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14 Days of Love: Crazy romance comic book covers

Counting down to Valentine's Day, here's entry 13. Time to buy some sticky chocolate for your loved one, you lazy bum!

New comics Feb. 13, 2008

Here's what will be in shops this week. Click links to order items from Amazon.

DARK HORSE COMICS

DEC070024 BPRD 1946 #2 (OF 5) $2.99
DEC070041 EVIL DEAD #2 (OF 4) $2.99
NOV070020 GOON #21 $2.99

DC COMICS

NOV070256 APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL 04 $9.99
DEC070276 ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE SPECIAL #2 BEAUTIE $3.99
DEC070200 BAT LASH #3 (OF 6) $2.99
DEC070261 BATMAN STRIKES #42 $2.25
DEC070197 BOOSTER GOLD #0 $2.99
NOV070225 CONNOR HAWKE DRAGONS BLOOD TP $19.99
DEC070184 COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 11 $2.99
NOV070255 DOKKOIDA VOL 01 $9.99
JUN070198 DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORTALITY TP $14.99
DEC078059 FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG $2.99
DEC070282 GEN 13 #17 $2.99
DEC070192 GOTHAM UNDERGROUND #5 (OF 9) $2.99
DEC070198 GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #5 $2.99
DEC070229 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #21 $2.99
OCT070196 GREEN LANTERN VOL 01 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR $24.99
DEC070233 JLA CLASSIFIED #52 $2.99
OCT060202 JUSTICE VOL 02 $19.99
DEC070264 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #11 $2.25
NOV070260 PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL 02 $9.99
DEC070193 SALVATION RUN #4 (OF 7) $2.99
NOV070243 SHOWCASE PRESENTS ENEMY ACE TP VOL 01 $16.99
DEC070212 SIMON DARK #5 $2.99
DEC070203 SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #6 (OF 8) $2.99
JUN070210 SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION THE DOMINATOR WAR TP $14.99
DEC070217 SUPERMAN #673 $2.99
NOV070242 TIME MASTERS TP $19.99
DEC070260 TINY TITANS #1 $2.25
FEB078231 TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 03 YEAR OF THE BASTARD $12.99
OCT058076 TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 06 GOUGE AWAY $14.99
NOV070262 VENUS IN LOVE VOL 02 $9.99
DEC070242 WONDER WOMAN #17 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

SEP071980 BRIT #4 $2.99
DEC072050 GUTWRENCHER #1 (OF 3) $3.50
DEC072093 JACK STAFF #14 $3.50
OCT071967 NEXT ISSUE PROJECT #1 $5.99

MARVEL COMICS

DEC072170 AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #17 $2.99
NOV072129 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #550 BND $2.99
NOV072141 BLACK PANTHER #34 $2.99
NOV072139 CAPTAIN MARVEL #3 (OF 5) $2.99
DEC072174 CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #8 $4.99
DEC072274 EXILES 16 STARTING OVER $19.99
DEC072181 FANTASTIC FOUR #554 $2.99
DEC078057 FANTASTIC FOUR #554 BIANCHI VAR $2.99
NOV078183 FANTASTIC FOUR #554 MEGACON SUYDAM SKRULL VAR PI
NOV078182 FANTASTIC FOUR #554 SUYDAM SKRULL VAR $2.99
DEC072182 FANTASTIC FOUR LOST ADVENTURE $4.99
DEC072183 GHOST RIDER #20 $2.99
NOV072149 IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN #5 (OF 6) $2.99
DEC072191 IRON MAN POWER PACK #4 (OF 4) $2.99
DEC072194 MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #8 $2.99
DEC072197 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #36 $2.99
DEC072201 MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #6 $3.99
DEC072206 NEW AVENGERS #38 SII $2.99
DEC072229 NEW EXILES #2 $2.99
DEC072209 NOVA ANNUAL #1 $3.99
DEC072212 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #16 $2.99
FEB041621 RUNAWAYS PRIDE AND JOY DIGEST $7.99
DEC072270 SPIDER MAN BACK IN BLACK $24.99
DEC072169 SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7 $4.99
DEC072272 SUB-MARINER REVOLUTION $14.99
DEC072164 ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #3 (OF 4) $2.99
DEC072225 WOLVERINE #62 DWS $2.99
DEC072224 X-FACTOR #28 DWS $2.99
DEC072221 X-FORCE #1 DWS $2.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

DEC073289 TOYFARE TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED CVR #128 $4.99

COMICS

DEC073401 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #116 $2.25
DEC073406 BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #81 $2.25
DEC073340 DEAD EYES OPEN $12.95
DEC073586 FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY #1 (OF 3) SEELEY CVR A $5.50
DEC073587 FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY #1 (OF 3) WALPOLE CVR B $9.50
DEC073583 GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #32 $3.50
DEC073841 HERO BY NIGHT ONGOING #2 $3.99
SEP073336 POSE FILE ULTIMATE EDITION SUPERSIZE $34.95
DEC073972 RAMAYAN 3392 AD RELOADED #4 (RES) $2.99
DEC073411 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #185 $2.25
DEC073582 SPOOKS #1 ARCHER CVR B $5.50
DEC073581 SPOOKS #1 STAPLES CVR A $3.50
MAY042161 STRANGERS IN PARADISE PKT TP VOL 01 $17.95
DEC073413 TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #27 $2.49

Jack Kirby photo collage page

Up for bid on eBay, this is an example of Jack Kirby's photo-collage work, seen sporadically in comics he illustrated throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

This isn't the collage itself, by a photostat made of the original, mounted on standard comic book art paper with a caption blurb attached to it.

Due to the relatively primitive printing in comics of that time, the collages never looked quite as they should've in published stories, but they still looked pretty cool. They are yet another aspect of Kirby's super-imaginative and innovative work.

According to the auction details, this example appeared in DC Comics' Weird Mystery #3 published in 1972, but was originally created for the unpublished second issue of Kirby's Spirit World magazine.

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As he wished, a quote from The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" will grace the late BBC DJ John Peel's tombstone.

He was quoted as saying he would like the song's line "our teenage dreams so hard to beat" on his tombstone.

The DJ is buried in St Andrew's Church, in the village of Great Finborough, Suffolk, where he lived for 33 years.

Peel's widow, Sheila Ravenscroft, said: "We have put the words on the stone that he would've wanted. I wouldn't dare do anything else!"

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Deal alert: Amazon is offering 50 percent off lots of DVD box sets, including the "James Bond Ultimate Collectors Set," "Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection," and more.

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There will be a new "Star Wars" film in theaters this summer.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" opens Aug. 15, and it's a feature length animated prologue to the all-CGI series coming this fall on Cartoon Network and TNT.

More.

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Jon's Random Acts of Geekery rounds up a bunch of Marvel Comics Slurpee cups.

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Journalista reports on the death of comics scribe Steve Gerber and Gerber's recent difficulties with Marvel Comics over rights to his creations.

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Via Occasional Superheroine, here's the coolest tribute to Steve Gerber I've seen today.

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On a more serious note, the Comics Reporter has a very nice and detailed overview of Gerber's life and career.

Lost Feb. 28 episode preview

Highlight the hidden text for a teaser of the Feb. 28 episode of "Lost."

UPDATED: See a full description of this episode with clues and observations here!

Also see a trailer for the episode and hear the official "Lost" podcast.

DESMOND EXPERIENCES SOME STRANGE SIDE EFFECTS ON THE WAY TO THE FREIGHTER, ON ABC'S "LOST"

"The Constant" - Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects, on "Lost," THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.

Guest starring are Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Sonya Walger as Penelope "Penny" Widmore, Graham McTavish as sergeant, Darren Keefe as Billy, Edward Conery as auctioneer, Marc Vann as doctor, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski, Kevin Durand as Keamy and Anthony Azizi as Omar.

"The Constant" was written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof and directed by Jack Bender.

Also see:

Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know

Fresh Iron Man movie pictures

Here are a few recent pics from the upcoming Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., Gyneth Paltrow, Terence Howard and others.

This season of Lost to have 13 eps instead of 16

The recent writers strike has had probably a bigger impact on "Lost" than on most other TV dramas,given the fourth season's late start.

Only eight episodes were scripted before the strike. And, now that the strike looks as if it's resolved, there won't be enough time for cast and crew to do the expected eight more. Instead of 16 episodes this season,it looks as if the show will have no more than 13.

More details in this Hollywood Reporter interview with "Lost" producer Carlton Cruse.

Cuse said he's happy with the outcome of the strike and can't wait to go back to his day job on "Lost."

"We're going to have to hit the ground running, go from zero to 100 mph in a matter of days to make as many episodes as possible," he said.

The goal for Cuse and co-showrunner Damon Lindelof is to produce five more episodes this season, a tall order given the time constraints and the scope of storytelling and production on "Lost." Even with five additional hours, Cuse and Lindelof will be three episodes short of the premapped fourth season.

"We will have to condense some stories," Cuse said.