Shortpacked!: Extra! Extra!Marvel's Transformers comics liked to throw some curveballs. Hey, remember in the original animated movie when Soundwave ejected some tapes, and one of them transformed into a purple bat, and he just sorta flapped his wings, hovering in the air, doing nothing? Well, in the comics, that bat led the friggin' Decepticons. And it was awesome.Bob Budiansky, who both wrote the comics and the Tech Spec bios on the back of all the ...

The Case-Shiller home prices index, which tracks US home prices, fell a record-breaking 16.6% from last year in 20 metropolitan areas. [Forbes]