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Good lists from io9: 15 Dumbest Superhero Retcons and 7 Superhero Stories Too Big For Movies. Good reading.

If you ask me, they need someone who can play a snooty upper-crust Brit for the role:

Here’s the original link.

This Website has been running a pretty funny tournament in which various popular comic book characters face off. It’s now wound down to a face-off between the Hulk and The Batman. All three commentators on the site have come to the same conclusion: Batman kicks the Hulk’s big, green, Gamma-ray ass.

And I agree.

‘But wait,’ you might say if you have a passing familiarity with comic books. ‘The Hunk is one of the strongest, meanest, toughest, most indestructable characters in comics books. Batman is a guy with now powers and a utility belt. How can Batman win a one-on-one, face-to-face batter with the Hulk?’

Simple. He’s Batman. He always wins. There’s a line a comic in which Batman teams up with Green Arrow against a super-strong, street-smart gangster called “Brick.” The gangster tells Batman he has no intention of facing him in one-on-one combat. “You’re the *&#@*! Batman.”

That’s because the Batman always wins.

He’s prepared in advance for this contingency. There’s no way Batman allows himself to get into a fist-fight with the Hulk. He lures him somewhere and springs a trap, where he can knock Hulk unconscious with sedatives or something, then waits for Bruce Banner to make an appearance.

He’s *&#@*! Batman. He WILL find a way to win.

Which is why Batman will always be cooler than the Hulk.

Unfortunately, Billy Baldwin IS Batman.

Feh.

But on the whole, this looks pretty tasty.

And it’s official: The cartoons are now better than the books.

Apparently, the health care package at the Daily Planet sucks:

The answer: Yes.

It seems the heirs of Superman co-creator have are the beneficiaries of a court decision that, as I see it, gives them the power to take their Kryptonian and go home, leaving DC Comics without its flagship character:

What does this all mean? The Siegels now own the rights to most of Superman’s origin that we are familiar with from the comics and the Donnverse. This includes; Superman’s Kryptonian parents, infant Kal-El, the explosion of Krypton, the infant Kal-El being sent from Krypton in a ship, and infant Kal-El crash landing on earth. This is in addition to their ownership of Action Comics #1 which was awarded to the Siegels in 2008. That previous ruling allows them rights to reporter Clark Kent, reporter Lois Lane, their jobs at the Daily Planet working for an obsessive editor, and the romantic dynamic between Lois, Clark, and Superman.

DC still owns some other elements including; Superman’s flying ability and other powers, additional origin elements, Kryptonite, Jimmy Olsen, and Lex Luthor. Warner Bros and DC Comics seem to be staying even keel in regards to the outcome so far.

Oh, believe me, they are worried. Sure, D.C. could toss a boat-load of money at the Siegels. But remember, D.C. Comics spent several decades treating the creators of the Greatest Comic Book Character of All Time like pieces of garbage, stopping occasionally to toss spare change at them when the publicity got too bad.

I were the Siegels, I’d tell D.C. Comics to take flying leap, and shop the Superman character to Marvel. DC likes to reboot it’s universe every five years. Consider this the ultimate reboot.

DC might end up doing comics about Jimmy and Lex Luther flying around the Fortress of Solitude, throwing Kryptonite rocks at each other.

Cutline: Visitors dressed as DC Comics’ (L to R) Hourman, Atom and Flash walk during the 40th annual Comic Con Convention in San Diego July 24, 2009. The convention runs from July 23 to July 26.

They forgot Dr. Mid-Nite, standing directly behind the Atom.

These geezers look like they can stick kick ass.

From SuperHeroHype:

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Proposal star Ryan Reynolds to play the title role in the anticipated Green Lantern, scheduled for a June 17, 2011 release.

Based on the DC Comics hero, the action-adventure will be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye) and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.

The Hollywood trades say that Reynolds and his camp entered negotiations for the part Friday, after the studio held two rounds of screen tests, along with actors Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Justin Timberlake also did a screen test. The studio had holding options on the actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds’ option would have expired end of day Friday.

Not at all what I expected. I would assume that the role would go to a stalwart hero type. Not a slacker-something smart alec type.

But then, he’s studly enough to keep a fine piece like Scarlet Johansson happy, so who am I to judge.

And since Scarlett is playing Marvel character Black Widow in the next Iron Man flick, isn’t theirs a mixed marriage?

Hat tip to commenter Dr. Thompson.

Oh, that’s not ME saying this:

The man in question: DC Comics editor Matt Idleson. The pronouncement he issued was just eight words long, but such is its paradigm-shattering power that it will surely stand one day in the annals of comic book history, alongside “With great power comes great responsibility,” “Truth, Justice and the American Way,” and “Shazam!”

Thus spake Idleson:

“I never want to see Supergirl’s panties again.”

And with that, the character of Supergirl — in a stark departure from many years of institutionalized cheesecakery — started wearing red shorts under her skirt.

Meanwhile, over at the comic “Powergirl,” DC Comics is putting on big boob/bondage/tentacle porn fest:

Seriously. Go look at issue No. 3. It would make Irving Klaw blush.

The uniform is different. It looks like a real military uniform. And Sinestro is wearing the uniform from the “Sinestro Corps” storyline. Poor dead Abin Sur’s face has all sorts of alien bumps on it.

That’s about the only review I can do. It’s only a friggin’ trailer after all.

This is a DVD I might buy.