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This week's edition of Hottest Stories and Best Comments is brought to you by the letter W. This wonderful letter gives us Who, Wolverine, and Walking Dead pics, a respectfully annoyed (Joss) Whedon and a Wonder Woman series. Co-sponsoring this week's installment is Charlie Sheen's dead dreams, live-action Heavy Metal, Robocop's Keaton and ... oh yeah, apparently we blew the hell out of space with a nuke in the '60s. Click through for all the BOOM-related stories! MORE

Avengers • Marvel Now

Earlier this week, we showed you the cool puzzle-piece covers for Marvel Now's Avengers #1-3—and now you can gaze upon Jerome Opena's brilliant artwork for the fall premiere issue. November can't come quick enough! MORE

Concept Art • Dredd • Lawgiver

Some new concept art from Dredd has leaked out, showing an early version of Judge Dredd's (Karl Urban) signature sidearm that didn't make the final version of the film. Want to see what the Lawgiver could have been? MORE

AMC • The Walking Dead

A new teaser clip from The Walking Dead's third season has been released, showing Rick (Andrew Lincoln) & Co. making their way through a dark, creepy prison basement. Guess what they find? MORE

google • star trek

Image of the Day: Google celebrates Trek with greatest doodle ever MORE

Art • Posters • Star Trek

Back in August, we shared some vintage-style Star Trek artwork by illustrator Juan Ortiz, saluting the spacey original series. Here's the next batch, reimagining the Enterprise and its odyssey in bold new ways. MORE

Fringe • J.H. Wyman

It's really happening. After five seasons, Fringe will come to an end. Executive producer J.H. Wyman has just announced the date of the series finale. So long, Olivia, Peter, Walter and the rest of the Fringe Division. MORE

Idris Elba • Prometheus • Viral

Ridley Scott's Alien non-prequel Prometheus may be in that limbo period headed toward Blu-ray release, but that doesn't mean the viral promo campaign is slowing down. MORE

Indiana Jones • Raiders of the Lost Ark

Quick, what's the first scene you think of when we say Raiders of the Lost Ark? Unless you said "giant boulder" or "melting faces," you're probably thinking of Indiana Jones gunning down a swordsman in the middle of an Egyptian market. It's an iconic Indy moment, but it was almost something much more elaborate. MORE

Joss Whedon • Nick Fury • The Avengers

The one thread that has tied Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe together has always been Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), which came to a head with his co-lead role in The Avengers. But, did you notice a change Avengers director Joss Whedon made to Fury in his latest outing? MORE

Game of Thrones • Music

The Game of Thrones theme is a tune that just lends itself to cover versions, and we've heard quite a few at this point. Some are cool, some are funny, and some are just plain weird. And then there's this version, an epic mix of voice and violin that definitely ranks among the best. MORE

Fandom • Star Trek • William Shatner • Xena

Star Trek's William Shatner is slowly turning from playing a starship captain into the Captain of documentaries. He brought us The Captains (about all 6 Star Trek, er, Captains), and then Get a Life (about the Trek fans). After setting his lofty sights on Trek, The Shat is now planning to do a documentary about a certain warrior princess. MORE