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Warlord! Warlord! WAARRLOOOORD!

Comic Book Resources has got a lengthy, in-depth interview with Mike Grell about his new, upcoming WARLORD series!! Including a look at the first 5 covers!!

I didn't think I could possible be more excited, but I just may be!!

Hopefully now we'll get a proper Warlord action figure!!

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V returns!

A year or so ago, V creator Kenneth Johnson was hard at work on getting a sequel to his original V mini-series off the ground. He even wrote a novel, V - The Second Generation, which was published in February of 2008. Plans for the TV event were eventually scuttled.

But now, while Johnson has been pushed aside (again, as he was for V: THE FINAL BATTLE and V: THE SERIES), Hollywood Reporter has announced that ABC has green-lit a pilot for a new V series.

Although I believe it's disingenuous to exclude Johnson from the mix, when you consider it was the original mini-series that most people love and remember and not the follow-ups... Being the hypocrite that I am, I'm so excited about the possibilities of this new series. I just wish it was a continuation rather than a do-over (probably) in name only. I want me some Jane Badler as Diana!!!

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Cigam semoc ot Ellivllams

TV Guide reveals that Serinda Swan has been cast as Zatanna in an upcoming episode of SMALLVILLE.

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X-Men the animated series on DVD!

from Newsarama:

The legendary Fox animated series, X-Men, is finally coming out on DVD through Walt Disney Home Video. The first two releases, simply entitled Volume 1 and Volume 2, have street dates of April 28. Both collections have suggested retail prices of $23.98. Volume 1 is two disks and times in at 368 minutes. The second is also two disks and times in at 391 minutes.

Read more...

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ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK #4
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

Coming in April!!

Looking at Marvel covers for April '09

I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I'm not a Marvel reader, but I can still enjoy the pretty pictures they put on the front of their books!

ASTONISHING TALES #3
Cover by Kenneth Rocafort

Marvel is getting as much into the girl butts as DC is for April. Interesting cover, even if I'm not sure what's up with Spider-Woman's Human Torch hands...

NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION #2 (of 4)
Cover by Jo Chen

Annnnd.... Here we go again! Although, this one is drawn (painted) by a female artist, so it's harder to scream "sexist fanboys!" And she also gives us a very hot looking guy for the price of admission. Check out the way Ronin is holding his dagger and the placement... Oh my.

SUB-MARINER COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Cover by Mitch Breitweiser

Not only is the art (and Namor himself) hot on this cover; I love how it's true to it's golden-age origins: No nipples!!

WAR OF KINGS #2 (of 6)
Cover by Brandon Peterson

Brandon Peterson is just an awesome artist. I'm always awed by his work. Too bad Marvel only seems to use him on covers. But every one of them is so cool looking...

WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #1 (of 4)
Cover by Brandon Peterson

...even when it's a character that you just don't care about!

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS FINALS #3 (of 4)
Cover by Roger Cruz

Definitely an interesting color-highlighting choice there below the "X."

Hmmm...

Black Panther 2 #1 Variant Cover

BLACK PANTHER #1
70th Anniversary Variant
Cover by: Marko Djurdjevic
Writer: Reginald Hudlin
Pencils: Ken Lashley
The story: "Deadliest Of The Species, Part 1" -- The Black Panther is back…and she’s badder than ever. That’s right -- she! What happened to T’Challa? Who is the new Black Panther? Find out why the female is the deadliest of the species.
In stores: February 4, 2009
Not sure what Sub-Mariner has to do with this issue of BLACK PANTHER...but all I can say is "wow."

Green Fury the green-flamed hero

You know Dazzler,



Wind Dancer,



The Prancer,



And Vixen.




Comet,



And Cupid,



Dick Donner,



And Blitzen.



But do you recall
The most famous Super-Friend of all?

Fury the green-flamed hero,
Had a very fiery nose.
And if you ever saw it
You would surely say it blows.



All of the other heroes
Used to laugh and call her names.
They never let Green Fury
Join the super hero games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Fury, with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"



This made the others jealous,
And they shouted out meanly:
"Fury the green-flamed hero,
Your power's disgusting!"

Have I Now Seen Everything?

Spotted at Target --

Operation: Hulk Edition.

I just don't know what to say...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Have some cosplay!

I'm getting most of my Halloweening out on my Golden Age Heroes blog. So I was trying to think of something to do here. I decided that wearing costumes is a Halloweeny thing. So here are a bunch of pics I found on Flickr of people dressed as comic book characters. It fits the Halloween theme and the comic book theme. Success!! LOL

Have a great Halloween!!

Starfire, Nightwing & Donna Troy Originally uploaded by MargieC1022	Robin, Black Lightning & Superboy Originally uploaded by prometheus445
?, Deathstroke, Kid Flash, Starfire & Speedy Originally uploaded by israphael
Batgirl, Raven & Robin Originally uploaded by the3rdrobin
Superman & Namor Originally uploaded by hawkeyevsgirl	Captain America Originally uploaded by walkerspace
Superman meets "Superboy" Originally uploaded by manofsteel25
Justice League Originally uploaded by profundis
Wolverine Originally uploaded by Steam Pirate	Wonder Woman & Flash Originally uploaded by Steam Pirate
DC Folks Originally uploaded by IcyBrian
Donna Troy & Dark Mary Marvel Originally uploaded by MegaRed
Kyle Raynor, Hal Jordan & Wonder Woman Originally uploaded by Mafu	Some of the 300 Originally uploaded by Hueyatl
Robin, Superboy, Raven & Supergirl Originally uploaded by walkerspace
Robin & Superboy Originally uploaded by walkerspace
Superman Originally uploaded by Fonzie's cousin	Power Girl Originally uploaded by heath_bar
Green Lantern Corps Originally uploaded by walkerspace
Roy Harper & Green Arrow Originally uploaded by walkerspace
Superboy Originally uploaded by alecscudder69	Captain Marvel Jr & Captain Marvel Originally uploaded by daisylind

Observations:

• There are actually people in the world who can pull off the super-hero look!
• There are some who should not even make the attempt.
• Gerard Christopher has aged well.
• There ought to be more super-heroes who dress like the guys from 300! ;-)

Captain America stands out!

So, being unfamilar with Rodolfo Migliari's work (he who drew the cover to GREEN LANTERN CORPS #27), I did a little internet research. I was stunned by what I found.
After all the turmoil the web-world endured over Citizen Steel...I can't believe there was no hubbub over this one.
I didn't come across so much as a message board post about it. Marvel apparently wasn't too worried about it. They didn't alter the artwork or try and hide it.

CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL 2001

And this one is blatant.
In-your-face blatant.
On-your-knees in-your-face blatant.
Look at the detail in the folds of the fabric! And no one cried out for censorship!?
That's not even average-Joe packaging. That's ample. Where were the rapid fanboys?
And there are nipples! Didn't Joel Schumacher get a lot of crap for nipples?

Citizen Steel had to be neutered...

Boggles. The. Mind.

Lookin' at Marvel Covers for October 2008

Just because I don't hardly read any Marvel stuff, doesn't mean I don't like to look at pretty pictures...

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #122
by Clayton Henry & Guru eFX
I don't know why Namor is trying to bite Hercules' stomach, but I'm not complaining. It's almost worth buying just to hang it on the wall...

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #18
by Mark Brooks
I don't know what it is about this cover, but I just think it's really neat. I love the art, the lighting, the coloring. It's just a really nifty image!

ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOXES #1
by Simone Bianchi
Boxes. Heh.
Nice boxes, too...

SECRET WARS OMNIBUS HC
by Alex Ross
I think it's really cool when Alex Ross takes an old, well-known image that was just a line drawing with flat colors and pops it out into three dimensions. This is a nice one. It would definitely make a cool poster.

ULTIMATE CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #1
and

ULTIMATE HULK ANNUAL #1
by Brandon Peterson

I really love Brandon Peterson's art. He must have a real job somewhere, because he just doesn't draw enough comics! I wish he'd do more interior stuff (and I wish he'd do it for DC! LOL). I love his line work. I wonder if he does his own colors? If not, whoever did on these covers is an awesome match. The lighting, palette, textures...they all just really make these images pop! Awesomeness.

The power of MIKE ZECK:
Two of the above covers coming in October are based on artwork originally done by Mike Zeck for the covers of MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #1 (May 1984) and CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #8 (1986). Here they are: