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Marvel produced three benefit books, two of which use their characters to greater and lesser degrees. "The Amazing Spider-Man" #36 ($2.25; 32pp.), with an unusual jet-black cover, folds the WTC disaster into the continuity of the Marvel "universe," which uses New York as the home base for many of its characters. It is of little interest to anyone but collectors. "Heroes," ($3.50; 64pp.), a rapid-response poster book, came out a month and half after the disaster and has now gone into a third printing. It consists entirely of tableaus and portraits by Marvel's top talent past...
...will seek to break backed by an association of disparate supporters. Blanc will also rely on his usual mix of hard work, determination - and occasional astonishing luck. In 1994, as he negotiated with hijackers of an Air France plane, Blanc narrowly missed being shot when the terrorists sprayed his jet with gunfire. Last Sept. 11, Blanc left his New York hotel seconds before the first jet plowed into the nearby World Trade Center. He hopes his good fortune in 2002 will mean renewed triumph, and not narrow misses...
...donates $7,000 a month to charity. Impressive considering Kira is only 3 years old. Not that the toddler suffers for her philanthropy; Lisa also contends that every month Kira spends $4,300 dining in, $5,900 dining out and $144,000 on travel. Such details about the juvenile jet set were revealed in court documents filed in Los Angeles, where Lisa, a former tennis pro, is petitioning ex-husband KIRK KERKORIAN to increase Kira's child-support payments. Kerkorian, 84, a casino and movie-studio mogul worth an estimated $6.4 billion (he announced last week he was putting...
CHINA Bugged China found more than two dozen sophisticated spying devices in the upholstery of a new Boeing 767 that was to be President Jiang Zemin's official jet, according to reports in the Financial Times and the Washington Post. Officials did not know how or when the bugs were planted on the aircraft, which was under Chinese surveillance while it was being furnished in the U.S. The discovery comes weeks ahead of a summit between Presidents Jiang and Bush in Beijing...
...Balancing Zippy's non-sequiturs falls to Griffy, the high-collared ultra-rationalist. He commonly expounds on topics ranging from the pleasures of snowfall, to the ancient continent of Pangea and the fleeting celebrity of N'Sync. His barbed commentary on actual trends, such as jet skis or the infantilization of men's fashion, will come as a shock to readers more used to the toothless "humor" of placating, status quo strips like "Beetle Bailey." What a relief to find no punch line. Griffith has actually made room for essays and meditations on the "funnies" page...