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We have at least one Major Spoilerite heading to the San Diego Comic Con next week, but we want a bit more.  Are you going?  Are you taking a camera?  Do you know how to compose a shot?  We want to talk to you.  Drop me an email – schleicher(at)majorspoilers.com, and let’s see if you can contribute to the Major Spoilers Experience.

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Sad news for those who are excited for the Thor and Captain America films from Marvel.  Hero Complex is reporting that both films are getting the 3D treatment for a “more immersive film experience”.  What makes this so bad?  It’s the fact that Thor and Captain America are getting the upconversion process from the 2D footage – something that has yet to materialize as a successful means of creating a 3D feature *cough*Last Airbender*cough*Clash of the Titans*cough*. “We came to feel that in our case 3-D could be the very good friend of story and character for a different kind…

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Way back in the long time ago of 1978, Don Rico created a book called How To Start A Comic Book Empire, that featured Captain Free Enterprise telling the poor schlub on the street how he can make his fame and fortune selling comic books to the throngs of people clamoring for them. With all of those people jumping over each other, even I want to know how I can get a piece of the action.  Fortunately, Captain Free Enterprise tells Jim Dodds exactly how it is done, step by step, and how great profits can be made.  While Captain…

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When the San Diego Comic Con ramps up next week, visitors might want to stop by booth #2743, where BOOM! Studios will host a number of guests, have a number of exclusives to give away, and panels it will host.  The company sent Major Spoilers their rundown for the show that includes Tad Stones of Darkwing Duck fame.

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UD Replicas is bringing Iron Man cosplay to the motorcycle set with the release of the Iron Man 2 Motorcycle Suit.  Like the Wolverine and Dark Knight suits before them, the Iron Man 2 suit includes a jacket, pants, boots, and gloves, and will sell for $1,099.00 for U.S. and Canada costumers. “We’ve replicated the visual effect of Iron Man’s armor,” explains David Pea, owner of UD Replicas, which spent four months researching and designing the IRON MAN 2 Motorcycle Suit. “From the neck down, every single detail is form-molded leather, and has presented us with a fantastic creative challenge.…

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Warner Home Entertainment has announced that it will premiere Batman: Under the Red Hood at the San Diego Comic Con on Friday, July 23, 2010. The eighth entry in the ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies, BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD finds the Dark Knight facing his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. And when The Joker falls in the balance between the two forces of…

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Top Cow has released its complete Comic-Con International: San Diego 2010 schedule. The Top Cow booth (#2629) will be filled with signing appearances, the company does have a few panels to talk about their upcoming and ongoing projects. The complete rundown after the jump!

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Of all the days that attract the biggest crowds, the high profile panels, and the big, big stars, it is Saturday.  Comic-Con International: San Diego has released the schedule for Saturday, and it is massive.  Once again, our highlights, after the jump!

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There are two big comic book awards given away each year. The first is the Eisner Awards that will be awarded in a few week’s time. The other is the Harvey Awards that are awarded during the Baltimore Comic-Con on August 28, 2010. The nominees have been announced, and you can check out the complete jump after the jump.

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Comic Con International: San Diego has unveiled the complete programming schedule for Friday, July 23, 2010.  Take the jump for a look at the panels we would line up for if we had free reign to run around the show doing whatever it is we wanted.

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