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+ March 1 Big Bang Theory Features Stan Lee! by Maggie Thompson
The 16th episode of Season Three of The Big Bang Theory is titled "The Excelsior Acquisition," and - yes! - we'll get to see Stan Lee. The question is whether Sheldon will. Find out tonight on CBS at 9:30 Eastern Time. ...
+ Heritage sells Detective Comics #27 for $1,075,500 by Brent Frankenhoff
February 2010 will long be remembered as the month in which not one, but two historically significant comics have sold for $1 million or more. On Feb. 22, ComicConnect.com sold a copy of Action Comics #1 (Jun 38), the first appearance of Superman, for $1 million (read...
+ Action Comics #1 sells for $1 million by Brent Frankenhoff
After nearly a decade of speculation if it would ever happen, a copy of Action Comics #1 (Jun 38), has been sold for $1 million. The sale of Superman's first appearance, brokered by ComicConnect.com, was b...
+ January 2010 comics sales steady, market up slightly overall by John Jackson Miller
Despite having the best-selling direct market comic book of the decade after reprints figured in -- the Obama appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #583 --
+ DC announces new executive line-up; DiDio and Lee named co-publishers by Brent Frankenhoff
After months of speculation, President, DC Entertainment Diane Nelson has announced DC Comics' executive management team. Nelson, who came onboard in 2009 when DC parent company Warner Bros. formed DC Entertainment, named former DC Senior Vice President -- Executive Editor Dan DiDio and f...
+ Pop-culture expert Jim Harmon dies by Maggie Thompson
April 21, 1933-Feb. 16, 2010 The introduction to Jim's "A Swell Bunch of Guys" chapter (on All-Star Comics) for All in Color for a Dime, 1970, contained this information: "Jim Harmon, born in 1933, suffered from poor health during most...
+ Inkwell Awards News!Part 1 by tschloendorn
For the first time, the Inkwell Awards will present their 2010 trophies live at New England Comic Con. Previously the Inkwell Awards were announced only online. The winners will be presented their trophies and then take part in a Q&A session with fans. “There will be a lot of new devel...
+ Marvel "reveals" Secret Avengers line-up by Brent Frankenhoff
The week of Feb. 8-12, Marvel released teaser images of the members of Secret Avengers, which is scheduled to start in May, written by Ed Brubaker with art by Mike Deodato. Unlike the images released for Avengers, which you can see
+ Marvel reveals new Avengers line-up by Brent Frankenhoff
The first week of February, Marvel revealed its newest Avengers line-up, which begins in May in Avengers #1, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by John Romita Jr. Below are the five images that Marvel released between Feb. 1 and Feb. 5. ...
+ Stan Lee teams with A Squared Entertainment and Archie to produce comics by Brent Frankenhoff
Archie Comics and A Squared Entertainment (A2) have announced a collaboration with POW! Entertainment Founder, Chairman, and Chief Creative Officer Stan Lee to create a new print and digital comic book line. Scheduled for release in the fall is Super Seven, a multimedia serie...

 

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