kryptonian Wedding, as seen in the Superman comic book. So we need a stage with lots of crystal-like tubes and stuff for the "Jewel of Truth and Honor" where Jor-El and Lara were married, crossed with the Fortress Of Solitude. A[...]

To Host Own Comic Con Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus and next November there WILL be a Los Angeles comic con, the Comikaze. Meanwhile, Back in Metropolis Our world famous #Superman Statue standing strong at the first sign of winter. Michael Moorcock Reviews Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot has always specialised in that brand of[...]

Both are relatively hard to get through without some knowledge of Superman continuity First, with artist Marco Rudy, we have Lex's first encounter with Perry White and Bruno Mannheim in Metropolis, and through this, Darkseid and the world Apokolips. It follows heavily on the reintroduction of Metropolis crime boss  Mannheim in 52 and shows us a[...]

The $402,111 bid in tonight's highly-publicized auction of the original cover of Superman #14 would have been a new record for American comic book art — had the piece sold. The iconic cover by artist Fred Ray is the most important early Superman cover known to still exist, and was saved from the trash by legendary[...]

StampWatch: From 1995… GimpWatch: Hustler covers the release of Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman Co-Creator Joe Shuster (NSFW) CosplayWithAPurposeWatch: Allen Mullins is travelling from state to state dressed as Captain America to raise the awareness of homelessness and poverty amongst American war veterans. SharkWatch: The Discovery Channel is starting to PR it's announced-a-while-ago tie up to[...]

We will update this post with any more relevant bargain busting spots… BATMAN Logo Knit Boxers in Tin $15.95 BATMAN Hooded Sweatshirt $34.95 SUPERMAN "Super American Flag" Adult T-Shirt $19.95 Wonder Woman Blue Travel Mug $12.95 From the any-excuse-to-try-and-get-some-unit-sales Black Friday nonsense in the US that has, despite the UK not celebrating Thanksgiving Day, has started to infect our markets as well… a[...]

EditorWatch: Just because you work on Flash doesn't mean you have to rush through the proof pages of issue 6… PressWatch1: The Daily Herald covers Superman's arrival in Mount Prospect, and the fan letter that brought him here. The visit was the brainchild of 73-year-old Annette Kowalczyk, a lifelong fan who wrote to DC Comics when[...]

Wright has lifted the delay in the Siegel & Shuster Vs Warner Bros law suit over thereturn of copyright to Superman to the estates of his creators. Warner challenger the current delay and will now continue with its  "information-gathering", which basically means challenging Joanne Siegel, Laura Siegel Larson, Jean Peavy and Mark Peavy on the stand,[...]

In fact he seemed rather enthusiastic. If they wanted to do an occasional crossover where Tom teamed up with say, Superman or Captain Marvel, I could probably make that work as a one-off quite easily But if they wanted to put Tom on the DC Earth, it'd kill the character stone dead [...]

Thanks to DC Comics' Facebook page, here's a run through the corridors at 1700 Broadway...

Along with a number of his other works on display, such as David 2020, Trojan Virus and There's Something About Mary, comes this sculpture from Mauro Perucchetti, Modern Heroes, depicting Batman and Superman in a pose reminiscent of The Creation of Adam in The Sistine Chapel It is on display at the Halcyon Gallery in[...]

…DC Can Kill Anyone Better Than You. On the DC blog earlier today, Austin Trunick posted the headline "Doomsday Will Reign!" with the following image that famously portrayed Superman's death. Just after Marvel push their Spider-Man death cover of Marvel Previews for February books. Girls, girls, you're both pretty… …DC Can Kill Anyone Better Than You. On the DC[...]

In his rendition of Robbie Williams' Let Me Entertain you, he strips down to his Superman costume and is joined on stage by Batman, The Flash, Catwoman, Spider-Man, Robin and Elektra, dancing, break dancing, leaping and various weird stuff with their hands. Enjoy The song starts at around 1:30, the real madness from about three minutes[...]

Oh, and a sequel from Straczynski for Superman: Earth One A big batch of breaking news from DC this afternoon from the DCU blog:: It's no secret – especially if you've been reading this here blog – that SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE has press and fans alike talking about it In fact, the book debuted at[...]

It cannot have escaped people's notice that the Superman Earth One graphic novel has done rather well Mass media attention, instant sell out, instant second print And probably more prints to come. The result of which, as I understand it, is that Babylon 5 creator Joe Michael Straczynski, the writer of Superman Earth One and both[...]

SnarkWatch: Our Valued Customers (via Andy Khouri on Comics Alliance) (example right) CoverWatch: The Superman and Batman cover art that Bleeding Cool reported on last week starts to hit the news wires. AllStarWatch: More unnecessary confusion over All Star Superman Seriously chaps, it's not that hard… BatWatch: Dark Knight Rises starts shooting in Chicago in April. CustomerWatch: How an[...]

A double-helping of animated shenanigans this week. HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE SUPERMAN? Remember Gay Disco Superman?  Many people would rather not. Emo hoodie Superman: Superman on the Couch.  Who can blame him? THE CONDITION OF BOND Goldeneye Wii: And now, the fifth installment in Bleeding Cool's first fiction serial by Adi Tantimedh and premier PUNISHER writer Steven Grant[...]

Sometimes you just have to watch the signs. Retailers traditionally order less of an original graphic novel than any corresponding monthly series, at

Lois Lane from Superman: Earth One, current burning up the news pages. And Debra Morgan, Dexter's sister by adoption, played by Jennifer Carpenter Do check that hand… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox[...]