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With a movie that's grossed nearly $350 million worldwide, and all four books topping best seller lists, Twilight is very clearly a global phenomenon. But is it any good?

Many attempts have been made to adapt the Street Fighter game series into movies and TV series, mostly with disastrous results. However, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is often seen as one of the few bright spots in the long list of terrible movies. Kellen and Brennan recently watched the movie and discuss if this is because it's good on its own merits, or just not as bad as the rest.

Tiny Titans: Welcome to the Treehouse, Batman: RIP and Madman: The Oddity Oddessy are the three collections Dan and Mike review this week. Will they fall in love with the cuteness of the li'l Titans, believe the hype surrounding Bruce Wayne's demise and marvel at Mike Allred's earliest take on his most famous character? Maybe. Then again, maybe you'll want to get your hate mail ready.

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick sits down with his lovely wife Megan to review the recently released Repo: The Genetic Opera before DW pops in with an in-depth look at Ripper in the latest edition of Brainscan. Desmond continues the look at school-based horror with the early satirical slasher Return to Horror High, and then goes on to review Dark Delicacies #1 from IDW Publishing. Tunes include: "Legal Assassin" and "Genetic Repo Man" from Repo: The Genetic Opera, "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, "The Ripper" by Judas Priest, "Damn Dog" by Manic Street Preachers and "School's Out" by Gwar. Check out our sponsors at www.horror-mall.com and www.fright-rags.com, and don't forget the DREAD10 coupon code at Fright Rags to get 10% off your order. And don't forget to vote for Dread Media in the Earth-2.net Mainpage Awards here: http://www.earth-2.net/awards-08. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

We're still in that brief run where Captain America and Bucky are having WWII-set fun. In Tales of Suspense #64, the Star-Spangled Duo face off against a midget with an oversized head, and a man in a monocle. They also fight a slew of henchmen who look like gangsters, talk like gangsters, but are Nazis. Apparently, these henchmen are very, very confused.

Jenny and Mike briefly discuss Christmas and address an e-mail before reading through the January Previews catalog. After that, Ian Wilson drops by to talk about the comic book movies of 2008, as well as what's coming up in 2009.

Delusional teenagers are tricked into helping an insane video game producer ("Sentries of the Last Cosmos"). Terry tries to give a wayward buddy a second chance ("Big Time"). Someone is using a high-tech bio-containment suit to wreak havoc ("Untouchable"). Bruce searches for Terry deep in the Gotham subways ("Where's Terry?"). And then Ace gets a bit of revenge on his former tormentor ("Ace in the Hole").

First Des and Mike look back at the best comics of 2008, then they review Black Lightning: Year One #1, Haunted Tank #2, No Hero #3, Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising #1 and Spider-Man: Fear Itself.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick takes a look at two university-based 80s slashers: Final Exam and Splatter University. He then moves on to talk about the penultimate issue of Steve Niles' Radical Comics miniseries City of Dust. Then, DW offers up a review of Ghost Manor for the Atari 2600 in Brainscan. Tunes, as always: "Final Day" by Pennywise, "Between High School and Old School" by Alice Cooper, "Asylum" by Naked City, "Asche zu Asche" by Rammstein and "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies. Make sure to visit the following url to learn all you need to know to vote for Dread Media in the third annual Earth-2.net Mainpage Awards: www.earth-2.net/awards-08. Show Dread Media some love by voting and visiting our sponsors at www.horror-mall.com and www.fright-rags.com, and don't forget to get 10% off your purchase at Fright Rags with the coupon code: DREAD10. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

Barbara is mistaken for a goddess, and, much to the Doctor's chagrin, attempts to use her newfound command to alter history ("The Aztecs"). After that, the crew of the TARDIS is met with suspicion by a powerfully telepathic, yet fearful alien race ("The Sensorites").

After an extended break over the holiday season, Kellen is back for this 20th episode spectacular! Inside, a review of the rock anime BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, with a heavy sampling of music from the show. Also, Kellen debuts a new co-host. Click. Listen. Rock out!

Tom tries to keep a straight face as Green Lantern is so desperate to not get married that he consciously creates the Menace He Calls... Chiller Diller! Plus the Emerald Guardian pursues two Qwardian spies disguised as traveling salesmen. All from Green Lantern #3.

In the first edition of Waiting for the Trade of 2009, Dan and Mike review The Flash: Emergency Stop, Harley Quinn: Preludes & Knock-Knock Jokes and Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze.

In this jam-packed episode of Dread Media, Darryll joins Desmond for a Roadkill Review of the newly released Platinum Dunes suckfest The Unborn. Desmond recovers enough to review The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas, and DW's triumphant return heralds a review of an obscure DOS game: Harvester. Tons of talk is had as well as an announcement about the clearance sale going on at www.Fright-Rags.com where you can save even more with your DREAD10 coupon code and a Rue Morgue Magazine giveaway is offered. Tunes include: "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell" by Iggy & The Stooges, "New Born" by Muse, "Dirty Black Summer" by Danzig and "Death Trip" by Iggy & The Stooges. RIP Ron Asheton. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's finally happened. Some of Marvel's key comic books now cost $3.99. What do Des and Mike have to say about this? A lot!

In this episode, Tom examines the retelling of Captain America's origin story from Tales of Suspense #63, the beginning of the brief retro-Golden Age period of the series.

A devious reporter threatens to expose Bruce and Terry ("Sneak Peek"), Batman teams with Stalker to save the world from a biological threat ("Plague"), Terry must balance the responsibilities of parenthood with crime fighting ("The Eggbaby"), a doctor is duped into drastically modifying the bodies of four thugs ("April Moon") and a young boy turns to vigilantism in order to get his father's attention ("Payback").

In this episode of Dread Media, Darryll stops by to review two realistic nail-biters: the adaptation of the novel Red, and a cinema verite creeper by the name of Home Movie. Hear some talk about the past year and the year to come as far as Dread Media is concerned, two in-depth reviews and tunes galore: "Seeing Red" by Killing Joke, "Revenge" by Black Flag, "Family" by John Zorn and "Whenever We Come Back" by Breaking the Jar. Support our sponsors at www.horror-mall.com and www.fright-rags.com. You have another month to use the DREAD10 coupon code to save 10% off your entire order at Fright Rags, so get on it and show your support for Dread Media. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In the two weeks since the last episode of Bigger on the Inside aired, there have been some major happenings in the world of Doctor Who. Not only has the Christmas special "The Next Doctor" aired in the UK, but the BBC has revealed the identity of the actor who'll play the 11th Doctor starting in 2010! Beyond that, the guys review the six-part serial "The Keys of Marinus," and Mike has a theory about Professor River Song.

In this episode, covering Green Lantern #2, Green Lantern encounters The Weaponers of Qward - the first in a long line of introductions that build the Lantern Corps legend. Oh, and Hal Jordan continually calls an Inuit mechanic "Pieface" while searching for a lost mine. Well, that first story with the Weaponers is really cool.