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HaHaHa - I Believe in Harvey Dent Too

The Dark Knight viral web campaign is in full swing and the reveal of the full body shot of Heath Ledger as the Joker at Empire magazine has happened. What’s left. What’s the viral campaign building too.
The first assumption is a trailer. Aside from the few that attended the panel at the 2007 San [...]

Bizarro Returns in Action Comics #855

Bizarro returns to Action Comics in issue #855 (on sale 08/29/2007) courtesy of Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and artist Eric Powell. Just look at that cover to issue #857 with the Bizarro Justice League. It’s hilarious. The fat Flash and happy Batman are the best.
I can’t imagine the story being anything but amazing. Johns has [...]

Heroes Are Only As Good As Their Villains

Heroes by themselves are not necessarily exciting. If they didn’t have a villain to face, what fun would there be? Was Luke Skywalker more exciting on Tatooine, whining about going to Toshi Station or was he more exciting once Darth Vader captured Princess Leia and killed Obi-Wan?
The same applies to superheroes. A great hero has [...]

Marvel Universe Connections

The Marvel Comics website released a major upgrade to their Marvel Universe section today and it’s pretty cool. They’ve had a great, Wiki style database for a while, but this upgrade cleaned up the interface a bit and organized things quite nicely.
The coolest feature has got to be the Connections Interface, where you can view [...]

Rhino (Spider-Man Villain)

Eww! That’s about all I can say after reading the following line in the Rhino’s Official Handbook entry.
Costume specifications: Thick polymer mat analogous to a rhinoceros hide, covering entire body except for his face (with sealable seams for waste elimination). Costume is highly impervious to damage, and temperature extremes. Two horns made of same material, [...]

Man-Ape Sighting

The Pan-African Congress on the Treatment of Supernumans (left to right): Afrikaa (of Mohannda), Zanda (exiled Princess of Narobia), Queen Ororo (of Wakanda), King T’Challa (of Wakanda), Man-Ape (representing Wakanda’s Jabari tribe), Moses Magnum (of Canaan), and President N’Dingi (of Mbangawi)
I just recently posted an entry for the Marvel character Man-Ape, when low and behold, [...]