The 2013 Transformers Club Figure is a reimagining of the fierce bounty hunter from “Beast Wars” – Depth Charge. This incarnation is starring in the club’s 2013 comic story “Beast Wars Shattered Glass”, and while he no longer transformers into a manta ray, he still is very reminiscent of the now 15 year old toy. Depth Charge is now a fighter jet armed with a polearm weapon that can be either a spear or trident. As with all club figures, he is based off another toy; in this case, a redeco of Terradive. “It’s not revenge I’m looking for; it’s justice.”
Continue readingMore Than 100 Hours Of Programming Set For Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 8-11
More Than 100 Hours Of Programming Set For All Four Days At Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 8-11 Q&As With Stars Stan Lee, Michael Shannon, John Barrowman, WWE® Superstar CM Punk®; Firefly, Smallville Cast Reunions; Tons Of Comics And Artist Panels; Costume Contests; Meet-And Greets; Evening Programming Also Featured At Pop Culture Festival At Donald E. Stephens Convention Center NEW YORK and ROSEMONT, Ill., July 29, 2013 – From interactive Q&As with celebrities like Stan Lee, Michael Shannon, Robert Rodriguez, John Barrowman and WWE® Superstar CM Punk® to reunions of the “Firefly” and “Smallville” casts to comics panels, costume contests, evening parties and more, Wizard World
Continue readingHasbro Reveals from Star Wars Celebration Europe
In Essen, Germany, this past weekend, Star Wars fandom converged at Star Wars Celebration Europe. As part of the festivities, Hasbro presented a panel highlighting new and upcoming Star Wars toys. The good people at Hunter PR and Hasbro sent over images of their reveals, which you can look at in the galleries below. Star Wars: The Black Series – 3 3/4″ Line Star Wars: The Black Series – 6″ Line
Continue readingDark Horse To Publish EC Library: TALES FROM THE CRYPT Coming This Halloween!
DARK HORSE TEAMS WITH LEGENDARY PUBLISHER RUSS COCHRAN TO PUBLISH THE EC COMICS LIBRARY! All-new editions to begin rolling out this fall, beginning with Tales from the Crypt Volume 4! MILWAUKIE, OR, JULY 25–As announced during the Diamond Retailer Lunch at Comic-Con 2013, the publishing maverick Dark Horse Comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics’ most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet! Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such
Continue readingDARK HORSE ROCKS THE EISNERS WITH FIVE WINS!
DARK HORSE ROCKS THE EISNERS WITH FIVE WINS! MILWAUKIE, OR, JULY 24—This past Friday, Dark Horse Comics, the number-one independent publisher in the industry, took home an impressive number of awards at this year’s Eisner Awards ceremony. Below is a list of the company’s wins. Best Anthology Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson. A 2012 Eisner and Harvey Award winner, this legendary, premier anthology is back and here to stay! The eighty-page spectacular Dark Horse Presents returns with all-new stories. Best U.S. Edition of International Material Blacksad: A Silent Hell, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido. A 2011 Eisner and
Continue readingJ. Scott Campbell, Alan Davis, Esad Ribic, Pasqual Ferry Headline Roster Of 325 Comics Creators At Chicago Comic Con
Harvey Tolibao, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Kenneth Rocafort, Neal Adams, Ramon F. Bachs, Francis Portela, Greg Land, 16 Eisner Award Winners And Nominees Also To Appear At Donald E. Stephens Convention Center In Rosemont, Ill. NEW YORK and ROSEMONT, Ill., July 22, 2013 – Wizard World has assembled one of its largest and most diverse collections of comics creators for next month’s Chicago Comic Con, headlined by such notable superstars as J. Scott Campbell, Alan Davis, Esad Ribic, Pasqual Ferry and others among the 325 scheduled to attend the show, August 8-11 at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. In all, 16 Eisner Award winners and nominees,
Continue reading#SDCC – Hasbro Reveals New Marvel Toys
Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro revealed new toys from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3 and more! You can see the images in the galleries below. More images will be posted as they are made available to ASM. Captain America Toys Thor Toys Iron Man Toys
Continue readingScholastic comes to ComiXology
As part of their San Diego Comic-Con 2013 announcements, ComiXology sent over this press release regarding another new distribution agreement. Scholastic is bringing kid-friendly titles to the digital comics world. Now, I remember Scholastic when I was growing up, and while I’ve not read these particular titles, I remember other Scholastic favorites. Those of you with kids will love these titles. See the full press release after the jump. COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2013: ComiXology and Scholastic Announce Digital Distribution Agreement Kid Friendly Catalog Comes To ComiXology July 20th, 2013 – San Diego, CA. / New York, NY. – Today at this year’s Comic-Con
Continue reading#SDCC13 Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Saga Legends
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their Saga Legends line: Boba Fett Captain Rex Commander Cody
Continue reading#SDCC13 Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Class II Vehicles
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their Class II Vehicle line: Anakin’s Starfighter Boba Fett’s Slave I Obi-Wan’s Starfighter
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