Superman Saves Shoppers In Times Square Toys-R-Us

Black Friday was brutal this year for some idiot eager for a deal drove his vehicle into the Toys-R-Us in Times Square. Luckily, Superman was on hand to save the shoppers:

You can read the full article and view the complete picture here.

Thrift Store Finds: Superman Mugs From 2006

I found two different Superman mugs from 2006 for a dollar each at a local thrift store on Saturday morning. I grabbed them up as soon as I spotted them on the shelf for finding anything with the Man of Steel around here seems to be rare nowadays. Both mugs are white with comic images so the blue tint is because I used a blue background instead of my usual white.

The first Superman mug has him in two different poses with one side showing him charging with his arms spread out:

The other side shows the Man of Steel with his arms crossed and looking like he hasn't had his coffee yet:

The second Superman mug only has one side of him flying with a determined look on his face:

The other side shows his familiar chest symbol:

The bottom of both Superman mugs shows that they were made in 2006 by Monogram:

Elvira And Vincent Price On Tonight Show

From 1986 with David Brenner as host:

Thanksgiving And Sweet Sides At Superhero City

Wow, Superhero City went all out for Thanksgiving this year. They are offering Thanksgiving as a Free Movement card:

Plus you can receive a special Sweet Sides card:

But you have to collect these three Sweet Sides Special Edition cards first:

I actually had enough Merit Points this time to get the collection.

Thanksgiving Retro Set At Superhero City

I think this may be my first Thanksgiving related post but I just had to show the Thanksgiving Retro Set at Superhero City:

Familiar Super Suit At Vampire Wars

Vampire Wars has two fabled abilities in their Sacred Halls: Freedom to Fly and Insane Strength. Both picture a familiar super suit but with a V instead of a S. I love the artwork depicting Vampireman:

Twinkies Ad Featuring Batman And The Mummy

With the news of Hostess Brands closing for good, this seems like a good time to take a look at an ad for Twinkies featuring Batman and the Mummy from The Joker #1 (May 1975):

Yes, I ate my fair share of Twinkies while growing up and they will be missed.

T-Shirt Thursday: Nightwing T-Shirts At Amazon

Here are some cool t-shirts at Amazon featuring Nightwing from DC Comics:

Click here to purchase your Classic Nightwing t-shirt at Amazon!

Click here to purchase your New 52 Nightwing t-shirt at Amazon!

Women Wednesday: Sweet Dreams From Power Girl

From Worlds' Finest #6 (January 2013):

Swamp Thing At Superhero City

Superhero City pays tribute to DC's Swamp Thing twice. The first is with a new Speed of the Green card, which is now on sale:

The second tribute is a new mascot named Swampy:

Superhero City Presents Defender Of The Nation

Superhero City celebrates Veterans Day by offering a free Defender of the Nation card:

Superhero City's Homage To James Bond

Superhero City has three new special edition cards that pays homage to James Bond:

Vertigo Looses Hellblazer

Looks like Vertigo's longest-running comic Hellblazer is being canceled in February, 2013 with #300 before DC Comics launches Constantine in March with a new #1. Kind of sad really but makes sense since he is a main player in Justice League Dark.

Women Wednesday: Katana Will Be Busy In 2013

Katana will be busy in 2013 for she will be part of the new rebooted Justice League of America #1, her own solo series and will appear in the upcoming Beware The Batman animated series.

Sad Day For Players Of Vampire Wars

Vampire Wars is one of 4 Zynga Games Shutting Down. I will be saying goodbye to my vampire, Jonathan Collins, when the game shuts down for good on December 5, 2012. I will admit that I haven't played the game on a daily basis but the favor points where hard to get. I had a lot of blood but I couldn't do much with them. Here are five pictures of Jonathan Collins:

Barnabas Collins' Confession In Dark Shadows #9

Halloween may be over but Dynamite's Dark Shadows is still going strong. Issue #9 has a another cool cover by Francesco Francavilla:

My favorite part is when Quentin Collins asks Barnabas Collins how many times he has used his mind-controlling trick. The vampire actually confesses that he has lost count.

The Huntress On Arrow

I was going to save this for this week's Women Wednesday but then I figured I better post it today before I forgot about it because it is so horrible. 1st look at Arrow's revenge-seeking Huntress in costume shows a picture from Entertainment Weekly. Sorry, but this costume is so generic that it fails big time. At least add a little color instead of just black.

McDonald's Young Justice Mini Skateboard #4: Superman

I went to McDonald's earlier this afternoon and picked up a cheeseburger Happy Meal. To my surprise, they had the new Young Justice toys in stock. There are six mini skateboards based on the cartoon and I received the fourth one, which is Superman. The others include Batman, Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash and Aqualad. I would have liked to see Miss Martin and some of the girls on the team featured but McDonald's seem to insist on only boy superheroes for their boys only toys nowadays. The bottom of the Superman mini skateboard has a picture of him while the top has the Young Justice logo. I like the transparent blue wheels.

The Happy Meal box had only one panel devoted to Young Justice with the "Get on your feet to defeat the villains" in large text. The question in the upper right corner is "What super hero feats can your feet do every day?" followed by "Run and leap", "Jumping jacks" and "Scooter, skate or bike". Kid Flash and Superboy appear on the upper left corner while Aqualad in on the opposite side.A punch out Robin with the following instructions "Give Robin a leg up! Punch him out, put your fingers in the holes & make him run and skate."

The current girls only toys are based on the Littlest Pet Shop. The next Happy Meal toy line will be based on the movie, The Rise of the Guardians, which will not be gender specific.

Thrift Store Finds: McDonald's Brave & Bold Plastic Man

I made the rounds to the local thrift stores earlier this afternoon. I have not been to them for the past few weeks. Right off the bat I found a bag for a quarter that had a Plastic Man action figure from McDonald's Batman: The Brave and the Bold Happy Meal in 2010. His arms and legs are bendable, which is a good thing when you are trying to make him stand up. Plastic man's right hand is a giant fist while his left is a giant mallet. Only his head and arms rotate 360 degrees.

A Mickey Mouse in tuxedo figurine was also in the bag and I believe that he comes from the McDonald's Disneyland World Happy Meal line:

Not shown is a cheap small plastic butterfly slinky. Overall, not a bad buy for twenty-five cents.

Amazing Spider-Man PEZ

Happy All Saints Day! In case you didn't get enough candy for Halloween last night, I decided to save a post about my month old Amazing Spider-Man PEZ for today. I picked him up on a road trip to Hastings for $1.99. He came with packs of strawberry-vanilla and raspberry-lemon candy (neither had much of a taste really). I like the long-legged spider on the chest and the gold lenses so you know that this is the new movie version, which I have yet to see.

Unfortunately, Hastings did not have the Lizard PEZ so I can not post about it.