The trailer for the latest installment of The Lord of the Rings is now online!

According to a recent Washington Post article, Spider-Man's been saving a lot more than Mary Jane Watson.

If you're not familiar with the comic this new series is based on, it's part of the Batman family of titles from DC Comics and features the characters Black Canary and Oracle (and various guest stars) fighting crime in Gotham and around the world.

Comic book creator and independent publisher Billy Tucci can add the title “award winning writer-director” to his list of achievements.

Noted screenwriter Ivan Moffat passed away on July 4, at the age of 84.

In a bittersweet move, The Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum will leave the High Desert next year to relocate to Branson, Missouri, Roy “Dusty” Rogers, Jr. recently announced.

Dave Dorman's partner Steve Smith gave Scoop a sneak peak of the Dorman's new preview book, The Wasted Lands #0, which the noted Star Wars painter will be offering at the upcoming Comic-Con International: San Diego, August 1-4.

Right on the heels of the announcement that CrossGen Comics would be published in China starting in August comes news of still more international growth.

The second issue of Comics Spotlight (the first issue was profiled in the July 15 Scoop) continues the magazine's cover giveaway promotion, with one lucky reader standing to win the original cover art by artist Claude St. Aubin.

A new collection of Alan Moore will be featured from Avatar Press in the August 2002 Previews.