Ray Parks as Danny Rand; Go "Ape" this Summer; Ichan at it Again

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Thanks Ray, nice job.

Elsewhere in Hollywood, Twentieth Century Fox is planning to release their "Planet of the Apes" movie this summer. Can the toys be far behind? In addition to the merchandise, Dark Horse plans for comic book called "Planet" to tie-in to the movie release. Hasbro will do the action figures.

In other news, Carl Ichan, since being kicked out of board of Marvel Enterprises and TWA, is back in the news trying to make a few bucks off the American Airlines deal to take over TWA. Be sure to read the sixth, seventh, eighth, and twelfth paragraphs below. A good education piece for everyone in business. Make no mistake about it - comics are a business.

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Icahn spoiling for fight over American/TWA deal

By Simon Hirschfeld

NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Carl Icahn is spoiling for a fight and stands to disrupt American Airlines' plan to buy the assets of Trans World Airlines Inc. (AMEX:TWA - news) with the approval of TWA's bankruptcy court.

The former TWA chairman and corporate raider said he holds $48 million in secured debt and $15 million in unsecured debt of TWA, in addition to an agreement under which the No. 8 U.S. airline must sell him discounted tickets, which he has been reselling through his Lowestfare.com Web site.

``I think he'll be successful in making a hunk of money out of the deal, but exactly how I'm not sure,'' said Barbara Beyer, president of aviation consulting firm Avmark Inc.

AMR Corp. (NYSE:AMR - news), American's parent, on Wednesday unveiled its plans to buy TWA's assets for $500 million in cash and the assumption of $3 billion in aircraft leases. Icahn lawyer Ed Weisfelner argued later on Wednesday that TWA failed to adequately consider alternatives to bankruptcy.

Weisfelner said the St. Louis-based airline had received recapitalization proposals last year from Boeing Co.(NYSE:BA - news), GE Capital Corp. and groups representing TWA workers.

A TWA spokesman declined to comment on any proposals it might have previously received. ``TWA was actively searching for a long period of time, at least a year, for solutions to our financial problems,'' spokesman Mark Abels said. The American proposal was ``the best that we were offered.''

The federal judge rejected Icahn's bid to replace American's debtor-in-possession financing of TWA with his own, saying that although Icahn's fee was lower, there was no compelling difference between the two, considering the roughly $4 billion value of the TWA deal, including debt.

``The employees and current management (of TWA) aren't

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