If you have a show about superheroes, of course you have to guest star the genius who created the greatest of all superheroes — STAN LEE! Stan, now 84, created or co-created all the greatest: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Daredevil, etc.

In Heroes episode “Unexpected,” Stan will make a cameo as bus driver, driving around Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka). Peter painfully learns that someone close may have betrayed him and Claude (pictured below). Matt’s world spirals out of control when radioactive man Ted Sprague (pictured below) and Hana Gitelman (guest star Stana Katic), a fierce young woman with “wireless” mental abilities, drop into his life. After blood is spilled, Hiro makes a difficult decision about his mission. Claire is unable to contain her anger at her father. This episode will air Monday, Feb. 19 @ 9PM ET/PT on NBC.

Also pictured: Jack Coleman as H.R.G., Zachary Quinto as Sylar, Rusty Schwimmer as Dale, Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli, Christopher Eccleston as Claude, Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Haitian, James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi, Missy Pyle as Hope, Bill Fagerbakke as Steve Gustavson, and Matthew John Armstrong as Theodore Sprague.

Director/Producer Greg Beeman shares some insider pics of a four-legged Milo Ventimiglia of Heroes!! Hahaha. Love it. Take note of these pictures especially:

• The model head next to Milo looks like it belongs to Charlene “Charlie” Andrews, played by Jayma Mays (Hiro’s waitress friend). She already died…
• Check out newcomer Stana Katic as Hana Gitelman. Remember her? She played hottie Collette Stenger in season 5 of 24.)
• Look at the busted up fists that Mr. Bennet (a.k.a “Horn-Rimmed Glasses”) has. H.F.G. is played by Jack Coleman. Also pictured: Jimmy Jean-Louis as “The Haitian”
• Don’t miss George Takei as Hiro’s dad!
• And last before not least: newcomer Jessalyn Gilsig will be playing the character of Meredith on Heroes. Remember her? She played Lisa Rix on Prison Break and Gina Russo on Nip/Tuck.

Meredith is Claire’s biological mother. Creator Tim Kring said: “Claire sets out to locate her birth mother and finds her living in a trailer park in an old Airstream. That’ll be a shock but the identity of Claire’s father will be a bigger shock.” (The father is rumored to be someone fans are already familiar with.)

UPDATE :: Added this week’s four TVGuide covers with three members of Heroes cast on each cover! Check it out after the jump….

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Here are a number of Heroes cast interviews you might have missed yesterday. Co-stars Ali Later and Milo Ventimiglia worked the talk show circuit all day yesterday, hitting up The Today Show with Matt Lauer, Live with Regis & Kelly featuring chef Emeril Lagasse, The Late Show with Conan O’Brien, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Check out the video interviews below:

• Ali Later on The Today Show, 1/19
• Ali Larter on Live with Regis & Kelly, 1/19
• Ali Larter on The Late Show with Conan O’Brien, 1/19
• Milo Ventimiglia on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 1/19

Be sure to check out an all-new Heroes this Monday, Jan. 22 @ 9PM on NBC.

The cast of Heroes enjoyed a “Pre-Golden Globes Party” at Sunset Towers Hotel in L.A. last night. Pictured: (l-r) Tawny Cypress, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Noah Gray-Cabey, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Executive Producer Tim Kring, wife Lisa Kring, Ali Larter, Jack Coleman, Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment, Greg Grunberg, Masi Oka, and Santiago Cabrera. Pictured below: Milo Ventimiglia.

The cast of Heroes are set as presenters at The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be telecast live tomorrow on NBC at The Beverly Hilton. Starts @ 8PM ET/PT!

Here are some new promo shots of Heroes!!! Nothing too revealing except Hiro looking at a samurai costume. (He seeks a “sacred object,” which is the samurai sword.) Claude, an invisible man played by British actor Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), appears in this episode as well. Heroes creator Tim Kring explains: “He’s been living with his invisibility for many years and has come to grips with it, so he’ll give us a different view into this hero world. He’s big, imposing and charismatic, and will become a mentor to Peter — albeit a tough, reluctant and stern one. He’ll help Peter learn to use and control his powers.” This all-new Heroes episode (”Godsend”) airs Monday, Jan. 22 @ 9PM ET/PT on NBC.

Cast pictured below: Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli, Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli, Leonard Roberts as D.L. Hawkins, Noah Gray-Cabey as Micah Sanders, Ali Larter as Niki Sanders, Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohinder Suresh, Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman, Tawny Cypress as Simone Deveraux, Santiago Cabrera as Isaac Mendez, Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet, and James Kyson as Ando Masahashi.

And don’t forget to watch Masi Oka (Hiro) on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno later today! He’ll probably be showing off a preview of this Heroes episode.

Milo Ventimiglia is starring as Rocky Balboa Jr. in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa, so he’s featured as Flaunt Magazine’s “Flaunt Boy.” The 29-year-old Italian-American raised in Orange County, Calif. is best known for playing Jess Mariano in Gilmore Girls and currently plays Peter Petrelli in Heroes.

In a recent interview with USA Today, Heroes co-star Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennett) comments on Milo: “He’s like the big brother. He’ll always raise an eye when he passes to let me know he’s watching, and that makes me laugh.” Asked what he finds attractive about Hayden, Milo jokes, “Ask me Aug. 21 (when Hayden turns 18), and I’ll tell you a zillion things.”

Pictured below: Burt Young, Sylvester Stallone, Geraldine Hughes and Milo Ventimiglia at the Philadelphia premiere of Rocky Balboa last night in Philadelphia, Penn. Rocky Balboa opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow, Dec. 20.

Rocky Balboa premiered in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles yesterday to a pretty spectacular guest list that included Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Sharon Stone, Antonio Tarver (co-star and light heavy weight boxer of the film), actress Talia Shire (Balboa’s wife Adrian in the Rocky movies), actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks), Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Burt Young, and Jennifer Flavin (real wife) and family.

Whew! That was quite a list of names! Anyway, I’m so excited for this movie to come out!

Back in February (yeah, I know, that’s a long time ago) Access Hollywood was invited onto the set of Rocky Balboa and they did a short segment on the film and the director.

Heroes‘ Milo Ventimiglia (formerly of Gilmore Girls) spars with Sly Stallone in the new Rocky Balboa, out in time for the holiday season (Dec. 22). Here is his interview with Men’s Fitness in the December 2006/January 2006 issue:

What’s it like playing the son of the iconic Rocky Balboa? Definitely some big shoes to fill. It was hard for me to enter into 30 years of legacy and shoulder the burden of not screwing it up. And meeting Sylvester for the first time was kind of intimidating. He’s a pretty ****in’ big presence with a deep, booming voice, but he’s actually very kind and very professional.

Did you pick up any boxing from Sly? No, man-not for me. I watched Antonio [Tarver] and Sylvester kick the shit out of each other for eight days when filming the Vegas fight scenes, and they were really connecting punches. I guess what I learned was I didn’t really want to get hit in the face.

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