ITEM! “The Third Kryptonian” is coming! Kurt Busiek will introduce another Kryptonian to the DCU and it looks rather interesting. Technically, this new Kryptonian is the, what, 576th Kryptonian on Earth?

ITEM! The Rock: Captain Marvel or Black Adam? The Great One is currently in discussions to play a role in “Shazam”, and he wants the fans to decided which role he’ll play: the squeaky clean Captain Marvel or the hardcore Black Adam? If you smellllalalalaLOUWWW… what The Rock… is cookin’.

ITEM! The Voices of Marvel remastered! Doug Pratt remastered two Marvel Flexidiscs from the 1960’s. Gee wiz, I love how people talked back then!

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ITEM! The search for Steve Ditko is on! A documentary by Jonathan Ross shines the light on Spider-Man co-creator, Steve Ditko. And I thought the man’s already dead. Shame, on me. =(

ITEM! “Secret Invasion” teaser video now online! Could this trailer provide us clues as to what those Skrull bastards are planning to do? And what’s up with Stark and Spider-Woman? Will he secretly “invade” her? *teehee*

ITEM! Wizard lays off Sean T. Collins! And the devastating aftermath involves comics bloggers blogging about it. I’d like to say more but I don’t really read any Wizard stuff anymore. So, yeah. Meh.

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ITEM! Comic books on mobile phones! Publishers are currently testing the waters of digital distribution on mobile devices. It’s kind of weird at first, but once you let the idea settle in, you’ll… nah. There’s nothing like “new comic smell” and the sound of flipping the 4-color pages. Interesting initiative, though.

ITEM! “Iron Man” teaser trailer now online! And it was earlier than expected! It’s basically the same piece of video awesomeness that was shown during the San Diego Comic-Con, but I’m not complaining. I nominate it for a Nobel Prize for Awesome.

ITEM! The 20th Annual Harvey Awards ceremony has concluded! Winners include Ed Brubaker for Best Writer, “Daredevil” for Best Continuing or Limited Series, Frank Quitely for Best Artist, and Civil War #1 for Best Single Issue or Sto… wait, WHAT?!

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ITEM! Heroes hardcover gets release date! The hardcover graphic novel based on the hit TV series “Heroes” will be released on November 7th. You can now save the cheerleader while you’re in the crapper!

ITEM! Girls read comics! No shit, Sherlock.

ITEM! Enter: Red 5 Comics! This new comics publisher was founded by two Star Wars fans and Internet veterans. That’s nerd-times-three!

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ITEM! Adrian Alphona loves Mary Jane! Former “Runaways” artist Adrian Alphona will be the new artist on “Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane” which is also getting a new writer, Terry Moore, along with a new #1. I also love Mary Jane. She’s always in my dreams. With Starfire. and Mystique. and Supergirl. and… um, yeah.

ITEM! Tom Welling as Superman in JLA movie?! More news and rumors about the upcoming Justice League movie include Tom Welling donning the red and blue suit of the Man of Steel and the movie not being a full motion-captured feature. I say take Welling to the next step and leave Smallville to super hot Supergirl! I love rumors. Especially when it involves Laurence Fishburne and White Martians.

ITEM! Valiant gets a new logo! Aaaannnnnd Idon’tgiveacrap. Speaking of Valiant…

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