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‘Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy’ Exhibit
Geeks of Doom, NY - Added to database: 5/18/2008 2:05:44 AM
The exhibit, which opened on May 7, 2008, divides the Marvel and DC stables into eight “bodies” — The Graphic Body (Superman and Spider-Man), The Patriotic ...

DC Kills Superman (Again)
WebProNews, KY - Added to database: 5/17/2008 6:05:53 PM
DC owns Superman, they said, and Superman's not allowed to help unapproved cancer patients, not even kids. (Cue dramatic villain music, and raucous, ...

Historicist: It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Torontoist,  Canada - Added to database: 5/17/2008 6:05:53 PM
The result was a comfortable pension from the corporate parent of DC Comics and a "created by" credit in future uses of Superman. ...

Jack Kirby - the real comic book hero
Independent, UK - Added to database: 5/17/2008 6:05:53 PM
Kirby left Marvel to begin work for DC Comics – the home of Batman and Superman – in the early 1970s. Familiar Kirby themes continued to appear in his work ...

Final Crisis: Sketchbook
Comic Book Bin, Canada - Added to database: 5/17/2008 6:05:53 PM
There is surprisingly little in this issue on Superman and the rest of the DC mainstays-- despite their prominent place on the cover of this sketchbook. ...

KC comic writer launching series on Iron Man
Kansas City Star, MO - Added to database: 5/17/2008 6:05:53 PM
Matt Fraction isn’t typically a fan of superhero movies based on comic books. “I mean, explain to me ‘Superman Returns,’ ” the Kansas City-based writer said ...

Cincinnati CityBeat

A Marvelous Summer
Cincinnati CityBeat, OH - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
That was largely because DC owned the screens. Superman had made the transition from radio to television first, and he played like the great American hero ...

Superman #676 Review
IGN, CA - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
Back in the days when I started collecting comics, the late comic wasn't really very common. Stories in books weren't nearly as serialized as they have ...

Silver Screen Musings: Holy birthday! Batman turns 69, part two
The News-Press, FL - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
Batman was created because editors at National Publications (the forebearer of DC Comics) were so pleased with how well Superman comic books were selling ...

Inside Pulse

Retro Review: Justice League Heroes (PSP)
Inside Pulse, NY - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
Crispin Freeman as Superman? Ron Perlman as Batman? Newsradio’s Vicki Lewis? These are some quality actors and the voice acting saved the script and the ...

Video: Six Flags Great Adventure Unveils 'The Dark Knight' Coaster
SunHerald.com, MS - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
... home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, ...

Empire Online

Adam Brody On Justice League Collapse
Empire Online, UK - Added to database: 5/15/2008 12:15:32 PM
Also, you've got Batman coming out and Singer wants to do another Superman. This is only speculation on my part, I have no inside knowledge of this, but, ...

ECCC 2008: Time Sale Spotlight
Comic Book Resources, Ca - Added to database: 5/13/2008 4:36:23 PM
Sale had little to say about working with Cooke on a recent arc for DC's "Superman Confidential" -- he took a moment to accept blame for all the delays that ...

Liverpool Confidential

Iron Man (12A)
Liverpool Confidential, UK - Added to database: 5/13/2008 6:35:06 AM
Forget geeky Peter Parker or do-gooder Superman; Tony Stark is the man... Like DC’s Batman, Marvel’s Iron Man is a self-made superhero. ...

Liverpool Confidential

IRON MAN (12A)
Liverpool Confidential, UK - Added to database: 5/13/2008 4:12:47 AM
Forget geeky Peter Parker or do-gooder Superman; Tony Stark is the man... Like DC’s Batman, Marvel’s Iron Man is a self-made superhero. ...

Joe, Adam Kubert signing at Hanley's Universe on May 14
Comic Book Resources, Ca - Added to database: 5/13/2008 4:12:47 AM
In celebration of his seven years there, Delsante will also be signing copies of his new comic, Superman #676. Jim Hanley's Universe has been New York's ...

Business Wire (press release)

Saturday marks Free Comic Book Day
Dallas Morning News, TX - Added to database: 5/13/2008 4:12:47 AM
($14.99, DC) Superman: Birthright: Leinil Francis Yu drew this updated, post-Smallville version of Superman's origin. ($19.99, DC)
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Summer movie preview: Return of the heroes Salt Lake Tribune
Hey, Kids, Free Comics! New York Times
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An interview with Denis Rodier
Comic Book Bin, Canada - Added to database: 5/12/2008 7:10:02 PM
I should also point out that I drew a humor comic for five years between the Superman gig and L'Ordre des Dragons. Let's just say that I love a new ...

ECCC 2008: DiDio Engages Fans in a Sunday Discussion
Comic Book Resources, Ca - Added to database: 5/12/2008 7:10:02 PM
Everybody remembers the [issue] number of the first comic they got," a remark which the crowd affirmed with laughter and nodding. One fan told the panelists ...
ECCC 2008: DC Nation Comic Book Resources
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A Report from Bristol International Comics Expo
Comic Book Resources, Ca - Added to database: 5/12/2008 7:10:02 PM
by James Hunt, While this weekend, every comics fan in America had their eyes focussed on the Emerald City Comic Con, British readers were instead convening ...

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Neil Kleid Finds Action And Superheroes In Ohio
io9, CA - Added to database: 5/12/2008 12:04:12 PM
The comic surfaced as part of Zuda Comics, DC site where you can vote on the best new webcomics out there. We spoke to writer Kleid about the murder mystery ...

Chatter Shmatter

'Iron Man' is the Year's Best Movie so Far
RedOrbit, TX - Added to database: 5/12/2008 12:04:12 PM
I am partial to characters who come out of comics produced by DC Comics. Superman and Batman are DC's top two heavy-hitters. Marvel Comics, a company ...
‘Iron Man’ ‘Steels’ No. 1 Spot New University Online
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Comic book fantasy thrives in New York
AFP - Added to database: 5/12/2008 12:04:12 PM
"DC Comics started with a traditional approach, like Superman, but the Marvel characters were not perfect people," he said. Italian designer Giorgio Armani ...
NYCC: Stan Lee and Virgin Comics Comic Book Resources
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Guest Additions to Florida Supercon, Harry Potter Superstar ...
NewsBlaze (press release), CA - Added to database: 5/11/2008 12:51:47 PM
CLAYTON HENRY: Superstar Comic Book artist Clayton Henry is known mostly for his work for Marvel Comics. His first known works were providing the art on ...

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Finishers will appear in new Mortal Kombat
gamezine.co.uk, UK - Added to database: 5/11/2008 12:51:47 PM
The new game, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, will feature comic book heroes like Batman and Superman squaring off against their more gore-obsessed ...

Howard's end, for now
Toronto Star,  Canada - Added to database: 5/11/2008 6:05:05 AM
While publishing rival DC Comics had early success with adaptations of Superman (1978) and Batman (1989), Marvel's characters frequently struggled in low ...

‘Iron Man’ simply a marvel for Marvel Comics
Daily News - Galveston County, TX - Added to database: 5/11/2008 6:05:05 AM
He briefly starred in a 1960s cartoon, but he was never the iconic hero Spider-Man is — or DC Comics’ Superman and Batman, for that matter. ...

Marie Claire.co.uk

Heroes are high fashion at New York's Metropolitan Museum
Los Angeles Times, CA - Added to database: 5/11/2008 6:05:05 AM
The exhibit, which opened Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers as much an opportunity to step inside the pages of a comic as you'll ...
Superman Comes To The Museum Atlantic Online
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An Unexpected Comic Book Resurrection: The Flash
New York Times, United States - Added to database: 5/11/2008 6:05:05 AM
0, a 50-cent comic book that arrived in stores today as a primer to “Final Crisis,” a series that covers all DC heroes. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and ...

E! Online

Hollywood Kryponite?
E! Online - Added to database: 5/11/2008 12:25:30 AM
Captain America was singed in a direct-to-video bomb. Now, it's DC's turn. While the comic giant's c