Tuesday, February 01, 2011

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):

Superman in Justice For All Includes Children 6 public service ad

Sunday, January 30, 2011

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.
Henry Cavill to be Superman

Saturday, January 29, 2011

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.
Zachary Quinto as Spock action figure
The most oddest thing about him is that you can remove his shirt but not his sleeves.
Zachary Quinto as shirtless Spock action figure

Friday, January 28, 2011

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.
Silver Streak at Superhero City
Silver Streak card at Superhero City

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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).
Sue Storm backhands Namor in Fantastic Four #587 from Marvel

Tuesday, January 25, 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:
Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm from Fantastic Four #587

Monday, January 24, 2011

Goodnight Wizard And ToyFare

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

Saturday, January 22, 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.
Cover of Batman Inc. #6 from DC Comics

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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:

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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.
Cover of The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 from Dark Horse
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.