I found a Hot Wheels Arkham Asylum Purple Batmobile at the local Walmart's yesterday. The purple is so dark that it almost looks black. The store must have finally put some new ones out since the pegs were actually full. This is #2 of 5 of the 2022 series even though the copyright on the back reads 2021. Pretty cool find considering that I have the green version and the brown version.
Sunday, November 06, 2022
Saturday, November 05, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Shuri Happy Meal Toy
I picked up a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Happy Meal last Wednesday and managed to get the first toy, which is Shuri. However, I did not get the box as they did not have any. Shuri has the panther gauntlets on her hands. Her base is transparent blue and there is an app that you can use to unlock her powers. Unfortunately, I could not get the app to work.
The back of Shuri has a wheel that you can use to make her arms go up and down:
Friday, November 04, 2022
The Flash Cinnamon Bolts Cereal
Our local Dillons grocery store accidently got a case of the Flash Cinnamon Bolts cereal. They were never put on the shelf and went straight to the clearance shelf. My sister actually picked up a box for me when she discovered them early in October. Unfortunately, the store did not get any of the other Cap'n Cruch cereals inspired by DC Comics. The cinnamon-flavored cereal are shaped like lightning bolts.
The back of the box features a large pinup of Barry Alan running as the Flash along with some Flash Facts:
One side of the cereal box showcases the Superman Strong Berry and Supergirl Strong Berry (strawberry) cereal boxes:
So how was the actual lightning bolt-shaped cereal? The cinnamon flavor was weak with the milk making it even weaker. They were a little bit better without the milk. I was also disappointed that the box didn't come a cheap Flash lightning bolt toy ring. The store had a few more boxes on their clearance shelf last weekend but I didn't bother picking up another box.
Thursday, November 03, 2022
The New Golden Age Ad
Geoff Johns is bringing back the Golden Age of DC Comics in a one-shot special called The New Golden Age coming out on November 8, 2022. This will lead to a new Justice Society of America title and Stargirl: The Lost Children. The new JSA team will consist of Hawkman, Flash (Jay Garrick), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Dr. Fate, Huntress (Helena Wayne), Power Girl, Wildcat (Yolanda Montez), Dr. Mid-Nite (Beth Chapel), Jakeem and Thunderbolt. I can't wait for the one-shot special and the new titles.
Wednesday, November 02, 2022
Women Wednesday: Dark Knights of Steel #8 Cover
Diana (Wonder Woman) and Zala (not Supergirl but a new character created for the limited series) are on the cover of Dark Knights of Steel #8 finally out this week from DC Comics:
This is a pretty interesting Elseworlds story but you might want to wait until the limited series is collected in a trade paperback.
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Monday, October 31, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 31: Kinder Joy Halloween Monsters
Happy Halloween and I hope everyone had fun with this year's Countdown to Halloween posts. Today's post is a look at some of the Halloween toys that Kinder Joy put out this year. I only got four just to see what I would get. I ended up with a ghost, a vampire and two zombies. The little monsters glow in the dark.
Each Kinder Joy monster came with instructions on how to put them together plus where to go to download the app, which I haven't done:
Now a word about this year's Monster Cereals. Boo-Berry was the only one I found this year at the local Walmart's. I'm very disappointed that I couldn't find Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Fruit Brute (I really wanted the latter one). I also found and picked up a box of Halloween Fruity Pebbles and a box of Hocus Pocus 2 cereal. I think that the other three Monster Cereals are missing because the local Walmart's still have tons of the General Mills cereals with the retro toys in them. So far, I have only been eating the Halloween Fruity Pebbles.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 30: McGoblin Bucket
My sister and I both got the McGoblin bucket from the local McDonald's about a week ago. We didn't even try to get the other two since the green bucket was the only one we wanted. To me, the McGoblin bucket looks more like a witch than a goblin.
The McGoblin bucket also came with a circular activity flyer with stickers of costumes for witch and werewolf on one side:
The flip side of the activity flyer has two skeletons that you can put the stickers on to dress them up for Halloween:
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 29: Grimm Universe Presents Quarterly: 2022 Halloween Special
Grimm Universe Presents Quarterly: 2022 Halloween Special is out now and it's a pretty good issue. Not only are there sexy women but there are also zombies, werewolves, demons and other monsters.
The first page tells you in advance that this issue is going to give a very horrorifying spin on those Survivor-type tv shows:
There are four covers and here is the cover gallery (my favorite is the sexy witch on Cover D):
Friday, October 28, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 28: DC Horror Presents Sgt Rock vs the Army of the Dead #2 Covers
DC Horror Presents Sgt Rock vs the Army of the Dead #1 hit the stands this week. There are three covers that I know about but there might be five covers like #1 had. Cover A was done by Gary Frank and Brad Anderson:
Cover B was done by Francesco Francavilla:
Kyle Holtz did Cover C:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 27: Halloween Event at DesignVille
I have been playing DesignVille: Merge & Design on Facebook throughout the year so I knew they did seasonal events. Their Halloween event this year is pretty cool with Louise dressed up as a witch while Robin is dressed up as Dracula. You get to collect pumpkins in the main game that turn into jack o'lanterns that you can use to decorate the outside of the studio. I finally made it up to level 3 and I'm hoping that I actually get to finish the online game's Halloween event.
DesignVille even has a special loading page featuring Louise as a witch that would make a cool desktop wallpaper:
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 26: DC vs Vampires #10 Cover
Technically, this is more a Women Wednesday post than one for Halloween since Batgirl and Huntress are on the cover of DC vs Vampires but I couldn't resist posting it (hey, it does have vampire fangs in the title's logo so there's that):
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 25: Mergest Kingdom's Halloween Adventure
Mergest Kingdom started their annual Halloween Adventure on Monday, October 24th. I have played it a few times on Facebook but I don't think I'm going to be able to finish it in nine days. I have yet to finish any of the special events at Mergest Kingdom. Frankenstein's Monster is the first helper that you can get in order to collect lanterns (yes, they spelled it wrong):
You can even get Count Dracula to help out:
Other helpers include a witch (I have gotten her), a spooky skelton and a spooky scarecrow. There are also ghosts that will drop items when you click on them.
Monday, October 24, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 24: Fear the Funhouse #1
Pre-teen Archie and his fellow Adventure Scouts are telling scary stories while camping in Fear the Funhouse #1 from Archie Horror. The first story is "Suburban Legend" while the second story is "Snack Attack". The final and best story is "Whatever Happened To Dilton?".
There are two different covers with Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Betty and Veronica being on both covers (they look older on Cover B):
I like the fact that Archie Horror treats the back cover as if it was just as important as the front cover:
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 23: Crypt of Shadows #1 Cover
Marvel has resurrected the Crypt of Shadows for the third time with a new #1 this Halloweeen season. The first attempt was a series that started in 1973 and lasted for twenty-one issues. The second attempt was the one-shot issue in 2018 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics. This year's Crypt of Shadows #1 cover features Wolverine (formerly X23), Moon Knight, Elsa Bloodstone, Bloodline, Victoria Montesi, Man-Thing and two werewolves (one being Jake Gomez aka Werewolf by Night).
Victor Strange is this year's host of horror stories. He is the vampire brother of Dr. Stephen Strange and was Baron Blood II. He is now trapped in a mirror.
The first horror story within Crypt of Shadows #1 is an untitled ghost story featuring Blade's daughter, Bloodline. Next is "Werewolf by Moon Knight" featuring Jake Gomez aka Werewolf by Night and Moon Knight encountering another werewolf. Morbius the living vampire and Victoria Montesi, a Darkholder, appears in "Skin Crawl". "Down Came The Rain" features Elsa Bloodstone teaming up with Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch to revert Peter Parker back to normal after becoming the Man-Spider. Finally, Wolverine (formerly known as X23) battles Man-Thing for a very long time in "Endless Slaughter in the Infinite Swamp".
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