Neca’s TMNT Figures: Shredder, April & Co.

NECA hit it out of the park recently with the release of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures inspired by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s original turtle designs, as featured in the B&W Independent comics. Besides just looking dang cool, there’s a raw energy explosive to the early turtle design and I jumped [...]

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Magnus & Solar To Return…at Dark Horse Comics!

There was a lot of news coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con, but of great interest to me was a bit of news that Newsarama reported only today, which is that Gold Key characters Magnus, Robot Fighter & Solar: Man of the Atom will be returning to the four-color page in all new adventures! [...]

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The Way of the Trade…

Well, it’s official.
Outside of a small handful of creator-owned, independent, titles that I simply want to support from month to month as best I can to best enjoy and help promote their work (including Madman Atomic Comics, Usagi Yojimbo, Nexus and a couple of others) I’ve officially gone the ‘way of the trade’ for the [...]

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Last Week: Usagi Yojimbo #113

Ha, I love the cover (and as good as it is in color, it’s even better in B&W)!
Anyhow, just wanted to remind you good folks that Usagi Yojimbo #113 shipped last week, so if you haven’t picked up your copy, or are just looking to see what so many of us are always going on [...]

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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse!

Later this year, Gemstone plans to release a new entry in the Walt Disney Treasures collection entitled Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Death Valley! by Floyd Gottfredson.
As reported by The Scoop:
Like all comics publishers, Gemstone’s Walt Disney unit works months in advance of press date. That means that as the summer sun beats [...]

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The Flash: Rebirth

“Lightning Strikes Twice!”
I’ve been on vacation this week and I had planned to take a quick breather from the net, and a few other things, to recharge my batteries for a few days — but I had some free time tonight and thought I’d see what, if anything, had been announced in the four-color world…
…and, [...]

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Favorite Marvel Heroes: Honorable Mentions

I just wrapped up my Top-Ten favorite Marvel Heroes list and for anyone just tuning in, here’s a quick recap of the outcome:
10. Black Bolt (& Medussa)
9. The Thing
8. Invisible Woman
7. Nova
6. Nightcrawler
5. Hawkeye
4. Daredevil
3. Silver Surfer
2. Spider-Man
1. Captain America
But as anyone who has attempted to make a Top-Ten knows, there are literally dozens upon [...]

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Top-Ten Marvel Heroes #1: Captain America

1. Captain America
“The Sentinel of Liberty”
Its been a lot of fun counting down my favorite Marvel characters to get to #1 and I hope all of you tuning in have enjoyed it – I know many have been reading so I’m certainly grateful for that. Well, here we are, and without further ado the [...]

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Top-Ten Marvel Heroes #2: Spider-Man

2. Spider-Man
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!”
Kids love Spider-Man, and I was no different. As far as I know the web-head has always been there, simply present in my life as far back as I can remember. At an early age I had a Spider-Man blanket (prominently featuring John Romita’s Spider-Man that I still have [...]

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Top-Ten Marvel Heroes #3: The Silver Surfer

10. Silver Surfer
I vividly remember a hot summer here in North Texas where I took swimming lessons at one of the local parks. Every day I’d go I was full of nervous energy – which usually faded when I was in the pool – and afterwards, I’d go play on the jungle jim equipment [...]

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