Yesterday, Yahoo! News reported that comic book collector Mike Wheat of Fairbanks, Alaska was selling a copy of 1940's "Batman" #1 (featuring the first appearance of Catwoman and the Joker) that he bought for $300 from a guy who found in a dresser that he bought at a yard sale.
Instead of just rehashing the Yahoo article, the Comics Alliance article focuses on the comments. I agree that the comments are monumentally stupid. Three of them stick out: as being completely inane.
Comics Alliance has done a great article counting down the top five episodes from Batman Beyond. I agree with the list. One of my favorite ones when Terry was captured by Inque and Bruce had to come save him. I loved the series.And I liked how the article showed how much like Spider-man, the future Batman was. I never really thought of it that way.
In case you didn't hear there was a recent GI Joe Convention...complete with people dressed up as the characters! Here are some more great pictures from Comics Alliance.
Marvel has announced a viral site to promote Iron Man 2. I don't fully understand how the site figures in with the movie and with the the corporate website offering employment at the Stark's company. Apparently more information is coming.
Comics Alliance has very interesting article. Here is the text. See the whole gallery at the link at the end of the post.
We've seen Iron Man -- and his suit -- evolve quite a lot over the years, but in a new series of variant covers that Marvel calls "Iron Man By Design," you're going to see Tony Stark in a variety of historical roles where you've probably never imagined him before: caveman, Roman Legionnaire, samurai, conquistador, and cowboy, among others. The variant covers run through major Marvel titles ranging from "Deadpool" and "Amazing Spider-Man" to the X-books, and we've got them collected in a gallery running after the jump!
Check out this comment on the Apple iPad. I was rolling on the floor. It's a dig at Apple because iPad will not support Adobe Flash or some of the other high-end web content. This is the reason why I will not invest in an iPad as quickly as I would if it did have it.
Yes, Virginia, Twilight has been adapted as a graphic novel. Why? For more money of course. Fortunately, Comic Alliance has provided a decent review! Personally, should I buy this, I'm gonna see if I can get it cheap at Wondercon.
Nostalgia rocks! Comics Alliance has released some greeting cards based on DC Comics characters from 1978. Some of them are way more risque than I remember. Okay I was three at the time but I"m sure I've seen some of these.
Comics Alliance has published an article that takes a few famous comic books and retitled them based on what one might think when they read it.
As anyone who has ever waded into a message board flame-war knows, comic books can provoke a pretty strong emotional reaction. Whether it's a fist-pump of joy, a groan of disgust, or a phone call to a friend saying they've got to read the new comic, every comic reader's had moments where they've reacted to their books out loud.
So what if comics were actually given titles based on what you said when you read them? ComicsAlliance senior writer Chris Sims has a few ideas
Comics Alliance has published an article about an artist Darren Rawlings who will be doing sketches of the Hulk this month fighting various other characters. These are cool. He is posting them on his blog at Rawls.
Comics Alliance has published a great article on the weirdest moments from the Golden AgeBatman comics. My favorite was a the end Batman fighting a white whale in Batman #9? Here is the quote with picture
We're not really sure why Batman took time out from his war on crime to hunt down and kill a "white" (well, yellowish) whale, so we can only assume the obvious answer:
I just saw a great article from Comics Alliance. It announces that actor Jason David Frank has joined the Mixed Martial Arts circuit. He is best known as Tommy the Power Ranger. I think he was on the franchise longer any other actor. I'm not surprised. I've heard that he was a real martial artist so the fact that he can hold his own in real life isn't surprising.
Here is a great letter from Dr. Doom to his subjects of Latveria. It's like his Christmas message to his subjects. IT is funny! This guy loathes Reed Richards. Makes me wonder what really happen between them in college!
Loyal Subjects,
With Doomsgiving behind us, It is once again the Holiday season! The tree has been decorated with the treasures of the pirate Blackbeard, the goblets are full of delicous Doomnog, and as we approach this year's mandatory two-hour Christmas celebration (increased from last year's 90 minutes, for is not Doom a generous ruler?), Doom would like to take a look back and share some of this year's treasured memories with you, his adoring countrymen.
Citizens should be reminded that readership of Doom's annual Christmas letter is mandatory and will be enforced by robots.
The loyal subjects of Latveria will no doubt recall that it has been a very eventful year for your beloved sovereign! Doom was once again named Man of the Year and Most Eligible Bachelor by "Latveria Today," and recieved the prestigious Victor Von Doom Award for Outstanding Achievement in Being Smarter and Cooler than The Accursed Reed Richards!
But what you may not know -- save those of you who whisper amongst yourselves, apparently forgetting that Doom sees and hears all, and who can shortly expect a visit from Doom's Rage Division -- is that the man you believed was your revered monarch was occasionally one of the many robotic duplicates that Doom uses to throw off the hated enemies of our peaceful land, the Fantastic Four.
For instance, The Dr. Doom that was rumored to have resorted to something called "Wikipeda," an unreliable research tool whose accursed moderators refuse to acknowledge Doom's assertions that the accursed Reed Richards is a massive tool and his wife is like the town doorknob (everyone gets a turn)...
...was most certainly a Doombot, and a malfunctioning one at that. It appears to have been doing some sort of comedy routine after its logic circuits were damaged by the grotesque terrorist invader known as "The Thing." But even a schoolchild knows that the only approved source research knowledge in Latveria is the Victor Von Doom Library at Victor Von Doom University, home of the VVDU Latverian National Champion Fighting Doombots!
Your beloved ruler did try his hand at the art of the jester himself, though, launching a brief comedy tour that can only be considered a resounding success!
(Doom has declared this video to be unsafe for the workplace)
Doom even expanded his "act" into an iron-fisted dominance of prop comedy, and will no doubt conquer the 10:00 time slot in the name of Latveria within the coming months.
Doom also branched out into the world of fashion design this year, taking his five-time "Latveria Today" Best Dressed Man honors and putting this knowledge to use for his beloved people, just as he has with his mastery of magic and science. Who could forget Doom's debut runway show?
Some of Doom's subjects may have claimed that it was a mistake for Doom to swap out his traditional armor for black slacks, a pair of foam gloves inspired by the early-90s WWF wrestler "The Undertaker," and a mismatched lightweight nylon cape, but those people have obviously never fought an orange rock monster in July and should've thought of that before they opened their stupid mouths. Doom hopes you enjoy your stay in the dungeons of Doomstadt, Karl.
But now it is Christmas, and so Doom must turn away from the petty men who are beneath him and embrace the true spirit of the season. Citizens should note that at the opening to this year's mandatory celebrations, they will be required to join in this year's Approved Latverian National Christmas Carol, Richards Got Run Over by a Reindeer.
Enjoy yourselves this Christmas, loyal subjects, and Doom awaits the arrival of presents purchased from his Amazon wishlist soon. Or else.
Merry Christmas to all (except of course the accursed Richards) and to all (again, excepting Richards and his family of buffoons), good night.
Comic's Alliance has presented a thought provoking interview about where Marvel is going. Will Marvel do more multi-book crossover stories that takes months/years to unfold? According to this article not so much. I'm gong to miss those.
Here is a parody about what happened at the end of Dark Knight. I have written about the morality of Batman taking the blame for Two-Face's crimes at the end of the movie. This video answers the question: "What was he thinking?"
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