Subject: Volume 007, Issue 022

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News
- blognewsarama posted a link to Variety’s report on New Yokr’s Comic Con.
- lord_dingsi squees over news of Neil Gaiman’s visit to Germany.
- Skottie Young posted preview sketches for New X-Men.
- whedonesque posted Buffy Season 8 will be featured in Wizard #186.
- midnight_bex posted preview scans of Supernatural:Origins.
- newnumber6 posted a link to previews of Runaways #24.
- The following blogs have been updated: blognewsarama, whedonesque, warrenelliscom

Discussion
- mmpantsless compares Astro City with The Authority.
- blognewsarama links to a discussion of Jean Grey versus Jane Eyre.
- resolute posted a review of this weeks comics. (spoilers for many things...)
- blakemp posted a review of comic stores in Pittsburgh.
- likeadeuce loves X-Men First Class.
- elspethdixon posted an overview of Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson’s friendship.
- ezrael reviews Action Comics #500: “Superman, this is Your Life”.
- lord_dingsi ponders Sandman stories that were never written.
- fr0w discusses females and the comic industry.
- derryderrydown wonders if familiarity with comics makes it easier to appreciate the style of art in SPN:Origins.
- monkeycrackmary links to an early interview with SPN:Origins writer, Peter Johnson.
- lucid_kid reviews this week’s comics.

Discussion of Marvel’s Civil War
(Spoilers for Civil War #7, and related issues)
- blognewsarama reviews Civil War #7.
- likeadeuce posted spoilery info about the end of Civil War.
- ezrael bemoans the wrap-up to Civil War, (with spoilers for upcoming Civil War issues).
- jesterstear is unhappy with the wrap-up of Civil War.
- freakydarling is unclear about the end of Civil War (spoilers for Civil War #7).
- blognewsarama posted excerpts from various discussion boards on Civil War #7.
- brandiweed posted scans of a Civil War #7 remix.
- tone_milazzo posted a Civil War #7 reaction poll.
- worstblogever has an an overview of Civil War (and also of DC’s 52).
- living_to_read reviews the finale to Civil War.

Questions
- katie1238 posted a question about Wolverine (spoilers for current issue of Astonishing X-Men).
- snake_easing is looking for an NC-17 Dick/Tim story, set in the one-year gap.
- lord_dingsi is looking for icons of the Corinthian.

Art
DC
- spell_desire drew ”Role Play”. (NSFW, Dick/Slade)
- odditycollector drew "Supergirl in Flight", for dryponder’s Supergirl Meme.(Rated G)

Fic
Marvel
- laenwyn and skybluerae wrote "Torn", (chapter 2). (Rated NC-17, Wolverine/Rogue)
- mute90 wrote "Protest". (Rated MA, SPN/X-men crossover)
- kallanda_lee wrote "Braver". (Rated PG, Paige/Jono)
- shaan_lien wrote "Insomnia", (chapter 4). (Rated PG-13, X-Men/Batman Begins/Superman Returns crossover)
- teh_no wrote "No Cherry-Popping Jokes". (Rated NC-17, Nico/Karolina)
- dorksidefiker wrote "What Bobby Did". (Rated PG, Young Avengers)
- tweezle wrote "Favourite Song". (Rated PG-13, UXM Piotr)
- kanedax wrote "The Buildup" (chapter 21 of New Mutants II). (Rated PG-13, X-Men)

DC
- katarik wrote "Whose Work is Done". (NRG, Slade, Doctor Light)
- bradygirl_12 wrote "Announcement", and "Announcement II". (Rated PG, Superman/Batman)
- cereta and elynross wrote "Post Modern Romance in Four Variations". (NRG, Batman/Nightwing)
- cero_ate wrote "Frozen". (Rated PG, Dick/Roy)
- _akh wrote "An Illogical Truth". (Rated PG, Tim/Kon)
- mildredmilton wrote "Drinking Games". (NRG, Dick/Slade)
- chinae wrote "When the Sun Met the Moon", (chapter 1). (Rated PG, Smallville/Teen Titans crossover)
- scotchsour wrote an untitled Superman/Batman ficlet. (Rated FRT-13)
- greeneyelove wrote "Deserved". (Rated R, DCU)
- merfilly wrote "24 Hours in Dinah Lance’s Life". (Rated PG-13, Birds of Prey)
- glossing wrote "Perfect Example". (Rated Adult, Bruce/Tim)
- greeneyelove wrote "The Best Thing". (Rated PG, Selina/Kyle)
- petronelle wrote "Life is Unfair". (Rated all ages, Catwoman & Robin)
- miarrow wrote "Irregularities". (Rated PG, Roy/girl!Dick)
- __marcelo wrote "Confidential Sources". (Rated PG, DC AU)

Drabbles
DC
- greeneyelove wrote "Bound". (Rated PG, Roy/Dick)
- petronelle wrote "Wasted on the Young". (NRG, Batman/Slade)
- evol_jellybaby wrote "Bond". (Rated G, Superman/Batman)

Comms
- ghostriderfans (for fans of Ghost Rider!)

Graphics
- spiralsheep posted 8 Scary Go Round icons.
- hadathought posted 35 Mirrormask icons in a multifandom post.
- jadeblood posted 25 Ghost Rider icons.
- hawkelf posted X-Men and Alpha Flight icons in a multi-fandom post.
- art_in_disguise posted Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen icons in a multi-fandom post.
- things_imagined posted 21 icons with Neil Gaiman quotes.
- magnolia_simms posted DCU icons in a multifandom post.
- khallandra posted 4 Spider-Man 3 icons.
- miss_mandy posted 20 X-Men icons.

Scans/Pictures
- jen_in_japan posted scans from World’s Finest #85: “The Super Rivals!”.
- devildoll shares scans from She-Hulk #16, featuring the Wolverine.

Miscellaneous
- jeffrey posted "Imperium", part three of a Wonder Woman podcast.
- the_newhope posted a round-up of fic written for the femslash_today Porn Battle here and here. Oodles of DCU, Marvel and other comics-related femmeslash here.
- meesha posted details for a new X-Men RPG, at x_menuniterp.
- monkiechunk posted the Marvel Super Hero Squad toys.

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