News You Already Know: WW Chicago 08' Edition

* Marvel will be bringing us "Secret Warriors" from writers Brian Micheal Bendis and Johnathan Hickman. The book will feature Nick Fury's new team that is being introduced in "Secret Invasion"

* The very talented Billy Tan be the new penciller for "New Avengers". Billy's run will start at the end of "Secret Invasion" Lenil Yu is expected to return working on "Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk"

* 2009 will finally see Bendis and Alex Maleev's "Spider-Woman: Agent of SWORD"

* Dynamite Entertainment was acquired the rights to produce new "Judge Dredd" comics. Attached to help launch the new series will be Garth Ennis and John Wagner.

* Dan Abbnet and Andy Lanning have both signed exclusive contracts with Marvel Comics.

* Starting with issue #34 "Supergirl" will have the new creative team of Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle.

* Artist Luke Ross has also signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. He will be working on "Captain America"

Micheal Turner R.I.P.

Legendary artist Micheal Turner passed away Saturday night after a long battle with cancer. Turner was one of those artist that you didn't mind when his books were late. They were always worth the wait. Towards the end of his career he mostly did covers but was scheduled to do a "Avengers/X-Men" crossover with writer Jeph Loeb. It's a sad day for the comic book industry to lose such a great talent.

Crazy Ass Rumors

* 2011 could be the biggest summer for Marvel movie fans of all time. Not only is "Captain America" and "The Avengers" scheduled by Marvel Studios, we now have the rumor that Sony is looking to release Spider-Man 4 in May of 2011.

* Abin Sur will be the leader of the Black Lanterns.

* Sinestro will be joining the Green Lanterns Corp.

* Bart Allen will be returning during Legion of 3 Worlds.

* Bane will be the mystery member joining the new ongoing "Secret Six" series.

* Azrael is finally coming back to the world of DC comics.

* Tim Drake will become Nightwing in the coming months.

* "Ultimate Origins" will reveal that Peter Parker already had powers before he was bit by the spider.

* There are two Cyclops running around the Marvel Universe right now. The one featured in "New X-Men" is a skrull.

* Thomas Jane is rumored to be the title character in "Jonah Hex".

Site Update

Greetings to the entire population of the Diddy-verse,

I realize that I should have made this post two weeks ago, but now is better than never. New Cee Diddy Holla has been on vacation the last two weeks. Expect all new posts to start again on June 21st. Along with all the regular post that you have come to love, expect the return of an old favorite. Keep an eye open and remember if you want email updates on the site please send your email to Ceediddy4h@aol.com

Also while you're waiting to see new post from New Cee Diddy Holla, I encourage everyone to go to Biff Bam Pow Comics and check out lots of reviews.

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Cee Diddy Ponders...

News You Already Know: WW Phily 08' Edition

Let's start this off by letting everyone know if they want GOOD coverage of this year's Wizard World Philly Convention they should go over to Newsarama.com and check out the great updates they gave us all weekend.

* Writer Greg Pak (Phoenix: End Song) and penciler Carmine Di Giandomenico (Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdoch) will be bringing us "Magneto: Testament" in September. The book will follow the young Magneto and his family through Germany and Poland from 1935 to 1945. the story takes a look at the families struggle as they the Nazis rise to power.

* "The Age of Sentry" will be brought to us by writers Jeff Parker and Paul Tobin. The miniseries will take place during the Sentry's forgotten past.

* Doug Braithwaite has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel. His first project will be penciling duties on "Thor: Secret Invasion"

* Ed Brubacker (Daredevil, Criminal) will bringing the new character Lady Bullseye to the pages of Daredevil. Brubacker has said that she does have a link to the original Bullseye. I"m thinking she works for the same guy that Bullseye once worked for.

* Marvel Zombies 3 comes to life this year in October. It's being brought to us by the creative team of Van Lente and Kev Walker. Early details tell us that the Marvel Zombies are going to show up in the 616 Marvel Universe.

* Dan Didio confirmed once again that Barry Allen was returning as The Flash. Didn't say how long he would be around though.

Batman R.I.P.

Wow!

Part two of Batman R.I.P. came out today and things are definitely getting interesting. The Black Glove have made their strike against Batman and it was a truly crippling strike. Here's our analyze

Pages 1- 3
Batman is in the sewers taking out a henchmen of the Black Glove. Commissioner Gordon tries to reach out and help Batman.

Pages 4 - 5
In the Batcave we see Batman starting to put some pieces together to solve the riddle of the Black Glove. When Batman comments that his parents have a tie to the Black Glove, it almost seems like Alfred is trying to change the subject.

Pages 6 - 7
The Black Glove have shown up in Gotham and are ready to strike. Dr.Hurt pledges to do what the Joker and Two-Face could never do, kill Batman. We even see as members of the Black Glove are going over blue prints to Wayne Manor.

Pages 8 - 9
Bruce Wayne brings his new gal Jezebel Jet to the Batcave. Never a good idea. Batman tries to explain to her why he does what he does. It still seems clear that she's part of the Black Glove.

Pages 10 - 11
The best scene in the book. A newspaper is ready to run with a story that would ruin the image of the Wayne family. Commissioner Gordon is trying to get the story killed, but the editor has too much evidence that the story is legit. There's some crazy claims going around. Thomas Wayne was a drunk drug addict that beat his wife. Martha Wayne was taking hard drugs via needles. Martha Wayne and Aflred may have had an affair. Bruce Wayne might actually be the son of Alfred. And then there's the big one, Thomas Wayne may still be alive. Amazing.

Pages 12- 20
During these pages we see Batman start to fall apart mentally. Jezebel is pushing all the right buttons and even implies that Bruce is running the Black Hand so that he can find a way to stop being Batman. The scene builds and builds until the trigger words are said, "Zur-Rn-Arrh" and Batman hits the ground.

Pages 21 - 22
Alfred gets his ass kicked.

Overall this was a great book and I loved every page of it. The tease at the end said that the first Batman was going to return. Keep in mind that in the history of Batman there's a story where his father Thomas Wayne originally dressed as Batman during a Halloween party and foiled a robbery that night. One could say that Thomas Wayne was the first Batman, and that first costume was seen in the Batcave during Batman's mental breakdown.

I can't wait to see what happens next. Any theories? Please share them.

News You Already Know

* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ruled supreme at the box office this weekend. The four day domestic total was almost 127 millions dollars. To date the movie has made almost 300 million worldwide. It should also be noted that Iron Man made another 26 million over the Memorial Day weekend. Not bad for a movie that has been out for a month. To date Iron Man has made 486 million dollars worldwide. Now the big question is will Indiana be able to hold off the Sex in the City gals from taking the number 1 spot this weekend. My prediction right now is that Indy holds first place with Sex in the City coming in third.

* It's official PS3 owners will get a chance to kill children in October when the award winning Bioshock hits the console. This release will be just in time for Christmas and be yet another game that sits on my shelf and gets ignored while I play City of Heroes.

* Another sign that Sony is reading to spin some more webs. News has broke that actor, Patrick Fugit (Saved, Almost Famous) is rumored to replace Tobey Maguire.

* Rainn Wilson, better known as Dwight from the office, has signed on to appear in Transformers 2.

* The Watchmen movie is either going to be amazing or amazingly bad. So far I'm leaning to the category of amazing. Check out the latest picture released from the Zack Synder production.

Cee Diddy Ponders...

Reviews from Across the Pond

Check our our friends from across the pond at Biff Bam Pow Comics. They have reviews up for "Avengers: The Initiative" #13, "The incredible Hercules" #117, "Captain Britain and the MI13" #1 and "Giant-Size Incredible Hulk" #1.

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Crazy Ass Rumors

* Sony is expected to make an announcement about Spider-Man 4 & 5 in the upcoming months. They first want to make sure that Sam Raimi is on board. Once they have their director the studio wants to make sure that the Screen Actors Guild isn't going on strike. If everything goes according to plan we could see Spider-Man 4 in 2010 with Spider-Man 5 coming in 2011. The scripts haven't been leaked to the Internet yet but early rumors indicate that the villains appearing in these films would be Mysterio, Lizard, Hydro Man, and a returning Green Goblin. It's also being rumored that the film would focus on Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey.

* Captain Marvel will be rejoining the JSA later this year during a story arc that involves a battle for the Rock of Eternity.

* Songbird from the Thunderbolts is a Skrull.

* This one is probably the craziest ass of the crazy ass rumors. Jean Grey is coming back in July.

You Tube Theater: Final Crisis Edition

DC's "Final Crisis" hits stores this week. It's expected to be the "Secret Invasion" killer for DC. This week we wanted to do a special You Tube Theater to get you pumped for "Final Crisis"

Our first two videos are a mini documentary about the King of Comics, Jack Kirby. How does this tie-in to "Final Crisis"? Jack Kirby created the New Gods and the Fourth World. "Final Crisis" will see the rise of the Fifth World and finally see Darkseid win.



Finally we have a short interview with Grant Morrison from this year's New York Comic Con. Grant talk about his many different projects including "Final Crisis"