Jerome Maida is making quite a name for himself at the Philadelphia Daily News covering the comic-book industry. Here's one of his most recent. He's definitely one to watch.

[PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS:] "You have grown much since I last saw you, little Robin," says longtime-villain-turned-apparent-hero Lady Shiva to longtime-Batman-sidekick-turned-more-than-capable- solo-hero Robin in a recent issue of "Robin."

Indeed, she's right.

For the last few years the Boy Wonder's solo series had been so boring - bordering on bad - that I wouldn't have shed a tear over its cancellation. And I hate it when series fail.

DC's "One Year Later" event has helped give the character a new status quo, and novelist Adam Beechen ("What I Did On My Hypergalactic Interstellar Summer Vacation") injected the book with new juice with his first issue, "Robin" No. 148. Read more.

I always wondered who would win in a fight between Superman and Spider-Man...

[YAHOO:] Compared to Spider-Man, Superman looks like an 89-pound weakling--at least when it comes to their respective box-office prowess.

Superman Returns, the long-awaited revival of the Man of Steel franchise, took in an estimated $21 million in its debut Wednesday, an opening that was termed "solid" by one analyst, but an opening that fell short--very short--of standards set by Marvel Comics' webslinger.

Overall, Superman Returns now ranks eighth on the list of all-time Wednesday debuts, just behind War of the Worlds' ($21.3 million) and just ahead of Jurassic Park III's ($19 million).

The all-time Wednesday king? Spider-Man 2, which snared $40.4 million in 2004.

In the annals of all-time biggest openings, regardless of when the opening occurred on the calendar, Superman Returns checks in at 29th place, according to the stats at BoxOfficeMojo.com. Spider-Man 2 checks in at third place; the original Spider-Man, released in 2002, checks in at fifth place ($39.4 million). Read more.