Pretty much every year, comic book publishers unleash a monthly event comic to boost excitement and sales in their comics. And this week Marvel Comics announced that event as The Avengers vs. The X-Men.

Now, I’m not quite sure how, but more on that later. Avengers Vs. X-Men will be a bi-weekly, six-month comic coming in at a total of 12 issues and features some of the biggest names in comics [...]

Hello Geeks of Doom Nation, welcome back to Comics of Doom the one and only podcast you need for the latest and greatest in the world of comics! On this week’s episode Chris McDavid (Henchman21) and Hunter Camp (MK2Fac3) discuss a bevy of all things comics including a spotlight on the latest volume of Skullkickers: 5 Funerals and a Bucket of Blood, which you can find on instocktrades.com, that turns into a discussion on the return of fun in comic books, as well as comics on TV and so much more!

This week, we also showcase the brand new comic Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist #1 by Eric Trautmann, Alex Ross, and Daniel Lindro as our Doom of The Week! Of course, we venture into spoiler territory, so if you’ve got the comic, make sure to read it first, and if you don’t, go buy it! It’s only a dollar! [...]

The main video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is a $50 credit with the purchase of the Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Value Bundle, which comes with the video game Fable 3 and a digital code for Halo Reach.

Add the item to your cart and purchase; $50 promotional code will be email to you within two days after your qualifying order ships.

Note, this sale is valid only for today, Wednesday, December 7, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last [...]

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being LEGO Day, where you can save up to 33% on select LEGO games.

The sale includes titles from the Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones LEGO lines. Here’s a sample of some of the sale items:

- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Wii | Xbox 360 | PS3- $39.99
DS – $24.99 | 3DS – $29.99
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Wii | Xbox 360 | PS3 | DS – $15.99 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is the Doctor Who-themed shirt called “Police Box Storage Co” by Steven Thibaudeau.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Despite seemingly moving forward swimmingly, behind the scenes, the music side of the impending Hunger Games feature film appears to be a bit more troubled.

Variety is reporting that James Newton Howard will be taking over scoring duties on the film from composer Danny Elfman. Elfman was originally slated to team with T. Bone Burnett [odd as hell], but due to scheduling issues, that has now officially changed [...]

This sucker can’t find any momentum.

Following the departure of potential directors Kenneth Branagh and Brian Kirk, Deadline is reporting that Patty Jenkins is also now leaving Thor 2, leaving the project without a helmer.

Apparently, the Monster still has the potential to be working on another Marvel project, just “not on a sequel,” at least according to the story [...]

Baltimore: The Curse Bells #4
Written by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola
Art by Ben Stenbeck
Colors by Dave Stewart
Letters by Clem Robins
Cover by Mike Mignola with Dave Stewart
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Cover Price: $3.50

A nearby town is in trouble and Lord Henry Baltimore is the only person who can keep the town safe from evil.

In Baltimore: The Curse Bells #4, Lord Henry Baltimore finds the enemy that he’s been searching for: Haigus. Lord Baltimore finds the vampire that killed his family who has also been captured in a holding cell just as Lord Baltimore has. Baltimore is torn between eliminating his long time foe, Haigus, and stopping the priest that is trying to use the cursed bells of the church to control the population of the nearby town. Will Baltimore do the right thing or choose to end his enemy forever? [...]

A bit of a conflict has developed between highly regarded comic book creators Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta) and Frank Miller (Sin City, 300). Instead of having opposing perspectives on something comic book related, however, the two are fired up over something a little more political in nature: the Occupy Wall Street movement.

It began back in November, when Miller had what could be considered to be some rather blunt words for the many protesters who are currently occupying Wall Street in hopes of standing up against corporate greed and corruption, and making it more visible to the unaware. [...]

For those of you who have yet to hear, a brand new South Park video game is currently being developed titled South Park: The Game.

Most people will scoff at such news, knowing full well that almost all games based on movies or TV shows or animated series are usually just made to make money off of the property, and are all but guaranteed to suck horribly. But this game…this game is different. Or so it feels. [...]

Transformers #31
Story by Mike Costa
Art by Casey Coller
Colors by Joana LaFuente
Letters by Neil Uyetake
Covers by Rik Alvarez, Casey Coller, and Trevor Hutchison
IDW Publishing
Release Date: December 7th, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

Transformers #31 was a very different change of pace issue. A nice retrospective on the Transformers legacy and at the same time, a nice story in its own right.

Mike Costa crafts a sentimental tale of reflection set millions of years in the future. Long gone are most of the Transformers that we know and love, except for a couple, and they spend the issue reminiscing about the days and battles gone by. This issue is a heartwarming, feel good tale of the history of the Autobots and Decepticons and their greatest battles [...]

“I don’t know about you, but when I think of Mötley Crüe I think of filthy sex, drugs, a REALLY big show, and way too much fun…sounds like Las Vegas doesn’t it? A match made in heaven!”

So say Tommy Lee, the longtime drummer for the ’80s hair rock quartet Mötley Crüe. Last Thursday the band appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight and confirmed the rumor that they were about to become the first hard rock group to hold a residency in Las Vegas.

You can check out a trailer for the event Mötley Crüe in Sin City here below. [...]

Rumblings of a movie based on the hit FOX TV drama, 24, have come and gone from time to time, but not a whole lot of movement has occurred. Now it appears speeds are picking up quickly with sources indicating that 20th Century Fox and Imagine Entertainment hope to begin production by next spring when star Kiefer Sutherland becomes available.

The studio is expecting a script from screenwriter Mark Bomback by the end of the year, and they’ve reportedly narrowed down their director search to five possible (and currently unnamed) candidates. [...]

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being EA Sports Day, where you can save up to 33% on select EA Sports games.

Here’s just a few of the items included in this sale:

- Madden NFL 12 Xbox 360 | PS3 – $44.99

- NCAA Football 12 Xbox 360 | PS3 – $39.95
- Madden NHL 12 Xbox 360 | PS3 – $39.95 [...]

Today, TeeFury is lowering their usually low price ($10) to the even lower price of $6 for their latest Grab Bag sale!

How it works is you pay the select your size and quantity and pay $6 per shirt, then Teefury will randomly pick one of their previous limited-edition t-shirts to send you. That means you might get your hands on a hot item you missed out on before [...]

I think it’s safe to say that NBC’s Community is an awesome show and is definitely one of the best sitcoms to come out in recent years, which makes the fact that the network yanked the show from its Winter 2012 so disappointing.

While there’s already tons to love about the series, now there’s one more reason: The showrunners managed to slip the name “Beetlejuice” into three episodes and we all know what happens when you say “Beetlejuice” three times, right?

Watch the video here below to see what happened on Community [...]

Universal Studios announced on Friday on their Facebook page that their Orlando, Florida resort will be closing the Jaws-themed area and water ride Captain Jake’s Amity Boat Tours on January 2, 2012.

The ride, which was inspired by the Jaws portion of the Universal Studios Hollywood resort’s backlot tram experience, has been in operation since the Orlando resort opened in June 1990 at a cost of $65 million [...]

Well, there goes all the steam out of that engine.

Vulture is reporting that actor Benicio Del Toro has decided to skip out on the upcoming J.J. Abrams film, Star Trek 2, after being attached to the film for what seems like months now [...]

Welcome to the Geeks of Doom Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Specialty Items edition!

This is your place for a few “outside the box” gift ideas for the geeks in your life who have just about everything you were thinking about getting them. Whether it be plush toys or board games, collectibles, household items, and even edibles, you’ll find it here to help guide you toward your ultimate goal: happy, glowing geek eyes when Christmas morn’ arrives. [...]

At the moment, The Hangover: Part III is not officially happening yet. But considering the amount of money the first two installments made ($467.4 million and $581.4 million worldwide, respectively) and word from director Todd Phillips and now star Bradley Cooper, it’s no great stretch to assume we’re getting at least one more Hangover.

Phillips is currently working on a script for the trilogy-maker, and, according to Cooper, the hope is that filming can begin by September. [...]