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Chicago’s Fat Rice restaurant is unassuming from the outside. Neighboring corners host a gas station and auto parts store. The word “restaurant” is painted in yellow and red above a gray awning that might look like the entrance to a seedy nightclub if not for the brightly illustrated posters taped to the windows. Drawn by…

This weekend it was the Los Angeles Comic Con, down at the LA Convention Center. The show has a long history, starting out as a Stan lee-branded event, but has become something of a fixture over the Halloween weekend, with a strong horror emphasis. 

Picture Charlton Heston screaming at the destruction of the world at the base of the Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes. They incorporated Miracleman into the Marvel Universe. Kind of. It’s not Mike Moran. That might have been considered a bridge too far. Or they might be saving that story for future issues…

Nashville Opera is putting a superhero twist on opera this month, bringing “Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The Schoolgirls of Doom” to the stage for three performances Nov. 13-15.

In the pantheon of science fiction franchises, Stargate stands out. While it hasn’t been as massively popular as Star Warsor Star Trek, it built a long-running empire of television shows off the back of the 1994 film. Whether fans got into Stargatevia the movie or Stargate SG-1, they were hooked. So when Prime Video announced…