• Even more excruciatingly awesome old-timey sci-fi paperback covers. The day they nuked Los Angeles? Man, I wish!

• A lovely slideshow of Iron Man shots. This is shaping up swimmingly.

• How close are we to Star Trek tech? Well, we've got transparent aluminum down pat! Universal translators and matter transports? Not so much.

• Imagine the possibilities of the crew of Serenity on the island from LOST.

• Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield debut their new steampunk webcomic, Freak Angels. Yes, I'm pretty sure that sultry begoggled protagonist is based on my partner-in-crime. Hair's all wrong, though.

• Bibliophile interviews those magnificent bastards over at SF Signal, SciFi Scanner's favorite sci-fi blog.

• He won't be the Flash, but he will wear a red-suit: Ryan Reynolds is signed up to play Deadpool.

• This Speed Racer Hot Wheels playset would have been the toy of my childhood dreams.

• I have nothing but love for the Big Finish boys, who are doing audioplays based on Stargate SG-1 next. I think Stargate sucks, but Big Finish has a habit of catapulting terrible franchises into greatness.