Getty ImagesShaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard are large men who fancy themselves as Superman. Dwight Howard vs. Shaquille O’Neal: Who really owns the Superman name? When Howard donned a Superman shirt and red cape at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 2008, he unseated Shaq as the sports world’s resident Superman and became the player [...]

Diane Nelson is not “technically” a nerd, she said, and neither are many of the people she works with. She’s the president of DC Entertainment and she just happens to hang out with comic book royalty, like Jim Lee and Geoff Johns. (So much for the theory that one can catch geeky cooties due to [...]

As the famine and drought in Africa continue to rage, DC Entertainment is turning to its strongest superheroes to help the 13 million people in need of lifesaving aid. DC Comics announced Monday that it will band together its Justice League characters — Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg — [...]

Batman, Superman and the rest of the Justice League of America are about to start fighting the famine in the Horn of Africa as part of We Can Be Heroes, a massive effort by DC Entertainment, Time Warner and three key NGOs to provide food and nourishment to those in need. The campaign, announced on [...]

If a group of people were asked to describe the iconic superhero Superman in three words, “immigrant” would most likely not be one of them. But an English professor at Ohio State says Superman, and many other comic book characters, are products of immigration in the United States. As Republican presidential hopefuls battle each other [...]

Michael Shannon kneels before — or as, rather — Zod in “Man of Steel,” but he’s not the type to kneel before the comic book altar. In a new interview, the future Superman adversary spoke candidly about his views on comics culture and his inability to crack into the paneled page. Watch Michael Shannon in Adorable Things! [...]

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<![CDATA[ ]]> Physics suffers from thea stereotype as a relatively boring field. But what if instead of studying particles, you were studying superheroes? Professor James Kakalios weaves Shrodinger with Superman, merging two seemingly incompatible subjects into a tandem to rival Batman and Robin. As part of Ohio University’s Kennedy Lecture Series, Kakalios spoke in Memorial [...]

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Posted 01.14.12 by Ryan Recent casting news had actor Richard Schiff (West Wing, The Lost World: Jurassic Park) joining director Zack Snyder‘s upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel, which seemed a little strange since the movie has already been shooting since August of last year. In an interview with I Am Rogue, Schiff revealed that [...]