Now I can’t tell which Iron Man suit is the most useful: the toilet or Iron Man 2‘s suitcase armor. Happy long weekend everyone!

Ever wondered exactly how Tony Stark went from the Mark I Iron Man suit to his most recent, Mark VII, suit? Find out through the design logs of Tony Stark in this new interactive comic by Marvel and Loud Crow Industries. It’s in the free apps section of the iPad app store, so naturally I downloaded a copy. I have to say: it’s quite an entertaining read and the fact that you can click on various images for a wide variety of sounds makes this comic all the better. There’s even a full musical soundtrack to accompany it. This is certainly one app to add to the ‘download’ list. Check out the full synopsis below:

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Iron Man – Mark VII” is an epic interactive comic book experience through the design logs of super hero Tony Stark as he journeys from his Mark I armor, used to escape from captivity in the Ten Rings insurgents’ cave, to the high-powered Mark VI armor, used to vanquish Ivan Vanko and his army of Hammer Drones.

A war has started and we are hopelessly outgunned. It is time for billionaire philanthropist Tony Stark to upgrade his Iron Man armor for the upcoming battle when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble for the blockbuster movie event of summer 2012.

This month an amazing comic written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodrigues wraps up its 5-year run at the end of this month.  This dark fantasy about a family living in an enchanted house has been a wonderful and completely unique experience.  As much as it’s a shame to see it end it’s exciting to see the outcome of this series and what will come next from the mind and pen of both these artists.  For those interested Joe Hill has been dropping hints about the finale to fans on his twitter page!  (http://twitter.com/#!/joe_hill)

The last issue is scheduled to hit comic stores on March 28^th.

Early this week Mark Millar spilled the beans about two films that are going to be made based on his comics. Kick-ass 2 and American Jesus are green lit for production this summer. For all those non-Millar fans that are upset about him making Wolverine old and Superman a Communist, you need to hold judgement and check out some of his non-superhero works such as the Unfunnies and American Jesus. To all the fans, you have a few more future comic book movies to add to the must see list.

Just released recently was this cover for Marvel’s new series titled: Black Widow Strikes. The series takes a look at the story of Black Widow between Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, namely her mission to track down bootleg Stark technology in Russia. Look for it to hit shelves in May.

New watchmen….or More accurately Before Watchmen. Looks like DC came to the senses and decided to pump out some more Watchmen books. Due out this summer is 6 brand new Mini series. We’ve got Minutemen, Silk spectre (Darwyn Cooke), Rorschach, Comedian (Brian Azzarello). We also have Len Wein back Writing Ozymandias and new Corsair mini comics. Finally the ones I’m most excited for Dr. Manhattan and Nite Owl by the brilliant J. Michael Straczynski (Spider-Man: The Other).

Nerd in-fighting breaks out everywhere as people debate over the “Sacred” values of these characters. Are some characters meant to be shelved?

Update: And then there is this guy…

Alan Moore chats with Harvey Pekar statue contributors (FULL) from Chris Thompson on Vimeo.

Love Batman, Jimmy Olsen & his Giant Superman Robot, Flash Go Go Go and BotP Robin. Are they all perfect or what? Apparently this was a pitch that almost got greenlit a couple years ago. That would’ve been awesome.

Courtesy of Wonder Woman artist Cliff Chiang

A couple of months ago Alpha Flight was upgraded from a mini-series to an on-going, but has now since been canceled (blame Canada). At least they are going out with a bang, Wolverine vs. James Hudson aka Guardian! Amazing cover art provided by Carlo Pagulayan, a captured moment between to old friends, awww.

Available at your local comic shop now.

Looks pretty cool, season 2 will feature Rulk, Vision, Dr. Doom, Super Skrull, The Kree (Ronan The Executioner), Falcon, Ms. Marvel and more!

Marvel Comics has released a new promo shot of The Avengers as part of their advanced solicitations to comic shops.

Official synopsis