Women Wednesday: Future Power Girl

Captain Atom meets the future Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) when he is tossed one hundred years into the future in Justice League: Generation Lost #14 (January 2011):

He also meets the rest of the Justice League that includes Batman (Damian Wayne), Red Hood (Thomas Grayson), the Creeper (part man, part machine), Shazam (Sahar Shaheen), Blue Scarab (descendant of the Blue Beetle), Plastic Man (clone of the original), a very old Martian Manhunter and Black Canary (descendant of Hawk and Dove):

Flashpoint Action Figures Coming This Summer

DC Universe posted the first look at DC Direct Flashpoint action figures last Friday but they are so cool that I thought I would post them here. I am really digging the the alternate versions of Flash, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg.

Justice For All Includes Children, 8

Curt Swan did the artwork for Justice For All Includes Children, 8 public service ad featuring Superman as it appeared in Secret Society For Super Villains #5 (January-February 1977):

Women Wednesday: Silena Evion As Killer Frost

With the wicked winter weather that we have been having lately, it seems only appropriate to show pictures of Silena Evion dressed as Killer Frost from this year's Ikkicon:

Justice For All Includes Children, 6

This Justice For All Includes Children, 6 public service ad featuring Superman appeared in Secret Society of Super Villains #3 (September-October 1976):

Henry Cavill To Be Superman

The big news today is that British actor Henry Cavill is set to be Superman in the next movie. He is best known for his role on Showtime's The Tudors. Zack Snyder is the director and Christopher Nolan is the producer of the new movie that is set for a December 2012 release.

Thrift Store Find: Zachary Quinto As Spock Action Figure

I found a Zachary Quinto as Spock action figure at a local thrift store yesterday afternoon for fifty cents. He is six inches tall and came without any accessories.

The most oddest thing about him is that you can remove his shirt but not his sleeves.

Silver Streak At Superhero City

I will admit that I have not been playing Facebook's Superhero City online game everyday like I should so you could imagine my surprise when I had seen that Silver Streak was up for sale as a rare movement ability. He is the mount of the legendary Texas Ranger. Yes, the William Tell Overture is now playing in my head.

Women Wednesday: Sue Storm Backhands Namor

Yeah, I like a woman that pushes back when she has had enough. Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman backhands Namor the Sub-Mariner with a wicked left that just happens to be encased in her force field. She gave him the smack down in Marvel's Fantastic Four #587 (March 2011).

Goodnight Johnny Storm

From Fantastic Four #587 (March 2011), Ben Grimm aka the Thing and Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch sharing a Kirk Spock moment:

Goodnight Wizard And ToyFare

According to Newsarama, Wizard and ToyFare are ending. A digital magazine titled Wizard World will be available in February 2011.

Proof That Batman Cheats At The Races

The cover by Chris Burnham for Batman Inc. #6 on sale April 20, 2011 shows Batman riding his bat-cycle while Man-of-Bats rides a bison and Red Raven rides a horse. You know who is going to win this race.

Anne Hathaway Is Catwoman

According to Blastr, Anne Hathaway is Catwoman in the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Tom Hardy will be playing Bane in the same movie.

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Delta Dawn Vs. Wonder Woman

I love Wonder Woman's mask and boots but not liking the rest of the costume:

Thrift Store Find: Mystery Fantasy Figurine Identified

Thanks to ShadZ for identifying the Thrift Store Find: Mystery Fantasy Figurine as Li Showron from the Cardcaptors promotion toy line that Taco Bell produced in 2002.

TFAW Grab Bag #41: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1

James Jean did the cover of this version of Dark Horse's The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 (September 2007). This is a strange mix of steampunk and superheroes. Dr. Reginald Hargreeves aka the Monocle collects, er, adopts seven of forty-three extraordinary children. He is the inventor of several items including the Mobile Umbrella Communicator and a space alien. Ten years later, the children battle the zombie robot Gustave Eiffel, who is controlling his Tower. They are given numbers instead of names like Number One, who is the leader. Twenty years later they reunite after the death of the Monocle. Number One is now known as Spaceboy and the rest have actual names. I would like to read the rest of this limited series. Unfortunately, I received six copies of this issue from TFAW.

This is the last of the grab bag comics from TFAW. As you can tell, I did not fare very well with the fifty issues from Dark Horse. I can see two or three copies of the same issue but getting six or eight issues was ridiculous.

TFAW Grab Bag #40: Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #3, #4 and #5

The variant of Dark Horse's Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #3 (February 2001) features a photo of Harrison Ford as Han Solo. The adventure is fun but I am not crazy about the interior art by Carlos Meglia. I received eight copies of this issue in the grab bag from TFAW.

I also received one copy of Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #4 (April 2001). Shame that Andrew Robinson and Dave Stewart only did the cover artwork.

I also received six copies of the photo cover variant of #4.

Finally, I received one copy of Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #5 (June 2001). I am not a big fan of the cover by Carlos Meglia.

Vintage DC Comics 2010 Calendar

I managed to snag me a Vintage DC Comics 2010 Calender from Swag Bucks. I know the year is over but there are sixteen 11" x 14" removable frame-ready cover reproductions. My favorite by far is Detective Comics #122 (April 1947) that shows Catwoman clawing Robin. I was surprised and delighted to see the cover of Captain Marvel Adventures #19 (January 1943) since DC Comics did not own the characters at that time.

My next prize that I am going for is the Vintage Marvel Comics 2010 Calendar.

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TFAW Grab Bag #39: Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones #2

I received Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones #2 (February 2002) from TFAW as part of their grab bag comic special. This issue has Nym fighting an alien shark-like creature called the relix on the planet Maramere. I liked this issue but only needed one copy instead of the three that I received.