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Despite rumors of Marvel pushing the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters off to the side, both sets of heroes are still surprisingly connected within the All-New,...

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Oscar winner J.K. Simmons will play Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Justice League film, which will also star Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, and Amy Adams.

The third volume of the March Trilogy, Rep. John Lewis's personal story of the Civil Righs movement, will be out this August it was...

With the proliferation of comic-cons and nerd-themed events in every country of the globe, there's also growing controversy about convention organizers who may be shady or ill-prepared to throw such events. One show that has received a great deal of scrutiny of late is the Wine Country Comic Con, which will be held April 23-24 in Santa Rosa, CA. The scrutiny has led to some exhibitors and guests pulling out of the show.

Comics Experience owner Brian Hibbs has done his annual service to the industry byanalyzing the yearly graphic novels sales charts as reported to Bookscan. This is information people normally pay thousands of dollars for so it is technically leaked info, but while it's there let's take advantage of it. As Hibbs points out, these numbers do not reflect comics shops, indie bookstores, book fair or libraries, to name but four huge outlets for GN sales. So they are not complete. However they are a metric , and one that's worth studying.

Looking inside some of the numbers on Comic-Con spending may reveal whether there's still hope for a convention center expansion.