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Brent Bozell on JLA #83

Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center has a syndicated column out today about JLA #83, the political commentary issue where Superman has a bad dream about President Luthor attacking Qurac: Superheroes for saving Saddam? Visitors new to the site should search through our archives for our own previous links and commentary, including a link…

September 19, 2003
70s Treasure Trove!

DeeT’s 70s Page is overflowing with clips of long-lost stuff from The Seventies, including old TV shows and PSA’s like Time for Timer (where Timer shows how to make sunshine on a stick using pomegranite juice, cling wrap, ice cube trays and toothpicks). Thanks to Jonah Goldberg for the link!

September 18, 2003
A real life superher – well, guy dressed in costume!

Angle-Grinder Man cuts the clamps off of “innocent” citizens’ parked cars. Superhero? Supervillain? Trouble-maker in a goofy costume? You decide.

September 18, 2003
A real life superher – well, guy dressed in costume!

Angle-Grinder Man cuts the clamps off of “innocent” citizens’ parked cars. Superhero? Supervillain? Trouble-maker in a goofy costume? You decide.

September 18, 2003
Silver Age Bat-minis

Kubricks are the miniature Legoman-like figures popularized in Japan which inspired DC Direct’s miniature figures. Medicom’s new Kubrick Batman set, Series 1 features a modern Batman and Robin, classic Batgirl, modern Scarecrow and blue metal Mr. Freeze. PLUS there is an unpictured chase figure, The Spoiler, who has never had an action figure before! …

September 18, 2003
Only 200,000?

The big news is that JLA/Avengers #1 Breaks 200,000. Am I the only one who finds that figure incredibly low for a 20-year-in-the-making event that should be drawing comic fans old and new from both DC and Marvel readers and the mildly curious? A Batman comic book once sold a million issues back in the…

September 18, 2003
Hulk DVD includes XBox Hulk Game

I don’t know whether to file this under “Movies”, “Marvel” or “Toys and Games”! For the first time, a movie will be packaged with the videogame of the movie. Well, you know that’s too good to be true. It’s actually one playable level of the Xbox Hulk game.

September 18, 2003
El Cazador #1 Sold Out!

Congratulations to Chuck Dixon, Steve Epting and Frank D’Armeta! El Cazador #1 is sold out, despite being overprinted and in addition to the 25% extra copies that retailers got (when they hit their incentive level)! That’s astounding, and proof that an audience exists for straightforward genre comics devoid of superheroes and sigil-bearers. Now, is that…

September 18, 2003
New holiday?

I didn’t realize that this Friday was Talk Like A Pirate Day Hey, if the Dairy Industry can have an entire month, why not?

September 17, 2003
PvP #4 five page preview

PvP #4 should be out next week. In the meantime, here is a

September 17, 2003

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