It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Simon Bolivar!

Look out Spiderman! Here comes — Simon Bolivar?

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Met exhibit packs a punch with superhero-themed exhibit

Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes has invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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You know that Arab innovation has come a long way when superheroes created in Kuwait have the privilege of fighting evil alongside veterans like Superman and Batman. That is exactly what The 99, the Islamic superheroes created by Kuwaiti psychologist Nayef Al Mutawa, are about t …

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SIEGE, a four-issue limited series event rolling out in January 2010, reunites not only superstar creators Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel but a certain team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

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After directing the popular X-Men based comic book films, X-Men and X2: X-Men United, director Bryan Singer may be back in the X-Men director's chair for another X-Men movie sooner than fans may think, as Bryan Singer recently revealed he's in talks with Fox to possibly helm anot …

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If there's one thing that this week's premieres of Heroes and Smallville collectively proved, it's that television really shouldn't try and tackle superheroes. Here's even more proof why - as well as some rare examples of when it does work.

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Among Spider-Man fans, "The Clone Saga" is among the most controversial Spidey stories ever told.

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Marvel's X-Men panel kicked off at the Chicago Comic Con in front of a lighter Sunday crowd. On hand to host again was Jim McCann; among the talent that joined him were writers Craig Kyle, Christ Yost, and Jason Aaron.

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The cartoonist Darwyn Cooke is an extraordinary talent.

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Given all the buzz surrounding mouthy mercenary Deadpool these days, it was only a matter of time before the character crossed paths with one of the most famous members of Marvel's masked chatterboxes, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man -- and that's exactly what's going to ha …

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Always knew Lion King was a rip-off of Japan's Kimba the White Lion! Never understood why Marvel kept the name 'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants'!

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DC Comics is undergoing something of a superhero renaissance of late, which is reflected in a host of terrific collections in my Teetering Tower of Revew Stuff:

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As people become disillusioned from financial woes and a downtrodden economy and look to put new purpose in their lives, everyday folks are taking on new personas to perform community service, help the homeless and even fight crime.

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The Superman of my 1940s childhood was rendered sketchily with colors seeping into pulpy papers. Child-friendly dialogue swiftly moved the plot. Today's comics, with sometimes eloquent dialogue and artful rendering on glossy paper, defy such ridicule.

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Mr. Ravenblade, Mr. Xtreme, Dark Guardian and hundreds of others. Some with elaborate costumes, others with haphazardly stitched outfits, they are appearing on city streets worldwide watching over the populace like Superman watched over Metropolis and Batman over Gotham City.

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Cincinnati police have a new ally in their fight against crime, whether they want it or not. He calls himself Shadowhare, and he wears a mask and a cape to conceal his true identity. He's Cincinnati's own version of a superhero fighting crime and injustice where he finds it.

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Artist Mark Newport has learned how to keep all the superheroes warm in the winter, with his knitted super-onesies. But that's not all. They also make an important statement about masculinity. Gallery of yarns below!

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Forget Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan the Barbarian and meet Barack the Barbarian in his latest fictional role. The U.S President is featured in yet another series of new comic books which will be published in June.

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A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony... See more irresistible headlines

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In this streaming video, University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses how he consulted to add a physics perspective to the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, Watchmen. Kakalios discusses how quantum mechanics can explain Dr.

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Superheroes don't just make fun characters for comic books and movies.

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"It's a somewhat arty science fiction romance thriller." "It's a genre of no genre." "It's an urban fairytale fantasy drama, with a parallel-world aspect to it." Even the people making Franklyn struggled to explain it.

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Friday afternoon's "Dark Reign" panel at the New York Comic Con was as packed with creators as it was with fans, as Frank Tieri, Andy Diggle, Greg Pak, Joe Quesada, Jim McCann, Tom Brevoort, Rick Remender, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Dan Slott, Paul Cor …

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Superman alone champions all people; no single region can claim him as its own. A single fact of the Superman myth makes this unifying representation possible: Superman is foreign.

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An examination of Superman as a Christ-figure (in terms of Judeo-Christianity), the origins of this image, and where the image fails.

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"Hiro & Ando Escape from Guantamino Bay!": Recapping/Reviewing Episode 1 of Heroes Volume 4: "Fugitives."

After a month of waiting, Heroes has started it's forth volume, Fugitives, with the episode "A Clear and Present Danger;" and no--Jack Ryan was no where to be found in this episode.

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