Pop Culture Roundup Sept. 12, 2007

Take a tip from Booksteve: Pick up the latest (and one of the last) issues of Disney's Comic Zone digest at your supermarket checkout stand. It includes six pages worth of Jack Kirby's comic strip adaptation of Disney's "Black Hole".

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Holy sharity! Check out these Batman, Superman and Mandrake the Magician children's records off the Leo the Lion label.

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From the Hollywood Animation Archive, scans from two 1940s Coronet magazine articles featuring cartoonist Milt Caniff.

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Fred Hembeck presents a whole mess of fine new drawings--all of which are available on eBay.

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Via Comics Worth Reading: A 400-page book that takes a scholarly look at DC Comics' Legion of Super-heroes is in the works.

It will cover the major eras of Legion history, looking at the way the book reflected the culture of the time and predicted social changes of the future. It will explore historical trends, artistic trends, and storytelling trends in relation to the Legion's various creative teams. It will make you weep with joy.

Best DC Comics Sites.

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Led Zeppelin is reuniting.

Rock group Led Zeppelin are to reform for a tribute concert to the Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun.

Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will perform together for the first time in 19 years.

Tickets for the one-off show at the O2 arena in London on 26 November will cost £125 and be allocated by ballot.

Pete Townshend and Bill Wyman will also perform. Ertegun, who signed Led Zeppelin in the 1970s, died last year.


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An animated "Doctor Who" adventure will be out on DVD (in the UK, at least) Nov. 5, reports the BBC.

BBC Children's DVD have announced details of their upcoming release of The Infinite Quest.

Starring David Tennant and Freema Agyeman, the special episode was a highlight of the last series of Totally Doctor Who.

Buffy star Anthony Head and Lisa Tarbuck guest-starred in the thrilling tale of space pirates and really big bugs.

As well as the episode, the DVD will feature the following extras:

* Exclusive cast interviews
* David Tennant's animation test
* Animation and Voiceover behind the scenes features
* Animatics of episodes and deleted scenes
* Character profiles
* Photo gallery


Best Doctor Who Sites.

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