Christmas Countdown 2014 Day 3: DC Super Star Holiday Special Part 1

DC Super Star Holiday Special (Spring 1980) is filled with a variety of Christmas-themed stories that covers different genres that DC Comics published at that time from war and westerns to horror and superheroes. Just look at the cool cover:

The first page is an introduction featuring the Three Wise Men and the Star of Bethlehem that sort of ties all the stories together:

The first story features Jonah Hex in "The Fawn and the Star":

The second story in DC Super Star Holiday Special is Batman in "Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!":

To be continued...

Christmas Countdown 2014 Day 2: Archie & Friends Double Digest #22

Archie & Friends Double Digest #22 (January 2013) is a Christmas-themed issue. There are only a handful of actual holiday stories along with some New Year's Eve stories. Here is the cover:

Here is the entire five page story "Kissless Christmas" that features Archie, Jughead, Moose, Reggie, Ethel, Betty, Veronica and few of their other friends:

Christmas Countdown 2014 Day 1: Jughead Double Digest #197

I'm doing a very short Christmas Countdown this year since my heart is not really into the holiday spirit since the store where I'm working at will be closing soon. Anyway, here is the cover of Jughead Double Digest #197 (January 2015):

The entire digest is not cram packed with Christmas stories like I was expecting but there were some goodies found such as this one page featuring Jughead, Midge and Moose:

Vending Machine Batman String Doll

Today is a sad day for me since the vending machines at the store that I work at are all gone. They were there yesterday when I left but they were gone when I went in this morning. I already posted about the vending machine Green Lantern string doll that I mistakenly called a puppet. I did manage to snag a Batman string doll out of that same vending machine for seventy-five cents a few weeks ago. I have been meaning to post pictures of it for a while but then my old computer died so here they are finally.

The occult number on his tag is 152875.

Sadly, there is only one store left in town that still has vending machines and that's Dillons grocery store. Looks like I need to check them out with a roll of quarters before they are gone too.

Women Wednesday: Viola Davis Cast As Amanda Waller In Suicide Squad Movie

Viola Davis is rumored to have been cast as Amanda Waller in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie according to this article at Comics Alliance.

I hope it's true because Opah Winfrey in the role would just be too much.

Incredible Hulk Temporary Tattoos From 2008

I received a Canon PIXMA MG2900 printer, copier and scanner as an early Christmas present earlier today to replace my Lezmark z25 printer and Canon flatbed scanner. To test out the scanner function, I scanned the Incredible Hulk Temporary Tattoos that I purchased a few weeks ago but never got around to scanning. The contents include two sheets with each having six temporary tattoos based on the movie. That's a total of twelve fake tats instead of ten that the package states. Three are actually full poses of the green goliath was the other three are logo related. The original price was $1.49 but I got it on clearance for fifty cents. They are still sealed and I doubt that I will ever open them let alone use them.

Women Wednesday: Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1

This week's Women Wednesday is a bit later than I expected it to be since I had to purchase a new computer today. My beloved Compaq Presario died without a chance of recovery. I lost some important files but most of all I lost several favorite programs. Now I'm using an Aspire X so I went from Windows XP to 8.1. Anyhow, here is the cover to Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1 from DC Comics:

Mark Hamill Returns As The Trickster

Yes, Mark Hamill Returns as THE TRICKSTER on THE FLASH is true but he's not likely to wear the original costume, which may be a good thing:

Krysten Ritter Officially Cast As Jessica Jones

Krysten Ritter Cast as Marvel's Jessica Jones pretty much says it all:

Shame that the series is going to be on Netflix.

Benedict Cumberbath Officially Cast As Doctor Strange

Cool news at Benedict Cumberbatch Confirmed For Doctor Strange and expect the live action Marvel Comics movie to be released on November 4, 2016.

Women Wednesday: BelleChere as Captain Marvel

Here is Belle Chere as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel:

You can view more of her cosplay pictures on her Facebook page.

Official Suicide Squad Movie Line Up

According to this Blastr article, the official line up for the live action Suicide Squad movie has been cast with Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flag, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress and Jared Leto as the Joker. I'm not really sure why we need this movie when there are still so many other characters from DC Comics that I would rather see on the big screen.

Hallmark Iron Man Party Cup

This Iron Man party cup from Hallmark is the last one that I recently picked up at the retail store where I work. The interior is yellow and the background is yellow. I also noticed that marvelkids.com is printed under the Marvel logo (it's also on the Hallmark Hulk party cup that I posted yesterday but is very hard to read).

Hallmark Hulk Party Cup

Yet another Hallmark party cup that I recently picked up for eighty cents. This one has the Hulk from the comics and a green interior.

Update: Marvelkids.com is written underneath the Marvel logo but is very hard to read.

Marvel Avengers Thor Party Cup

I picked up this Marvel Avengers Thor party cup from Dynamic Drinkware for eighty cents instead of the regular dollar price. It belongs with the Black Widow party cup and the Captain America party cup. The interior is orange, which is an odd choice considering that his cape is red. There are two drawn images of Chris Hemsworth as Thor from the movie and an image of the Avengers circle A logo.

The first drawn image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor:

The Avengers circle A logo has lightning bolts inside it:

The second drawn image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor:

T-shirt Thursday: Gray Distressed Batman T-shirt

I actually found the last extra large gray distressed Batman t-shirt at the store where I work. The original cost was $14.99 but I got it for $10.79 after discounts. I love the large bat symbol on the front.

Here is the front of the label:

And here is the back of the label:

Here is a picture of me actually wearing the gray distressed Batman t-shirt:

Hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. I spent most of the day with my family and our dogs.

Women Wednesday: Black Widow Party Cup From Hallmark

I recently picked this Black Widow party cup that Hallmark put out in 2012 for eighty cents instead of the regular one dollar price. The interior is red and the bottom states that it was made in the USA. This belongs to the Avengers movie party cup set (I also have the Captain America party cup).

The first drawn image features Black Widow in a fighting pose:

I never noticed the spider web on the Avengers circle A logo before but it's there along with the S.H.I.E.L.D. eagle head:

The second drawn image of Scarlett Johansson is a head shot: