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Here’s what CBS is adding:

Mondays: Accidentally
On Purpose (Jenna Elfman sitcom, surrounded by the usual sitcoms)

Tuesdays: NCIS: Los
Angeles, (following NCIS and
starring LL Cool J), The Good Wife.

Wednesdays: Same old stuff – The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.

Thursdays: More of the same – Survivor, CSI and The
Mentalist.

Fridays: Medium
(picking up what NBC no longer wants) will be between Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs.

Saturdays: Nothing new here.

Sundays: Three
Rivers (organ transplant donors).

May 18, 1939… (Cue the John Williams theme.)

(Hat tip: Mark Waid.)

What? How could you forget that the third Monday in May is Miracle Monday? Elliot will be very disappointed in you…

If you have no idea what I’m talking about (Ma nishtana ha-laila ha-zeh mi-kol ha-leilot) Miracle Monday is the third Monday in May. It’s from a Superman novel of the same name written by Elliot S! Maggin and published in 1981. I highly recommend reading it, if you haven’t read it before– and luckily, some folks have put it online.

On Miracle Monday the spirit of humanity soared free.  This

Miracle Monday, like the first Miracle Monday, came in the spring of

Metropolis, and for the occasion spring weather was arranged wherever

the dominion of humanity extended.  On Uranus’s satellites where the

natives held an annual fog-gliding rally through the planetary rings,

private contributions even made it possible to position orbiting

fields of gravitation for spectators in free space.  On Titan, oxygen

bubbles were loosed in complicated patterns to burst into flame with

the methane atmosphere and make fireworks that were visible as far as

the surface of saturn.  At Nix Olympica, the eight-kilometer-high

Martian volcano, underground pressures that the Olympica Resort

Corporation had artificially accumulated during the preceding year

were unleashed in a spectacular display of molten fury for tourists

who walked around the erupting crater wearing pressurized energy

shields.  At Armstrong City in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility there was

a holographic reenactment of the founding of the city in the year

2019, when on the fiftieth anniversary of his giant leap for mankind

the first man on the Moon returned, aged and venerable, to what was

then called Tranquility Base Protectorate, carrying a state charter

signed by the President of the United States.  The prices of ski lift

tickets on Neptune inflated for the holiday.  Teleport routes to

beaches and mountains on Earth crowded up unbelievably. 

Interplanetary wilderness preserves became nearly as crowded with

people as Earth cities.  Aboard the slow-moving orbital ships that

carried ores and fossil materials on slowly decaying loops toward the

sun from the asteroids, teamsters partied until they couldn’t see.  On

worlds without names scattered throughout this corner of the Galaxy,

where Earth’s missionaries, pioneers and speculators carried their own

particular quests, it was a day for friends, family, recreation and –

if it brought happiness—reflection.

Go read the whole thing.

This is the week where the Final Fate of many TV shows is dealt out – and there’s actually good news – in fact a LOT of it! Plus something green is singing and dancing on Broadway, and it isn’t Shreck and STAR TREK blasts forward for another big BO weekend.

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Well, let’s take a look at the numbers:

How do you purchase your comics and merchandise?

1.    Comic store/comic retailer    69.23%   
   
2.    Bookstore    10.99%   
   
3.    Directly from the distributor (Diamond)    2.20%   
   
4.    Do not purchase comics    1.10%   
   
5.    Some other way (various people included buying from Amazon, borrowing from the library, receiving as gifts, or some combination of the above)    16.48%   

Key Analytics

    * 85.71% chose the following options :
          o Comic store/comic retailer
          o Some other way

If you don’t purchase your comics, how do you read them?

1.    Borrow them from friends    3    17.65%   
   
2.    Read in store    0    0.00%   
   
3.    Read on line    6    35.29%   
   
4.    Download and read    5    29.41%   
   
5.    Receive comp copies (from publishers, etc.)    3    17.65%   
   
    * 64.71% chose the following options :
          o Read on line
          o Download and read

What percentage discount of retail, on average, do you receive for your purchases?
   
Frequency Analysis

1.    None    18.06%   
   
2.    1-10%    19.44%   
   
3.    11-20%    30.56%   
   
4.    21-30%    19.44%   
   
5.    31-40%    11.11%   
   
6.    41-50%    0.00%   
   
7.    100%    1.39%   
   
Key Facts

    * 50% chose the following options :
          o 11-20%
          o 1-10%

What’s the retail value of merchandise you’re purchasing each week?
   
1.    Less than $10    13.04%   
   
2.    $10-25    31.88%   
   
3.    $25-50    27.54%   
   
4.    $50-75    14.49%   
   
5.    $75-100    5.80%   
   
6.    $100-150    2.90%   
   
7.    over $150    1.45%   
   
8.    No idea, I download everything    2.90%   
   

Key Facts

    * 59.42% chose the following options :
          o $10-25
          o $25-50

    * Least chosen option 1.45%: over $150

We’ll let the survey run a bit longer while we draw some conclusions. So please, if you haven’t already done so, take a minute and
click here to take the survey.

And the comic, a pure example of synchronicity in action, was brought to us by John Lustig at Last Kiss Comics. Go over and tell him we said hi.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight we present to you a tag-team bout for the ages. It’s the heavens above against the fiery pits below. ComicMix is proud to present to you a battle that may very well shake the Earth in twain with the outcome! It’s not a brand new day until the fight is over folks. Tonight for one night only! It’s the thunder from down under versus the bright white light! Angels versus Demons in a no-holds-barred contest!

Introducing first, our challengers. In this corner, in the white bodysuit with blue trim, hailing from Westchester County, New York… Standing at 6 feet tall, weighing in at 150 pounds, with a 16 foot wingspan… He’s known as the Aeriel Aggressor, the Flying Fighter, the Soaring Slugger, and the Westchester Winged Warrior! He is Warren Worthington the Third… HE… IS… ANGEL!

Coming down to the ring is his partner, in the Golden Robes with white trim. Hailing from the Aerie high above Los Angeles… Floating at 6 foot 3 inches, weighing in at a holy 175 pounds, with a wingspan of 17 feet… He’s known as the Eagle Host Haymaker, the Angelic Antagonist, and the Shadowpact Scrapper! HE IS ZAURIEL!

What is the foul smell? Could it be the smell of sulfur and brimstone? Yes! Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting their opponents.

Coming to the ring, in the red cloak, he hails from Aitch-Ee-Double-Hockey-Sticks. Standing in at whatever form suits him best, weighing in whatever scares you senseless… he’s known the world round as the Prince of Lies and Pugilism, the Bruising Beezebub, and Lord of the Lower Depths. He is a Class Two Demon from the Depths of Hell! HE IS MEPHISTO!

Aaaaaand his partner, hailing from the Internecia in the Fifth Provence of Hell, wearing the red onesy with a blue tattered cape. Slouching in at 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing in at a hellish 333 pounds… he’s known as Belial’s Bouncing Baby Boy, Merlin’s Mercenary, and the Bat-Earled Hellion. Gone gone the form of man, punch your lights out ETRIGAN!

So… for the thousands in attendance… and the millions watching at home… Let’s Get Ready to Really Not Infringe On Michael Buffer’s Licensed Phrase!

So, chime in below on who takes the prize. It’s not gonna be a fair fight… but we want to know how you’d think it would go down! Comment below… if you dare. You dare. Now comment.

Kevin Smith and The Green Hornet kiss and make up, there’s a new helping of THE SOUP on the web and Mike Gold makes a move on Miss California. Oh yeah, we’ve got your LOST Finale post-game with Daniel Dae-Kim.

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