With the impending summer release of the Batman Begins blockbuster, it's a pity that disputes between Warner Bros. and Fox have kept the 1960s Batman TV series from joining the seemingly endless procession of TV shows to DVD.

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw the news on the casting of Lex Luthor and had a reaction.

DC Comics has announced All-Star: Batman and Robin , the second title in DC's All Star line, which features top creators working on 'iconic versions' of the company's top characters.

Writer Bob Andelman, whose biography of Will Eisner, A Spirited Life , will be published by Dark Horse's M Press imprint in July) sent out the word of Eisner's death and shared these events and anecdotes from Eisner's life.

Paramount's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events took the box office crown this weekend with an estimated total of $30.2 million.

Sales were soft for most of the top comic titles this month, with five out of the top ten and 16 out of the top 25 dropping in sales. But the top seven piece books were all higher than the current base $2.25 price.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during November 2004.

David Goyer has inked a deal with Warner Bros. to write, produce and direct a feature film based on the Flash.

This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. The first category he tackles is comics.

Upper Deck is continuing its steady flow of Marvel and DC CCG releases in 2005, with eight SKUs planned for the year.