NY Comic Con 2008 - Marvel’s New Toy’s, Busts and more

Check out some of the new things from Marvel coming in the future in their toy lines. Read the rest of this entry »

Iron Man the Movie Series 1 Figures Review

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Movie figures are starting to come out. So lets talk about them eh?

Iron Man Mark 1 is where it all starts. Tony Stark builds this armor to help him escape terrorists and save his own life due to the piece of metal slowly cutting deeper and deeper towards his heart. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mighty Avengers #01

[thumb:27:l]“Civil War” is over and the Marvel Universe is already feeling the effect with “The Initiative” in full swing and super teams popping up all over the country in every state.

But even with all those teams there is still a need for The Avengers. Iron Man meets up with Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, to ask her - it’s really more like telling her - that she is gonna lead the team and they are gonna pick it. Read the rest of this entry »

A New Guilty Pleasure: The Dabel Brothers

The Dabel Brothers, under the banner of Marvel comics, have come out with several comic titles based on best-selling sci-fi and fantasy authors’ novels. Dabel Brothers Productions has been around since 2002, and their most recent line-up of novel adaptations started in the summer of 2006, but I didn’t discover them until I went to the con this weekend.

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Punisher War Journal #01

[thumb:5:l]Welcome back, Frank.

The Marvel Universe has missed you. The Punisher hasn’t really been gone, but for a few years now he has been playing things slightly under the scenes. While there has been no lack of punishing when it comes to mobsters, drug dealers, Russians and even terrorists in their homelands, there’s a certain group that Frank hasn’t much run in with lately. The superheroes and villains that make up the Marvel U. But “Civil War” and the new War Journal plans to change that. Read the rest of this entry »

Spider-Man Reign Issue #01

[thumb:4:l]What if Spider-Man fell into The Dark Knight Returns world? What if it was a dark world where heroes were no longer were needed or wanted and the ones who did stay behind had lost their will to do what they once did?

Spider-Man: Reign is that kind of story. A dark, future New York where Peter Parker is an old man, possibly even the same age as Uncle Ben, maybe even older. He works odd jobs to pay his bills, still has the horrible Parker luck that causes him to lose them, and imagines going home to his wife Mary Jane, who we are given the impression has died quite awhile ago.

So without further ado, some spoilers. Read the rest of this entry »