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Now this is just getting ridiculous.

I understand where they’re going with this, and they’r jabbing Marvel quite accurately, but it’s wearing off and getting silly.

Also, on our first post, Jerk-bot asked me to point out that at least Marvel’s books have been on time, unlike Kirkman’s recently.  I love Kirkman, though, and the books he writes, so I’m willing to put up with the delay.

Having said all of that, I’d like to see Obama in a Guardians of the Globe book.  Hell, he’s pretty much been in Siege…

Welcome to the first of our weekly comics shipping list. Here we’ll be showing you the titles that are shipping for that week along with what I think are a couple of the top hot or must read titles of the week. This feature is brought to you by Dr Volts Comic Connection located at 2043 E 3300 S in Salt Lake City, UT. Or you can find them at http://www.drvolts.com

Siege #3 by Marvel

The penultimate chapter in Brian Michael Bendis’s epic mini series is out! The battle for Asgard reaches a breaking point as Norman Osborn’s secret weapon is revealed and another Avenger finally joins the fight! The battle lines have been drawn and lives will be changed before the end of this blockbuster event that will usher in the Heroic Age!

American Vampire #1 by Vertigo

Witness the birth of a brand new species of vampire in this new ongoing series that begins with five extra-sized issues featuring back-to-back stories by exciting new writer Scott Snyder and the master of horror himself, Stephen King! When notorious outlaw Skinner Sweet is attacked by an old enemy (who happens to be a member of the undead), the first American vampire is born… a vampire powered by the sun, stronger, fiercer, and meaner than anything that came before. Plus… Pearl Jones is a struggling young actress in 1920s Los Angeles. But when her big break brings her face-to-face with an ancient evil, her Hollywood dream quickly turns into a brutal, shocking nightmare.

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In what has been the funniest of the Image parody ads, we have Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead book joining up with the Guardians of the Globe.

Sources tell me that there is, indeed, going to be a Guardians of the Globe book, but this is obviously a joke right here.

You can see the other parts of the series here: Invincible and Spawn.

DC Comics announced today that Terry McGinnis will be back in June for a six issue mini-series!

That part of the story is good news for fans of the character.

What might not be so good news is Adam Beechen whose run on Robin made us all wonder if he even knew who Tim Drake was before he started writing.  I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this one, though.

Here’s Alex Segura from DC:

Starting in June, BATMAN BEYOND — a six-issue mini-series from writer Adam Beechen (who’s no stranger to animated characters, having worked on The Batman series a few years back) and artist Ryan Benjamin — will pit the future Dark Knight against his own past, as a dangerous force has begun to target Bruce Wayne’s old foes. Can Wayne’s past put Terry’s future in danger?

Not sure, gang. Let’s check in with Adam Beechen himself. Take it away, Adam:

“The dark future of the legendary animated series comes to the DCU in a six-issue miniseries, as Terry McGinniss, Bruce Wayne’s young successor as Batman, faces his deadliest foe yet — a mystery murderer from the Dark Knight’s past! Old faces return, new allies and enemies step into the light, and the partnership between Terry and Bruce — not to mention Terry and Bruce themselves — might not survive!”

Above, we have the cover to issue 1 by Dustin Nguyen.

If nothing else, lets hope this does well enough so that we can see more stories featuring Terry McGinnis.  And if they need more stories, I just happen to have a pitch…

It made a sort of sense when we got that image yesterday from Image Comics featuring Mark Grayson and this parody of the Avengers ads Marvel has been doing.  But this is actually starting to make me wonder if we’re going to see a book come out of the aftermath of the Image United crossover that puts together a super-team of Image heroes in a way we haven’t seen before.

Personally, I really like this idea.  I’m actually hoping they do this now and I hope it’s not just a silly ad campaign for no reason.

This May Rob Zombie will return to comics for the first time in over 5 years with Whatever Happened to Baron Von Shock? published by Image. Baron Von Shock will be a Zombie’s first foray away from the horror laden pulp of his last book and into a satire about the drawbacks of celebrity life. Sure to be morbid and strewn with macabre, Whatever Happened to Baron Von Shock follows the rise and fall of a small time TV horror host hits it big. It will certainly be filled to the gils with the sex, nudity and debauchery as only Rob Zombie can deliver. It hits your local comic store May 26, 2010. Keep an eye out for it.

Earlier today over at The Hollywood Reporter it was reported that Channing Tatum has been added to the growing list of actors being considered to play Steve Rogers in the Captain America Movie. As of now now he has only been approached and has yet to see a script.

It is also rumored that Keira Knightley has been approached to play Captain America’s love interest, Betsy Ross. However she isn’t the only actress being considered for the role.

UPDATE: Swank here.  I just want to say that I’m not exactly keen on either of these choices and I don’t really think anyone is.  These are just more names that are being thrown out.  And so many are being thrown out there so quickly, I’ve decided not to worry at all until an actual announcement is made.  Though I’ve heard from Jerk-Bot, a source on deep background, that the reason they’re having so many actors read for the part is because no one likes the script and the pay and commitment isn’t that worth it.

So, we’ll see what’s up.

UPDATE 2: Jerk Bot informs me that the Hollywood Reporter failed to mention that Twilight’s Kellan Lutz tested for the part as well.

UPDATE 3: HitFix is reporting that Ryan Phillipe is up for the part now, too.  I think we should revise this method of reporting news and only report when someone ISN’T up for the part.

In what is perhaps the greatest parody marketing image I’ve seen this year, Image Comics announced today that it seems Mark Grayson will be joining up with the Guardians of the Globe in an August issue of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible.

For those of us who read the book on a regular basis, this comes as somewhat of a surprise, seeing how Mark left the entire government operation in recent issues.

This could be a great storyline coming up…

…or they could just be teasing us to tease Marvel for their oddly put together campaign.  In either case, I’m planning on reading Invincible no matter what and you should, too.

You can (and should) catch up on Invincible.  Get it from your local comics shop or order them here on Amazon.

There are some actors who appeared in the Star Wars movies that were simply in them for too brief a time and haven’t been a whole lot else for us to see them in.

One actor from the prequels I’ve been dying to see more of in film is Temuera Morrison, the Maori actor who played Jango Fett.  He was incredibly talented, and even the most ardent of prequel haters will cop to him being a highlight.

It was reported yesterday in The Hollywood Reporter that Morrison has been cast as Abin Sur, the ill-fated Green Lantern who crash landed on Earth to his death and in his dying breaths gave Hal Jordan the power ring that would transform him into a Green Lantern.

This bodes well for the film and I’m excited to see his part in it.

According to the Reporter, the film starts shooting today.

In the lead-up to Kick-Ass, we were able to score an interview with the writer, Mark Millar.  While we don’t have the full interview ready yet, we thought we’d transcribe this little bit of news from the Ultimate Avengers front that came out during the interview.

Check back later in the week for the story about Kick-Ass.

“For Ultimate Avengers I’m revamping Blade which is a character I’ve loved since I was a little kid.  And I’m revamping The Punisher and so on.  So it’s all characters that we’ve never really seen in the Ultimates and I’m having a lot of fun doing that.  The next story line…the one that’s running just now is all about Captain America and his son, The Red Skull, and the second story arc is called “Crime and Punishment” and it’s where the Punisher  is captured, has an implant put in him and is forced to work for S.H.I.E.L.D.  And you see Ghost Rider.  I’ve done this with Ultimate Ghost Rider, Punisher, and I’ve got the African-American Hulk who was Bruce Banner’s mentor and the first Hulk, the guy who taught him everything he knows and he’s probably the character I’m most excited about.”

Then he said something in his accent that seems unintelligible about Blade and something called Vampire X.  We asked him about the artists on the Ultimate Avengers books, too.

“The first arc is Carlos Pachecho’s thing and that story is called The Next Generation.  The next one was called Ultimates Black, but I changed it to Crime and Punishment and the guy who’s doing that is Leinil Francis Yu.  Above that, I’m not sure.  I’ve written four of the six issues, but I haven’t decided upon an artist yet, because the guy who I originally was gonna use I’ve ended up pulling away and using on a creator owned property, you know? So, I’m meeting Marvel next week and I’ll finalize that next week.  And we’re thinking about Steve McNiven for the final arc.  We’ll see the Hulks versus, and see Punisher versus Captain America, you know the African-American Hulk versus the regular Hulk and so on.”

Check back soon for the full interview to talk about the future of Kick-Ass, the Kick-Ass movie and why Mark Millar would ever pour whiskey into his eyes on purpose.