2011 Hot Wheels #66 The Batman Batmobile

I gave up looking for the 2011 Hot Wheels #66 about a week before Christmas at the local stores. I was at the grocery store a few days ago when I decided to take a look at their rack. Not only did I finally found one, I actually found three of them. However, I only picked up one since they were marked $1.29 as opposed to $0.98 at Wal-Mart's. So I am closing out 2010 with a few pictures of the diecast car.

I am not a big fan of the package showing just the front three-fourths of the Batmobile. Also, I would have liked a Batman logo of some sorts. I almost passed it by but thankfully I read the text on the lower right hand side.

TFAW Grab Bag #27: Fall Out Toy Works #3

Stanley "Artgerm" Lau did the cover for Image's Fall Out Toy Works #3 (February 2010). The five-part limited series is about an inventor falling in love with his android creation. I would have never picked this up even for the science fiction elements.

There is a trade paperback available for those interested in picking it up:

Christmas 2010 Swag

The only comic-related swag that I received for Christmas this year were two beanie and shirt combos from Bioworld that features Batman's bat symbol and Superman's S shield. I was surprised by the white sleeves instead of the black sleeves that the DC Comics shirt had that I got in the Christmas Swag 2009.

TFAW Grab Bag #26: CyberForce/Hunter-Killer #4

Kenneth Rocafort and Christina Strain did cover A for Image's CyberForce/Hunter-Killer #4 (January 2010). Rocafort also did the interior pencils and inks. This is part of a five issue mini-series written by Mark Waid that teams up the two groups. The only CyberForce comic that I had before getting this one as part of the TFAW grab bag was CyberForce Universe Sourcebook #1 (August 1994). I have never heard of Hunter-Killer before reading this issue. I need a sourcebook just to keep track of the characters. I do like the cover featuring Samantha Argent.

TFAW Grab Bag #25: Broken Trinity #3

Celestine, a dragon and a horde of demons adorn cover B of Image's Broken Trinity #3 (November 2008). The artist was Stjepan "nebezial" Sejic and I got this issue from TFAW as a grab bag comic. The avenging angel arrives to battle Witchblade but ends up stabbing Jackie Estacado aka the Darkness with her light sword. There is also some purple guy running around fighting the dragon that turns into a woman.

The mini-series has been collected in the following trade paperback:

TFAW Grab Bag #24: The Transformers #3

Andrew Wildman did the B cover for IDW's The Transformers #3 (January 2010). This issue seemed more like a bridge from whatever happened in #2 to the coming action in #4. I never realized how much time those robots spent moping and talking.

TFAW Grab Bag #23: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ghosts #2

Joe Corroney did the cover art for IDW's Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ghosts #2 (December 2009). I like this issue and would love to read the rest of the series.

TFAW Grab Bag #22: Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: Cardassians

While I enjoy Star Trek, I am not particularly fond of the Cardassians. The cover artist for the IDW's Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: Cardassians was Agustin Padilla, who also did the interior pencils. I thought the story by Andy Schmidt was so so.