Avengers Legos Look Awesome
Toy Fair 2012 is happening right now in New York City. It’s like a big, exciting toy convention showing off all the upcoming action figures and other knick knacks we can buy. I’ve been flipping through a lot of the pictures off the convention floor, but so far the action figures just look boring. The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers movies look like they’ll be producing the most basic action figures imaginable. We’re going to get a ton of Spider-Man figures, and then the various Avengers. Boring.
Fortunately, there are going to be some badass Legos.
I love what they've done with the Hulk
It’s like childhood dreams given physical form. Captain America? Hulk? The Avengers? they look so completely badass! Everyone except Iron Man, though. He looks stupid. But check out Black Widow’s hair. And Hawkeye looks sweet too. Plus turning Hulk into a ‘beast’ instead of just a regular mini-fig was brilliant.
Check out some actual Lego models after the jump!
6 Superheroes Put on Trial
As is usually the case with my life, I put everything in the context of comic books. My two weeks covering a murder trial for my day job is no different, so I thought about comic books in the courtroom. Not actually reading comic books in the physical courtroom (though that would be fun!), I mean when comic book writers put their heroes and villains on trial. The whole point of superhero comics is fighting crime, right? So you’d think that, in theory, all of these super-villains eventually have to appear before a judge, right?
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. And sometimes, it’s the superheroes who are put on trial!
I sense prejudice on the bench
So I scoured the Internet and the world of comics to find 6 cases when a superhero was forced to face the judicial system as part of a story. I mean an actual, normal courtroom with a judge, a jury and everything! And not those weird cosmic trials, like when Reed Richards went to Universe Court for the genocide of the Skrulls, and Galactus was called as a witness. That’s just crazy. Here are 6 cases when heroes were put on trial for their crimes!
Disney Movies Are Pretty
I’m sure a lot of people have fond memories of Disney cartoons and movies. The song were fun, the characters were memorable and the movies were just a part of life! Well one brave soul named NkMcDonalds has put together a medley of Disney movies to tickle the nostalgia bone and just bring a smile to your face.
Don’t say I’ve never done anything sweet.
Review: Scarlet Spider #2
The second issue of this new Scarlet Spider series lives up to the awesomeness of the first. Kaine is badass and very much still in line as the Anti-Hero Spider-Man. There is one little hiccup towards the end, which I’ll discuss later. But it’s safe to say that the book has a good start. There is no second-issue-slump. Writer Chris Yost continues his world building efforts, and I hope he gets a chance to really flesh them out.
Scarlet Spider #2
Because frankly, there’s nothing very special about Scarlet Spider.
Comic rating: 4/5: Good!
I know that sounds negative, but it’s true! There’s no hook to this book. There’s no catchy or flashy gimmick, no particular reason for it to exist. It’s just Badass Spider-Man being badass – in Houston of all places! So I’m worried that Scarlet Spider is just not going to keep an audience. It’s written like a generic superhero title, one that just happens to cling to the Spider-Man family of books to stay afloat. I’m sure a large portion of its audience are people like me, who are big fans of Kaine and the very concept of a ‘Scarlet Spider’ series. But that audience alone can’t sustain a book.
Yost needs to come up with a very compelling reason why people should keep reading. Spoilers and synopsis to follow!
The One Thing Everybody Knew About Power Girl is Now Gone
Namely, her boobs.
Just like The Ravagers cover from earlier today, DC Comics has released the cover to the first issue of World’s Finest. The new series will star Power Girl and Huntress from Earth 2, only they’re stuck in the normal DC Universe and trying to find a way home. This comes with an updated costume for Power Girl, but oddly, not for Huntress. I like the new costume, but it pretty much does away with the only thing people really knew about Power Girl.
Bye, bye cleavage window!
Hello random neckerchief thing
For the uninitiated, this is what Power Girl’s costume used to look like. And yes, everybody made fun of it. so you can see why they decided to make a change. Power Girl and her cleavage window were pretty much their own meme.
If I wanted to look at your eyes I would have
Also, it should be noted that the ‘flashback’ image behind the two superheroines seems to indicate that Huntress used to be Robin. That’s pretty neat! More on that later when I post the preview cover of the new Justice Society!
