Last night I made the mistake of rolling into bed around 10:30. I don’t know when I became such an old bastard, but I need my sleep. When I awoke today and browsed the interwebz in traffic, I discovered to my horror that whilst I slept there was an official teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises released.

You’ve already seen it a thousand times, but here it is anyways.

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Ahoy! Welcome to the MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE – this is the spot where I share the bits of entertainment detritus that I’ll be rolling in over the course of the next few days! Sometimes it’s neat and tidy. Other times, it’s gross and ewh. In either case, after you stomp through my mind-muck, it’s your duty to hit up the comments section and detail what you’ll be up to.

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…because I’m really excited about Captain America: The First Avenger. Hoping that it’s going to be the film to deliver me something fucking memorable this summer. Crunchy popcorn style memorable. Empty fun memorable. I promise that previous sentence wasn’t a contradiction.

Hit the jump for some more Cap.

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I acknowledge that all comic book storylines are a bit incestuous. There’s only so many world-beaters you can tackle and events you can make the best of before everything stars to bleed together. However if you’re one of those people (hi!) who feels like Fear Itself is so very Blackest Night, you’re going to find this amazing. Introducing The Mighty, from the pages of Fear Itself.

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Here’s thirteen new stills from the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. As the movie approaches, my red, white, and blue priapism continues to swell. I am desperate for some release. Also, the more I see of it, the more I love Cap’s suit. Especially with the battle helmet.

Hit the jump to check them out.

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The animated adaptation of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s classic Batman defining tale has gotten itself a trailer. It’s hard to adapt the son of a bitch into anything, but it seems to be relatively dope. Within the parameters and everything, it could work.

Save for Wayne’s voice. Youch.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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The teaser trailer for the second season of Walking Dead has dropped. Try and forget how much the season finale sucked farts through a shit-soaked straw and check it out.

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[images & words is the comic book pick-of-the-week at OL. equal parts review and diatribe, the post highlights the most memorable/infuriating/entertaining book released that wednesday]

As of late, it seems that all comics-related discussions are concerned with the crumbling state of the industry. Headlines of doom and gloom are absolutely proliferating, inspiring fear in otherwise satisfied fanboys. DC REBOOT BLAMED FOR NERD SUICIDE! MARVEL MEGA-EVENT BANKRUPTS SINGLE FATHER OF FOUR! DIGITAL SALES THREATEN RETAILERS’ BUSINESS!

In the midst of all this bullshit, it’s easy to forget that worthwhile comics are being released every damn week.

And the newest issue of Jonah Hex is a necessary reminder of just how sick comic books can be.

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It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Robin was going to be thrown into Batman: Arkham City as a pre-order bonus. Said Robin was revealed, and he looked all sorts of brooding and angsty. The people. They were not pleased. Rocksteady Studios has released some more artwork of the Boy Wonder, and saw fit to explain their design choices as well.

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Stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt is an enormous fan of the geek world, a fact made knowable to anyone who has heard his routine. He’s also gotten a few stories published in the DC Universe, including  JLA: Welcome to the Working Week. This week he decided to share a few pitches for Batman-related stories on his website. Stories that didn’t get approved.

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