Back in March we had the chance to see The Amazing Spider-Man video game from Activision in action. There seems to be quite a few improvements from the previous games and it’s shaping up nicely. While we’re still waiting for the chance to actually play it ourselves, Activision has announced a couple of pre-order options.

The first is if you pre-order the game now from GameStop (click to enlarge text).

The Rhino Challenge allows you to take control of the huge genetically engineered villain Rhino and rampage around Manhattan in an exclusive gameplay challenge of pure destruction. You’ll be able to unleash his formidable powers to destroy anything and everything that gets in his way in a timed event full of speed, combo streaks and a ton of things to break. Unlockable for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 system ONLY. While supplies last. Limited time only.

But that’s not all.

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If you pre-order from Amazon.com you can play as someone else.

That’s right, you can play as Stan Lee for the first time ever. You can become Stan “The Man” Lee in his own special mission across Manhattan, borrowing abilities from his old pal Spider-Man as they help Stan collect pages of his latest script in a spectacular race around Manhattan. Stan’s mission is punctuated with his witty banter that fans have come to know and love, and a special surprise waits for them at the end of the mission – after all, it is Spider-Man’s 50 anniversary this year! Unlockable for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 system ONLY. While supplies last. Limited time only.

The game is set to be released on June 26, 2012. Which pre-order will you go for?

With the success of The Avengers last weekend in the U.S. box office, breaking records and the incredible amount brought in overseas, we all knew a sequel would have to happen. Nothing was announced before but we know the actors all have signed sequel clauses and such. Today, we finally get some official word.

Deadline reported that Disney CEO, Bob Iger announced they are developing a sequel. Apparently he said the success of The Avengers “is a great illustration of why we like Marvel so much.” Keep in mind, Disney did pay a lot for Marvel. Disney and Marvel Studios also earned the success of making this movie happen.

As for when, sequels to Iron Man and Thor are set for next year with Cap 2 for 2014. There’s an open slot left in 2014, speculation is Guardians of the Galaxy or Ant-Man. We might not see Avengers 2 until 2015. Feels like a long ways off. But at least it will happen and hopefully with everyone, including Joss Whedon, on board.

Little by little we’re getting some answers. Unfortunately with those answers, we’re getting plenty more questions.

At the end of last summer’s major event for DC Comics, Flashpoint, we saw a mysterious pink glowing lady whose name would later be revealed to be Pandora. As Barry Allen was trying to fix the time stream that resulted in the Flashpoint world, Pandora showed up and the result was a brand new universe. The characters were the ones we knew but some of their history had been tweaked or altered.

Since then, Pandora has shown up in all the #1 issues of the “New 52″ simply observing in the background. A back up story in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE #6, revealed a connection to the Phantom Stranger but we were still left with more questions. With the beginning of last week’s “Second Wave” of new titles, she was seen in three of the four new titles (no presence in EARTH 2, which could be the due to the story taking place on another ‘universe’). In the Free Comic Book Day edition of THE NEW 52, even more information has appeared. Be sure to read the Free comic book first because there will be some spoilers below.

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When Pandora first appeared, she mentioned that the “history of heroes was shattered into three long ago.” We were to take that as the main DC Universe along with the Wildstorm and Vertigo “Earths” that appear to have been merged with the main universe (“New Earth” or “Earth 0″). Pandora also mentioned that the history was splintered to weaken the world for “their impending arrival.” One of the big questions remains to who exactly is coming?

DC’s also been big on trinities. In THE NEW 52: FCBD Edition, we see Pandora in her early days being sentenced by the Circle of Eternity (higher beings at the Rock of Eternity). Pandora was grouped with two others and they were labeled The Trinity of Sin.

One of the others was the Phantom Stranger, seen with Pandora in JUSTICE LEAGUE. Phantom Stranger was sentenced because of his greed and he was to be a witness to what greed could do on Earth. Despite being sentenced, he was sent after Pandora due to her more active involvement in the DC Universe.

What specifically his role in the universe or how much he might serve the Circle remains to be seen.

The third of this trinity appears to be the Question. When sentenced, he defied the Circle and declared he would “rise to power again” and that they would fear his name “as does the world.”

The Circle’s solution was to make him forget his name and sentenced him to forever question his identity and have a need to constantly search for answers. We have yet to see him in the current day in the “New 52″ comics.

What about Pandora? Why was she sentenced?

Apparently it goes back to that famous box of hers. She opened it and unleashed the terrors of man. The box was to be a prison to “tragedy and torment and torture.” The Circle saw her as an evil girl for doing so and sentenced her to an eternity of loneliness.

It seems since her sentencing, Pandora’s spent centuries in tears, some in shame and others in isolation. But after all this time, she’s become more active. Merging the different timelines is a pretty big move for someone who got in trouble for opening a box. But it should be noted that she was never actually sentenced. When she didn’t have anything to say for herself, the Circle went off on her telling her how bad she was and then sent her off.

In the FCBD issue, we see Pandora is even more active than before.

She may have opened the box centuries ago, but what happened to the box since? What was actually inside the box? If you’ve read the issue, you have an idea. She does get her box back and we do find out what’s inside.

And this will also be leading into next year’s Trinity War as we got a glimpse of “the near future” in the issue. What’s inside the box could mean the end of the Justice League. Looks like we’ll have to keep our eyes peeled in the next few #1s in the “second wave” as well as for wherever Pandora shows up next.

The question on everyone’s minds this morning is whether or not George Lucas is planning a new Star Wars project; and it’s no wonder considering the news that hit about Lucasfilm’s latest trademark. Early last week Lucasfilm registered a trademark for ‘Star Wars 1313,’ giving them the rights to absolutely every form of entertainment associated with that name including video games, films, graphic novels, comic books and even toy helmets and toy snow globes. Yes, you read that right; snow globes.

So, what the heck is ‘Star Wars 1313′? With only the trademark to go on and the fact that Lucasfilm has registered just about every form of entertainment under the sun associated with that name, there’s not much else to say. That is, of course, with the exception that ‘Star Wars 1313′ will have something to do with Boba Fett’s character.

According to a page on Wikia, Boba Fett once referred to himself as the alias CT-1313 when he was once “confronted by a clone trooper” on Aargau. This little tidbit appeared in the Scholastic Boba Fett series by Elizabeth Hand, and is therefore not necessarily considered “true Star Wars canon.” This is pretty much the main reason we prefer to discredit this idea that Star Wars 1313 will have something to do with Boba Fett — it just seems unlikely that Lucas would dedicate so much effort into a concept that appeared in one of the Star Wars off-shoot novels. History has taught us that Lucas likes to have his creative hand in control of just about everything Star Wars related.

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The idea of a Boba Fett live-action movie — or anything related to the character isn’t a new idea. In fact, last summer Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston stated that he would definitely be interested in bringing Boba Fett to the big screen.

“You know if he wants to see it, I would show it to him. I’m trying to get George to make a feature based on Boba Fett.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Joe Johnston’s name attached to Boba Fett — in fact it’s something we mentioned last summer. So Is ‘Star Wars 1313′ Johnston’s project coming into full realization, or is that just wishful thinking on everybody’s part? Johnston was, after all, an integral part of bringing Boba Fett to life, and the character definitely caught on with fans. Even with minimal time on-screen, Boba Fett is still a very popular character, so expounding on that popularity wouldn’t be a bad idea. Still, could ‘Star Wars 1313′ be a Boba Fett movie, video game, animated series, graphic novel or even a snow globe? That remains to be seen. What do you think ‘Star Wars 1313′ will be about?