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If Play Imaginative's main line of Super Alloy action figures weren't limited enough, the Yes Anime booth #4729 at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 will be rolling out two new takes on its Batman and Superman figures. Both sculpted in the style of DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee's New 52 costume designs, the figures stand 12" tall and are composed principally of die-cast (metal) material.The new $300, 85 percent die-cast Batman figure packs 50 points of articulation, a detachable and posable fabric cape, multiple swappable hands, a grappling gun and batarang, plus a magnetic gargoyle base to perch on care of magnets embedded in its feet.

Toys: Play Imaginative has unveiled its Super Alloy Iron Man 3 figure series release timeline. Pr0n: The Wonder Woman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody starring Kimberly Kane may (perhaps ironically) have one of the most comics-accurate costumes fans have seen thus far...

Toys: Mezco's Batman 1966 Mez-Itz Batmobile with Batman and Robin is now available for preorder at specialty retailers. Interesting: Tom Spurgeon points to Gene Luen Yang's thoughtful piece examining the similarities between superhero comics and Chinese opera...

Movies: Henry Cavill is standing tall in his Man of Steel suit on the latest cover(s) of Empire magazine. Movies: Director Bryan Singer has announced that X-movie veterans Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Shadowcat) and Shawn R. Ashmore (Iceman) will reprise their mutie roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past...

Lasers: Laser-Gadgets maestro Patrick Priebe builds his own working "Iron Man" laser gauntlet. Toys: PlasticPlayhouse's Rick Dries retools M.U.S.C.L.E. figures into Masters of the Universe heroes and villains. Auctions: You'd probably lose it if you'd just purchased the original Batman '66 Batmobile, too (or had the $4...

Video: College Humor's "Badman" moves on from blowing his secret identity to revealing his darkest fears to Scarecrow. Interviews: Mark Walters has posted what could be one of the final interviews with Joe Kubert, in which the artist discusses the importance of storytelling, his love for his sons Andy and Adam, and more...

Batman sure gets his share of sizable action figures these days. Hong Kong's Hot Toys offers hyper realistic 1/6 and 1/4 The Dark Knight Rises figures while Enterbay has a 1/4 scale Batman Begins toy on the market. What's been missing in this movie mix, though, has been a sculpt based on comic book art...