The Marvel Select toy line will produce a 7” inch Green Goblin action figure. It looks great! The only downside? It’s a long wait because it’s planned for a next Summer release.
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The Marvel Select toy line will produce a 7” inch Green Goblin action figure. It looks great! The only downside? It’s a long wait because it’s planned for a next Summer release.
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/09/30/glee-director-prepares-for-mortal-kombat-film/ It appears that a new Mortal Kombat film is in the works. How did this happen? On YouTube Mortal Kombat: Rebirth got leaked. It was a small film that Kevin Tancharoen directed. He was going to use it to pitch a new movie. It got millions of views and fan praise. This...
The Ultraverse was a shared universe of superhero comic book characters that took place in the early 1990s. A company called Malibu Comics published them. Some of their main characters that had appeal are: Prime who looked similar to Superman, but was originally inspired by Fawcett’s Captain Marvel. Hard Case who was based...
It looks like one of the pivotal events in DC Comics history has been undone. On his Facebook page Dan Didio basically said Crisis as you know it never really happened. Dan DiDio For those in crisis over Crisis, let me clarify. The topic of Crisis was much discussed among the editors and...
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/cbldf-director-comics-code-seal-110930.html "The Seal will now be associated with an organization protecting creativity as opposed to a force that stifled it," said Charles Brownstein, CBLDF executive director Good interview about how the Comics Code seal was acquired and how it will be used. It’s an icon of the comic book industry. And most of...
Comics Legend George Perez will leave the Superman ReLaunch with issue 6. The new team of Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens will take over with issue 7. Personally I think it stinks, as I do not think Keith Giffen can write a good Superman story. Dan Jurgens is a good artist, but he...
Kindle Fire CLICK HERE for Details I never bought the black and white Kindle editions, because I thought they were very limited devices. The Kindle Fire is a color, sleek system that you can use to read digital comic books. At a $199.00 price tag, it is much more affordable and friendly then...
http://icv2.com/articles/article_image.php?ig=18904 Amazon is launching a color kindle later this year called Kindle Fire. Priced at $199.00 It’s a competitor to the ipad market. But much more affordable. This color kindle will be able to read digital comics. Watchmen will be offered for $9.99. This could launch a price war with other online digital...
Avenging Spider-Man 1 cover starting November 2011. Avenging Spider-Man 2 cover starting December 2011.
http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=2907 How odd the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund which fights for freedom of speech and comic creator rights, bought the comics code seal. Basically the comics code was a censorship tool that restricted creator freedom. Marvel Comics dropped the code about a decade ago, then DC comics dropped it. After that the...
Is the Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly returning? He was the clone of Peter Parker that started the infamous Clone Saga of the 1990s. A very controversial storyline that had at one point, Peter Parker stated as the clone. And Ben Reilly the real deal. On the end a comic book resurrected Norman Osborn...
Entertainment Weekly on stands Sept. 30, 2011 will have The Avengers Movie on the cover. Plus details about the film. Plus you can clearly see what Captain America’s and Thor’s costumes look like. I guess they are going with a computer graphic Iron Man suit? Like they did in Iron Man 2. One...
http://icv2.com/articles/news/21122.html DC Comics has announced that all 52 first issues of its New 52 titles have sold out and gone back to press, an unprecedented phenomenon for a full month’s comics. It seems that all of DC Comics first issues of their New 52 have sold out! With second printings being made. It...
http://www.newsarama.com/film/agent-of-style-captain-america-film-110926.html Great link and article about Captain America’s various film costumes. Those early B- no it’s more like C- movies really stunk. They were not even enjoyable enough to laugh at, but rather movies you would rather not be watching. Total press the controller button for the next channel type movies. The other...
In November 2011, Marvel Comics will release Point One. This looks to be one of their massive crossover company line events. And will be a focus of their 2012 books. It also will go back to more grounded in reality type stories. And Ultron appears to be the main villain, as the image...
DC Friday, October 14 DC: Talent Search – 10:30-11:30am (Room 1B01) DC All Access: Batman – 1:15pm-2:15pm (Room 1A10) Vertigo Visions – 3:45pm-4:45pm (Room 1A22) DC All Access: Green Lantern – 5:00pm-6:00pm (Room 1A10) DC Saturday, October 15 DC: Talent Search – 10:15-10:45am (Room 1A15) VERTIGO: Scary S**T! – 10:45am-11:45am (Room 1A22) DC...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/09/24/anne-hathaway-dark-knight-rises-set-with-christian-bale/ I would like to thank the Just Jared website for their amazing work finding news scoops like this The Dark Knight Rises one. People wondered if Anne Hathaway would wear a Catwoman costume? We got our answer and it looks great! Plus a very clear shot of the Batman costume. It looks...
Dynamite Comics plans to make a hardcover book featuring the art of Alex Ross. It’s slated for a November, 2011 release. It looks great and is a must buy for fans of his art.
IDW Comics plans to kill Optimus Prime in their comic books. But this will only effect the comics and not movies or television shows. Honestly this is not new territory, Marvel Comics when they had the book rights, did the same thing. Plus since they are robots, it’s easy story wise to bring...
A teaser page Marvel released online of Ultimate Spider-Man #3. I think this idea of teaser pages is a good idea.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/amc-picks-up-live-after-show-talking-dead/ After an episode of The Walking Dead season 2 airs, the AMC Channel will have a live television show talking about what you just saw. It’s name for now is called The Talking Dead. And will be a half-hour show. The first episode is on October 16th, after the first season 2...
The 1980s iconic property Voltron returns to comic books in December 2011. This time the publisher will be Dynamite Comics. And superstar artist Alex Ross will be handling various covers. As you can tell on this post, Alex Ross is in fine form making fantastic covers. Even though it would be great to...
Batman Year One Batman Year One on Blu-Ray and on DVD. This animated movie looks great. It deals with the early years of Batman, and is based on a great comic series.
MARVEL Friday, October 14 The Digital House of Ideas – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way – 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn – 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Presents: Anime on G4 – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Amazing Spider-Man – 6:15 pm –...
Walking Dead Season 2 The Image comic books zombie hit returns on the AMC Channel on October 16th, 2011 I think this season will be just as good as the first season. If anything I expect the ratings and brand awareness to be even higher then season 1. If you have not seen...
http://www.newsarama.com/film/thor-movie-annotations-110916.html A great article that discusses the Thor character in terms of historical mythology. And that of the comic book Marvel interpretation. Quite a lot of differences between the two. But I think for most of todays audience the comic book Marvel version is the one they know.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/agent-of-style-superboy-110919.html Great article about the various costumes DC Comics Superboy has had over the years. I still like the 1990s version with the jacket best.
http://www.newsarama.com/games/dc-universe-online-free-to-play-110919.html The DC Universe Online game gets a FREE version to play starting in October. This is great news and it looks like I will finally get to be able to play this game. In today’s economy paying a monthly fee for a game seems frivolous to me. I’m glad this free option...
The Walking Dead, based on the Image Comic book is going to start Season 2 of the television version on AMC Channel on October 16th, 2011. Season 1 was fantastic! If you get a chance, watch it. You just might like what you see.
I have the new Justice League first issue, part of DC Comics ReLaunch and the art is great! But it was only a setup story. This comic like most comics now is written for the 5 to 8 part trade paperback format. It is not written to enjoy individual story issues. This shows...
Hey all, Sorry for the delay in new posts. I’m thinking on some webpage / blog format changes. A possible whole redesign of this blog. With a new more streamlined look. As well as making it more mobile device friendly. And maybe adding stuff like a video review feed and things like that...