Doors open, and DC starts strong

Booth signings? Already? Well, there's a lot to get through, so you may as well start early. That's what DC did.

No sooner had the doors opened and thousands started to stream through than DC's booth was instantly full of folks looking for giveaways and looking to get the John Hancock of any of their booth stars: Tony Bedard, Matt Sturges, Mark Buckingham, Bill Willingham, Jason Aaron, Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore.  DC is starting strong.

The three most-talked-about items on the floor? A huge yellow, black and red Warner Bros. bag that has a "Smallville" promo on one side and the upcoming "Superman: Doomsday" on the other; a bag from the Scholastic booth of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; and a cardboard shield given out for the DVD release of "300.

Photo: Spencer Weiner / LAT"

-- Jevon Phillips