Volume 007, Issue 12

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News & Discussion
- Blogs that have been updated:
whedonesque, blognewsarama, takebackknight, fangirls_attack, warrenelliscom (including a link to comic creator Ken Steacy's Flickr account).
- photonex68 posted lots of comic reviews.
- x_morpheus_x posted about Mark Millar's "WANTED" miniseries being turned into a movie.
- wychwood reviewed some books, including the comics Transmetropolitan, Death: The High Cost of Living, Human Torch: Burn, and the first two volumes of the Spidergirl series.

Art
DC
- _ming drew Superman, oldschool Barbara Gordon Batgirl, and … someone else.

Other
- vejiita4eva drew the Engineer. (The Authority, PG)

Fic
Marvel
- daniisupernova wrote "Untouchable". (X-Men Movieverse AU, Rogue/Logan, NC-17)
- selenak wrote "Valentine". (Astonishing X-Men, Emma/Scott, PG)
- bach2bach wrote "What the Hell Am I Doing?" (PG-13) and "Deception" (PG), both X-Men Movieverse, Rogue/Pyro.
- kanedax wrote "The New Mutants II, Volume XVII: Projects". (rated R)

DC
- petronelle wrote "Pro patria occumbere parvus mori". (DC Silver Age AU, Diana/Lois, rated G)
- weirdnessmagnet wrote part 5 of "A Failure to Contain". (Teen Titans, PG)
- merfilly wrote two ficlets: "Wishes" (Adeline Kane/Slade Wilson) and "A Quiet Day" (Dick Grayson/Roy Harper), both rated PG.
- darkdanc3r wrote "Never Mess With Family" (DCU; version of a brains_in_a_jar fic, Lian as ship, rated R)

Challenges/Contests
- It's Black History Month at xmen_icontest!
- worlds_finest's new challenge is chocolate covered strawberries.

Graphics
- amarin_rose posted links to various DC / Batclan icons.
- thbogzdd posted 17 Batverse icons, 2 Aquaman icons.
- misce_leen_eous posted 7 "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane" icons.
- glittermuses posted 17 X-MenWomen icons.
- moonys_autumn posted 7 X-Men icons, including Chamber.

Scans/Pictures
Communities: scans_daily, comics_scans, fullscans_daily
- spidersilken_ai posted the complete issue of "Portrait of Love", a comic based on the Beauty and the Beast tv series with art by Wendy Pini.

Miscellaneous
- The (message-board style) X-Men: Genesis RPG is doing a re-launch and is still looking for various characters. Minimum age requirement is 18. See here for details.


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