Comics News Post: July 16, 2007

Dean Cain is rumored to be in talks with the producers of Smallville concerning a potential role on the show.
Those looking for a reunion of TV's Lois and Clark co-stars are going to be disappointed, though: Teri Hatcher's too busy playing a skeletal attention whore in Hollywood, in Paris, and anywhere else there's a camera, including the local Bank of America.
DC has unveiled some sneak peeks at its solicitations for October. Included in the offerings is the return of Kingdom Come's version of Superman, this time to the DCU proper in a comic co-written by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross.
The cover, painted by Ross, prominently features the latest addition to the cast, offering purchasers a way to easily state they've given up on innovation or creativity in their superhero comics purchases.
Sean McKeever recently spoke to Newsarama about "The Jokester," a new character being spun out of the Countdown event. Said McKeever: "This was an idea he [Dini] had as an alternate take on the Joker that he was going to use on the Batman animated series."
In related news, scientists have reported that Batman: The Animated Series was cancelled just in time.
Comics News Post congratulations to Ain't It Cool News's Harry Knowles, who got married to his lady love Patricia on Sunday. Harry, thank you for helping nerds everywhere understand that no matter how misogynistic their thoughts or unattractive their appearance, a couple million hits a month on a slow moving, ugly website can get them laid.



