SUNDAY: Comic Con wrap-up

Comic Con is history - and as the dust settles and the spandex is packed away (much the worse for wear) what are talking about?

Saturday saw some of the biggest news in terms of long-term attention-getting from both the DC and Marvel camps. Can Warner Brothers bankroll a DC Universe that's as successful as Marvel? We're going to find out. The official announcement came on Saturday with news that Man of Steel director Zack Snyder will bring back Henry Cavill as Superman, but in a Batman/Superman film, inspired to some degree by Frank Miller's legendary Dark Knight Returns comic series.

Snyder also quickly clarified that, "We're not adapting this thing, but it is the thing that will help us tell that story," whatever that means. Christopher Nolan will be Executive Producer and David S. Goyer will script. So it sounds like Warner's has effectively pulled back from their plans to mount an Avengers equivalent Justice League movie and instead focus on the two top dogs of the DC Universe. Whether or not Christian Bale will return is anybody's guess at this point. 2015 has been tossed out as the release window, so they'd better get cracking.

Marvel, on the other hand, backed the truck up to the door and showed us everything. Lots of new peeks of The Amazing Spider-man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy - but possibly the biggest gasp-inducer was Joss Whedon revealing the the official title of The Avengers sequel will be Avengers: Age of Ultron!

For those of you in the dark, Ultron is an advanced robot who developed his own intelligence then rebelled against his creator, out for delirious vengeance against both The Avengers and mankind itself.

So while we'd been lead to believe that Thanos would be the ultimate antagonist of any Avengers sequel - and he may still be - there's going to be trouble coming at them from presumably two fronts, as Ultron has now stepped into the spotlight, front and center.

A lot was hinted at, by both studios and toy companies, but less was shown than we'd dreamed of, but dreams have unlimited mileage, so that's okay, too! It was fun to watch it all unspool and as mainstream as Comic Con has become, it's still nice to see the fans courted in such an over the top fashion and how amazing is to see so many avid enthusiasts come together in one place, just to share some zeal?

One things for sure, we live in one hell of an age to be a fan!