HeroesCon edition. The shocking secrets I found out at HeroesCon might be impossible for human minds to comprehend.

TRUTHINESS METER

Definitely true.

Maybe not so true.

Mostly lies.

DEAL REPORT:
Exciting news of pros signing big exclusive contracts is trickling out of this past weekend's HeroesCon!

In a shocking move, Internet poster "BENDIS!" has been stolen away from his own messageboard and will be calling Millarworld home once his contract kicks in later this year.

ManofTheAtom has signed an three year exclusive contract with silverbulletcomicbooks.com.

Mike O'Brien has signed a big money deal with CBR which will see him leaving byrnerobotics.com for comicbookresources.com when his Byrne contract expires at the end of 2006.

And, in a deal reportedly worth millions, D.C. Comics have convinced T.M. Maple to come out of retirement and begin posting at the DC Universe message boards.

ARTISTS SWIPING I?
The artists get more brazen, thinking we won't notice their obvious swipes. This one was sent to us by Margaret Z. from Armour, South Dakota.

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BABBLE ON!
JMS noted in his panel at HeroesCon that he will be re-establishing a major Marvel character in November. He also slyly hinted that character had a connection to an 80s music act.

The act?
None other than Wang Chung.

The character?
You guessed it, Captain Marvel.

(If the connection's not readily apparent, just think about it a little bit. You'll get it.)

WHO MONITORS THE MONITORS?
The surprise appearance of not one, but five Monitors in last week's publication of DC Comic's Brave New World has sent comic fandom into a tizzy. These new "watchers" of the DC Universe will play a pivotal role in an upcoming DC mega-cross-over-collector's-classic-event.

DC will introduce a new character called Cosmosus. Cosmosus is an "ingestor of planets. A giant, helmeted, cosmic threat, the likes of which comic-dom has never seen before."

The coming of Cosmosus will be preceded by the arrival of his harbinger, a newly redesigned Waverider who will ride a kind of "space boogie board" according to an insider at DC Comics.

Will the Monitors warn the DCU in time?

And what is the Maximum Negator?

Stay tuned comic fans!

SUPES
After his run on the new Atom book finishes, DC is looking for John Byrne to re-tell the story of Superman's first year in Metropolis from a "hip, urban" perspective.

Tentatively titled "Supes", the book will deal with a more hip-hop Clark Kent who wears a visor and sunglasses to disguise his secret identity.

ARTISTS SWIPING II?
This swipe was sent to us by Smurfbamfer492 from Utica, New York.

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QUESADADILLAS
Marvel announced at HeroesCon their plans to make a big return to the world of licensed comics in 2007.

Their first acquisition? None other than cult-hit "Napoleon Dynamite". Look for the character to move to the Big Apple for an internship at the Marvel Universe's comics publisher, Marvels Comics. In the first arc Napoleon will meet Dr. Strange ("You know, like necromancer skills, dimensional portal skills, time travel skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills."), Spider-Man ("Your new costume... it looks pretty sweet. It looks awesome. That suit, with the three spider-legs, it's... it's incredible."), and rooster-inspired Marvel villain Gamecock ("Does Gamecock have large talons?")

BATBOY
And lastly, as part of the ongoing campaign to get Batman away from the "Bat-jerk" persona he'd developed over the last few years before Infinite Crisis, DC will launch a more kid-friendly Batman title.

In a "Year One like" tale, we will find out that Bruce Wayne actually first donned the cape and cowl while a young boy attending Gotham Prep School. Fighting bullies and unfair teachers, this six year old "Batboy" will also tussle with the crayon-eating Harvey Dent and the resident class clown, lil' Jackie Napier.

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