Familiar Super Suit At Vampire Wars

Vampire Wars has two fabled abilities in their Sacred Halls: Freedom to Fly and Insane Strength. Both picture a familiar super suit but with a V instead of a S. I love the artwork depicting Vampireman:

Twinkies Ad Featuring Batman And The Mummy

With the news of Hostess Brands closing for good, this seems like a good time to take a look at an ad for Twinkies featuring Batman and the Mummy from The Joker #1 (May 1975):

Yes, I ate my fair share of Twinkies while growing up and they will be missed.

Women Wednesday: Sweet Dreams From Power Girl

From Worlds' Finest #6 (January 2013):

Swamp Thing At Superhero City

Superhero City pays tribute to DC's Swamp Thing twice. The first is with a new Speed of the Green card, which is now on sale:

The second tribute is a new mascot named Swampy:

Superhero City Presents Defender Of The Nation

Superhero City celebrates Veterans Day by offering a free Defender of the Nation card:

Superhero City's Homage To James Bond

Superhero City has three new special edition cards that pays homage to James Bond:

Vertigo Looses Hellblazer

Looks like Vertigo's longest-running comic Hellblazer is being canceled in February, 2013 with #300 before DC Comics launches Constantine in March with a new #1. Kind of sad really but makes sense since he is a main player in Justice League Dark.

Women Wednesday: Katana Will Be Busy In 2013

Katana will be busy in 2013 for she will be part of the new rebooted Justice League of America #1, her own solo series and will appear in the upcoming Beware The Batman animated series.

Sad Day For Players Of Vampire Wars

Vampire Wars is one of 4 Zynga Games Shutting Down. I will be saying goodbye to my vampire, Jonathan Collins, when the game shuts down for good on December 5, 2012. I will admit that I haven't played the game on a daily basis but the favor points where hard to get. I had a lot of blood but I couldn't do much with them. Here are five pictures of Jonathan Collins:

Barnabas Collins' Confession In Dark Shadows #9

Halloween may be over but Dynamite's Dark Shadows is still going strong. Issue #9 has a another cool cover by Francesco Francavilla:

My favorite part is when Quentin Collins asks Barnabas Collins how many times he has used his mind-controlling trick. The vampire actually confesses that he has lost count.

The Huntress On Arrow

I was going to save this for this week's Women Wednesday but then I figured I better post it today before I forgot about it because it is so horrible. 1st look at Arrow's revenge-seeking Huntress in costume shows a picture from Entertainment Weekly. Sorry, but this costume is so generic that it fails big time. At least add a little color instead of just black.

McDonald's Young Justice Mini Skateboard #4: Superman

I went to McDonald's earlier this afternoon and picked up a cheeseburger Happy Meal. To my surprise, they had the new Young Justice toys in stock. There are six mini skateboards based on the cartoon and I received the fourth one, which is Superman. The others include Batman, Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash and Aqualad. I would have liked to see Miss Martin and some of the girls on the team featured but McDonald's seem to insist on only boy superheroes for their boys only toys nowadays. The bottom of the Superman mini skateboard has a picture of him while the top has the Young Justice logo. I like the transparent blue wheels.

The Happy Meal box had only one panel devoted to Young Justice with the "Get on your feet to defeat the villains" in large text. The question in the upper right corner is "What super hero feats can your feet do every day?" followed by "Run and leap", "Jumping jacks" and "Scooter, skate or bike". Kid Flash and Superboy appear on the upper left corner while Aqualad in on the opposite side.A punch out Robin with the following instructions "Give Robin a leg up! Punch him out, put your fingers in the holes & make him run and skate."

The current girls only toys are based on the Littlest Pet Shop. The next Happy Meal toy line will be based on the movie, The Rise of the Guardians, which will not be gender specific.

Thrift Store Finds: McDonald's Brave & Bold Plastic Man

I made the rounds to the local thrift stores earlier this afternoon. I have not been to them for the past few weeks. Right off the bat I found a bag for a quarter that had a Plastic Man action figure from McDonald's Batman: The Brave and the Bold Happy Meal in 2010. His arms and legs are bendable, which is a good thing when you are trying to make him stand up. Plastic man's right hand is a giant fist while his left is a giant mallet. Only his head and arms rotate 360 degrees.

A Mickey Mouse in tuxedo figurine was also in the bag and I believe that he comes from the McDonald's Disneyland World Happy Meal line:

Not shown is a cheap small plastic butterfly slinky. Overall, not a bad buy for twenty-five cents.

Amazing Spider-Man PEZ

Happy All Saints Day! In case you didn't get enough candy for Halloween last night, I decided to save a post about my month old Amazing Spider-Man PEZ for today. I picked him up on a road trip to Hastings for $1.99. He came with packs of strawberry-vanilla and raspberry-lemon candy (neither had much of a taste really). I like the long-legged spider on the chest and the gold lenses so you know that this is the new movie version, which I have yet to see.

Unfortunately, Hastings did not have the Lizard PEZ so I can not post about it.

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 31: Elvira's Coors Light Spring Green Special

Happy Halloween and this is the final day of our Countdown To Halloween. This post is about the Mistress of the Dark since this is also Women Wednesday. The Elvira's Coors Light Spring Green Special stand up advertisement pictured below is from 1987 and is now available on eBay but not in my collection (yet):

I hope you enjoy this year's treats.

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 30: Haunting Halloween 1977 Ad From DC Comics

Found this Haunting Halloween ad in DC's The Flash #246 (January 1977). Cain is telling a group of kids to keep quite while he reads them a horror story. There are actual logos for their horror comic titles including Ghosts, The House of Mystery, Weird War Tales, Unexpected and The Super-Stars of Magic.

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 29: Ghost Rider Joins Marvel: Avengers Alliance

I will probably never be able to unlock Ghost Rider in Marvel: Avengers Alliance online game on Facebook but I am having fun trying:

In T-Shirt Mourning

Today, I finally decided to say goodbye to my Iron Man t-shirt. There were several holes scattered here and there that could not be mended. I ended up making several rags out of it. This is one of the few t-shirts that I actually wore out before I outgrew.

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 27: The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West #4

Big Dog Ink's The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West puts an interesting twist on the classic L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In this version, Dorothy Gale is a cowgirl while Toto is her horse. The Tin Man is a white bearded man with an axe while the scarecrow is a Native American woman stuffed with straw. Finally, the Cowardly Lion is an actual lion with African face paint. Here is the B cover to The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West #4 that features the Wicked Witch of the West on a sinister horse while holding a firearm (she rides a white flying horse within the issue):

There are six covers in all but I like this on the best.

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 26: Elvira Returns To Comics In 2013

The best news ever this Halloween has to be Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Comics Return in 2013. The Mistress of the Dark will be working with writer R.H. Stavis while Jeff Zarnow will be the artist. A publishing/distribution partner has yet to be found. Here is the cover art for the first issue: