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{ Monthly Archives } June 2008

These Things Caption Themselves

2008 06 25 admin shop Comments (0)

Presents

Okay, so in the month of June to… maybe celebrate the release of the new Incredible Hulk film (which I will eventually get around to talking about here), we got a bunch of big heafty issues with some backup stories and reprints.  Iron Man got two new books, all glossy and keen, all the Hulk [...]

2008 06 25 admin Marvel
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It’s Something Time, Alright

So, with a certain movie on the horizon, I got linked some of the ky00test Hulk toys for the Marvel Super Hero Squad line. Just like Lil’Galactus, these do delight and create the oohs and awws. But there’s just something about this one…

… that really makes me want to run some sort of [...]

2008 06 06 admin Marvel
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In the News

So, we get in a call at the store because the local News-Press has heard something of this ‘Iron Man’ fellow that seems to be a hit with the youngsters, so they want to talk to us about it.  The torch is passed to the Comic Shop Girl (and let’s be honest, it’s for my [...]

2008 06 04 admin Marvel
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Fatality

So, everyone know about the DC vs. Mortal Combat game coming out that seems ridiculous?
Good.
When the news came over the wire at Blog@Newsarama, me and my fellow employees laughed and all of us were transported back to the mid ’90s in a furious flurry of “Who could beat who?” questions. Of course I’ll play [...]

2008 06 04 admin Marvel Comments (1)

The Smell of Ink and Newsprint

Yesterday… I downloaded my first comic online last night, given to me by a friend. Please, Dan Slott, please don’t come and kick my ass.
To be fair, I own the comic in question and didn’t want to hunt down the damned thing and scan it into the computer for an article I wound up [...]

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