For many people, comics are thought of as something for kids. Although I know many adults who read comics and titles seem to be geared more towards adults these days, its nice to see that a company hasn’t forgotten that kids do make up a portion of their audience.

Case in point is Marvel’s Super Hero Squad TV program, which is now moving to a primitime gig on Cartoon Network. Here’s all the latest info from the official press release.

On Saturday morning, September 19th, The Super Hero Squad Show burst onto television screens across the nation on Cartoon Network to rave reviews and a huge audience. It instantly became the Network’s #1 show for Boys 6-8 and has continued its heroic growth in that demographic, increasing that audience by nearly 30%.

Thanks to the tremendous success the show has seen on Saturday mornings, the greatest Super Heroes in the Marvel Universe are ready to make the leap to primetime! Starting this past Saturday, November 7th, The Super Hero Squad Show made its heroic debut on Saturday nights at 7:30PM as part of Cartoon Network’s incredible prime time line-up.

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Even though many people don’t like Mondays, at least there’s something that happens on Monday you can get excited about. I’m talking about, of course, Monday being the day we find out what comics are dropping from Marvel for “new comic day” on Wednesday.

Okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch so I can find something good about Monday. But still, it is Monday, I do have a list of the new comics this week and it looks like there’s a lot of good ones. So that’s a good thing, right? Come on, give it a shot and take a look at all the comics coming out via the official Marvel press release. Also, as we always do, there’s cool comic book cover art for you to take a look at after the jump.

Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on September 23rd, 2009. For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?date=2009-09-23 or contact your local comic book retailer at 1-888-comicbook. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!

Comics On-Sale:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #602 2ND PRINTING VARIANT

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #606

ANITA BLAKE, THE LAUGHING CORPSE – NECROMANCER #5

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