Just another nerd.
Last year I mentioned the three volume Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes set that rocked my world as a child.
The first volume in the series, the Batman encyclopedia, is going to be re-released in May retailing for about $20. The Superman and Wonder Woman editions are also being re-released over the summer.
And for that very special Batman fan in your life, Previews is offering a Neal Adams-signed Batman volume for only $149.99.
Galactus is Coming! is a hilarious Marvel-inspired parody of Jack Chick tracts,
Alas, it looks like a stake has been put through the heart of any future Buffy/Angel-related live action series or movie spinoffs, but of course new Buffy materials continue to be churned out and will likely not abate for a long time.
One of the most exciting such projects is what Dark Horse Comics is billing as B:TVS Season 8. Joss Whedon himself will kick off the comic imagining of a Buffy Season 8 with a four issue story arc picking up from the Scoobies ended with Season 7.
That means dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of Slayers running around, Sunnydale utterly destroyed . . . hmm, wonder where Angel stands in this Season 8 give that series’ finale?
Source:
Buffy, Back from the Dead. Matt Powell, Wizard Universe.Com, November 16, 2006.
Wandered across this list of the top 10 lamest superheroes ever.
At Number 7 they have what I would have put at No. 1 — Matter Eater Lad. Matter Eater Lad can eat anything. The choice detail the Pop Culture Addict leaves out is that whoever created this abomination added the detail that he was from the planet Bismoll (ugh).
Of all the lame members that DC created for the Legion of Super-Heroes, Matter Eater Lad is definitely the worst. But everyone has a bad day — even the best comics contain a few bad ideas here and there.
What made matters worse was that Matter Eater Lad was a part of the LSH for almost 11 years (from 1963 to 1974), though his unique abilities meant he wasn’t actually in the stories very often.
Finally they wrote him out of the book and sent him off to political office on Bismoll.
What the world has definitely been missing is a Superhero/Supervillain Name Generator.
The Comic Book Series Wiki is an attempt to create summaries of ongoing comic book titles. A great idea, but currently there don’t seem to be enough contributors to keep up with all of the series the site tracks.