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Blood Colossus

These two words have sold me more $3.99 issues than any other since I started this job.  Since I started selling.
BLOOD COLOSSUS.
Just… just bask in it for a moment, will you?  Take in the wonder and the glory that is a Blood Colossus.  The name excites the imagination and lays the groundwork for what is [...]

All You Need to Know: Mighty Avengers #16

I think I understand.
So, Bendis needs to write this big Secret Invasion plot and work out a complex timeline for events to occur and hand them down the lines of editorial and otherwise, create this massive summer event.  He seems like a hands-on kind of guy, not one to sit on the sidelines and work [...]

All You Need to Know - New Avengers #42 and Mighty Avengers #15

Okay, so I was minding my own business on the week of June 25th, seeing as it was my birthday and whatnot when I was DELUGED by Avengers titles.  Everyone Marvel could think of came out that week, leaving me no choice but to read all of them.
Let’s start at the beginning, the two major [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

All You Need to Know - New Avengers #41

Normally, I drag my feet to the next issue of the Avengers.  It’s not going to be what I want and yet will probably contain some dynamic and exciting info that I’ll kick myself later if I don’t know.
Today, I have an exception.
THIS IS IT FOLKS!
Actual Avengers!  Backstory I understand!  Reasonable and understandable plot!  Mind [...]

HULK HATE CAVITIES!

Yesterday I wound up having two straight hours of emergency dental work. I cracked a tooth on Monday and so far, the week hasn’t been kind.
As they were strapping me into the chair and the doctor above me was asking if it was safe, a typical concern popped into my head:
Does Bruce Banner go [...]

All You Need to Know - Mighty Avengers #14

Give me just a moment to just… remember why I liked the Sentry. Because this issue is trying to convince me otherwise.
We start out with old-school Sentry, back when he was a beloved character of the Marvel Universe, saving the Fantastic Four from what appears to be a Skrull attack. Bunch of Skrulls, [...]