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17 Most Expensive Toys And Collectibles At Comic-Con

Looking to pick up a cool toy at Comic Con — and money is absolutely no object? Seeking the ultimate status symbol that you’re both impossibly wealthy and impossibly nerdy? Then you’ll want one of Comic Con’s seventeen priciest collectibles. The exhibition floor at Comic Con is home to every kind of rare and expensive … Continued

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New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas’ Aliens

The next trailer for Star Wars: Clone Wars came out at Comic Con, and they’re really turning everything a shade darker in the new season. Bounty hunters torturing chained up victims, war, jealousy… and Obi-Wan’s old flame is ignited. I’m particularly surprised by all the violence, this new Bounty Hunter-centric season looks like it’s taking … Continued

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2012’s Disaster Porn is Beautiful But Boring

Master of disaster Roland Emmerich screened the first clip from his ultimate global destruction flick 2012. What we saw was every bit as disaster porn-tastic as we’ve been led to believe… but proved oddly short on thrills. At the 2012 panel, Roland Emmerich said that after the wide-scale destruction in his earlier films like Independence … Continued

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True Blood Is Only Getting Crazier, Sexier From This Point Forward

The True Blood panel met with some of the loudest and most fervent cheers seen at Comic Con. The fans were rewarded with a preview of the rest of the season, and details on the show’s future. Bloody spoilers below. The panel began with a trailer for the rest of season two. The tone of … Continued

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Are New Moon’s Naked Boy Clips The New Phoebe Cates Pool Scene?

Holy neutered vampires, the SDCC New Moon clips play out like the cover of a romance novel. There’s cheesy dialogue, boys in crazy wigs, and obscenely gratuitous ab scenes. It’s soft core porn, and the Twi-hard crowd goes wild. The best part about these clips isn’t the painted-on front of Taylor Lautner, or the oh-so-slow … Continued

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Doctor Who And The End Of Time: Tennant’s Last Moments

We saw two teaser trailers for David Tennant’s very final episodes as the time-traveling hero of Doctor Who, and they revealed some dark times ahead for our Time Lord, including a menacing figure in a hoodie. Spoilers in the TARDIS! First we saw a trailer for “Planet Of The Dead,” the desert planet epic that … Continued

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Zombieland Invents Fun New Ways to Head-Bash the Undead

Two clips from Zombieland demonstrate what this foul-mouthed zombie comedy is all about: finding new and bizarre ways to slaughter the shuffling (or, in this case, sprinting) hoardes. And the Zombieland cast shared their favorite methods, from chainsaws to pianos. So, what does it take to survive an offbeat version of the zombie apocalypse? Detachment … Continued

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Dan Didio Discusses The Organic Future Of DC Comics

With Blackest Night and Wednesday Comics winning over con-goers, we spoke to DC Executive Editor Dan Didio about summer events, weekly and digital comics, and why personal stories are best when it comes to giving superheroes something to fight against. How’s the convention? I got in just Friday, I got in late so I hit … Continued

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Your First Look At Anime Iron Man And Wolverine

Want to know what to expect from Warren Ellis‘ Anime reinvention of two of Marvel top franchises? Two new trailers for Marvel Anime: Iron Man and Marvel Anime: Wolverine offer hints at their new international origins. We told you about Marvel Anime, Marvel’s new initiative that sees them pairing Ellis with Japanese animation studio Madhouse … Continued

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Green Lantern: First Flight Screening Was Site Of Record Breaking Oath

To warm up the crowd before Thursday night’s screening of Green Lantern: First Flight, executive producer Bruce Timm led the entire audience in a recitation of the Green Lantern oath. And that moment of uber-nerdiness apparently set a superheroic record. Guinness World Records is currently double-checking before they provide official certification of the record, but … Continued

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Vampire Diaries Drags Us To Teen-Drama Hell

We sat through the first screening of teen romance, Vampire Diaries, about a quiet brunette girl who finds forbidden love with a sexy vampire. Sound familiar? Sadly VD makes Twilight look like Shakespeare. This show is a giant sparkle crap. With the ongoing vampire craze it’s hard to weed out the imitators, the wannabes, and … Continued

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Heroes Panel Shows That There’s Life, Lipstick Lesbianism, In The Old Show Yet

Judging from what we saw at yesterday’s Heroes panel at San Diego Comic-Con, reports of the show’s demise following the departure of producer Bryan Fuller may have been premature. What we saw looked like fast, goofy season one-quality superhero fun. From the cheers, screaming and camera flashes going off, you’d be mistaken for thinking that … Continued

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Marvel Announces The Avengers’ Line-Up, Plus Thor And Captain America News

After the amazing Iron Man 2 footage, we got a few moments with Producer Kevin Feige, who talked told us who’s in the movie version of Marvel’s superteam, the Avengers, plus potential Captain Americas squaring off against Tony. Kevin Feige talked about the interlaced comic book plots that are tied to Iron Man 2, spurred … Continued

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Yet Another Favorite Castaway Returns To Lost!

Big news about island-castaway show Lost is breaking over at Comic Con. One of our all time favorites is heading back to the island! Details, and major spoilers, after the jump. Lost news turned up in an unexpected place this afternoon, at the panel and screening of the CW’s new teen vampire soap the Vampire … Continued

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Tony Stark’s On The Firing Line In First Iron Man 2 Footage!

Tony Stark’s powered armor won’t protect him from his latest enemy. We saw the first footage from Iron Man 2, and Tony’s latest challenge goes to the heart of who/what Iron Man is. Plus our first glimpse of War Machine! Oh, and there are spoilers below… Here’s the footage we saw: Tony Stark in his … Continued

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Will Futurama’s Original Bender Voice His Robosexual Marriage?

Futurama is definitely coming back, but the show’s Comic Con panel could only say they remain hopeful the original voice actors will be a part of the new season. They also revealed tons of details for what lies ahead. Spoilers! The panel was reluctant to address the elephant in the room, or indeed the voice … Continued

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Family Guy Creators Tease Just How Their Empire Will Strike Back In Next Star Wars Spoof

Family Guy will soon revisit Star Wars, as the show’s Comic Con panel unveiled new footage from their upcoming Empire Strikes Back parody. The entire episode is due out by Christmas – if they can get it done in time. The footage they screened promised a mix of targeted Star Wars riffs and references to … Continued

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Wonder Woman To Become Cagefighting Superhero

Eager to shake things up for Wonder Woman, DC Comics and writer Gail Simone has come up with an unexpected new route for the character: renouncing her heritage, religion and embracing her superherodom. Oh, and becoming a cagefighter. Really. Simone spoke during today’s DC panel here at San Diego Comic-Con about where she’s planning to … Continued

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Emmerich’s Asimov Foundation Trilogy Being Written By Private Ryan Scribe

Is Roland Emmerich learning how to use the light touch by hiring Saving Private Ryan’s writer Robert Rodat to pound out his next scifi project, adapting Isaac Asimov’s Foundation? And how scared are we that it’s now longer than Patriot? We asked 2012’s Roland Emmerich’s about his next scifi project, adapting Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and … Continued

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Vampire + Zombie = New X-Men Crossover, In Marvel Math

Think that dead superheroes being resurrected as murderous zombies is limited only to DC’s Blackest Night? Think again; Marvel’s X-Men franchise is also preparing to be invaded by the undead in time for Hallowe’en. The storyline Necrosha will run across the X-Men Legacy, X-Force and New Mutants titles, it was announced yesterday, and see the … Continued