Episodes 7, 8, and 9?

Way back when, Lucas claimed that Star Wars would eventually consist of a trilogy of trilogies. Then, for a long time, he denied that he would ever make the final trilogy, three episodes which take place after the original three.

According to this story, we might be seeing these after all.

Is this a good thing, or not?

Marvel Knights 4: Wolf at the Door

I’ve taken the written tests, I meet all the physical requirements, I’m mentally stable, I’m the right age, I’m healthy, I can fly… (I know that’s not a requirement; I just thought I would mention it).
–The Human Torch, applying for work.

I read various comics as I found them when I was a kid, but two regularly: Spider- man and Fantastic Four. I’d abandoned them by the end of elementary school, and gave away or sold most of my collection in university. If I wanted now to show someone what made the FF appealing to me, I might well recommend Marvel Knights 4: Wolf at the Door. This is the classic FF, flaws and all, in a contemporary setting.

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More Universal Legacy Collections

Just in time for Halloween (October 19), Universal is releasing Creature From The Black Lagoon Legacy Collection (including Creature From the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, and The Creature Walks Amoung Us), Invisible Man Legacy Collection (including The Invisible Man, Invisible Man Returns, Invisible Agent, Invisible Woman, and Invisible Man’s Revenge), and Mummy Legacy Collection (including The Mummy, Mummy’s Hand, Mummy’s Tomb, Mummy’s Ghost, and Mummy’s Curse). No indication yet of a deluxe box with the three busts as we had for the Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man sets, but I’ll let you know if one pops up.

Weekly Comics Discussion

This
week’s release list seems to be making up for the
empty list I had last week. This week, I’ll be
picking up Daredevil #63, Dr. Spectrum
, Essential Iron Fist Vol. 1,
Exiles #51, Fantastic Four #517,
Supreme Power , Ultimate Spider-Man
#64, and X-Men: The End .
Furthermore, the Marvel and DC solicitations have
been leaked to Usenet, so I can fill you in on all of
the items I’ll be picking up in November. Read more
for those details.
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