He has generated $2.6 billion in worldwide box office grosses, countless millions in toy and merchandise sales and survived not one, but two battles with a homicidal maniac. What’s more, he’s not done yet.  

Long Beach Comic Con, October 29 and 30 will be the only scheduled Southern California convention appearances by Aspen Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW and Top Cow for the rest of the year.  

Andy Whitfield, recent star of the Starz TV show Spartacus, has passed away. In March 2010, Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, beginning treatment immediately in New Zealand.[10] This delayed production of season two of Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[10] Whitfield died of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on 11 September 2011.  

Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and 1821 Comics announced today that they will debut Romeo and Juliet: The War at New York Comic Con.  

So, another week passes and another batch of DC Comics hits the retail market. So what does the new DC 52 mean to the comic book industry and to a larger extent the pop culture world? DC Comics release of their recent and upcoming #1’s has taken the comic book world by storm. Is this good for comic books and is it good for DC Comics?  

This Fall, retailers across North America will be celebrating DC Comics-The New 52 with the DC Comics-The New 52 Art Tour! Showcasing the creative process behind such titles as WONDER WOMAN, THE FLASH, ACTION COMICS, GREEN LANTERN, SWAMP THING and BATWOMAN retailers will be hosting events with DC Comics-The New 52 artists. Framed art will be on display to illustrate the artists’ process—from script, to pencils, to inks, to the final colored and lettered page.  

In this sequel to the first NYT best-selling TRUE BLOOD miniseries, “All Together Now,” mind-reading waitress Sookie Stackhouse is in New Orleans, helping Vampire Sherrif Eric Northman track down an insane killer named Guerra. Eric and Godric killed Guerra in Paris, more than 200 years ago. Or did they?  

  They are highly trained. Their missions are classified. They are our best and last hope. And they do not exist. Follow SEAL Team Six as they train, hunt and fight an enemy who reaches out from the most remote corners of the world to murder and maim. These highly-trained, military men are the unknown heroes who endure unimaginable hardship and murderous combat to protect our homeland.  

Justice League International #1 With the growing presence of super beings around the world, United Nations resolves to create a new group called Justice League International.  

Tony Stark comes face-to-face with his former mentor in a new episode of “Iron Man” premiering this Friday, September 9, at 11:00 p.m. ET on G4!  

So, with all the hype surrounding the up coming Avengers movie in 2012, we look at the effects of having Ultimate Avengers Nick Fury or classic Marvel staple Nicholas J. Fury.  

Dynamic crossover killers BIRTH A.D. will enter the studio in January to record the highly anticipated full-length follow up to their critically acclaimed Stillbirth of a Nation EP. The album will be recorded with renowned producer and thrash metal guru Alex Perialas (Anthrax, SOD, Nuclear Assault). BIRTH A.D. is currently seeking label support so they can cause problems worldwide!