Thrift Store Find: McDonald's Marvel Heroes Wolverine

Wolverine stopped hanging out at McDonald's because they made him child proof his pop out claws. I found him at a local thrift store last week hanging out in a bag with other Happy Meal toys. I like his blue and yellow uniform even if he can no longer stab a McRib.

Thrift Store Find: McDonald's Marvel Heroes Captain America

For Veteran's Day this year, Captain America is hanging out at McDonald's to ask for donations to get a new shield. He will sing any of the hits from the forties for fifty dollars or more. For donations over a hundred, he will give you the phone number of any of his fellow Marvel Heroes friends.

Women Wednesday: Amy Fisher Meets Batman

Love her or hate her, these pictures of Amy Fisher posing with Batman (Nick Manning) are from Exxxotica. I snagged them from Amy Fisher Official Fan Club at Facebook.

Thrift Store Find: Batman Three Wheeler

This three wheeler was actually part of the breakaway Batmobile from McDonald's Batman: The Brave and the Bold Happy Meals set from just a few months ago. The toy can be pulled back and it spring forward by itself.

Web Comic Alert: Gutters

Gutters is a web comic that pokes fun at the world of comic books especially those involving superheroes. Ryan Sohmer is the writer/creator while Ed Ryzowski does the coloring. The stand alone strips are done by a roster of rotating artists. Gutters is a reasonably new web comic that started in June of 2010. A new strip is added every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Thrift Store Find: Mystery Batman Figure

I went to the local thrift stores yesterday afternoon and found two bags of goodies for a dollar at one of them. One bag had a mystery Batman figure that had clear legs, chest, arms and lower face. His boots, shorts, chest bat symbol, gloves and crowl are all black while the utility belt is yellow. The body, arms and legs appear to have grooves in the back with strips of gray paint. He stands at 4 1/4" tall and the only markings are "TM & @ DC" on the bottom of the cape. The bottom has two holes that are obviously used to attach a base with pegs to it since the mystery Batman figure does not stand on his own. I spent most of last night trying to find out what he is called or what item he was originally attached to but my search turned up blank. If anyone has a clue to what this mystery Batman figure is, then please leave a comment or contact me via email.

Marvel Heroes Wristbands

These Marvel Heroes wristbands were found in the same vending machine that I found the Marvel Heroes Heads that I posted about yesterday. There are twelve in a set but I only have two. The first has eleven characters from Marvel Comics while the second only has Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America. They are too small for my wrists but they can be attached to phones, mp3 players and portable game consoles. The wristband is made out of soft cloth-like material.

MegaMind On FarmVille

MegaMind is having his own farm at FarmVille for today only and visitors receive two free gifts.

Marvel Heroes Heads

Only two local stores still have vending machines filled with candy and toys. One of them has Marvel Heroes Heads for seventy-five cents each and there are six in a set. There are two different sets: ones with bodies and ones without. I first got the Hulk and thought he was an antennae ball until I noticed that the plastic wrapper was made to come off. The head pops apart so you can imagine my surprise when the Captain America and Iron Man Marvel Heroes Heads that I got on my second trip rattled. I then decided that I should actually read the display sign that tells exactly what the vending machine is selling. My third visit found me getting Thor with a body and Wolverine without a body. I am only missing Spider-Man but I am currently out of quarters.

Women Wrestling Wednesday: Latina Wonder Woman Wrestler Talking Smack Video

Here is a screenshot of the Latina Wonder Woman wrestler talking smack:

You can view the video here.

Eighty Thousand And Still Growing

Moongem Comics has reached the 80,088 mark. The following were the top five key phases hot wheels batmobile, marvel heroes noteook images, alison angel, "wonder woman" batgirl zatanna and women blogspot wrestlingirl. Thanks to those that visited and to those who decided to stay around. Thanks also to all that visited this site during the Halloween Countdown and thanks to all the other blogs that participated in the month long even.

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 31 Bonus: Crematia Mortem On Facebook

Kansas City KSHB TV Channel 41's own horror hostess from 1981 to 1988, Crematia Mortem, has her own unofficial Facebook fan club at Crematia Mortem and the Creature Feature.

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 31: Elvira From Femme Fatales 4.4

Happy Halloween, ghouls and goblins. For today's treat, I give you the Elvira cover, index and feature from Femme Fatales volume 4, number 4 (December 1995):

Have a safe Halloween, kiddies, and beware of taking poisoned apples from kindly old crones.

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 30 Bonus: Spooky Loot Kansas Lottery Ticket

Here is one of the Spooky Loot Kansas Lottery tickets but I did not match Dracula for a win (matching the broom for a hundred dollars would have been sweet):

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 30: Edmund Dressed As Batman In Gaia Online

The shop keepers at Gaia Online are once again dressed up in costumes and handing out candy for Halloween. One of the most interesting is Edmund at H&R Wesley. He is obviously dressed up as Batman with a white pointy beard. Too bad Louie is dressed as a white suited vampire instead of Robin.

Here is me aka Jamdin in this year's costume:

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 29: Elvira's Heavy Metal Halloween And A Request

Released as a limited pressing in 2009 by Target in Canada, Elvira's Heavy Metal Halloween has twelve bone crunching heavy metal versions of Halloween classics. The only appearance that the Mistress of the Dark makes is on the cover so do not expect her voice on the CD itself. The tracks include:
1. Exorcist (Main Theme)
2. Frankenstein
3. Toccata and Fugue - Bach
4. Hells Bells
5. Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
6. Funeral March Of A Marionette - Goundd
7. Godzilla
8. Black Cat
9. Phantom Of The Opera
10. In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Grieg
11. Carmina Burana, O Fortuna - Orff
12. Halloween (Main Theme)

As an added bonus, I found a download link thanks to repo_man at Halloween Forum.

I also have a request for fellow bloggers and readers, I received an email yesterday from a reader that is looking for a digital copy of the Elvira Fright Sound Tape as found below:

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 28: Elvira From Femme Fatales 6.7

Femme Fatales volume 6, number 7 (January 1998) had eight pages devoted to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Your Halloween treat for today is the front cover, index, all eight feature pages and the back cover. Each page can  be clicked on for the full size image.