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Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship

In the 900th issue of Action Comics, Superman renounces his American citizenship after a “clash” with the federal government. GOP flacks are outraged. Outraged, I tells ya! “Besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, and respect for our country, Superman’s current creators are belittling the United States as a whole. By denouncing his citizenship, Superman becomes an eerie …

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Captain America Fights Teen Suicide

Marvel Comics has responded to the national discussion about teen suicide by issuing a free episode of Captain America in which a boy decides not to kill himself after watching the superhero fight villains. John Draper, director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a network of crisis centers across the country, told The Associated Press that Marvel approached the organization …

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Photo Of The Day – Comic-Con

Westboro Baptist Church picketed this year’s Comic-Con, sending hundreds of dorks into ecstasy over the opportunity to wear even sillier outfits for a counter-protest. Lots more signs and silliness here. My favorite sign is above-right.

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Maddow On DADT Comic Book

Last night Rachel Maddow gave an amusing recounting of yesterday’s revelation that the U.S. Army published a comic book meant to instruct troops on how to handle DADT regulations. The below clip includes an audio performance of the comic’s panels.

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U.S. Army Published Instructional DADT Comic Book In 2001

Boing Boing reports that the U.S. Army apparently published an instructional comic book in 2001 meant to direct soldiers on how to handle gay troops. Boing Boing speculates: “The publication was very likely as a test document with little distribution.” Click over to read the entire thing.

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Archie Comic Gets Gay Character

After running for 69 years, the venerable Archie comic has added a gay character. “We’re trying to reflect society and we’re just trying to show Riverdale is a diverse place,” says Dan Parent, the artist-writer behind the series. Kevin Keller makes his debut in September in “Veronica” No. 202, on sale in September, as a hunky new kid who catches …

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Michele Bachmann, The Comic Book

Comic book fans may be interested in False Witness! The Michele Bachmann Story, by Kevin Avidor. She’s certainly the most cartoonish member of Congress in quite a while. And that’s saying something. Ordering details at the above link.

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Disney Buys Marvel Comics

The Walt Disney Company has purchased Marvel Comics for $4B. Disney said on Monday that it would pay cash and stock to acquire Marvel, the comic book publisher and movie studio whose library of 5,000 characters includes some of the world’s best-known superheroes: Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. The deal was valued at about $50 …

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At San Diego’s ComicCon

UPDATE: And here’s a sweet moment between openly gay actor John Barrowman and Doctor Who’s David Tennant.

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Batwoman Runs For Mayor Of DC

Billing herself as the nation’s first openly lesbian Jewish superhero, a candidate named Batwoman has thrown her cowl into the DC mayoral race. Today, I Batwoman, proudly announce my candidacy for mayor Washington, DC. I do so because I believe that we are in a monumental period in the history of our nation’s capital that requires a different kind of …

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Batwoman To Headline Detective Comics

I know this means something to you comic book geeks out there. At yesterday’s Comic Con thingy here in NYC, fanboys learned that lesbian superhero Batwoman will be headlining the Detective Comics series for the next year. Something about the departure of Bruce Wayne. I think. Last night I was chatting with my reporter friend Josh, who covered the convention, …

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Gay Superhero Show Coming From Spider-Man Creator Stan Lee

A TV show with a gay superhero is in production. Spider-Man creator Stan Lee is to unveil the world’s first gay superhero. High school basketball star Thom Creed hides his developing superpowers along with his sexuality. Former Marvel Comics boss Stan, 86 — who also created the Hulk and the X-Men — will unleash the character in an hour-long TV …

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Feels Like 2

Coldest day of the year and the morning news is showing people lined up for hours to get the Obama issue of Spider-Man. Yeesh.

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SuperPEBO

Spider-Man fan Barack Obama has become one of the few real-life people to be featured in a major comic book series. In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest. On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover. Inside are …

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Sarah Palin, Comic Book Villain

Sarah Palin made the cover of comic classic Tales From The Crypt this month as they go after her on the issue of book banning. The cover is a jab at Palin’s reported brush with banning books at the Wasilla public library during her time as mayor of the town, says Jim Salicrup, editor-in-chief of Papercutz, the publisher of the …

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