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TV: New Arrow stills show what Seth Gabel (Fringe) will look like as The Count in the Jan. 30 episode, "Vertigo." Reality TV: One of the people who worked on King of the Nerds is more or less sorry for how the show has turned out, after working hard to make it as decent as possible...

Movies: USA Today has debuted a new still from Man of Steel... which is Superman standing around with some military peeps like in the trailer. Video: It's the pairing you seriously never dreamed in fan Adrien Fauconnier's Tintin Vs...

Gaming: The Xbox 360 demo trailer for Avengers: Battle For Earth seems to incorporate plenty of The Avengers movie flavor. Tech: Ten One Design's pressure-sensitive Pogo Connect Bluetooth Pen for the iPad is now available for pre-order for about $80, with a scheduled shipping date of October 31...

Video: Julie Sokolow chronicles Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli and Jasen Lex's trip to the bi-annual basement sale at New Dimension Comics. Shopping: A permanent One Piece store has opened in Tokyo, selling more than 10,000 different licensed products based on Eiichiro Oda's manga/anime...

Indie: Elfquest is back with a new story, "The Final Quest," set for regular serialization on Boing Boing starting September 10. Movies: It looks like the "Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One" Blu-ray collection is still coming out, although it's been delayed until spring 2013...

Movies: New images and specifications for the The Amazing Spider-Man movie "Limited Edition Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD with Figurines" set are now online at preorder sites like Amazon. Psychology: Studies led by Ariana Young at the University of Buffalo have demonstrated that young men with an attachment to muscular versions of Spider-Man and Batman have higher body satisfa

The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One collection has finally been cracked open by MTV Splash Page, and the 10-disc Blu-ray set and extras indeed come packed inside Nick Fury's shiny suitcase known for housing the Cosmic Cube Tesseract in The Avengers...

Movies: Dave Delisle designs the ultimate Blu-ray display for The Avengers movie and its tributary films. Fandom: Ross C. Hardy has wrapped a five-part history of DC's Atomic Knights, which details the characters' influence in the DCU over the past six decades...

Toys: Joseph Larson's 3D-printed custom chess set forms a friggin' chess piece mech to rival the Megazord. Larson's even gifted humankind with all with the schematics to make their own copy (provided they have 3D printers). TV: Following their Toonami April Fool's Day joke, Cartoon Network is asking fans if they want the anime-heavy programming block back for real...

Fresh Ink! Online: Blair Butler and Murs review last week's comics, which include Catwoman, Batman, Daredevil, Green Lantern Corps., Northlanders, A Game of Thrones, Near Death, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ultimate Comics: X-Men. Writing: Pastor Skye Jethani blogs at length about The Man of Steel ditching Superman's underpants on the outside...