Yesterday's Thrift Store Find: Adventures of Tintin Volume 5

I found The Adventures of Tintin Volume 5 yesterday at a local thrift store for a dollar. The hardback collects the following three adventures: "Land of Black Gold", "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon". I was surprised that it was it in good condition considering that this was a used book.


I remember watching the Tintin cartoon on tv back in the early Nineties but I never read any of the comic strips so this is indeed a treat. If you want your own copy, then you can get one using the following:

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Supergirl Vs. Viking Queen

The Maid of Steel wrestles a very muscular redheaded woman in this video:

Ryan Reynolds Is Green Lantern

Newsarama posted news that Ryan Renolds Cast as Hal Jordan in the live action Green Lantern movie that will start filming in January, 2010. He is no stranger to comic book movies for he appeared as Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity and Deadpool in Wolverine: Origins.

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #25 and Wonder Woman #188

You may wonder what these two comics have in common. Other than the fact that both were originally sold for fifteen cents, they have nothing in common. However, I did find them at the first local community flea market this morning. There are not very many flea markets around here so I try to go to all that I can. Most of the vendors that usually sell "homemade" candles, jewelry, perfume and soap at the local craft stores were there. I found one table that had about a dozen comics spread out. Most were Disney comics that were around ten dollars. I did find Gold Key's Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #25 (March 1969) and DC Comics' Wonder Woman #188 (May-June 1970) for two dollars each. They are in fair condition and I was surprised to find them for that price. I have three very worn copies of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #66, 73 and 76 while my oldest Wonder Woman issue is #250 from 1978. Here are the covers:

Thrift Store Find: Spider-Man Water Squirter

To be honest, I had no clue what this toy was other than Spider-Man sitting on a barrel. I had to search Google and eBay to find out that it was a water squirter. According to the auction, this toy was released in 2002 by Playfully Years. The Spider-Man water squirter that I found was missing the bottom part. The toy is 2.5 inches overall. The back has 2001 Marvel and Playfully Yours China while the bottom has three holes. Not a bad find for fifty cents.

Blog Alert: Green Lantern Spotlight

Green Lantern Spotlight has news, podcasts and reviews related to the Emerald Warrior. You will also find some news about the new animated movie. If you are a fan of Hal Jordan or the GL Corps, then you might want to check out Green Lantern Spotlight.

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Wonder Woman Vs. She-Ra

The toughest ladies from the 1970s battle in this match from Pepeloco999:

Fourth of July Countdown #1: Miss America Returns

Miss America celebrated the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics, which was then called Timely Comics, in Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 that was released June 11, 2009. She was created by created by Otto Binder, who also co-created Mary Marvel and Supergirl, and Al Gabriele. This cover was drawn by Dale Eaglesham:

Hope every one has a safe Fourth of July.

Fourth of July Countdown #2: The Shield

Here is the Shield as drawn by Francis Manapul for the standard cover of The Shield #1 from DC Comics on sale September 9:

Fourth of July Countdown #3: Liberty Belle

Here is Liberty Belle as drawn by Alex Ross and used for the cover of DC Comics' Justice Society of America #8:

PhotoBucket Disliked Betty And Veronica's New Look

I was going to upload a new photo at PhotoBucket today when I discovered that the picture that I used for Archie And Gang Receives New Look somehow violated their term of use. So today I am trying out BlogSpot's add image function for the first time:

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Gamora Vs. Titania

The occasional lover of Adam Warlock and Nova battles the strongest woman in the Marvel Universe (except for She-Hulk naturally). This women wrestling video was made by Pepeloco999 with Smackdown vs Raw 2008 and pcsx2 0.9.5 and a hacked GSdx graphics plugin.