Who owns Superboy?

The latest developments in the lawsuit between the heirs of Jerry Siegel and DC Comics over the ownership of Superboy (which boggles my mind, as he's supposed to be the same character as Superman, just earlier in life) is covered in a post at The Legion Omnicom

Included is a timeline of the case, and links to court cases that relate to this one.

UPDATE: What’s So Super About Superboy?, an article by attorney, Tom Bondurant (aka the "Grumpy Old Fan") at Blog@Newsarama better clarifies the issues before the court.

Tilting @ Windmills: Return of the Death Issue

In the latest Tilting at Windmills by comic retailer Brian Hibbs, there's a comparison of the events of Captain America #25 this month, and Superman #75 fourteen years ago.

Both big milestones, that suddenly got lots of attention in the mainstream media. Each led to sellouts and speculation. But things are different today, and Brian explains why.

Tilting @ Windmills 2.0 #38: America Dreaming

Look! Down in the lobby! Is it an escalator? Is it a lift? No, its…

The cleverest placement of movie advertising in quite a while.

(found via Shawn King's blog at Your Mac Life)

Fast news cycles beat out slow comics distribution system.

Augie DeBlieck shows how, when out of the blue, a comic gets major news coverage (such as the recent Capt. America #25, and the death of Superman in Superman #75 over a decade ago.), the Direct Market has limits as to flexibility.

It's only a shame that the retailers didn't listen to Marvel when they were told how big an issue this would be. Marvel can't give out the full spoilers to impress upon retailers how big an issue this was going to be. Retailers don't trust Marvel for various reasons. Marvel did as much as it probably could do, in overprinting the issue and giving as much warning as possible for weeks in advance.

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In some ways, it's a no-win scenario. The Direct Market doesn't have the infrastructure necessary to handle this kind of event, period, and that's everyone's fault. We've built our house of cards and have to live with the consequences now.

Read the whole thing, it has some good analysis, and warnings against panics about the future of the business.

Election Blogging - It was the JLA endorsement that put Lieberman over

(screen capture from Pajamas Media)