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Lucasfilm Ltd., Nerdist Industries, Octagon and Machinima have teamed up to present Course of the Force , an Olympic-style lightsaber relay, where participants will make a journey from Santa Monica to San Diego while benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. At quarter-mile markers (much less than 12 parsecs), participants will hand off the official Course of the Force lightsaber to the next runner as they begin their leg of the journey. Course of the Force will take place July 7-11, in the days leading up to the annual San Diego Comic Con International. [...]

Stephen King and his son Joe Hill will release their first graphic work as a duo next week. Road Rage, published by IDW as a comic-book series will be available in comic shops next Wednesday. The book follows The Tribe, a gang of grungy, infighting motorcycle outlaws who run afoul of a relentless homicidal trucker. The series will also feature an adaptation of the work Throttle was based on, Richard Matheson's story Duel. Read more HERE .

Marvel Comics has unveiled a first look at Avengers Vs. X-Men #1. Written by John Romita Jr., the issue kicks off Marvel's long-simmering event as the publisher's two top super-teams come to blows over how to handle the coming of the Phoenix Force and its apparent targeting of Hope Summers as its next avatar. "In the past, the typical Marvel thing when two groups of heroes cross paths was: They would meet, there would be some kind of misunderstanding, and they would fight," writer Jason Aaron told Entertainment Weekly. "Then they would make their peace, and team up [...]

Despite some production delays, the highly-anticipated franchise sequel, The Wolverine, appears to be back on track and now has an official release date of July 26, 2013. To be directed by James Mangold, The Wolverine will follow up 20092s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and finds Logan beginning a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man. Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her samurai-sword-wielding brothers and Silver Samurai.

Duh. The headline is that 25 years after-the-fact, DC finally decided to snatch the money off the table. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen is the bestselling graphic novel of all time, and there's good reason for it: It's a piece of art with mystery, politics, philosophy, and (of course) action and violence, told using characters with depth and weight. So why do prequels and fuck that all up? Simple. $$$ Yeah, there's a lot of talent attached to the seven 4-issue minis that will each focus on a particular Watchman, but I can't [...]

PPW Toys is releasing a new Mr. Potato Head figure in June named "Dark Knight Spud" based on the upcoming movie 'The Dark Knight Rises'. The toy will retail for $20. Mr. Potato Head is ready to leap into the role of one of his favorite superheros; Batman! Mr. Potato Head has donned the cape and cowl and even has a mini-batarang to fight mini-crime.

Columbia Pictures has revealed the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man ! The July 3 release stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents [...]

Following the 2011 world-record sale of the original Issue #3, Page #10 splash page art from Frank Miller's iconic Dark Knight for $448,125, Heritage Auctions is offering two more original pieces of Frank Miller Dark Knight artwork, this time consigned by Miller himself. They will be offered as part of Heritage's Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction. The first, the Absolute Dark Knight Book Cover Original Art (DC, 2006), is an immensely popular, bone-jarring image that brings together the elements that made Miller's vision of the Batman such [...]

Marvel Studios has released the extended Super Bowl spot for Marvel's The Avengers which you can watch using the player below! Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on May 4, the Joss Whedon film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson. The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and [...]

As a kid, I loved (adored!) Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz's Moon Knight book. It was absolute dark-hero bliss, and everything I wanted Batman to be but, at the time, what Batman simply wasn't. Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev's Moon Knight book is at least the seventh "reboot" of the title since the first one, and now this one is ending at #12. I haven't loved this run, but I haven't hated it, either. And at least it was different. Previous reboots have tried to make the character into various levels of dark/violent/psycho. They haven't all been bad (but [...]

This summer, DC Entertainment will publish all-new stories expanding on the acclaimed Watchmen universe. As highly anticipated as they are controversial, the seven inter-connected prequel mini-series will build on the foundation of the original Watchmen, the bestselling graphic novel of all time. Before Watchmen will be the collective banner for all seven titles, from DC Comics. Stepping up to the challenge is a group of the comic book industry's most iconoclastic writers and artists – including Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets), Lee Bermejo (Joker), Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Darwyn Cooke (Justice League: New Frontier), John Higgins (Watchmen), Adam Hughes [...]

Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, The Avengers and The Fantastic Four is on the cusp of launching his own official website – TheRealStanLee.com on Tuesday February 7th 2012 A sneak preview of what's in-store on the site will include: exclusive scoops on Stan's latest projects, behind-the-scenes looks at the worldwide events that Stan attends, games, contests and lots more! For fans signing up onto the site in time for launch day, they will be in with a chance to win some cool signed Stan Lee items. [...]

Fox has closed the deal for Matthew Vaughn to return to direct the unnamed X-Men: First Class sequel, working from a script being written by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand, Jumper, Sherlock Holmes) and with Bryan Singer once again producing. It's a given that all the original cast from the first movie signed a multiple picture deal in their contract so you can expect James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender returning as Professor X and Magneto, respectively.

Fox has closed the deal for Matthew Vaughn to return to direct the unnamed X-Men: First Class sequel, working from a script being written by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand, Jumper, Sherlock Holmes) and with Bryan Singer once again producing. It's a given that all the original cast from the first movie signed a multiple picture deal in their contract so you can expect James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender returning as Professor X and Magneto, respectively.

The master doing his thing. I still think Lee's cameo in Mallrats was the best thing he's ever done outside of, you know, penning some of the greatest comic books ever. [via theaggregate ]

Comic Book Men is set to launch Feb. 12 in a slot after "The Walking Dead," AMC's ratings blockbuster. While promoting the show at the recent Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena, Smith offered lengthy proclamations about how "super stoked" he was for the show's upcoming premiere. Read more HERE .

The folks at Acmecast spent an entire hour with Locke & Key writer Joe Hill discussing his history with comics, the genesis of the series and the future of the TV series pilot. Listen to the fascinating interview HERE . Some fun places to peruse on the internet while you listen to the interview: - Visit Joe Hill Fiction.com - Follow Joe Hill on Twitter - Joe's first published [...]

John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist's Edition ($100) is the next book in the ongoing Artist's Edition series from IDW Publishing . Collecting six classic issues from Romita's stellar run on The Amazing Spider-Man, each and every page scanned from the original art and presented at full size, the same as it looked on Romita's drawing table. Artist's Editions are printed the same size as the original art. While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing [...]

Sony Pictures will be hold sneak peek events for The Amazing Spider-Man in multiple cities on Monday, February 6th. Displays promoting the events are going up tonight in London, Rio, New York and Los Angeles. The London URL to sign up for the event is at TheUntoldStoryBegins.co.uk and the U.S. one will be available soon at TheUntoldStoryBegins.com .

Sony Pictures will be hold sneak peek events for The Amazing Spider-Man in multiple cities on Monday, February 6th. Displays promoting the events are going up tonight in London, Rio, New York and Los Angeles. The London URL to sign up for the event is at TheUntoldStoryBegins.co.uk and the U.S. one will be available soon at TheUntoldStoryBegins.com .