Monthly Archives: July 2009
Check. This. Art.
Those are one-of-a-kind sketch cards that were included in the Marvel Masterpieces 3 packs at random. The artist is Meghan Hetrick, and she is our new hero. Click here for more. Spectacular stuff.
Filed under Marvel Masterpieces
Wrecking Crews, Taking Names.
While talking about the upcoming Marvel Superstars game with the worldwide flock of friends on CBR, we received a strange request for a large image of the Wrecker masterpiece by Arthur Suydam. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Vs. System
It Is Called “Marvel Superstars”.
It is the news we have all been waiting for, and it is official. Upper Deck will continue to produce the highest quality trading card games in the world using the most spectacular characters in the universe. The first new … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Vs. System, Weekend in Heaven
Joe Quesada Wants Squirrel Girl To End Dark Reign.
Comic-Con 2009 has just gone transcendent. It happened during the Marvel Comics panel discussing their massive ongoing inter-title event known as Dark Reign. Dark Reign is one of those messy affairs that threatens to destroy the very fabric of the … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Squirrel Girl
Comic-Con 2009: Cosplay Costumed Caption Contest and Character Identification Treasure Hunt.
Here’s the deal. We have selected our 12 favorite cosplay costumed characters from Comic-Con 2009. Now it’s up to you. Identify all twelve. Tell us what they are thinking. Win prizes. In exactly 14 days we will choose a winner, … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Tiny Treasure Hunts
Loeb Confirms Red She-Hulk.
Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness are the madmen at Marvel Comics responsible for the consciousness-altering reality of the Red Hulk. Today at Comic-Con 2009 they admitted that the redness is spreading. It seems that Domino and X-Force will soon be involved in … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books
Exclusive Harry Potter Prop Cards.
If you have never seen cards like this, you are in for a treat. They each contain actual pieces of material from costumes and props that were used in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. These particular cards are tough to … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: New Screenshots from Comic-Con.
Wow. On the day that Activision announced the inclusion of Jean Grey and Gambit in the upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 video game, they also released screenshots of the most amazing looking Iron Fist and Deadpool that a joystick has … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Video Games
SDCC 2009 Is On, Comic-Con Craziness Ensues.
There was a major scuffle at the front of the line. The middle-aged women who had been waiting all night to demand that Edward produce a REAL birth certificate and prove that he was an American citizen… wait. Wrong wackos. Seriously, … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books
Source Material: X-Babies Attack.
I was surfing around to see if anyone had leaked the zombie variant cover of X-Babies #1 this morning, and I found a treasure. That is the full Adam Kubert art from the variant cover of Uncanny X-Men #461. Why … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, X-Babies
X-Babies Go Zombie, Wolverine Appreciates Art, and Maybe More Squirrel Girl.
That little bag of treats will be available from Marvel Comics in October. X-Babies in the flesh. And, in case that is not sweet enough for you, there will also be a Zombie Babies variant cover. Image not available, artist … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, X-Babies
Squirrel Girl Named “Coolest Character in the Marvel Universe” by Brian Michael Bendis.
It’s true. Brian Michael Bendis has annointed Squirrel Girl to her rightful place. Doreen Green’s nutty alterego is “the coolest character in the Marvel Universe”. But where did she come from? In all her appearances, Squirrel Girl has never shucked the … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Books, Squirrel Girl
