Category: Comics
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V for Vendetta
Watching V for Vendetta again. Agent Smith from The Matrix (you know him as Hugo Weaving) makes a great masked vigilante known only as V. Man he has a very distinct voice. Natalie Portman gives an excellent performance and she doesn’t look half bad with a baldhead. (Unfortunately for this film Britney Spears had to…
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Whatever Happened to Our Lesbian Batwoman?
After hearing about Batwoman being a Lesbian in the 52 comics way back in 2006 I could not wait for the first issue to hit the stands. Even though she did not appear until issue 11. The idea that finally a main character was going to be portrayed as a strong lesbian had me reeling.…
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Stan Lee Action Figure Update
Hasbro has come through. Now all I have to do is head over to their site and actually place an order for my very own Stan [the man] Lee Action figure. He can also turn into Spider-man and save the day. 🙂
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SDCC Exclusives Part Deux
I should really read my toy magazines when I get them. Just saw in both Toyfare and Toy Shop magazines that Hasbro has an exclusive Stan Lee action figure. Â Oh will I never learn! I gots to get me one of those! On a more positive note I heard from someone that they picked up…
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Dark Horse Is Getting Creepy . . . and Eerie
The magazines that gave a whole generation the shivers are back. Creepy and Eerie were the definitive horror and sci-fi comics of the 1960s and flourished up until the early 1980s. Dark Horse Comics has entered into an agreement with New Comic Company to create archive editions of this classic material, as well as launch…
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Indy is Returning to Film and Comics
Indiana Jones for a new generation… Lucasfilm’s celebrated action/adventure hero, Indiana Jones, the forerunner of popular characters such as Lara Croft, will be making a triumphant return in 2008 with the yet-to-be-titled fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film series. Starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg, the film is slated for release in…
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SDCC Exclusives
Personally I hate exclusives. And I especially hate them when they are impossible to get. I am referring to the Star Trek Snoopy and Woodstock bobble heads from Funko. Which are only available at San Diego Comic Con [going on right now]. Â Being on the east coast I cannot easily or affordably head over and…
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Batwoman on My Desk
I got an opener figure today at Suncoast Video. And a discount to boot [the package was all smashed]. Wahoo! She was immediately ripped open, stuck on her stand and placed on a spot of honor on my desk at work. Figre description: Direct from the pages of DC’s Weekly Blockbuster comes Batwoman. Standing at…
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Free Comic Book Day Not So Free
Isn’t Free Comic Book Day about free comics? And getting the comics to the kids? Get them hooked so they buy more comics? Then why, oh why, were the two shops I visited on Saturday May 5th only giving away one free comic then charging for any others you picked up? Granted the one shop…
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Vertigo Makes Complete First Issue Classics Available for Free
Now you can read the full first issues of the many Vertigo series that revolutionized comics! Head over to DC/Vertigo to download PDF files of the first issues and start reading. I can guarantee you’ll get hooked on at least one story and have to buy the trade paperback or find all the back issues…