Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 5: Tigra Vampire

Here is the variant cover for Avengers Academy #5 by J.S. Rossbach featuring Tigra vampire putting the bite on Hank Pym (the issue hits the newsstands on October 6, 2010 and a six page preview can be found here):

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 4: Spider-Man Vampire

Here is the variant artwork for Amazing Spider-Man #646 cover by Mike Mayhew for Marvel Comics (you can buy the original 11x17 artwork here):

Here is the color version:

I find it funny that the only way to tell if Spider-Man is a vampire is for him to raise the lower part of his mask to show his fangs.

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 3: LA Weekly Featuring Elvira

Here is the cover of the September 24-30, 2010 issue of LA Weekly featuring Elvira:

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 2: Dark Shadows Magic Slates

In 1969, Whitman produced two Magic Slates based on ABC's Dark Shadows gothic soap opera that sold for thirty-nine cents apiece. One clearly features Barnabas Collins while the other features the Collinwood mansion. In the 1990s, they were reproduced so well that "copy" was printed in red near the price to keep people from selling them as the originals. I have neither but I remember playing with a Batman Magic Slate when I was a boy in the 1970s (unfortunately, I never saved it or took a picture of it).

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 1: Hot Wheels Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Seems fitting to start the first day of the Halloween Countdown 2010 with the Hot Wheels version of Ghostbusters Ecto-1. I actually found this at a local store several weeks ago and I grabbed it since I missed out on the version that Johnny Lightning put out a few years ago as part of their Fright'ning Lightings line.

The back of the Hot Wheels Ghostbusters Ecto-1 has the following information:
Born: 1984
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Designer: General Motors and Ray Stantz
Speciality: With rear pull-out rack, proton packs and a distinctive wail, this refitted '59 Cadillac was made for fighting slime.

Women Wednesday: Smallville's Supergirl

Comics Continuum has the first look of Laura Vandervoort as Kara in costume in the October 8 episode of Smallville titled "Supergirl" (yes, she gets her costume before her cousin does):

Women Wednesday: Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher, who played the woman reporter on ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman will be coming to WB's Smallville as Lois Lane's mother according to this Comics Alliance article.

Goodbye WildStorm

Wow, this DC ENTERTAINMENT ENDS WILDSTORM, RESTRUCTURES is big news as the imprint ends in December. I have only a handful of WildStorm comics with the majority of them from the 1990s.

Hostess Cakes Justice League

Hostess Cakes Justice League shows The Flash Cakes and (Green Lantern) GloBalls that you can hand out for Halloween. The site also has a contest with a grand prize of a million dollars. Fifty players will win a one year subscription from DC Comics and fifty players will win a copy of the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse DVD. After October 25, you have a chance to be the hero of your own DC Comic book cover.

This brings back memories of those old Hostess comic book ads from the 1970s that had the superheroes eating Twinkies and other treats.

Ouch Ouch Ouch

I got the tip of my right index finger caught in the loading bay door at work Tuesday morning. The bone is broken and the nail bed needed repaired. Needed stitches in finger pad too since it was split. In pain now and off work for at least next two weeks. Updates to Moongem Comics will be rare for the next few weeks.

Hot Wheels Batmobile 2010

I finally found the Hot Wheels Batmobile 2010 (#42 of 44) at the local Alco Duckwall store. In fact, I found four of them but only bought two. According to the information on the cardboard back, this Batmobile was born in 2008 in Gotham City. Designed by Batman, this version has enhanced nanotech transforming ability that allows it to change into the Batjet, Batboat, Batsub, Batcycle and the Bat-mecha. One of these will be going on my wall next to the classic 1966 version.

Women Wednesday: Power Girl DC Universe Online Wallpaper

Here's the 800 x 640 desktop wallpaper of Power Girl from DC Universe Online: