Also, there will be time travel!

Lot of exciting news coming out of New York Comic-Con! Jimmy Olsen's getting his own series...The Avengers movie will feature Stephen Fry as Jarvis...Stan Lee to invent a personal superhero character for every American citizen...but I've followed with most interest the news coming out of the BBC panels, where we're hearing hints of stuff that might be coming up on Torchwood (John Barrowman will kiss someone pretty!) and Primeval (CGI animators will continue to get work!). And then there's the flagstone and cornership of the BBC merchandising department—boy, did we learn some surprises about its upcoming episodes from series Executive Producer Stephen "Grand" Moffat! I know what you're thinking. "Did he broadcast six seasons or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But don't proceed unless you want to know secrets of the upcoming series! Yep, as our old pal Bob the Dalek screeches above: SPOILER WARNING! Do not read further if you do not want to know certain plot elements of the next series of Doctor Who!




Okay, ready?

Rose is back!

And, she's doing The Sex with the Doctor!



Say, did anybody else hear that? It sounded like the heads of a million fanboys exploding.

Oh! And also, Daleks will be in the new season! But don't give away that shocking surprise!

Salute.

A salute. SPOILER WARNING: clicking on the blacked-out image will take you to my salute.

Also.

There's no such thing as a spoiler warning in the media

Listening to the radio news this morning was a mistake, because they've just reported the startling shock twist in today's Captain America #25. Blast you, national media! Blast you all to perdition!

(You probably already know the news, but SPOILER WARNING: don't click here if you want to be surprised.)

I'll leave complaining about the event itself for later...a poorly conceived spit-in-the-face that lumps another steaming heap of dung on the crap pile that is Civil War. But as for the story being spoiled now rather than when I turn a comic book page: must I barricade myself from all outside influence in order to get a surprise from my comics? (To their credit, DC is doing it well with 52, although all those surprises are generally with mid-list, non-iconic, non-newsworthy characters.)

Sigh.