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Finally, the long national nightmare is over as future Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has apologized on Facebook for his unwise, unfunny and offensive comments that he wrote on his blog two years ago:

Tomorrow is the day human history changes direction and sets sail for the future, as SUPERF***CKERS, the cartoon based on the James Kochalka superhero epic, debuts on the Cartoon Hangover video channel.

Yesterday there was a new source of gender battle outrage on the internets, as spelled out by The Mary Sue. It seems that director James Gunn, who has made the film Super and is slated to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy has a very active website and online presence and nearly two years ago he ran a piece called 50 Superhero you want to have sex with that included all kinds of jokes about having sex and rape and gays.

Snikt, bub—although Hugh Jackman's popular portrayal of Wolverine made only a (hilarious) cameo in X-MEN FIRST CLASS, he's in negotiations to appear in the...

Okay just in case you needed more proof that my bronies are real, check out MY LITTLE PONY #1's placement at the iBookstore: #13 in a garden of Shades of Gray and James Patterson.

If this weren't such am amazing year for comics the success of My Little Pony #1 would be maybe the story of the year: how did a comics book aimed at young girls get pre-orders of over 100,000 copies? Pony madness is such that a second printing, due December 19th has already sold out, and a 3rd printing is ALREADY under way. When all is said and done—and all the variant covers are counted up—MLP #1 will be one of the best selling books of the year.

FATALE, the beautifully drawn and conceived crime comic by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips has been presented as a very well received series of...

Hawkeye #7 sports a stylish cover by David Aja but the insides are by two other stylists—Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm—in a story that features Clint Barton and his protegé Kate Bishop helping victims of a superstorm on the East Coast. If it sounds familiar, it should be—the issue was put together at a feverish pace after the events of real life Hurricane Sandy. And as writer Matt Fraction reveals in the video below from MTV Geek he'll be donating his royalties from the issue to the American Red Cross. So make sure to buy a bunch of copies.

The long-running Uglydoll franchise, which was one of pioneers of the whole "designer toy" category, are finally getting their own graphic novel line, which will be published by Viz as part of the Viz Kids imprint. The line will launch in Summer 2013

IDW's Chloe Zuanich is heading back to her native Peru for a while, and so they are looking for a new person for the...

As an early Christmas present for my cousins, who live far away in the south, ugh, I decided to give their mum a break and...

While the main storyline sounds exciting enough, so do the backups and Marvel has provided the Beat with an exclusive peek at the van Meter/Buscema tale. It's always a good time when the Black Cat shows up, and even better when it looks this great.