Outside the Beltway

A very low-spoilers review.

The days of one-stop media shopping are long gone.

While most Hollywood blockbusters have male leads, films starring women actually do better on the aggregate.

By popular demand . . .

Superman will renounce his American citizenship!

After 69 years fighting crime in a star-spangled bathing suit, Wonder Woman will get a super hero costume.

The lead character of the new Marvel movie hasn’t received the pop-culture exposure of Superman, Batman, Spiderman, or the Hulk.

Marvel Comics is putting back issues of its comics online, hoping to lure young fans. Excelsior!

The U.S. Postal Service is set to launch D.C. superhero commemorative stamps tomorrow.

Superman is the biggest franchise in comics and Batman is close behind. Marvel’s stable of characters is more interesting, though.