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Hollywood’s summer tentpole strategy continued to suffer in North America with the muted debut ofThe Wolverine, but the X-Men spin-off more than made up for it overseas. The 20th Century Fox pic opened to a less than expected $55 million domestically and roughly $86.1 million internationally for a worldwide total of $141.1 million — …

Dark Horse Comics announced one of its biggest undertakings yet! Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s’ …

Announced at Comic-Con International, 343 Studios’ Frank O’Connor announced that Dark Horse Comics would publish an all-new ongoing series later this year based on the massive video game franchise Halo. This news comes prior to next month’s release of the first issue of the highly anticipated miniseries Halo: Initiation. While the first miniseries …

On the heels of the worldwide success of “Man of Steel,” director Zack Snyder is bringing together the two greatest Super Heroes of all time—Batman and Superman—for the first time on the big screen. The announcement was made  by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, …

Nickelodeon and Activision revealed their collaboration on an all-newTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™ video game inspired by the network’s hit CG-animated series. This side-scrolling action-brawler game features an authentic storyline ripe with franchise-favorite characters and locations, with loads of combat and animated scenes. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™ is expected to launch Oct. 22 in North America, Oct. 23 in Asia and Australia, …

Dynamite announced that The Last Temptation, the groundbreaking graphic novel collaboration between bestselling author Neil Gaiman and rock music icon Alice Cooper with art by Michael Zulli, will return in a fully-remastered Deluxe Edition printing.  The new edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the project, the first printing since its original …

UDON Entertainment, publisher of licensed and original comic books, graphic novels & art books, announced a distribution agreement with comiXology, the cloud-based revolutionary digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels that have seen over 180 million downloads to date. To commemorate the announcement, today also sees …

The world of comics was abuzz at Comic-Con International: San Diego as the Holy Grail of comic books — an original copy of ACTION COMICS #1, featuring the first appearance of the world’s most iconic Super Hero, Superman — made a rare appearance as the guest of honor, along with Man …

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants, and 20th Century Fox announced a promotional partnership for the theatrical release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, in theaters May 23, 2014. The upcoming promotion includes advertising, in-restaurant merchandising, collectors’ cups and a new film-themed burger. “Our ‘young, hungry guy’ customers love big super hero films almost as …

New Line’s $20 million horror pic The Conjuring raced to a $41.5 million North American debut, while R.I.P.D. dug itself an early grave in seventh-place despite costing at least $130 million to produce. This marked Ryan Reynolds latest comic book-based bomb and the fifth major disappointment for the studios this summer. The top 12 …