A copy of Action Comics #1 featuring the first appearance of Superman recently sold for 2 million dollars at auction. A figure made all the more impressive if you consider that the original newstand price was ten cents. Talk about a substancial return on your investment. Even more, the issue is reported to have once belonged to actor Nicholas Cage. Knowing his fanatical obssession with The Man of Steel, I can almost guarantee that Mr.Cage did not pay the original cover price to get his hands on this issue. Remember, we are talking about an actor who zealously pursued the Superman role during the mid-nineties when Tim Burton was attached to the project as a producer. Let's not forget that he has a son that he named Kal-el.

     Bradley Cooper recently backed out of consideration for the lead role in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." movie citing scheduling conflicts. After all he is a sought after actor who was recently named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Reportedly, the producers are courting another sought after actor, Channing Tatum, who is currently filming "G.I.Joe: Retaliation".

    The recent episode of "Batman: Brave and The Bold" entitiled "Mitefall" turned out to be the series swan song.The episode poked fun at the series through the eyes of the biggest Batman fan, the fifth dimension magical imp Batmite (voiced by actor Paul Rubens). The series even employed the time honored metaphor "jumping the shark" ... literally.The series end paves way for the next incarnation a CG animated Batman series.

       

        I intended to mention this last week, David Yates, director of four hugely successful films in the Harry Potter franchise has his sights on a big budget Doctor Who. Brace yourself. Yates is planning a stand alone franchise that has no connection to the popular television franchise or any of the previous incarnations of The Doctor. I can already hear the collective screams of die hard Whovians and imagine them climbing into their facsimile TAARDIS and pretending to go back in time to eighty six a young David Yates. Time travel, what a unnerving concept.