ComicsAlliance Week in Review: March 23-30

Convention season is upon us! This weekend it's the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle and, if you're planning on attending, we've put together a handy list of some of the more interesting sounding panels and events. Chances are pretty good that we'll be covering a lot of the news out of the con this weekend and early next week here-no less than three of our number will be in attendance-but, in the meantime, here's a look back at some of last week's news, after the jump.

Publishing:

-Marvel continues to tease their upcoming Spider-Men project... which is starting to look like it may actually be the once-unthinkable crossover between Ultimate Spider-Man and regular Spider-Man

-Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo is set to work on a new long-form manga

-Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson explains why a comic book selling out isn't exactly the best news...the same week Marvel announced their sell-out of Avengers Vs. X-Men #0

Previews:

-Adventure Time #4's variant covers

-AVX: Versus #1

-Hellraiser Annual #1

-Guillem March's Cover Girls

-Terry Moore's Echo

-Corey S. Lewis' Sharknife ZZ

Reviews:

-Lauren Davis on Crossed: Wish You Were Here...

-...and on RiGBY the Barbarian

Film:

-As they continue their discussion of the Superman franchise, Chris Sims and David Uzumeri have turned their sites on Superman II

-Look upon the track listing for Avengers Assemble: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture...and despair!

-Will a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie by any other name smell as sweet?

-Warner Bros has revealed the S-shield for their next Superman film, Man of Steel, and we're polling your reaction

TV:

-A few more projects from the men of the Man of Action collective are in development for television and film

-A CGI Batman cartoon entitled Beware the Batman co-starring Alfred and Katana has been confirmed, and some of the unusual villain choices revealed

-Check out this compilation of every single window cameo from the 1966 live-action Batman TV show

-The team starring in the second season of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes will apparently be having a membership drive, based on the looks of this single, character-packed still from the show. If they all make the cut, then it looks like they may rival the Justice League of Justice League Unlimited in terms of members.

Toys: