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Bootlegs: It may have been a bootleg, but Nagraj Vs. Shakoora The Magician's amazing team-up of Nagraj, Superman, Batman and Spider-Man is a crossover for the ages. Movies: James Cameron says his live action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga is still a go after he finishes an Avatar sequel...

Movies: If you missed The Avengers movie premiere, Marvel can walk you down the red carpet on repeat. Upcoming: It looks like there's going to be a G.I. Joe/Danger Girl crossover in the near future. Movies: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is attached to star in a cinematic adaptation of Ashley Wood and T...

Customs: John Harmon fuses Batman and Darth Vader with his Darth Knight custom action figure. Creators: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird comments on Michael Bay's vision for the franchise's next feature film and similarly advises chill-pill-takeage...

Aggressive, let's call it... toysploration... has a bit of a bad name thanks to Toy Story's depiction of mad customizer Sid, but in the right hands creepy baby doll pieces can achieve a truly higher calling. Case in point: Stacey Rader/GeekyVixen's line of kitbashed and customized "Battle Babies...

With Lego finally producing licensed brick sets and corresponding minifigures based on characters from Marvel and DC Comics, it might seem like the customizers could be undercut by official versions of their favorite superheroes and villains...

Auctions: Heritage Auctions has some of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns art you can bid on... if you've got Bruce Wayne money. Industry: Fantagraphics co-founder Mike Catron and original staffer Preston White have returned to the publisher in editorial and art department positions, respectively...

Eats: Capcom Bar will serve dishes based on its Resident Evil and Phoenix Wright games, among others, when it opens in Japan on January 25. Manga: Digital Manga will bring Osamu Tezuka's Barbara manga in North America following last week's successful fundraising efforts on Kickstarter...

Upcoming: The first issue of the long-awaited Groo vs. Conan miniseries will arrive in comic shops in April from Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés, Thomas Yeates and Tom Luth. Animation: I had no idea that animated specials based on The Far Side existed, and it shames me to admit it. The A...

Decals: Don't actually try to use these legally, but NS-FX's Dark Knight brake light decals are at least fun to look at. Gaming: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is dropping its planned Magneto House of M DLC skin due to objections from Spanish royalty regarding its similarities to King Juan Carlos...

Gaming: A CGI Joker teased a Batman: Arkham City sequel with an "Arkham World" script during Spike TV's Video Game Awards this past weekend... TV: Lost episodes of BBC's Doctor Who series have been unearthed. What do you make of their Fish People and Chumblies...