Pope schmope. Radar partied with Storm Troopers and the Fantastic Four at NYC Comic-Con this weekend and took away a few lessons. First and foremost: The Javits Center has major climate control issues—it's either Fortress of Solitude cold or Pits of Tartarus hot depending on where you stand. Among other things we gleaned from the nation's biggest geek gathering:

You Can't Throw a Batarang at Darkseid
This came to light during a panel where salivating fanboys could ask writer Grant Morrison and illustrator J.G. Jones about the upcoming Final Crisis series, where all the D.C. heroes unite to take on the giant overwhelming evil of the New Gods and to force 15 year-olds to purchase more comic books than usual because of all the crossovers. A guy in a full Nightwing costume including domino mask asked how the, shall we say, power-challenged super heroes like the Bat-clan will be able to help out against such overwhelming odds. After all, he said. "You can't throw a batarang at Darkseid." Isn't that just as true in life as it is at Comic-Con?

Stan Lee probably knows just as little about his new project as we do
Comic God, Stan Lee, who co-created Spiderman, The Hulk, and the Fantastic Four, has teamed up with artist Hiroyuki Takei to write a manga (a Japanese comic) called Ultimo which hit Japan on April 18. "I came up with the concept and sent it to Japan, they illustrated it, and sent it back," Lee said. "It's been going back and forth so many times, I'm not sure whose idea the story is anymore." This crossover is apparently a giant deal in the industry uniting East and West. Though most of us don't have to worry about this until Ultimo comes out in translation at some "undetermined at this time" date.

Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk are movie friends
At least six thousand people in the IGN Theater were more excited than we were to learn that Iron Man's alter ego Tony Stark (aka Robert Downey, Jr., in the May 2 film) makes a brief appearance in the Ed Norton/Louis Leterrier incarnation of The Incredible Hulk, which hits theaters in July. We were more interested in the widespread reluctance to admit that the Ang Lee/Eric Bana Hulk is perhaps the worst movie ever made, and that somehow the director of Transporter 2 and different bad CGI effects will set things right again.


One poor fan who referenced the 2003 flick during a question for the panel was actually booed. Also, when asked about rumored fighting between Norton and the director, producers assured that everything is fine and dandy. But unlike co-star Tim Roth, Ed didn't show up for the panel—that should set of off some Spidey rumor senses.

Lou Ferrigno has a lot of time on his hands
The man giant who played the Hulk in the '80s TV show was available for signings at the autograph booth all day. He did leave his post long enough to shout "HULK SMASH!" at The Incredible Hulk movie panel.

We don't like Batman enough to spend $47,000 on an issue of Detective Comics from 1939
We unabashedly love the Dark Knight, but we're not sure that we could ever justify spending 50 grand on a comic book. "And it's a restored issue at that," said Alex Koveos, the employee who let us look at but not touch Detective Comics Issue 10. "It would be worth a lot more otherwise."

Cartoon Princess Leia has bigger tits than Carrie Fisher
In the upcoming animated Star Wars series, it appears that the princess has, um, undergone some genetic enhancement in the boobs and butt area. And we don't remember that mid-thigh split on Leia's white dress in Empire Strikes Back.
Related: Several women are trying to repopularize the metal bikini from Empire Strikes Back
It's an interesting look if you've got the right body type, just keep in mind you can't throw a batarang at Darkseid.