Very sad news for Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 89.
Nichelle Nichols
(December 28, 1932 - July 30, 2022)
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Saturday, July 09, 2022
Hot Wheels Tooned Batmobile 2022 #3 Blue Version
I picked up this Hot Wheels Tooned Batmobile 2022 #3 at the local Walmart's a few weeks ago. This is the blue version of the classic Batman tv series Batmobile and is numbered 78 out of 250. The back of the card and the bottom of the diecast car both has the year as 2021.
I really like this version and I'm almost tempted to pick up another one and actually take it out of the package.
There is also a black version, which I have yet to find.
Friday, July 08, 2022
Goodnight Larry Storch
Sad news for Larry Storch, comic actor in TV sitcom ‘F Troop,’ dies at 99.
Not only did he play Corporal Randolph Agarn on ABC's F Troop but he also voiced many classic cartoon characters including the Joker:
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Black Adam - The Justice Society Files: Hawkman #1 Covers
DC Comics released Black Adam - The Justice Society Files: Hawkman #1 one-shot special yesterday with two covers. Cover A features Carter Hall aka Hawkman (protrayed by Aldris Hodge in the movie) in flight with Black Adam (protrayed by Dwayne Johnson in the upcoming movie) in the upper right corner.
Cover B features Hawkman ready to do battle while holding a spiked mace and sheild with a faded image of him in the background. This cover is by far my favorite one of the two.
The issue is basically the origin on the Gentleman Ghost and is a pretty good read. The story continues next month in Black Adam - The Justice Society Files: Cyclone #1 one-shot special. There is also the first chapter of the back up story called "Lost & Found" featuring Adrianna Tomaz, who will later become Isis (protrayed by Sarah Shahi in the movie).
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Women Wednesday: Elvira Poster on Stranger Things
I still have yet to watch any episodes of Stranger Things but I guess an Elvira poster was shown in the fourth episode.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Women Wednesday: DC vs Vampires: Killers #1 Featuring Harley Quinn
DC vs Vampires: Killers #1 is a one-shot issue that hits the stands today and features Harley Quinn.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Women Wednesday: Elvira in Horrorland #1 and #2 Cover Gallery
Dynamite Entertainment released Elvira in Horrorland #2 today and it spoofs The Shining (the first issue spoofed Psycho). Here are the cover gallery from the first two issues:
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Goodnight Tim Sale
The comic book world has lost another great for Legendary Comic Artist Tim Sale Has Died.
Tim Sale
(May 1, 1956 - June 16, 2022)
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Women Wednesday: Ghost/Batgirl Mini Series Covers
Ghost/Batgirl is a four-issue mini series from 200 from Dark Horse and DC Comics. The two women butt heads with Malcom Greymater and Two-Face. This Batgirl is the Cassandra Cain version in case you keeping score. Oracle also shows up to help out.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Black Adam 2022 Comic Series Ad
Black Adam #1 will hit comic stores on June 21, 2022 and this is the ad that is found in this week's comic books from DC Comics:
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Official Black Adam Movie Trailer
Here is the official Black Adam movie trailer at YouTube:
The movie stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Black Adam, Sarah Shahi as Isis, Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Fate, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman and Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone. Black Adam is set to be released to theaters on October 20, 2022.
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
Sunday, June 05, 2022
Justice League: Road To Dark Crisis #1
Justice League: Road To Dark Crisis #1 came out from DC Comics last Wednesday. The cover features shattered glass with shards showing Pariah, Darkseid, Flash, Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern, Jackson Hyde as Aquaman, Jonathan Kent aka Superman and Nightwing. The issue actually has multiple stories that deal with the aftermath of the death of the Justice League (all but one died anyway). The first story is about Nightwing and Jonathan Kent, who I still have a hard time accepting as Superman. The second story features Flash (Wally West) and Kid Flash (Wallace "Ace" West) that takes down Giganta and then tries to see who can stop the most crime. The next story features Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) following a space creature to Atlantis where he meets and teams up with Aqualad now known as Aquaman (Jackson Hyde). The story featuring Pariah has him being haunted by the memories of his dead wife, daughter and son before committing himself to building a machine to defeat the Great Darkness. Finally, Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) tries to stop Nocturna but ends up talking with her (Firefly shows up afterwards to offer the vampire a spot on the new Secret Society). The stories are not bad but not great either and they mostly feel like filler. I'm a little miffed that Kid Flash, Batgirl and Nocturna were not on the cover especially since Darkseid is not actually seen in any of the stories within the issue.
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Women Wednesday: Valentine: The Dark Avenger
I picked up a copy of the Valentine: The Dark Avenger DVD a few weeks ago at the local Dollar Tree but I didn't watch it until Memorial Day. Estelle Linden stars as Srimaya, a waitress, who is hired by director Bono (Matthew Settle) to star in his new movie as the superheroine known as Valentine. Unfortunately, she gets caught up fighting the terrorist known as Shadow, who looks like he should be in a G.I. Joe movie. This is an Indonesian movie that was originally released as Valentine in 2016 and is based on the character from Skylar Comics. The movie was released with a new name in the United States in 2017. It's a low budget movie but the fight scenes and story is better than expected.
My favorite moment in Valentine: The Dark Avenger is when she fights a trio of supervillainesses, who works for Shadow. One of them sports a yellow wig, a black tutu and a top with a very familiar bat symbol.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Throwback Thursday: Spider-Man 1978 Parachute Figure
I picked up a small selfie light ring at the local Dollar Tree a few days ago. It's supposed to clip on a cell phone but I decided to test it out with my Olympus FE-170 digital camera (I really need to get a newer one someday). I couldn't clip the light ring on the camera but I was still able to use it. I decided to take some pictures of my old Spider-Man parachute figure from 1978. I have lost the actual parachute way back when and a lot of the paint has rubbed off. The pictures were brighter and wasn't as yellow as they usually are thanks to the bare lightbulb in my ceiling light. I still had to use GIMP to edit the contrast and brightness levels otherwise the red and blue would be dull. I need to get a different photo editor someday too because GIMP exports instead of save jpgs, which is rather annoying.
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