@@@@ The Real Final Crisis: No more J.G.Jones on FINAL CRISIS! @@@@ A new Black Panthress? @@@@ Move over Wonder Woman, here comes Sarah Palin from Bluewater…@@@@ It’s so long sisters for SPIDER-GIRL & MANHUNTER. @@@@

What’s SHOOT THE MESSENGER?

Well, AICN COMICS: SHOOT THE MESSENGER is your weekly one stop shop for comic book news that’s dropped in the previous week. Thanks to Newsarama, CBR, Wizard, etc. for reporting it as it breaks. Click on the links for the original stories. This column cuts the crap to run down all the vital information for those of you who don’t follow it as it comes in, and serves it all up with that special ingredient of @$$y goodness. It’s also the place for interviews, previews, and special reports.

Hey folks, get ready for a short column this week. It’s Stones Throw back with a recap of the latest happenings in the funny book world…

@ JONES’ FINAL CRISIS FINALE CRISIS!! The biggest news of the past week or so has been the sad-but-kinda-predictable announcement that J.G. Jones won’t be finishing FINAL CRISIS. After Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino tag-teamed with Jones on #4, SUPERMAN BEYOND’s Doug Mahnke will take over #7, due for release in January...

@ CRIMINAL goes INCOGNITO!! Would be a bad pun for the very cool news that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips will be returning to SLEEPER-esque subject matter with INCOGNITO, a five-part miniseries about an ex-super villain in the Witness Protection system, while CRIMINAL goes on temporary hiatus…

@ OFT-CANCELLED COMICS CANCELLED! Tom De Falco announces the AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL’s cancellation as of #30 on his blog. Marc Andreyko confirms the end of MANHUNTER in a Facebook posting…

@ The Washington Post broke the news of the Marvel’s new, female version of the Black Panther. Will it last as long as the inner-city cop revamp of a few years ago?...

@ Marvel will be running original web-comics on its website, including new Bob Gale AMAZING SPIDER-MAN stuff. First up is the Frank Tieri-written MYTHS, MONSTERS AND MARVELS, a look at urban legends in the MU…

@ Mark Waid on appearing on TV’s LA INK. Check out his appearance here…

@ Hot on the heels of their announcement of January’s release of FEMALE FORCE: HILLARY CLINTON, Bluewater Comics announced this week that they will be publishing FEMALE FORCE: SARAH PALIN, following her attempt to become the first female Vice President. The comic will hit the racks in February and will be produced with two outcomes; one depicting a White House victory, the other a loss depending on the results of the election.

@ Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra’s JUST A PILGRIM miniseries gets collected in hardcover by Dynamite in December…

@ Joe Kubert’s done a cover for #1 of writer Arvid Nelson’s CONAN spin-off miniseries KULL, due from Dark Horse in November…

@ Entourage writers Luke Lieberman and Matt Wolpert take over script duties on Dynamite’s MAN WITH NO NAME comic from Christos Gage…

@ Early DAREDEVIL artist John Romita Sr. has drawn a cover for #1 of Alex Ross’s DEATH-DEFYING DEVIL revamp, which’ll be written by Joe Casey and drawn by Edgar Salazar…

@ Check out this interview with Dave Gibbons discussing the hows and whys of drawing THE WATCHMEN over at watchmencomicmovie.com.