TFAW #3: The Anchor #4 And #5

I have never read an issue of The Anchor until I received the TFAW grab bag. I received not one issue of the series but two (okay, three if you count the variant cover to #4). From what I can gather from reading these two issues is that the white-bearded Clem aka the Anchor is an immortal demon fighter that has lost his memory. He regains fragments each time he eats the heart of a demon. Clem hangs out with a love sick woman named Hofi and McBride, who appears to be is handler.

The artists of The Anchor #4 (January 2010) cover A were Brian Churilla and
Matt Wilson while #4 cover B was done by Phillip "Phil" Hester, Ande J. Parks and Matt Wilson. The team of Churilla and Wilson also did the interior artwork. In this issue Clem battles The Breeder, who turns out to be Asmodeus.

Brian Churilla and Matt Wilson were also the artists on The Anchor #5 (February 2010) cover A. This issue starts with Clem battling a baby demon that was using a volcano as a womb. His flesh is burned off during the battle but quickly starts to regenerate. Satan seems to be behind all of the Anchor's misery and actually wants him to remember everything.

Pretty weird but I like weird so I liked the two issues that I received and would like to read more

TFAW Grab Bag #2: Logan's Run: Last Day #1

I received two different versions of Logan's Run: Last Day #1 (January 2010) published by Bluewater in the grab bag from TFAW. Cover A artist was Daniel Gete while Matt Bellisle did the art for Cover B. There were actually four different covers produced for this issue. I like this issue for the flashback of Logan-6 as a kid training to be a deep sleep operative. The final scene is so cool that I want to get the rest of the series.

TFAW Comic Grab Bag #1: Black Scorpion #2

I received Roger Corman's Black Scorpion #2A and #2B (December 2009) as part of TFAW independent comic grab bag. Azim Akberali did both covers and I like both. I did receive a duplicate of #2B if anyone wants a copy.

Paul J. Salamoff was the writer, Daniel Cuchacovich did penicils, Erick Marquez was the colorist, Wilson Ramos, Jr. did lettering and Darren G. Davis did the graphics. Here are the first two pages:

TFAW Comic Grab Bag #0: The Box

The package from Things From Another World (TFAW) arrived this morning filled with one hundred grab bag comics. Fifty are supposed to be from Dark Horse and the other fifty are from independent comic companies. I have not separated them yet to be sure.

Holiday greetings from Batman and Robin:

Notice that the top comic is The Unknown #3 from Boom!

I quickly went though them and there are some cool titles. There were also several duplicates of a few comics and I am not just talking about one or two copies. I will be posting about the grab bag comics in the future.

Women Wednesday: Oracle Reminisces

From Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle #1 (December 2010):

McDonald's Bumblebee 2010

I broke down and bought a Happy Meal last night and managed to get Bumblebee. He is number three in McDonald's Transformers 2010 line. His left arm and waist both move but his head does not. A blue projectile can be launched from his right arm. Instead of pressing a button on the back to launch the projectile, his door wings are pulled back.

Grab Bag Comics Coming

The only shopping that I did on Black Friday 2010 was to purchase a hundred Dark Horse and independent grab bag comics at Things From Another World. Thy are usually fifty cents for each comic but they were on sale for ten cents. Unfortunately, I missed out on the DC and Marvel grab bag comics. You can be sure that I will be posting about the ones that I do get here.

Disney's The Avengers Official Site

You can watch full episodes and video clips plus play games at Disney's The Avengers. I have only seen a few episodes of the cartoon and I like what I have seen.

Batman By Ryan Sook

This page of Bruce Wayne dressed as Thomas Wayne masquerading as a Batman by Ryan Sook from The Return of Bruce Wayne #5 needs to be a poster:

Green Lantern Presents Hostess Glo Balls

Hostess Glo Balls was a limited edition of their Sno Balls, which are chocolate cakes with creamy fillings that are covered with marshmallow and coconut. To be honest, I do not remember ever trying the regular versions before. After eating one, I remember why I erased any past experiences with the Sno Balls from my mind. The Glo Balls have just a tiny hint of coconut and were drier than the whole state of Arizona. This was the only box of the limited edition series that I picked up at the local Super Wally World since it took me a month to finish them.

The Green Lantern action figure did not come with the box and was found several years ago at a local thrift store. If these were made back in the 1970s and 19980s, then the box would have had a trading card on them and I might have picked up the other cakes in the series.

Best Part Of Batman Inc. #1

This panel of Batman and Catwoman together by Yanick Paquette was the best part of the comic book for me:

Blog Alert: Hey! Look At My Toys!

Reis is back with an all new blog at Hey! Look At My Toys!. He posts about his huge collection of action figures and other cool toys. The videos are back but the lucha libre masks that were a staple of the Blog That Will Not Be Named are gone.