In a little over a week we will get to meet the Guardians of the G
alaxy and some of us are getting a little impatient. I must admit that when I first heard they were doing a movie with a talking, gun toting raccoon I had my doubts but now I am on the bandwagon. For those of you (me included) that are “hooked on a feeling” here is an extended clip from the film… Continue reading
Vids: Extended Clip from Guardians of the Galaxy
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Equipment: Diamond Select Toys Announces Some New Products including Star Trek, My Little Pony and More!
Comic shops and online retailers around the world ha
ve been given a sneak peek at August’s Previews catalog from Diamond Comic Distributors, and now we’re giving you one, too! DST has several new items up for pre-order now, with release dates ranging from this fall to early 2015. Check out their newest Batman TV bust, Star Trek starship, My Little Pony bank, Bluntman & Chronic retro figure and Sin City Minimates, plus their first-ever electronic robot from Lost in Space! Continue reading
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E.V.A.: Taking a Ghost Tour at the Ohio State Reformatory
The Mansfield Reformatory is located in Mansfield Ohio at 100 R
eformatory Road. The Reformatory doors were opened to its first 150 young offenders in September 1896. After housing over 155,000 men in its lifetime, the doors to the prison closed December 31, 1990. The towering building is beautiful on the outside with at least 50 geese calling the front lawn and pond their home. They are eerily quiet for geese, moving quietly to their pond and back. We arrived around 7pm and waited with our tour guide, Scott and for the rest of the 16 people in our tour group. Scott informed us that the spirits had been pretty active lately and that he had heard voices that day when he was opening the doors and turning on lights in preparation for us. Continue reading
Equipment: Review of Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang from DC Direct The New 52
The line between good and evil has become blurred over the years. Super
heroes like Superman live by a code. Their sense of morality does not allow them to stray off of the straight and narrow. Heroes like Batman do lean more toward the darkness, but bottom line; he does what he does for justice. Sometimes however the right “hero” for the job is a villain. That is when the call goes out to The Suicide Squad. The group is made up of incarcerated super-villains including Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang and works for the government under the supervision of Amanda Waller. Continue reading
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Transmissions: STARZ DEVELOPING “AMERICAN GODS” FROM FREMANTLEMEDIA NORTH AMERICA
Starz has announced a script to series development of FremantleMedia North America’s (FMNA) adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed urban fantasy nove
l “American Gods.” The pilot script will be penned by Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”), who will also showrun the series. They will executive produce along with Gaiman. FremantleMedia North America will produce the series. Continue reading
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Equipment: Exclusive Marvel Select Savage Hulk Figure Now at Marvelshop.com!
Since he was first introduced in 1962, the Incredible Hulk’s fame has 
grown by leaps and bounds. From the pages of his Marvel comic book, to the live-action TV series that made him a household name, to his defining role in Marvel’s The Avengers, the Hulk has grown from misunderstood monster to Hollywood hero. And now Diamond Select Toys has teamed up with marvelshop.com to grant fans early access to an exclusive Hulk action figure! Continue reading
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Hard Copy: Original Avengers Return in ‘Steed and Mrs. Peel: We’re Needed’
Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is pleased to annou
nce the July debut of a groovy new limited series that celebrates the cornerstone of modern spy fiction: STEED AND MRS. PEEL: WE’RE NEEDED. Based on the classic British television show, The Avengers, this series centers on super-spies John Steed and Emma Peel, who were instrumental in forming ideal smart, witty, and stylish spy heroes back in the mid-1960s. This is the third series based on the duo to be published by BOOM! Studios. Continue reading
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Equipment: Hasbro’s Marvel Spider-Man Legends Infinite 6″ Agent Venom Action Figure
San Diego Comic Con draws in thousands for that one weekend in
July. Aside from the celebrities, movie studios and the cool swag there are also some impressive exclusives. If you can’t make it out to the west coast, usually the best way to get the exclusives you want is to go to the secondary market. The market is booming for the vultures who over charge fans just because they can. Well now you may not have to pay through the nose for what you want. Hasbro has announced that you can pick up an exclusive Venom figure from last year’s SDCC later this year. Continue reading
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Transmissions: Review of The Last Ship
Though nuclear weapons are terrifying, I have come to the real
ization that it will be a tiny organism grown in a lab that will kill us all. This is what makes The Last Ship scary as hell.
WARNING:MILD SPOILERS AHEAD Continue reading
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Transmissions: Syfy Announces Strong Ratings for the Premieres of Defiance and Dominion
Successfully establishing a potent Thursday night original scripted program
ming block, the premieres of Syfy’s new epic supernatural drama series Dominion and the second season return of the popular series Defiance each delivered two million total viewers during their June 19 premieres. Continue reading
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