Never Not A Nerd

I totally forgot to get to this yesterday.  In yet another move that once again surprises everyone in terms of a company obtaining something, Nickelodeon has purchased the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  After Marvel Entertainment obtained the rights to Marvelman, and Disney in turn purchased Marvel, I was expecting Disney to be purchased by something even larger.  The United Nations, perhaps.  And then in response to that, aliens would purchase the U.N.  But anyway, Nickelodeon owns the Ninja Turtles and there’s nothing more I can do about it.

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Dang.

There’s a brand new event in town, and it doesn’t seem to have a single secret invader or civil warrior in sight.  Recently it was announced that Marvel’s Dark Reign would come to a conclusion with the beginning of Siege, a four issue miniseries that would appear to feature the return of the Avengers’ Holy Trinity of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor.  Seemingly this series will deal with the heroes of the Marvel Universe finally stepping up and taking it to Norman Osborn, who has taken his evil administration a bit too far.

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All right.  For anyone who doesn’t know, there will soon be a third ongoing series of Deadpool being released by Marvel.  Don’t get me wrong: I love me some crazy mercenary action.  Watching Deadpool slice up clowns and zombies, and sometimes clown-zombies is a great way to pass the time.  But to give him three ongoing titles simultaneously seems a bit too much like they’re trying to flood the market with their fan-favorite.  Remember when that was Wolverine?  Oh wait.  It still is.

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Batman is a complicated character, and no one understands him but his butler. The truth is that lately Batman’s continuity has had a lot to make up for in terms of story. After Bruce Wayne’s death, or non-death, or whatever you wish to call it, we’ve been put into an awkward situation: Batman stories with no Bruce Wayne. DC needs to hope that the fans of the Bat are going to be cool with simply reading about other characters until his return. If you haven’t been keeping up with the new comics, be warned, as I reveal a few identities in the rest of the article.

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