NerdNightmare

The first issue of Mike Mignola’s newest series “Baltimore : The Plague Ships” was just released.

The series follows Lord Henry Baltimore, who is hunting a traveling vampire. The setting is 1916 France, vampires have come to feed on the victims of a plague that recently spread throughout the village of VilleFrance.

Baltimore is on the trail of a vampire which has lead him to Villefrance.  Are the newly converted vampires that infest the village a match for the one legged hunter…?

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Marvel is currently in what they have coined “The Heroic Age” and so far I have been rather unimpressed with the books that have been released. In fact the X-Men “Second Coming” arc has been the only event I have had any real interest in recently. The Heroic Age is supposedly full of less dark over tones and heroes who do heroic acts etc… which is all well and good, but what about fans who enjoy a little blood, violence, and anti-heros?

X-Force ‘Sex & Violence’ is for those fans.

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Found this on letsbefriendsagain.com

Looks like Andy has found a new favorite toy. I wonder if he’ll write his name on the bottom of it?

Everything about this picture pertains to my interests… I hope that one day Steve loses to Flash in real life, like he would if he tussled with the crimson speedster in a comic book.

I love my iPhone, but it’s only giving me 75% of the internet right now.

Back in the mid 80′s the Kenner Super Powers line of DC action figures were my absolute favorite toys. One of my favorite parts of getting a new figure, was reading the mini comics that were included with each character. I still have quite a few of the comics, how they survived this long I do not know. I recently found the comics while cleaning out an old storage bin. I decided to pass the fruits of my discovery on to you!

For your reading pleasure, I present issue No.11 featuring the Green Lantern!

…and Robin & The Joker!

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Invincible is easily my favorite “cape” series. Robert Kirkman’s writing style is superb. Coupled with Ryan Ottley’s clean art style, you end up with one of the most engaging & best looking monthly comics.

Invincible no.72 kicks off the action of the ‘Viltrumite War’ story arc. The issue is one long fight sequence, and yet when you reach the end, the plot has moved forward significantly. That is one of my favorite things about Kirkman. He can push the plot forward amidst all the blood, and the plot will still make sense. Detractors of the series may complain that it is to focused on fighting and gore. I however find the gore to be in a way, realistic. I can hear it now, “Super Heroes are not realistic.”  Yes, that is a true statement. And yet I find it kind of hard to swallow that Superman wouldn’t be causing heads to implode during a fight also.

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Got $600? Want a lightly burned Firestorm action figure? Ebay is happy to oblige!

This Kenner “Super Powers” figure is sealed & graded, and slightly modified to be character accurate. Don’t lets it’s rating of “20-Poor” deter you, this is a true collectors item.

Buy it while you still can!

Thunderbolts #144

Marvel comics has entered what they are calling ‘The Heroic Age’ the good guys are back in control and the bad guys are once again the bad guys… I got back into comics around the start of the ‘Civil War’ event, the Thunderbolts series existed at this time, but I didn’t follow it much. At the time Baron Zemo was running a team of former villains for the government. Eventually due to multiple events, Norman Osborn comes into power and the Thunderbolts team is converted into a new Avengers team and used as his own personal hit squad.

Like all good empires, Osborn’s came crashing down. Steve Rodgers, formerly known as Captain America,  is now in charge. One of the first orders of business for the new regime is to restart the Thunderbolts program. Cap decides that the best man for the job would be criminal turned hero, Luke Cage.
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