May 7, 2002


Writing in the Washington Post, Richard Hart Sinnreich compares the experience of his father fighting in urban conditions in World War Two to the recent Israeli actions in Jenin. With an eye towards possible American action in similar situations, he argues people not to be too hasty in judging Israel because of the damage to the refugee camp.
11:28:27 PM    

Sci Fi Wire reports that Marvel Comics has reacted to the Spider-man bonanza with the expected release dates of several more film, X-Men 2, Daredevil, Blade 3, The Hulk, and The Punisher.
10:08:41 PM    

While the Batman movie was released in 1989 it took until this year for a Spider-man movie to be made. The reason was a massive legal battle following Marvel’s bankruptcy. Reporter Dan Raviv discussed this in his book, Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over The Marvel Comics Empire - And Both Lost.

The surprise winners of the battle: two Israeli businessmen. 


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