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Holy Special, Batman! DC Comics Gets 'Robot Chicken' Treatment

Posted 04.25.2012

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DC Comics characters are getting the "Robot Chicken" treatment in a new Cartoon Network special. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Robot Chicken" ...

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Check That Bought Superman For $412 Sells For $160,000

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — The $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and other creative works by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has sold for $16...

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Universal Soldiers: Conversations With Donovan and Tommy Roe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Roy Orbison, Joseph Campbell, Supergirl, John McLaughin, Donovan, Black Sabbath, Classics IV, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dennis Yost, The Beatles, Alan Parker, David Lynch, Rick Levy, Ione Skye, The McCoys, Paul Horn, Burt Berns, Geezer, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Donovan Leitch, Tommy Roe, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Marvel Comics, Dick Clark, Chris Spedding, Cher, Larry Klein, Ringo Starr, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Jim James, Joni Mitchell, Superman, Mickey Most, Charles Chaplin, Snow White, Jimmy Page, Epiphone, Entertainment News

"The Beatles and I went to India for ourselves at first because fame had become extraordinarily overwhelming. We turned to ourselves in a way by going to the ashram, learning about ourselves, de-stressing our incredible nervous systems that had been shocked by enormous fame."

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PHOTO: Superman Gets A New Look

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 03.30.2012

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The new Superman logo has appeared on Warner Brother's "Man of Steel" Facebook page in their quest to keep at least a trickle of Superman excitement p...

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Superman's First Paycheck Up, Up And Away For Auction

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 05.26.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — Seven decades after it was cut by DC Comics, the check sent to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for their creation of Superman is up ...

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Finally President Obama Utters That Freighted Oil-Drenched Word "SPECULATION"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.08.2012

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This surprising aside while sermonizing us with the usual exculpatory rhetoric emanating from the White House that "...what I've said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet ..." to high, ever higher gasoline prices.

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WATCH: People Make Like Superman Outside Of Car Windows

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 02.25.2012

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Planking -- the act of making one's body as stiff as a board in bizarre enviroments -- was popular last summer, but the fad has since died, leaving an...

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Superman Goes Porn

Chava Tombosky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Children's Tv Shows, Batman Cartoons, Cartoon Porn, Superman, Morning Cartoons Super Hero Cartoons, Superman Cartoon, Batman Cartoon, Parents News

This morning I'm making a French toast breakfast when I peer up towards the television and see a vision that nearly knocks me off my feet.

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'Smallville' Is Back!?

Zap2It | Posted 02.09.2012

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Good news, "Smallville" fans! While the show is done for good (and we couldn't have asked for a better series finale last May) Bryan Q. Miller, a writ...

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Superman, Batman, Other Superheroes Fight Famine In Africa

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: DC Comics, Time Warner, Video, Jill Biden, We Can Be Heroes, Famine, International Rescue Committee, Dc Entertainment, Africa Famine, Superman, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, Batman, Impact News

As the famine and drought in Africa continue to rage, DC Entertainment is turning to its strongest superheroes to help the 13 million people in need o...

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6 Teenage Inventors Who Changed The World

www.cracked.com | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Joe Shuster, Sam Colt, Louis Braille, Braille, Clive Campbell, colt45, Superman, Jerry Siegel, Dj Kool Herc, Robert Heft, Joseph Bombardier, High School News

Every elementary school kid has doodled a superhero on the back of a notebook at some point. But we're guessing your sloppy depiction of "Butt Man" di...

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Does Continuity Exist In Modern Comics?

Gary Roszko | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Superman, Comic Strips, Spiderman, Comics, Marvel Comics, Batman, X-Men, Culture News

Taken with a sense of disbelief, superheroes live in a world of constant danger. A day off is always just out of reach. Even a day at the beach brings up bad memories of a Sandman/Hydroman team-up. And the Waynes couldn't even enjoy a quiet night at the theater.

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Stop Searching for Super

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Pomegranate, Blueberries, Waiting for Superman, Super Committee, Santa Claus, Goji Berries, Superman, Superfoods, Easter Bunny, Culture News

My thoughts on Superfoods, Superman, and Super Committees are pretty much the same. It's nice to pretend that there are simple solutions to complicated problems but I live in the real world.

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Smile Jack!!! This Is Why Dwight Howard Will Be a Los Angeles Laker

Troy Hudson | Posted 02.09.2012

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In my studies I've come across a few interesting trends that may prove that Superman II will indeed be sporting a Lakers jersey and hoisting up the world championship hardware at seasons end.

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Original Superman Comic Sells For HUGE Record Price

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 01.30.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A rare and pristine copy of the first issue of Action Comics, famed for the first appearance of Superman, has set a record Wednes...

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Smallville -- The Complete Series: Myth, Metaphor, and the Man of Steel

Zaki Hasan | Posted 01.29.2012

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After spending most of the last week digging into the complete series set containing all ten seasons of the proto-Superman skein, I'm struck by how, despite sloppy storytelling techniques and narrative cul-de-sacs, none of that particularly mattered.

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WATCH: Nic Cage's Stolen Comic Expected To Shatter Record Price

Posted 11.29.2011

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Nicolas Cage has had his fair share of eccentric purchases in the past, from luxury dinosaur bones to a pyramid tomb to a $150,000 comic book. It turn...

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Dark Horse Comics and Imprint Sequential Pulps Writer Teams Up With Artist Tim Burgard for New Tarzan

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Tarzan, Comics, Artist, Writer, Superman, Martin Powell, Tim Burgard, Frankenstein, Disney, Batman, UK Weird News, Weird News News

Come take a leap with me into the mind of a real-life veteran comic book man...beware you may end up in one of his novels so be nice and get yourself one of his books!

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WATCH: Superman Fans Worldwide Save Disabled Man’s Stolen Comic Book Collection

Posted 11.18.2011

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In true superhero fashion, fans around the world swooped in to help a lifelong Superman devotee rebuild his stolen comic book collection and put the t...

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Superman's Secret Identity Crisis

Zaki Hasan | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: DC Comics Reboot, Superman, DC Comics, Smallville, Superman Man of Steel, Entertainment News

A big reason why we continue to find the character so interesting is his role as a kind of cultural arbiter in our society, with an elastic appeal that makes him ripe for reinvention generation after generation.

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DC Comics Paid HOW MUCH For Superman Rights?

Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews | Posted 12.25.2011

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An astonishing artifact from the beginnings of American comics history was unearthed this week, the check written by DC Comics to Jerry Siegel and Joe...

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The 7 Most Overrated Curses

Mark Juddery | Posted 12.23.2011

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New 'Device' Lets You See Through Walls

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.18.2011

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If you were ever a fan of any of the "Superman" television series on TV over the years, you know that X-Ray vision was always one of the superhero's m...

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Filipino Man Undergoes Plastic Surgery To Look Like Superman

Posted 12.06.2011

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When producer Christopher Nolan and director Zach Snyder set about to find the man who would be their Superman, they cast a wide net, reeling in "Immo...

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WATCH: Superman Fails S.A.T.

Posted 12.05.2011

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Being a superhero is hard work. But apparently, being a high school student is even harder. In honor of kids around the country having taken their ...

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