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Fighting game fans have been experiencing something of a Minimates renaissance of late, with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum covering Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 pretty thoroughly. Starting in November, Namco Bandai will get in on the love with the first wave of Street Fighter X Tekken Minimates, which will be followed by a newly-announced second wave in Februa

Movies: The Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale and his wife Sibi Blazic visited the Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado yesterday afternoon and met with several patients (including Carey Rottman, pictured above) who were injured in the Friday shootings that took place during a midnight showing of the film...

ShiftyLook, the webcomic subsidiary of Namco Bandai that revives defunct video game characters like Bravoman, Dig Dug and Wonder Momo, unveiled its future plans at San Diego Comic-Con, introducing the world to three new webcomics and two brand-new web cartoons...

Art: Vincent Vermeij imagines ice pops bearing superhero motifs. Upcoming: Drawn and Quarterly has announced that it will publish Michael DeForge's Ant Colony. Vehicles: The Dark Knight appears to be prepared for the golf course. TV: AMC has released a four-minute preview of the next season of The Walking Dead...

Toys: Starting in July two new variant Marvel Select figures of The Amazing Spider-Man will arrive at MarvelStore.com, DisneyStore.com and physical Disney Store locations: one with swappable "unmasking" body parts and one that's entirely metallic...

Books: The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy, a new book detailing Christopher Nolan's series of Batman films, is now available for preorder, with an expected July 28 release. TV: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is rumored to have been canceled to make room for a new animated series, Avengers Assemble...

Digital: Marvel has released two new interactive storybooks for the iPad, Avengers Origins: Assemble and Avengers Origins: The Hulk. Events: ShiftyLook will hold a free event on May 26 as part of the MCM Expo in the UK featuring stand-up comedy, the music of Area 11 and special guests including designer JamFactory...

Movies: The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has a new Twitter account, which he's so far used to tease images of Peter Parker chillin' on a street light. Creators: Alex Pappademas examines the increasingly complicated legacy of Stan Lee in light of the release of The Avengers movie...

ShiftyLook, the force behind reviving dormant Namco Bandai videogame properties like Bravoman, Sky Kid, Xevious, Scar and more as webcomics will turn its attention to throwing a birthday bash. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dig Dug this summer, ShiftyLook will launch a collaborative webcomics project featuring self-contained Dig Dug stories by dozens of prolific creators...

A lot of ThunderCats fans have been concerned by the recently relaunched series' noted absence at this past year's Toy Fair and on Cartoon Network's new season guide. Well, regardless of whether it provides any assurance of a second season or just a holdover of marketing efforts that were already in motion, those fans should be pleased to discover that Namco Bandai and Aspect Digital have a new Th