Finally! Marvel Legends series 10 and 11 pics

Toybiz has finally coughed up decent-sized images of the upcoming series 10 and 11 Marvel Legends figures, along with a images of its "Legendary Riders" series--figures perched on various modes of transportation.

Series 9 figures all come with a chunk of a big Galactus, which you build yourself.

Ditto series 10, but the chunks this time are a Sentinel.

Series 9

(Not shown: First appearance green Hulk)

Bullseye


Deathlok


Doctor Strange


Grey Hulk


Nightcrawler


Professor X


War Machine


Galactus


Series 10

Angel


Black Panther


Cyclops


First Appearance Spider-Man


Mr. Sinister


Mystique


Omega Red


Sentinel


Legendary Riders

Hulk Buster Iron Man


Logan (Wolverine)


Scarlet Witch


Taskmaster


Ultron


Vengeance


Wonderman (with tiny Yellowjacket)

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Can anyone spare $100,000?

I wanna buy this original page from "Marvel Comics" #1 by Bill Everett.

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There have been many Batman logos over the years...

1940


1941


1942


1965


1969


1970


1971


1986


1987


also 1987


1988


1989


1991


1994


1996


2001


2003


But this one's the best...

1972

"Lost" season one coming to DVD Sept. 6

According to Home Media Retailing, the set will:

feature five hours of bonus material, including the original pilot, behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the show; audio commentaries, a blooper reel, roundtable discussions with cast and crew, and a Matthew Fox photography featurette.

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Ain't nothin' like the real Thing

Much to every comic book lover's concern, there's a Fantastic Four movie coming out soon.

Concern because we've been down this road many times. We know in some way, big or small, they're gonna screw something up.

Sometimes we luck out and besides a minor tweak or two or some unnecessary Hollywood messing about with the myth, the end result is still a great movie.

Witness the two Spider-Man films. There's some goofy changes--webs shoot right out of Spidey's arms instead of artificial web shooters, girlfriend Mary Jane Watson is placed in hazardous situations faced by a gal named Gwen Stacy in the original comics--but, all-in-all, the film is faithful at least to the spirit of the original.

And Spider-Man (and Superman and, for the main part, Batman) looked right.

Distressingly, that's not the case with the big screen "Fantastic Four." Jessica Alba looks too young and not blonde enough to be the Invisible Girl (it's Invisible Woman in the comic book). The guy playing Reed Richards (a.k.a. Mister Fantastic)? Way, way, way too young. The guy playing Johnny Storm the "Human Torch"? Probably a tad too old and not nearly blonde enough.

And then there's the Thing, real identity Ben Grimm, played by Michael Chiklis. Oh man.

Perhaps Chiklis, who's a fine actor, will be able to embody the spirit of the Thing--a lovable curmudgeon whose literally rough exterior conceals a sensitive, often sad, softie. But the look is all wrong and it's really gonna mess up the movie for those of us who love the character.

This is not the Thing.


The movie Thing looks more like the Jack Kirby Thing from Marvel Comics' "What If?" #11, which imagined what might happen if the team's real-life creative team had super powers.


If the film wanted to be completely accurate, the Thing would be lumpy, cuz that's how Ben Grimm looked immediately after he was transformed from his human appearance.


Later on, the Thing took on his classic look.


When he's done right, he always looks like this. The rocky uni-brow thing? He's gotta have it.


Hell, this Thing looks better than the movie Thing, and it's just some guy at a comic book convention (pictured with Jack Kirby and FF inker Joe Sinnott)


So, one more time: Real Thing

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Dick Tracy Halloween mask.

Third, and last, "Wonder Woman" season due on DVD

Out June 7 is "Wonder Woman - The Complete Third Season," reports TV Shows on DVD.

No word on extras, yet, but you can look forward to some groovy guest appearances, including Leif Garrett(!) , Ed Begley Jr., Roddy McDowall, Gavin MacLeod, Russell (Gilligan's Professor) Johnson, Wolfman Jack, Shields & Yarnell (God, I loved the 70s), Judge Reinhold, Rick Springfield and Dick Butkus.

The show's first two seasons are already available on disk.

Now here's something strange...

Currently for sale via Heritage Auctions, this original art page from Marvel Comics' "Millie the Model" series features a guest appearance by famed artist Jack Kirby!

But the Kirby depicted (in pencils by Millie artist Stan Goldberg) doesn't look much like Kirby at all. Still, scripter Stan Lee manages to get a plug in for the Kirby-drawn monster title "Journey Into Mystery."

Why can't comics be this weird anymore?!

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Top 10 Things I Miss About Super-hero Comics

Cartoonist Fred Hembeck started something big when he posted two old strips (1, 2) on his wonderful blog, Fred Sez. Each details 100 things Fred loves about comic books.

Inspired, a zillion other bloggers posted their own great lists. Mike Sterling linked to a bunch of 'em. And I thought about doing one too.

But then it occured to me that a lot of the things I like about comics (the super-hero variety, anyway) no longer exist in today's books, or appear very rarely.

So I've decided to list those instead:

10. The JLA satellite.


9. Bullpen Bulletins.


8. Super-gorillas!


6 and 7. Alliteration and hyperbole!


5. Batman's humanity.


4. Unashamed use of sound effects.


3. Multiple Earths.


2. Covers that sell the story.


1. Fun.