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Happy Halloween, Nerdage readers!  Hope you enjoy the spooky holiday.

Want to have a Batman Halloween? NewsOK’s Nick Tankersley will tell you how.   Among his tips: Check out the Jeph Loeb-Tim Sale classic “Batman: The Long Halloween,” and sit down with the Tim Burton Batman films.   Check out the full article here.

The 1988 “Superman” animated series was the first version of the character to come to television since comic-book writer/artist John Byrne’s noted revamp of the character in the 1986 “Man of Steel” miniseries. In the new “Superman” comic-book line, Byrne and writer Marv Wolfman...

Vampires are as hot as ever in popular fiction, with movies such as “Twilight” and shows such as “The Vampire Diaries.” Vampires have been big in comics, too, and none more so than Dracula. While the word “vampire” dates from the 1700s, the 1897 novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker...

Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss some of the best bets for Halloween, including Tomb of Dracula, Batman: The Long Halloween, and Angel: Frankenstein.

Marvel Comics are now available for the iPhone, via four different applications: Comixology, iVerse, ScrollMotion and Panelfly applications. “Consumers in many locales have a choice of comic shops in which to buy their comics so we wanted to offer fans the same variety of digital storefronts...

Marvel Comics has provided a preview of “Mighty Avengers” 31, which features The Mighty Avengers, Young Avengers, New Avengers and more versus The Unspoken.   From Marvel’s news release: Red hot writers Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage, along with fan-favorite artist Sean...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Thanks to CJ for pointing out this College Humor video that explores how exactly Batman manages to vanish like that.

Movie-ticket site Fandango reports that “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” hitting theaters last night, represents 77% of Fandango’s daily ticket sales.  Fans ranking the film on Fandango are ranking the film a “must go.” Here’s more information from Fandango on “This Is...

The direct-to-DVD “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” comes to DVD and Blu-ray today, exploring the events of the series from the Cylons’ point-of-view. It’s also a little racier than the cable series, as there are no particular restrictions on the direct-to-DVD release. (It’s still no...

Aniboom has announced the finalists in its Marvel motion comics contest.  The motion comics chosen adapt either a Jeph Loeb-written Wolverine vs. Hulk fight or a Dan Abnett-Andy Lanning “Nova” tale. The five finalists — from Los Angeles, New York, New Hampshire and Australia —...

“Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.

Is your child a ringer for Linus, with or without security blanket? If your son or daughter has the look of a “Peanuts” comic strip character, you can submit photos at www.peanutsphotocontest.com. Entries can be submitted through Nov. 3, and the grand prize is an all-expense-paid trip for...

Director Stephan Elliott (“The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”) adapts the early Noel Coward play “Easy Virtue” into a motion picture starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. Biel stars as Larita, a breezy American race car driver who marries into...

Jill Schulz, daughter of Charles Schulz, talked to The Oklahoman about the Peanuts comic strip and the plans for the 60th anniversary. Matt Price: What do you think accounts for the enduring popularity of the Charlie Brown characters? Jill Schulz: My Dad was a great observer of people...

Neil Patrick Harris guest-stars as villain “The Music Meister” in tonight’s episode of “Batman: The Brave and the Bold.”   “Mayhem of the Music Meister” guest-stars Neil Patrick Harris as the Music Meister, whose power makes those around him break into song and do his...

Matt Price and Kyle Roberts provide comic-book reviews for Incredible Hulk 602, Supergirl 46 and Justice League 38 in this week’s NewsOK Comics Podcast. It’s Hulk vs. Wolverine: The Next Generation in “Incredible Hulk” No. 602. The Hunt for Reactron ends in Supergirl 46. And James...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created in the 1980s by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, have been bought by Nickelodeon for approximately $60 million.  Nickelodeon plans to develop a new CG animated series with the Turtles, and a new feature film is in the works with Paramount....

With today’s announcement of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being purchased by Nickelodeon, let’s find out who the favorite Turtle of Nerdage readers is.

“Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” which releases on Oct. 28, has moved past “Dreamgirls” in MovieTickets.com’s list of the Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time.  “This Is It” now ranks No. 22. According to Movietickets.com, as of 3:30 PM EST “Michael Jackson’s This...