Shout! Factory have announced that the first season of “Transformers Prime” will be released on DVD and limited edition Blu-ray on March 6, 2012. READ MORE

Shout! Factory have announced that the DVD of “Transformers: The Japanese Collection” — which will collect the episodes from the “Headmasters,” “Super-God Masterforce,” and “Victory” runs of the show — will be released on January 2, 2012. READ MORE

Shout! Factory have announced that the twenty-third DVD collection of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” episodes will be released on March 27, 2012. READ MORE

With no movies of any note released last weekend, it is no surprise that Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 has had the top box office spot for three weeks in a row, even with diminishing returns. This week though your standard holiday romantic comedy looks to try to capitalize on a slow time of year before the big slew of Christmas releases and see if it can’t drive a stake through the heart of teenie boppers everywhere and prevent Twilight from being number one for a solid month. READ MORE

Syfy have announced that the fourth season of “Merlin” will kick off at 10PM (ET/PT) on January 6, 2012. READ MORE

Warner Home Video have announced that the DVD of “Eagleheart: Season One” will be released on April 3, 2012. READ MORE

Warner Home Video have announced that the first season of Showtime’s dark comedy “Shameless” will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 27. READ MORE

The Asylum have announced that the DVD and Blu-ray of the Syfy Channel original movie “Zombie Apocalypse” will be released on December 27. READ MORE

Fox Home Video has announced that the DVD and Blu-ray of “Shark Night” will be released on January 3, 2012. READ MORE

Edgar Wright — the director of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” “Shaun Of The Dead,” and “Hot Fuzz” — will be conducting a free Q&A session with fans, and YOU’RE INVITED! READ MORE

Fox Home Video has announced that the next “Family Guy” collection will be out December 13. READ MORE

Glee star Matthew Morrison yesterday said the show will be paying tribute and doing a throwback to the Judy Garland Christmas special and, of all things, the often joked about Star Wars Holiday Special for their Christmas episode this year. READ MORE

For gamers, Scott Langteau is known for his work on early “Medal Of Honor” and “Call Of Duty” games, and for being one of the founders of Spark Unlimited, the makers of “Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty” and “Call Of Duty: Finest Hour.” But for gamers’ kids, he’s the guy who wrote the childrens' books “Soft Boy” and “The Question,” the latter of which has just been released in hardcover and on Barnes & Noble’s Nook, as well as in the Real Aloud format for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, with an ebook coming to Amazon’s Kindle soon. READ MORE

Lego is considering releasing an official line of Minecraft inspired products according to a consumer vote currently being held on Lego's Cuusoo website. READ MORE

Peter Jackson — who co-wrote and directed “The Lord Of The Rings” films and is currently working on “The Hobbit” — has announced that he and “L.O.T.R.” co-screenwriter Fran Walsh have co-produced a documentary about the West Memphis 3. READ MORE

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced that the DVD and Blu-ray of “Moneyball” will be out on January 10, 2012. READ MORE

Dark Horse has announced that first ten issues of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8” comic book series will be collected in a deluxe hardcover edition on May 30, 2012. READ MORE

DreamWorks have announced that the DVD and Blu-ray of the robot fighting movie “Real Steel” will be out on January 24, 2012. READ MORE

Warner Home Video have announced that the DVD and DVD/Blu-ray/digital copy combo pack of “Contagion” will be out on January 3, 2012. READ MORE

An interesting week this week as it was a rare 5^th Wednesday in the month. And when this happens, typically there is a shortage of comics and this month’s victim was DC. Only a couple of DC titles were released and nothing of any note. So, to still meet our required five, I’m going to look at three Marvel comics that at least had a few decent titles come out and a pair of indies. Enjoy! READ MORE