Goodnight, Anne Rice

Sad news for vampire lovers and horror fans for Anne Rice, 'Interview with the Vampire' author, dies at 80.

Anne Rice
(October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021)

Flash Running Temporary Tattoo

This Flash running temporary tattoo was picked up at a China buffet restaurant on last month's road trip. The back doesn't tell what set it belongs to but it did state that it was number four of ten. Luckily, it also stated that it was distributed by A&A Global Industries. According to their website, the set is simply called DC Comics Character Tattoos. This will probably be the only one I get of the set since it might be a while before I get back to that restaurant.

Flash Running Temporary Tattoo

Below is the entire DC Comics Character Tattoos set that features Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn and Joker. The DC Comics characters look like they are from a cartoon but I can't place it. The Batman, Haley Quinn and Joker look like the ones used for the Countdown to Valentine's Day 2021 Day 12: Batman Valentines With Tattoos.

DC Comics Character Tattoos from A&A Global Industries

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #12: Floating Avengers

The final Marvel Super Hero Adventures sticker that I got in the now gone vending machine is what I call the floating Avengers. This is also the twelfth and final sticker in the set based on the Disney cartoon series. Characters include Thor, Hulk, Falcon, Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man and Spider-Man. I actually have two of these stickers and you can complete the top and bottom floating pictures of Thor and Hulk. It's kind of funny that the top of Hulk's head is on the bottom of the sticker while the rest of him is on top.

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #12: Floating Avengers

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #11: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

The eleventh sticker in the Marvel Super Hero Adventures set is what I call Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Peter Parker aka Spider-Man is shown with Miles Morales aka Ultimate Spider-Man on one side and Gwen Stacy aka Spider[Gwen on the other side. The background graphics of the city buildings and black spider is pretty cool too. The other thing cooler would have been to seen Spider-Man's original amazing friends, which were Firestar and Iceman.

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #11: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #10: Spider-Man and the Avengers

There are a lot of characters on this Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #10: Spider-Man and the Avengers. There is Spider-Man and his amazing friends, Gwen Stacey aka Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales aka the Ultimate Spider-Man. The Avengers are represented by the Hulk, Black Widow, Thor, Captain America, Black Panther, Antman, Ms. Marvel, Wasp and Iron Man. Whew, that's a lot of characters for a vending machine sticker based on a Disney cartoon series.

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #10: Spider-Man and the Avengers

 

Women Wednesday: Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #8: Ms. Marvel

I could have posted this yesterday but I thought it would make for a good Women Wednesday post. Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel is featured on Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #8. She is voiced by Aliza Vellani on the Disney Channel cartoon (fans of CW's iZombie will know her as Marcy Khan). I have yet to read any comics or seen any cartoons with this version of Ms. Marvel.

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #8: Ms. Marvel

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #4: Spider-Man THWIP!

I managed to get a few more Marvel Super Hero Adventures stickers last month before the vending machine disappeared. I posted a few of them back in September and I have yet to complete the set. I'm not for sure if the vending machine will be back or not but I doubt it since they were having problems with two of them jamming (the mystery sticker coin slot was the worse one and it had been down for almost a year). The first of the new batch is Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #4: Spider-Man THWIP!

Marvel Super Hero Adventures Sticker #4: Spider-Man THWIP!

Eternals Happy Meal Box

I finally got the box for the Eternals Happy Meal when I got Ajak. One side of the box has the smile while the next side has "Meet all 10 Eternals!" with pictures of Sprite, Kingo, Thena (Angelina Jolie), Gilgamesh and Ikaris.

Eternals Happy Meal Box #1

The next panel has "Marvel Studios Eternals Only in theaters" with pictures of Sersi, Phastos, Ajak (Salma Hayek), Druig and Makkari. The final panel shows all ten Eternals Happy Meal toys plus "Try me! only on the Happy Meal app". There is also a picture of the Sersi toy standing on a smart phone with someone using the app.

Eternals Happy Meal Box #2

Women Wednesday: Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

I had the feeling that I was missing something when I was doing this year's Countdown to Halloween. I found out last evening when I finally logged into Hit It Rich Slots on Facebook after not playing it for the past two months. They now have an Elvira Vegas or Bust game, which was added around the middle of October. Consider this post a belated Halloween treat or an early Thanksgiving treat. The free online game is located in the VIP Room and the lowest amount that you can bid is 10,000,000 coins. Yeah, I have only played a few games so far. They also have special Elvira cards that you can collect to get a bonus. I never have any luck collecting a complete set of any of the card collections so I don't have any high hopes for completing this one.

Title screen for Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

Background screen for Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

Starting screen for Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

Game screen for Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

Card Collection for Elvira Vegas or Bust at Hit It Rich Slots

Marvel Zombies Magneto Mystery Minis Funko Pop

I picked up this Marvel Zombies Magneto Mystery Minis Funko Pop earlier this month and I'm a little disappointed. He looks great with the blank eyes (one is totally black) and scars but he doesn't stay standing up. The bottom of his cape is what supposed to hold him up but it didn't at first. I had to spread the right bottom of his cape outward to keep him upright. It took several tries since the plastic cape wanted to go back to the original position. Your experience with the Back of Marvel Zombies Magneto Mystery Minis Funko Pop may vary so be warned that he may fall over.

Front of Marvel Zombies Magneto Mystery Minis Funko Pop

Back of Marvel Zombies Magneto Mystery Minis Funko Pop

Marvel Zombies Hulk Mystery Minis Funko Pop

I picked up three more Marvel Zombies Mystery Minis Funko Pops on another road trip at the beginning of this month. I got them too late to post about them for this year's Halloween Countdown. One was another Marvel Zombies Black Panther, which makes three that I have now. I did get a Marvel Zombies Hulk, which is pretty cool overall. He has big open wounds on the left side of his chest and back plus one on his right arm. There is also some of his hair missing on the right side of his head. Yeah, he does look like he's going to eat you at any moment.

Front of Marvel Zombies Hulk Mystery Minis Funko Pop

Back of Marvel Zombies Hulk Mystery Minis Funko Pop

Eternals Ajak Happy Meal Toy

I was surprised that the local McDonald's still had the Eternals Happy Meal. My sister and I got Ajak but she gave me hers so I opened mine. Just like the Eternals Makkari Happy Meal Toy, she has a button on the back of her head that makes her hands go up and down. She also has lens at the bottom so you can shine a light in it to make the lens on her chest light up.

Front of Eternals Ajak Happy Meal Toy

I didn't know much about Ajak other than she was a member of the Eternals from Marvel Comics so I had to look her up. Seems that she was also originally a male that lived in the Ural Mountains of Russia. It also seems that Ajak has some resentment against Makkari for being the Dreaming Celestial's chosen communicator. He dies along with all the other Eternals after they realize what they were originally created for. The movie version of Ajak is portrayed by Salma Hayek and this makes my first toy with her likeness.

Back of Eternals Ajak Happy Meal Toy

Women Wednesday: Elvira Julian's Auction Catalogue Now Available

You have probably heard by now that Julian's Auction is auctioning property from Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark on Saturday, December 4, 2021. There is a wide range of items including artwork done by Cassandra and others, collectible items that she has received from celebrities and fans, and even items such as costumes and jewelry that she has worn as Elvira. You can order the catalogue or view the items by clicking on the link below.

Click here for Elvira Julian's Auction Catalogue!

Young All-Stars #12 (1988)

Young All-Stars #12 (1988) is the tenth and final comic book in the Ollie's grab bag. The cover features Flying Fox, Fury, Tsunami, Dan the Dyna-Mite, Iron Munro and Neptune Perkins. This issue's story it titled "'M' Is For 'Monster'!" and starts with Iron Munro showing off his first super hero costume that only Dan likes. Tigress also appears in this issue as a team member. Fury gets miffed and storms off and Arn chases after her only to find her frozen. Robotman, Mekanique and Amazing Man from the All-Star Squadron are standing there and they tell him that Fury ran into Mekanique after stomping off the elevator. Arn slaps Fury, who proceeds to tell them that she had a dream about a giant Mekanique going on a rampage. Mekanique and Fury hug it out but the later has a vision of the giant getting ready to stomp on Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle. She starts getting angry and the Greek fury known as the Blood Avenger starts possessing her. Luckily, Arn is able to calm her, which makes her faint.

The rest of the Young All-Stars come running to the scene before they all take her to a secret underground lab on Bedloe Island, home of the Statue of Liberty. There they meet Professor Mazursky and Robotman's friend, Dr. Grayson. Per Degaton the lab assistant is lurking around. In the lab, the team find man interesting sights including G.I. Robot, an unnamed plant man, a giant ape that is obviously King Kong, a T Rex from Monster Island and Miss America in suspended animation. Arn goes over Fury's origins again before Dr. Grayson tries to her with a giant machine. Meanwhile, Per Degaton meets with Deathbolt, who is carrying the brain of the Ultra-Humanite. A battle quickly starts before Ultra-Humanite's mind transfers into the body of the T Rex.

I had several issues of this series (#1, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21 and Annual #1) but sold them years ago.

Cover of Young All-Stars #12 (1988)

Wonder Girl #4 (2008)

Wonder Girl #4 (2008) is the ninth comic book in the Ollie's grab bag. This series from DC Comics is actually a six-part mini series. The cover shows Cassandra Sandsmark aka Wonder Girl being attacked by the Female Furies, which includes Lashina, Stompa, Bernadeth and Bloody Mary (an energy vampire). This issue's story is titled "Champion Chapter 4: Enter The Olympian" and starts with her attacking the Female Furies because they had kidnapped her mother and Hercules. She is pulled out the rubble and taken back to the home of Aristides Demetrois aka the Olympian. Wonder Girl finds the Female Furies again along with her mother tied to a column and Hercules being controled by Bloody Mary. The Olympian, Supergirl, Robin and Arrowette arrive to help her battle them. This is the only issue that I have read of this mini-series and all of the other Wonder Girl titles.

Cover of Wonder Girl #4 (2008)

WildC.A.T.S. Adventures #6 (1995)

I didn't post yesterday since I had to take a road trip for a dentist appointment. I did pick up a few items of interest that I will show here at a later date. The eighth comic book in the Ollie's grab bag was WildC.A.T.S. Adventures #6 (1995) published by Image. I remember watching the cartoon series titled WildC.A.T.S.: Covert Action Teams, which this is based on and I actually enjoyed it (unfortunately, only thirteen episodes were made). I never read any other issues in the series but I did have the two soucebook issues. This issue's story is "Lives In The Balance" and features the return of Majestic, who takes control of the team away from Spartan since he was his commanding officer.

Cover of WildC.A.T.S. Adventures #6 (1995)

The Mighty Avengers #2 (2007)

The Mighty Avengers #2 (2007) from Marvel Comics is the seventh comic book that was in the Ollie's grab bag. The story features Wonder Man, Ms. Marvel, Sentry, Black Widow, Ares and Wasp battling a nude woman that stepped out of the recently killed Iron Man. She turns out to be Ultron that has taken on the form of Janet Van Dyne aka the Wasp. Yes, it's a pretty weird issue, which is probably why this is the first issue of the series that I have ever read.

Cover of The Mighty Avengers #2 (2007)