When you think of comic books, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not the star of the “Ghost Whisperer.” But that’s all about to change as life-long super-hottie, Jennifer Love Hewitt is starting her own comic book. Harking back to her I Know What You Did Last Summer days, Hewitt’s 10-issue comic series, “The Music Box” will be a horror-based focused around a “an old-fashioned device with an ugly history.”

“The chance to create my very own comic, and a horror/thriller at that, is like a very fun nightmare come true,” said Hewitt. “I’ve always been fascinated by the notion that an inanimate object can hold as much malevolent energy as a human being can. And when they two meet, or are at cross purposes, very bad things can happen.” [via MTV]

There are few absolute truths in the DC comic book universe. Superman can’t be around kryptonite, OA is the source of the Green Lanterns’ power, Wonder Woman hates most men, and Batman is Bruce Wayne. Everything else can be cured by a simple “crisis,” of varying levels of finality.

In the newest twist of comic book fate, a line has been crossed. When Doomsday killed Superman and Marvel killed off Captain America (Steve Rogers), I had trust and faith that everything would recover and those responsible would see the err of their ways. But in this newest turn, the unthinkable has been thought. Not only is Dr. Thomas Wayne alive, but he is really Simon Hurt – the leader of the Black Glove organization. As if that wasn’t enough of a WTF, he kills his son Bruce Wayne/Batman. And he is dead, like dead-dead, like no kryponian trance or Bat-droid or Skrull pretending to be Batman in some inter-universal conspiracy.

Writer Grant Morrison has been quoted as saying, “This is the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman. Batman will live on though, with another character filling his Batsuit.” Reading the subtext correctly, Bruce Wayne will be back – but not as Batman. The question is, what silly-ass vehicle will they use to bring him back.

(more…)

After shattering the world record and snagging Olympic Gold in Saturday’s 400-meter individual medley, Michael Phelps officially pwns the water.  It seems every time he takes the block, he breaks another record… and usually it’s his own.  Arguably, Phelps is super-human, but super-HERO?

Extra Mustard wondered just that, by sizing up the two most dominating forces the water has ever seen:

Michael Phelps VS. Aquaman: The Tale of the Tape