Link roundup

1. "Clark Kent has very rarely changed into Superman in a phone booth, including not once on the 1950s Superman TV series!" And at the same link, Death of the Endless appeared in an issue of the Hulk.

2. Fun comic book scan featuring Hawkman turned into a gorilla by Gorilla Grodd (site is NSFW).

3. Fascinating that some bloggers hear about a tragedy and immediately devise ways to turn it into a SEO opportunity.

4. Relatedly, the manner in which Google has deleted (and occasionally restored) accounts without warning over vaguely-defined Google+ abuse is pretty disturbing.

More toys from Comic-Con

Metron and his Moebius Chair.






Masters of the Universe.



Rocky by Neca.





Flashpoint Action League figures.

More toys

The Vigo figure will come with a lenticular portrait of himself.




Super deformed Masters of the Universe by Mattel.




Young Justice.

Toys, toys, toys

Better photos of the new Marvel Universe figures.



70's-style Batman available only with Batman: Arkham City preorders at Toys R Us.



Deformed Dark Knight.



Venture Brothers.



New Ghostbusters toys including Vigo the Carpathian.



Neca announced that Gordon Freeman and the Portal 2 robots will be available in 2012.




3A Toys showed off a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett made just as concept pieces. They also announced that they obtained the Halo license (which seems like a waste of their talents - - the McFarlane Halo figures are already solid and affordable).

Yes, more toy photos from SDCC

Marvel Legends (including a blue Ghost Rider), JLU 7-pack, a Tauntaun, Venture Brothers, and Voltron.

Best Covers: DC Comics solicitations for October 2011

My favorite covers from the DC Comics solicitations for October 2011:


Men of War #2 cover by Viktor Kalvachev.



Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #2 cover by J.G. Jones.



Green Lantern Corps #2 cover by Alex Garner.

Link roundup

1. If Heart of Darkness had starred Cobra Commander.

2. Bill Simmons relating an anecdote from his favorite sports book:

My favorite: someone fighting with Bobby Hull, then hearing the crowd hush like something awful just happened … and realizing that he accidentally pulled Hull's toupee off. This definitely would have led SportsCenter if it existed in the late 1970's.

3. DC's comic book cover artists have a sick sense of humor.

That time that Lois Lane wore a metal box on her head

Find out why Lois Lane is hiding her face in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane # 13 (site is NSFW).

*Buy Lois Lane toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Good cosplay idea: Instead of dressing up as wizards for the Harry Potter premiere, wouldn't it be way funnier to dress up as wizards trying to dress up as muggles? Via.

2. I never get tired of rereading Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory. Here are some great links exploring the series. Via.

3. FYI, Spotify installation and startup was almost instantaneous. Music playback has been smooth, and it went and added my own music library without any intervention from me.

Batman: Arkham City - - Riddler trailer

The Riddler stars in the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham City. I cropped a few wallpaper-sized stills:






*Previously: Catwoman in Arkham City.

*Buy Riddler toys at eBay.

The time when Lois Lane was fat

A few panels from Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane # 26, when Lois was fat (and Superman was revealed to be kind of a jerk). (Site is NSFW.)

*Previously: Meet Lois Lane, Krypton Girl.

Super heroes waterskiing

Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and more waterskiing. Via these sites.

*Previously: Plush Wonder Woman.

*Buy Batgirl toys at eBay.

When Lois Lane could change into different insects

A few panels from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #69 (Oct. 1966), when Lois became Insect Queen.

*Buy Lois Lane toys at eBay.

Flashpoint Superman

Flashpoint Superman crashed in Metropolis instead of Kansas and the authorities have hidden him from the sun. Via.

*Previously: Jon Hamm as Superman.

Batman costume

Vintage Batman costume.

*Previously: Homemade Batman costume.

Meet Lois Lane, Krypton Girl

A few panels from Lois Lane #47 (1964), which answers the question, what if Lois, instead of Clark, had come from Krypton.

*Buy Lois Lane toys at eBay.