Dark Shadows Comics To Be In Complete Collection

Hermes Press will be publishing all thirty-five issues of Gold Key's Dark Shadows comic series based on the popular tv soap opera from the 1960s in five deluxe full-color hardcover editions. According to ICV2's The Complete Dark Shadows Comics, the first issue will be released in March 2010. Each edition will have seven issues plus extra likes poster art, pin-ups and more.

3 Pack Comics Breakdown

While at Hastings on Thursday, I bought ten 3 pack comics for $2.99 each. That would add up to thirty comics for $29.90. I knew that I was going to get some repeats since I could see the outer two comics but not the middle one. I ended up with the following: two Action Comics #687, one Archie's Ten Issue Collector's Set #6 (Jughead), four Barbie and Baby Sister Kelly #1, two Batman & Robin Adventures #9, one G.I. Joe #3 (Dark Horse), one Heroes #4 (Milestone and not the one based on the tv series), one Hex #15, one Icon #6, one Kamandi At Earth's End #2, one Koosh Kins #1, one Legion of Super-Heroes #6, one Legion of Super-Heroes #7, one L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #11, one L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #65, one The Masked Man #3, one Robin #19, one Superman #78, two Superman #102, three Superman: The Man of Steel #22, two Superman: The Man of Steel #45 and one Venom: The Madness #3. I ended up with twenty-one titles and nine copies. I am not sure what I am going to do with the copies yet but if any of the readers want any, just let me know by leaving me a comment.

Here are the pictures of the twenty-one titles (click for larger pictures):

Marvel Universe Pez

I went on a road trip yesterday and found three Marvel Universe Pez dispensers at Hastings for $1.79 each. They only had the Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine left but no Iron Man. However, I did take the empty display box with me to the register. The cashier asked me if I wanted the box and I said yes. I got the Marvel Universe Pez display box for free.



I also picked up several three comic packs for $2.99 each but I will be posting more about them later. I will write that I now have four copies of Barbie and Baby Sister Kelly #1.

Wednesday Women: Vampirella The Second Coming #1

Here are the first two pages of Vampirella: The Second Coming #1 from Dark Horse in celebration of her fortieth anniversary:

Warner Brothers Creates DC Entertainment

Today's big news has to be Warner Bros. Creates DC ENTERTAINMENT To Maximize DC Brands. If you are a fan of DC Comics, then you really need to read the article.

Flash And Wonder Woman At Dragon Con 2009

The costumes on the following Flash and Wonder Woman that appeared at Dragon Con 2009 are pretty good:

This Week's Top Five Search Terms

I broke down and added a counter last weekend and I was surprised that it hit 764 so quickly. I think the reason is due to the following top five search terms that are bringing people to Moongem Comics:

Num Perc. Search Term
26 29.55% alison angel universal studios
8 9.09% alison angel
6 6.82% alison angel blog
3 3.41% starfire vs wonder woman
2 2.27% scarlet witch models

Sorry to all the Alison Angel's fans that wants to see nude pictures of her. Instead, here is a picture of her in a cute bunny costume:

Lobo Hits The Big Screen

Variety reported that Guy Ritchie will be directing a live action adaptation of DC Comics' Lobo. The alien bounty hunter made his first appearance in Omega Men #3 (June 1983).

Women Wednesday: Chloe Moretz As Hit Girl

Okay, so Chloe Moretz is only twelve but she is going to be a big hit with the fanboys as Hit Girl in the movie adaptation of Kick-Ass that is set to be released on April 16, 2010:

House of Mouse Buys House of Ideas

Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion may be old news to some of you but I just found out about it since I have been working out of the house today. This is pretty weird news considering that some of Marvel's characters are not exactly family-oriented (I'm looking at you, Punisher).

More Marvel Heroes Stickers Series 2

I managed to find more quarters to feed the vending machine today so I could gain three more Marvel Heroes Stickers Series 2. This time I received #7 Thor, #8 The Punisher and #9 Gambit.

Thrift Store Finds: Fantastic Four Universal Guide

For fifty cents, I found a copy of Fantastic Four: The Universal Guide by Tom DeFalco (Marvel Publishing, Inc 2007) this morning at a local thrift store. This five by eight book has articles such as "Fantastic Four Orgins", "Headquarters & Hardware" and "Jack Kirby's Galactus Trilogy". There are also interesting write ups on each of the members plus their friends and foes (yes, even H.E.R.B.I.E. is mentioned). While the front cover has been damaged, the eight stickers the size of trading cards are still intact inside. I am also not fond of the thrift store's new price tag method since it involves using tape (thankfully, they put the price tag on the back cover). Overall, this is a pretty fair thrift store find.

Four Marvel Heroes Stickers Series 2

One of the local discount store has a new vending machine that spits out Marvel Heroes Stickers Series 2 for fifty cents each. I could not resist getting a few and I got the following stickers: #3 Wolverine, #4 Invisible Woman, #5 Captain America and #6 Iron Man. There are twelve stickers in the set and I hope to get more when I get more quarters.

Mysterious Figure Found

The mysterious figure that I posted about earlier is none other than White Pantera from El Tigre, which I have never see an episode of.

Thrift Store Finds: Star Wars Bobble Heads

I had to work today so I did not get to the thrift stores. However, my sister found for me a bag of action figures for fifty cents. The following two Star Wars bobble heads were found in McDonald's Happy Meals in 2008:

Chewbacca bobble head on AT-ST:

General Grievous bobble head on starfighter:

The other action figures in the bag included two from Kung Fu Panda: Monkey with spinning bamboo staff and Tai Lung with kicking action. An unknown action figure was also in the bag and looks like he is from Mucha Lucha (a show that I only watched once). I have been doing a search for his identity but I am having no luck. He is wearing a red with yellow trim mask, red tie, white suit jacket, white shirt, black gloves, black pants and yellow boots that appears to have spikes or spurs attached to them. The copyright has McD's 2008 and 2007 Viacom.

Women Wednesday: Sexy Siren

Here is a music video of Do You Want To Date My Avatar by The Guild that has been making the rounds on the Internet after it debuted at this year's Comic Con:

Thrift Store Finds: Bat Masterson And Constantine

I found two books at a local thrift store this morning that I just could not pass up. The first was Bat Masterson by Wayne C. Lee with illustrations by Adam Szwejkowski that was published by Whitman in 1960. This was an authorized edition based on the television series starring Gene Barry. This is in better shape than the Annie Oakley in Danger at Diablo book that I found a few weeks ago at another thrift store for three dollars. The price of Bat Masterson only set me back a dollar.

The second book was Constantine by John Shirley published by Pocket Books in 2005. This is the novelization of the movie based on the Hellblazer comic book published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. I actually enjoyed the movie but maybe it is because I have only read a handful of the comics. Constantine was also a dollar.