News You Already Know: SDCC 08' Edition

Here by popular request is the "News You Already Know: SDCC 08' Edition"

* Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert will be reuniting for a small run on Batman. The story is titled "What Ever Happened to the Cape Crusader". The title is a play off of the classic Superman story, "What Ever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow". The story will be taking place after "Batman R.I.P." The interesting thing is that Alan Moore's Superman story of a similar title was the closing chapter on an entire chapter of Superman. "What Ever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" ended the character's silver age continuity so that an upcoming reboot could take place. Does this mean the same will be happening for Batman?

* Mark Millar will be returning to Marvel's Ultimate Universe. No word on exactly which title he will be working on. Early speculation is a return to "The Ultimates"

* Andy Diggle and artist Roberto De La Torre have been announced as the new creative team for Marvel's "Thunderbolts". Expect a few new members to be added to the team.

* DC Comics has acquired the rights to the "Archie Heroes". Characters like The Shield, The Web, The Comet, The Fly, The Jaguar, and The Black Hood are all being brought in to the DC mainstream by writer J. Michael Straczynski. JMS will be reintroducing these forgotten character in his upcoming run on "Brave & the Bold".

* Geoff Johns has written an episode of "Smallville" that will introduce Legion in to the series.

* Writer Valerie D'Orazio will be bringing Marvel Comics a new "Cloak & Dagger" series. The two fans of the series are planning to throw a party.

* Kevin Smith is writing a three part Batman mini series. The good news is that three scripts have already been turned in. Expect the third part to be done in ten years.

* DC is bringing back the Milestone characters and will be incorporating them in to the mainstream universe. Already announced is that Static will be joining the Teen Titans.

News You Already Know

* A month ago we got a cool pic of Snake Eyes from the upcoming G.I. Joe movie. Next we were treated to a very peek of Scarlet. Now we have a ton of shitty pics of various different Joes and Cobras. Characters include Duke, Heavy Duty, Ripcord, Destro, Storm Shadow, General Hawk, and Baroness. You can get links to all the pics from Aint It Cool News. I don't want to give any spoilers but Destro doesn't have a metal head.

* Check out the teaser trailer for Heroes season 3. It doesn't tell us much, but it's badass.



* A few weeks back Micheal Rosenbaum announced that he would be growing back his hair and leaving Smallville. Wednesday's season finale is billed as the Clark/Lex confrontation that we've been waiting to see for seven years. It's now being reported that Alison Mack is playing hardball for more cash, hoping the producers don't want to lose another regular cast member. Expect her to be killed off Wednesday.

* Dc announced this week that Brad Meltzer (Indentity Crisis, JLA) is returning to write "Last Will and Testament". The 38 page one-shot will take place between issues 3-4 of "Final Crisis". The story itself takes place the night before a giant battle that happens in issue four of "Final Crisis".

* Beginning in November J. Micheal Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve) and Jesus Siaz (The OMAC Project, Checkmate) will be the new creative team on "Brave and the Bold".