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Breaking Links: Death in the DC Movie-verse

With this being the first week of school there may not be a webcomic update today, so just to be safe I present:

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More dead DC characters!

After talking about deceased DC comic characters, now the movies are following suit.

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According to Film Ick someson, or I mean someone will die in the sequel to Superman Returns.

Link: http://www.filmick.co.uk/2007/08/whats-gonna-come-of-man-of-steel.html

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As if Batman needs any more death in his life…

It has been reported by Rich Johnston at CBR that Morgan Freeman will attend a funeral where he is not wearing a suit, instead his picture is wearing a fancy frame.

Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2870

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Posted by Fred, on 08/29/07 10:39 AM Bookmark this post Digg Reddit Blogg-Buzz StumbleUpon

Idol, Lawsuit, and Murder

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Link: Comic Book Idol 

In September CBR’s Comic Book Idol will begin the search for the next great comic artist.

During September artists will be narrowed down to 10 and in October they will be given assignments and us, the fans, can vote on which artists stay.

The previous 2 winners of Comic Book Idol went on to have success in the comic field:

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Link: The Legion Omnicom 

Michael at The Legion Omnicom has an update on the lawsuit over the rights of Superboy.

For those who do not know Siegel and Shuster’s families are suing DC comics over the rights to the character Superboy. DC claims that since they purchased the rights to Superman the character Superboy should be theirs as well. 

It all boils down to whether or not it can be proved by the end of the month that Superboy is derivative of Superman or an original creation by Siegel and Shuster. Go check out The Legion Omnicom for the full story, copy of the appeal, and other Legion of Super-Heroes goodies.

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Link: Comic Store Owner/Murder?

The guy who runs Pittsburgh’s Comic Con and owner of Comics World store has been arrested for murdering his wife 17 years ago.

17 years ago Michael George’s wife was murdered in his Michigan Comic World store while closing up for the night. The murder looked like a robbery that went bad. Leaving the memories behind George moved his shop to Pittsburgh, PA where he and his new wife run the Pittsburgh Comic Con. According to the article the reason for reopening the murder case after 17 years is unknown at this time.

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