Thrift Store Finds: Star Trek Books

I actually found a whole bunch of Star Trek books at a local thrift store this morning but I could only pick up two (I had to buy medicine yesterday and that left me real short of cash). The ones that I picked up had to do with Marvel Comics and each were fifty cents. Marvel Illustrated Books: Star Trek is from January, 1982 and has three comic stories while Star Trek The Next Generation and X-Men: Planet X is from May 1998 and is an actual novel. Here are pictures of the front and back covers:

Front covers
Back covers

Blog Alert: Dog Eaters

Dog Eaters is a six issue manga mini-series that was originally a screenplay written by Malcom Wong. The art is done by Guillermo A. Angel. The link does go to a blog with news about the comic book along with links to the story and characters. While I am not much of a manga reader, I do like this little blurb about Dog Eaters:

"Mankind failed in its first attempt to transcend the Petroleum Age. The Die Off killed nine out of ten people worldwide. One hundred and seventy five years later, civilization consists of scattered nomadic tribes, isolated casino-cities, and roving bands of predatory bandits.

"This is the world of the Black Dog Clan."

Manga and science fiction fans might want to check Dog Eaters out.

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Wonder Woman Vs. Ms. Marvel

The Amazon Princess from DC Comics battles the blonde bombshell from Marvel Comics thanks to pepeloco999 with the use of Smackdown vs Raw 2008.

Pat Hingle Passes On

Pat Hingle, the actor who protrayed Commissioner Gordon in several Batman movies, died on January 3, 2009 at the age of 84.

Thanks to Darkorion_95 for posting this autographed trading card at Photobucket:

Static Hits The DCU

Newsarama has an exclusive preview of Terror Titans #4 in which Milestone's very own Static makes his first full appearance in the DCU. I always loved watching the Static Shock cartoon but only have a few issues of his comic book.

Countdown To 2009 #0 Happy New Year From Savage She-Hulk

Marvel Comics released a teaser image for the new Savage She-Hulk series coming in 2009:

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Power Girl Vs. Vampirella

The older Kara battles the sexy vampiress in a short match thanks to gohwave:

And, yes, I know I mispelled Power Girl in an earlier post.

Countdown To 2009 #1: Batman Brings Balloons To The Party

Who says that Batman does not like to party?

Countdown To 2009 #2: Marvel Comics Superheroes Ready To Party

Captain America, Spider-Man, Hulk and several other superheroes from Marvel Comics are ready to ring in the New Year with a party: (Sorry, picture broken and deleted)

Countdown To 2009 #3: Superman Is Ready To Party

Superman is ready to party and bring in 2009: (Sorry, picture broken and deleted)

Happy 86th Birthday To Stan Lee

Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922 in New York City.

Christmas 2008 DVD Loot

For Christmas, I received the following DVDs: The Dark Knight, The Best of Howdy Doody, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. For those who do not know of Howdy Doody, he was freckle-faced boy marionette that hosted a children's television program along with the very human, Buffalo Bob Smith, from 1947 until 1960 in the United States. I was born five years too late to enjoy the show but I have always enjoyed vintage tv series. My first exposure to him was on the episode of Happy Days when Ritchie entered a Howdy Doody lookalike contest so he can get a photo of Clarabell the Clown without his makeup. I already have a DVD that has a few episodes of Howdy Doody on another DVD.

Eartha Kitt Passes On

Eartha Kitt, who replaced Julie Newmar on tv's Batman, died December 25, 2008 at the age of 81 from colon cancer. She is also known for her saucy song, Santa Baby. For me, Eartha Kitt was the best Catwoman.

Elvira's Haunted Holidays

I know I posted Elvira's House of Mystery Special #1 from DC Comics as 2008 Halloween Countdown Day 16 but I am posting the comic book again with links to the larger pictures this time as a special Christmas present from Moongem Comics.