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This time of year most toy companies are hustling to reveal Comic-Con exclusive items, but Mezco's summer exclusives are open to any and all fans who snatch them up before they sell out. This year's batch of exclusive toys include an Earthworm Jim Metallic 6" Figure, a The Dark Knight Mez-Itz Mega Scale (20") Batman, the DC Universe Metallic 6" Mez-itz Wonder Woman, a Catwoman Key R

Toys: A new The Avengers movie action figure display at the Toys"R"Us store in Times Square sees the team squaring off against Loki's mystery army. Corporate: NMA and its crazy videos aren't going anywhere, apparently. Thank goodness! TV: To celebrate Earth Day, Boomerang will host a Captain Planet and the Planeteers marathon on April 22...

Cosplay: A team of Russian cheerleaders in Wonder Woman costumes form a pyramid with a little help from their civilian male teammates. Music: The Mars Volta's upcoming concept album will be called Noctourniquet, and feature music inspired by Solomon Grundy, among other topics...

Expanding on its growing line of DC Comics 6" Mez-Itz and 2" Mini Mez-Itz, Mezco will release a number of The Dark Knight movie toys in 2012. Batman and Joker will receive 6" Mez-Itz, with the 2" Mini Mez-Itz line including versions of Batman, Joker, Scarecrow, Two-Face and in-scale vehicles the Batpod and the Tumbler (the TDK Batmobile)...

New York Comic Con was a treasure trove of toy news this past weekend, with Hasbro, Mattel, DC Direct, Mezco, Diamond Select Toys and many others showing off tons of their upcoming wares for fans. Some of the highlights included displays of new Avengers movie figures and Marvel Universe characters from Hasbro, a DC Universe Classics Metron sculpt from Mattel, a "New 52" Justice League Ha

TV: iFanboy got its hands on David E. Kelley's failed Wonder Woman pilot and have a lot of nice things to say about the heart of the production (even though it's missing most of its special effects). Movies: If Facebook's good for one thing, it's letting Peter Jackson tell the world that Orlando Bloom will reprise his The Lord of the Rings trilogy role as Legolas the elf in The Hobbit... Rea

Mezco's made some respectable headway in 2011 by bringing DC heroes and villains to the vinyl figure market with mini Mez-Itz with Superman, Batman and Green Lantern. This fall promises even more mini action with three new two-packs collecting Batman Beyond's Dark Knight/Cyborg, Flash/Captain Cold and the supernatural set of Doctor Fate/The Demon Etrigan...

Mezco's made quite the impression on movie toy collectors with its Hellboy 2, Kick-Ass, Green Hornet, Watchmen and Green Lantern-inclusive Mez-Itz line, but now it's DC Comics fandom's turn. Coming in July, the company will unleash smaller-scale Mini Mez-Itz via 2-packs that pit Batman against the Joker, Superman vs...

All Ages: Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard's all-ages Super Dinosaur is coming in 2011 and seems like something of a Tyco Dino Riders rebirth in my humble opinion. I'm with Kirkman on wanting some action figures. Movies: It looks like this summer's Green Lantern movie won't include a Clark Kent cameo despite it appearing in early scripts...

Toys: I loved Mezco's Scott Pilgrim action figure prototype from San Diego, but I love this new second action figure even more. Too bad we all have to wait until April to get either. Politics: Bill O'Reilly bombs a political cartoonist for, you know, doing his job...