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Following the success of its Marvel and DC sets, Lego is turning its attention to perhaps one of the most famous indie comics-turned-multimedia juggernauts of all time, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Starting in 2013, Lego will roll out sets based on Nickelodeon's new CG animated TMNT series in the US and UK, including the team's new vehicle of choice, the Shellraiser...

Gaming: TellTale's The Walking Dead: Episode Four - Around Every Corner is now available on PlayStation Network, with the Xbox 360 and other versions available later this week. Upcoming: It may have already seemed like a foregone conclusion, but NetherRealm's upcoming Injustice: Gods Among Us fighting game is now certain to receive a prequel-style comic book from DC Comics...

If you're like me, then your major concern about collectible representations of pop culture icons is that they cannot be used effectively as improvised weapons in the event of a Dracula attack. Don't get me wrong, I love my custom-made Randy Savage doll, but his huggable elbow drops will be all but useless when the hordes of the undead strike, and they will...

Movies: If you didn't catch The Avengers in theaters this summer, you'll have another chance to catch it on the big screen from today until September 6 in honor of Labor Day. Publishing: ICv2 has announced full details (including its lineup of speakers for The ICv2 Conference on Comics and Digital II held during this year's New York City Comic Con...

As popular as Hasbro's S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and SDCC exclusive Super S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier toys have been, the action figure playsets lack one important feature: the power of flight. Fans can't really fault the toymaker too much - a working playset isn't exactly practical to manufacture and many a ceiling could be damaged by young or generally unskilled pilots...

The wait for Minimates based on Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead comic has been a little lengthy, but fan patience will pay off doubly this fall as Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum will follow its September debut of TWD figures with even more goodness with a newly announced second wave in November...

Fundraising: Jillian Kirby, the 16-year-old granddaughter of Jack Kirby, announces Kirby4Heroes, a fundraising effort for the Hero Initiative, in honor of The King of Comics' August 28 birthday at Hero Complex. TV: NBC is developing a live action adaptation of Adam Beechen and Manny Bello's Hench, which sees a man temp for bad guys as a henchman to make money to support his family...

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...

Toy stores are justifiably brimming with The Dark Knight Rises toys and action figures in preparation for the film's July 21 release, but fans of Batman's more traditional look from the comics can still look forward to at least one high profile option in early 2013...

This summer, some of Marvel's most famous and popular characters (and also Hawkeye) hit theaters with The Avengers. It's the culmination of four years of movie-making, building a shared universe on the screen designed to mirror the one in the comics, but that doesn't really matter...