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WE ALL HAVE ISSUES: Nothing is Really Truly Destroyed

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A couple of weeks ago, during a recording of Top Five, I made the prediction that in the next couple of years a stash of Doctor Who episodes once thought lost would be found. Since then, we’ve been inundated with people telling us of the newly discovered lost episodes from Nigeria. While some of you are once again claiming my prognostication record is better than Nostradamus, there is a better answer to this particular prediction than “Beware the Power of Stephen!”

Nothing is ever truly destroyed.

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WE ALL HAVE ISSUES: Why Continuity Shouldn’t/Doesn’t Matter

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Continuity.  The bane of many a comic book reader.  At times, when used right, it can add to the reading experience but other times can make for a frustrating or downright miserable one.  But should it matter that much?  Is it that important?  I say no, so continue on, Dear Reader, and find out why!

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COMICS PORTAL: Ben Affleck as Batman

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I’ve been following with interest the response to last week’s announcement that Ben Affleck will take over the movie role of Batman/Bruce Wayne from Christian Bale.

It’s time for me to weigh in on this latest comics-related controversy!

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OPINION: Why Is Wonder Woman Considered So “Tricky”?

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Producers at the CW recently announced that they were shelving plans for a long-in-development live-action Wonder Woman series in order to concentrate on a small screen debut for The Flash.  Reactions to this news has been somewhat mixed, with many people weighing in on why this, in the parlance, “sucks” while others have wondered what is so tricky about DC’s #3 character…

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OPINION: The best parts of San Diego Comic-Con that don’t get press

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The San Diego Comic-Con gets a bad rap, especially from those who attend it (or at least try to) each and every year. Despite what you may have read, the Con is much more than press releases from movie studios and not showering. If you mapped the hobbies/areas-of-interest covered by SDCC, you would have a 52-dimensional Venn diagram that Grant Morrison would describe as “too convoluted to wrap my head around”. Somewhere in that diagram is what you are into, whoever you are. If you want to camp out all night to see a preview of Twilight, fine (although you might be a little late), but let me show you what else there is to see at the Con, after the jump.

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‘Iron Man 3′ Is The Saga’s Most Successful Pic Yet

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Whether “Iron Man 3″ deserves the hype or not may be beside the point. Its ticket sales alone are newsworthy and is on track to make more money at the box office than the first two movies combined. To give you an idea of how much more money Tony Stark is stuffing into his coffers, think of it this way — “Iron Man 3″ made $72 million in its second weekend, $22 million more than runner up “The Great Gatsby,” and more than the next top eight combined, notes Yahoo News. What’s more impressive than the huge numbers is that this is the third movie of the saga. Sequels rarely amount to much, even sequels to great movies. Threequels are virtual locks as box office busts. Not this one.

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COMICS PORTAL: Getting More Out of My Comics Convention

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In the last couple of years, I’ve attended more comics and sci-fi conventions than I ever have before!

This year, I’ll be attending my usual local SF cons (geek-speak shortening for “conventions”), including Farpoint and Shore Leave, both located north of Baltimore in Maryland. I’ve been going to those for years!

However, I ventured out into unfamiliar territory by going to cons in San Diego and New York City during 2011. I found they are much bigger events than I’m used to. I knew going into them that they would be learning experiences, and boy, were they!

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COMICS PORTAL: Iron Man 3 tickets now on sale

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It’s going to be a big comics-related summer, what with Man of Steel and Star Trek: Into Darkness filling out the season in local theaters. But the first movie based on a comics superhero will be Iron Man 3, and it will zoom into your neighborhood on Friday, May 3.

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ADULT FILMS: Kimberly Kane nails it as Wonder Woman

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A lot of discussion has been floating around the Internet this past week, after Axel Braun posted a sneak peek image of adult film actress Kimberly Kane, dressed as Wonder Woman for the upcoming, Wonder Woman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody.

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COMICS PORTAL: A New Batman Coming to Earth 2

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Editor’s Note: Major Spoilers is happy to welcome Wayne Hall to the writing staff. Every Monday, Comics Portal presents Wayne’s thoughts on a comic event from the week before.

Without further ado, Comics Portal!

It’s important to know that I’m a big Batman fan. I’ve been following the Dark Knight since the first comic I ever read, which had Batman in England flying around a castle! Even as a kid, I remember thinking, “Wow! I have to read more of this!” Thus a lifelong passion was born!

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