Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
There are a lot of things that happen in comic books that we accepts as fact. Many of these events have happened generations ago. It’s hard to fathom it sometimes, but yes it’s true, many things happened in comics when…
G.I. Joe Renegades Season 1 Volume 1 is now on DVD. Renegades is the latest animated series for the G.I. Joe franchise. The idea for Renegades is different from other G.I. Joe animated series. In this incarnation G.I. Joe doesn’t…
The last couple weeks have been sort of negative for me. First off we had the news that G.I. Joe Retaliation is being pushed back until March 2013, for the addition of 3D and more scenes with Channing Tatum. Secondly,…
Heroes will get knocked down. Their morale will drain. Sometimes they can’t fight anymore. When that happens the hero has to look deep inside, and try to find that special something that made them a hero to begin with. Once…
Last week the G.I. Joe Universe was shocked by the news that G.I. Joe Retaliation, the sequel to 2009’s G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra, would be released March 29/2013 instead of its original release date of June 29 Initially the…
Last year Scott reported about the release of the DC New 52 Hardcover book. There was some discussion about the book in the comments section of the article. I made the comment that I would buy that book, and further…
Well G.I. Joe fans, the “interwebs” exploded Wednesday afternoon with the news of G.I. Joe Retaliation’s release date being pushed back from June 29th (which is a mere month away) to March 29th of 2013. I have to tell you,…
The Avengers So Marvel’s The Avengers has been in theatres for a couple of weeks now. We’ve all had the chance to sit back and digest what we’ve seen and experienced. Are you happy with what you saw? I love…
If you’ve read all of my columns on Comic Book Daily, and all of my comments I’ve ever written, you may have read that I was working on a Captain America costume for this past Halloween. I did make my…
So you’ve just seen The Avengers movie. It’s awesome. You want to own a piece of the movie by purchasing some of the action figures. So you just go down to your favourite retail store and buy a couple of…
This week saw the release of the new trailer for Dark Knight Rises. The trailer shows us more footage, but at the same time it raises more questions. Did Batman disappear? What did Bane do to Batman? Is Catwoman…
I know I’ve done several Pick 5’s about music before, but this week it is a bit different. Here is my Pick 5 Superheroes in Music, but this time with video accompaniment. #5 – Paradise City (Guns n Roses) Paradise…
Last week we got a chance to see the new posters for G.I. Joe Retaliation. This week we get a new trailer for the movie. Take a look. I’ll make my review quick for this trailer. It’s awesome!!! But…
Last week the movie posters were released for this summer’s G.I. Joe Retaliation. One of the posters featured was of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Roadblock. Dwayne Johnson also had a recent successful appearance at Wrestlemania, which proved he is…
It was last year when Marvel started releasing .1 versions of our favourite comic books. At the time I didn’t pay any attention to what .1 was all about. I was reading a lot of IDW comics and only a…
The Dark Knight Rises is coming to theatres this summer, and from the very beginning we’ve been told this will be the third and final film in the franchise by Christopher Nolan. So what does the future hold for Batman…
It’s Easter weekend and many of you may be recovering from a chocolate bunny induced coma. It’s also a time of year that we think about death and resurrection. Whether it is in the biblical sense, or the changes of…
If you take a look at the comic shelves, movie theatres and toy shelves over the last couple of years, there has been a revival of our favourites from the 80’s. Transformers has been the most successful 80’s franchise to…
“One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere.” That is the definition of the word rules. When I collect comic books and action figures, I follow a set of…