James Spader In The Avengers: Age of Ultron

The fifty-three year old actor will be playing Ultron in the Avengers sequel but it is not known yet if he will just be voicing the character or actually appearing in it. I'm not a big fan of Ultron but I have been a fan of James Spader since he appeared in the tv series, Boston Legal. He is returning to tv this fall in NBC's The Blacklist.

Women Wednesday: If Han Solo Was A Lady

Would you still love her anyway?

Why yes I would. This week's woman was found at The Females of gaming, comic books and anime

Bryan Cranston IS Lex Luthor

Some pretty cool news according to EXCLUSIVE: BRYAN CRANSTON IS LEX LUTHOR IN BATMAN/SUPERMAN; MATT DAMON UP FOR AQUAMAN; MARK STRONG AS SINESTRO POSSIBLE. I can see Cranston as Luthor but I can't really see Matt Damon as Aquaman.

Unknown Batman Action Figure Identified

After doing a lot of searching online, I finally identified the unknown Batman action figure that I recently bought at the local thrift store. Thanks to Figure Realm, I found out that he's a Batman (Light Suite) action figure from the 2005 Batman Begins Deluxe line. Unfortunely, mine is missing the orange winged cape part.

Thrift Store Finds: Action Figures And T-shirt

I hit the jackpot at one of the local thrift stores this morning. After weeks of not finding anything worthwhile, I found four action figures and a t-shirt. The action figures were each fifty cents.

First up is the Gorilla Grodd figure from McDonald's Brave & Bold Happy Meal from a few years ago:

Next up is the Playskool Iron Man figure from 2010 (I will admit that I missed up and didn't get the car that he was supposed to go with because it didn't look like they belonged together and they were not packaged together):

There was also a Spider-Man suction cup figure from McDonald's Happy Meal in 2009 (his head and arms at the shoulders do turn):

I have no clue as to this odd Batman action figure with the orange bat symbol on his chest other than in was made in China and the orange extensions on the removable back pack lights up (I had to clean the batteries for it to work):

Finally, I scored a XXL Batman: Arkham City t-shirt for three dollars. Here is a picture snapped with my crummy digital camera:

This is what the image is supposed to look like:

Breaking News: Ben Affleck Is Batman

Well, I didn't see this coming: Ben Affleck is Superman/Batman's Dark Knight.

Women Wednesday: Elvira And McKenzie Westmore On Face Off

According to the Mistress of the Dark's Official Facebook page, Elvira will be appearing on the September 24's episode of Face Off. Here she is with the SyFy tv show's host, McKenzie Westmore:

But stay tune to SyFy that night to catch Cassandra Peterson appearing on Fangasm.

Superman Unchained #3 Covers

Here are the nine covers for Superman Unchained hitting the newsstands tomorrow:

The Batcopters

Sorry about the lack of posts but I have not been getting much in the way of comics, action figures, toys or other related items lately. However, I did find an unexpected item that I just had to have since the price was right. I found a Hot Wheels HW Imagination #64 Batcopter for ninety-seven cents at the local Walmart's this morning.

Here is a picture of what it looks like when someone has a decent camera:

Here is a picture that I took with my inferior camera:

Yeah, big difference in quality. Anyway, I notice something odd about the Batcopter artwork and the actual toy: the canopy and wings are different colors. The artwork shows them as purple while the toy has them blue.

I dragged my only other Batcopter out of storage. I actually had a Corgi Junior 1978 Batcopter like the one below when I was a kid of thirteen.

Here is what it looked like when it was new and still in the package:

Unfortunately, I broke my Corgi Junior 1978 Batcopter out of the package and actually played with it so the half of the back blade is missing.

Here are my two Batcopters together:

I will have to say that the Corgi Junior 1978 Batcopter is still my favorite because of the Batman logo on it plus the black and red coloring.

And The New Doctor Who Is...

Peter Capaldi. I really was hoping for the first woman or minority to be named but such is life.

Flash Coming To Arrow

Looks like Barry Allen aka the Flash is coming to CW's Arrow and may get his own series according to this. Personally, Barry had his turn at a series already and would rather see Wally West as the Scarlet Speedster. Unfortunately, CW has hit the pause button on the Wonder Woman series that was titled Amazon.

The Return of Captain Midnight

Dark Horse is releasing Captain Midnight #1 on July 31, 2013, which marks the return of the ace pilot that originally started as a radio serial in 1938. He then started appearing in a comic strip, a comic book serial published by Fawcett, a movie serial and a television series. This is not his first revival for Moonstone Publishing released Air Fighters Comics #1 in 2009 with a new Captain Midnight story. He was then reintroduced by Dark Horse in 2012 in Dark Horse Presents #18–#20, which was collected in Captain Midnight #0. In the new series, he will escape the Bermuda Triangle to the present time.

You can view a seven page preview of Captain Midnight #1 here.

Women Wednesday: Satana Comic Cover At Marvel: Avengers Alliance

I finally won the cover for Legion of Monsters: Satana #1 while playing Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Facebook earlier this evening:

Batman To Appear In Man Of Steel Sequel

Cool news for DC Comics fans at Comic-Con: Man of Steel Sequel Announced, Batman to Appear! Check out the logo that was revealed:

Women Wednesday: Brit's Birthday Bash At Superhero City

In celebration of EA/KlickNation's artist Brittany Hermann's birthday, Superhero City is having a Brit's Birthday Bash Triple Stat Challenge by offering three trading cards featuring women done by three different artists as a tribute to her. The challenge actually started yesterday and ends July 30, 2013.

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight by Dennis O'Neil

I finally read Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008) movie novelizations by Dennis O'Neil. They have been sitting on my to read shelf for the past few years but never to around to reading them for one reason or another (I have about fifty miscellaneous books to read). Now I wished that I would have read them sooner for they were both great enough that I gave them each a solid A. Unfortunately, I do not have the movie novelization for The Dark Knight Rises, which was written by Greg Cox.