Two Excerpts from SDCC

[muccamukk]

From the Marvel's Next Big Thing panel:

The writer promised that Gambit will "get back to his stealing roots, pinching his way across the Marvel universe in every way possible." Asmus' pitch was full of innuendo—"Gambit is going to satisfy you each and every month"—and he said page 1 is "a shower scene, but it's totally in character."

Marjorie Liu got large applause for her "Astonishing X-Men" #51, which saw the wedding of Northstar and his longtime boyfriend Kyle. Liu said the response has been "humbling," adding that "marriage is not the end-all, be-all—they had problems before they got married, and those will be exacerbated." Those problems will ramp up in issue #53, which Asmus joked would feature a "shower scene with Gambit." More seriously, though, editor Jeanine Schaefer said there would be a honeymoon issue.

Singh compared Matt Fraction and David Aja's "Hawkeye" to the Eisner-nominated "Daredevil" relaunch, saying it would be the book of the year. Editor Sana Amanat said there would not be a shower scene, but "he's with his shirt off for most of the series."

From DC's Superman panel:

The next fan to the microphone, dressed as Stephanie Brown, asked if in “Smallville Season 11” Stephanie would be showing up officially or if the rumors she had been taken out were true.

“The first rumor wasn’t known by us and I have not heard of the second in the halls of DC, so I can’t comment,” moderator John Cunningham told her.

“But there was art!” the fan responded.

“Are you going to believe art or are you going to believe us?” Lobdell asked as the audience laughed

Guess which company I currently like better.

ETA: from the Ultimate Marvel Panel

Singh said the "big three" of the Ultimate Universe now were Kitty Pryde, Miles Morales and Steve Rogers, making it have a different feel than the traditional Marvel U.

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Comments

[likeadeuce]

Wait, WHAT? The Steph thing is *not* happening?

*woe*

[muccamukk]

It's either not happening or they're mocking Steph fans for being uppity again but pretending that it isn't. Either way...

ETA: Yeah. No. Confirmed

-sighs-

[nenya_kanadka]

I approve of shirtless Gambit.

Stephanie Brown was girl Robin, right? (?)

I think she was the new Batgirl

[jazzypom]

The blonde one, after they cancelled Cassandra Cain's series, destroyed her character and threw her away. D:

Re: I think she was the new Batgirl

[muccamukk]

Steph was also (briefly) Robin. Then they tortured her to death, and blamed her for it.

Which appears to be <a href="http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/sdcc-12-dc-confirms-stephanie-brown-wont-appear-in-smallville/>pretty much what they've done to Steph too</a>. So all equal to anyone who's not Babs, apparently.