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A comic showing the debut of superhero Batman has been sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in Dallas.

The comic book cover is one of the most famous of all time.
The rare 1939 copy of Detective Comic No 27 was bought by an anonymous bidder from a seller who also wished to keep [...]

Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice: DC Comics, the longtime home of Batman and Superman, gained a new executive team on Thursday, one that places some of the comics publisher’s best-known creative talents in crucial positions.

DC Entertainment, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment, said it had named Jim Lee and Dan DiDio to serve [...]

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz admits to not being an avid fan of comic books. When he started chatting with Los Angeles designer Darren Romanelli about developing a visual project with the band, however, the idea of creating a comic seemed like a natural fit.

the new comic book [...]

Marvel’s moviemaking mojo just got s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d.
Sony on Thursday set "Spider-Man 4" for release on May 6, 2011, while co-producer Marvel Studios locked into later slots than previously announced for three other comic-book actioners. As a result of the changes, Marvel pics will launch on the first weekend of May and kick off the boxoffice summer [...]

Julie Taymor musical gets an opening date

The long-in-the-works Spider-Man musical has an official opening date.

"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," directed by Julie Taymor with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge, will open on Broadway on Feb. 18. Preview performances start Jan. 16.
Producing are Hello Entertainment’s David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment’s David [...]

Namco Bandai talks up its action horror game rebirth.

Today was the start of the 3rd annual New York Comic Con, and Namco Bandai used the opportunity to offer up some new info on their upcoming "reboot" of the 16-bit horror classic Splatterhouse. While they didn’t have a playable version on the show floor, they did [...]

Previews
We check out the latest version of SOE’s DC Universe MMO ahead of the NY Comic Con.

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Just ahead of the New York Comic Con, Sony Online Entertainment hosted an event in New York City today to showcase its upcoming MMO DC Universe Online. The event, which was hosted Creative Director Jens Andersen and Senior Producer [...]

(Jan. 31, 2009) — Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on the Congolese side, while displaced herders and their cattle have settled in an adjoining Ugandan park.

And yet, the profusion of prey [...]

The mass changes of the Gulf of Alaska glaciers are computed from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) inter-satellite rate data from April 2003 through September 2007. Using space-borne gravity measurements to assess glacier mass balance NASA scientists determine mass variations along the Gulf of Alaska. Areas of deep blue like the areas around [...]

'I hate games for being better than comics at storytelling.'

In one of the first videogame-focused panels at Comic-Con, Activision invited Stan Lee to sit with some of the developers and writers behind upcoming Activsion games based on the Marvel superheroes that he helped create. Lee was joined on the panel by Chris Sholz from Shaba [...]