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fourcolormedmon.blogspot.com - 71 minutes ago
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A writer for the Wall Street Journal explains
why Japan's anime industry and studios are now facing...
problems, including less employees, that are leading to its potential decline.
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Anime declining behind the scenes
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thedanofsteel.blogspot.com - 5 hours ago
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'Iron Man' may have laid claim to plenty
of box-office gold, but silver is becoming a little...
harder to obtain according to “Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski. The man should know - when 'Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer' failed to reach the studio expectations, 20th Century ...
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MEN OF METTLE: Silver Surfer and Iron Man 2 Movie Updates
wolverinefiles.com - 5 hours ago
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'Wolverine and the X-Men' has returned with new
episodes, airing episode 22, "Shades of Grey", this past...
Friday. The three-part season finale. "Foresight", airs Sunday night on Nicktoons and... ...
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Wolverine News & Previews: ‘Wolverine and the X-Men’ Returns
robot6.comicbookresources.com - 5 hours ago
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Jonathan Hickman's new series at Marvel Marvel.com has
posted a teaser image for a new project by...
writer Jonathan Hickman, the details of which will be revealed today on G4 's Attack of the Show . It comes on at 7 p.m. Eastern, so set your Tivos. ...
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What is Jonathan Hickman's new Marvel project?
robot6.comicbookresources.com - 6 hours ago
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Typically you wouldn't expect the day before a
major U.S. holiday to have so many big releases,...
but hey -- it's just one more thing to be thankful for when you're lapsing into a turkey coma and need something else to do besides arguing with your ...
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I'm thankful for pumpkin pie, parades and new issues of ...
booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com - 9 hours ago
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Earlier today, I ran across some hitherto forgotten
clippings that I took from the old pre -...
CBG TBG back in the 1970's--a treasure trove of vintage newspaper photos of comics creators of the period. I tried to enhance them as much as possible when i scanned them but the yellowed look ...
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Comics Creator Photos of the 1970's
wolverinefiles.com - 13 hours ago
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We have two major Wolverine appearances from last
week, as well as a brief cameo and a...
Dark Wolverine sighting. Let's start with the jrpbsp reviews... ''Wolverine: Weapon X' #7 (review): Head... ...
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Wolverine-Week-46-in-Review: Dark Weapon X Origins Legacy
marvel.com - 15 hours ago
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What Is Jonathan Hickman's Top Secret New Marvel
Project?...
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Find out tonight, exclusively on G4TV at 7 p.m. Eastern ...
multiversitycomics.com - 15 hours ago
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This week on my Small Press Spotlight series,
I have Terry Moore's Echo as brought to us...
by his creator owned imprint Abstract Studio. This is the first creator owned imprint, creator owned release I've looked at here. Such is the life of Moore, one of the most renowned creators of the past ...
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Small Press Spotlight: Terry Moore's Echo
blog.comicbookrevolution.net - 16 hours ago
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The Mighty Avengers has been a true Avengers
book. Dan Slott has showed that he remembers the...
classic Avengers format. He demonstrates that they can rise above their circumstances and work as a team to defeat threats to the world. The issue at hand is the fifth and final chapter in the saga ...
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Comic Book Review: Mighty Avengers #31
joglikescomics.blogspot.com - 17 hours ago
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*Last night I had a dream that aliens
were invading, and I was holed up in my...
aunt's old house with Spider-Man and a bunch of other people. It wasn't Peter Parker or anything, it was Spider-Man , in full costume, sitting listlessly at the kitchen ...
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Thanks in advance for that.
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eyeoncomics.com - 17 hours ago
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Amazing Spider-Man #612 (Marvel Comics) by Mark Waid
& Paul Azaceta/Joe Kelly & J.M. Ken Nimura While...
I don’t follow this title faithfully, I do have to give Marvel credit for its novel publishing approach for the series as of ...
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Quick Critiques – Nov. 23, 2009
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hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com - 17 hours ago
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There's been a bit of a back and
forth on the old internets about all ages comics....
Christopher Butcher weighs in and summarizes the kerfuffle here. His take is basically that it's much ado about nothing, and that the complaining about a lack of all ...
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...And Kids Like Them!
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viceland.com - 19 hours ago
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Farel Dalrymple is a cartoonist who never seems
to age and makes pretty good books. I first...
got to know him when he worked at Alt.Coffee. Farel's buddies would sit at the counter by the cash register and draw with him until he had to get back to work ...
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FAREL DALRYMPLE HAD GOOD, CLEAN FUN
wolverinefiles.com - 21 hours ago
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Hey, everyone, jrpbsp here… Due to my lack
of free time, I am only going to do...
a review of 'Wolverine: Origins' and no recap. I will probably be doing more of these going forward. Wolverine:... ...
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‘Wolverine: Origins’ #42 Review
empireonline.com - 21 hours ago
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Looking cool as ice on the cover this
month is Iron Man, back once again like the...
renegade master he is. We have a full set report giving you the inside story on the production, as well as all-new behind-the-scenes shots of Tony Stark and co.
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EmpireOnline: Empire Magazine
comicsalliance.com - 22 hours ago
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I wasted a lot of energy in my
rocking and rolling teenage years trying to convince people...
that "emo" wasn't a thing, but you know what? I'm too tired to care anymore, so let's just marginalize a style of rock and roll I enjoyed at 16 and agree that ... Read more Permalink ...
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Super 'Emo' Friends Are Cute And Clever Even If The ...
comicsalliance.com - 23 hours ago
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Do you like customized action figures? Do you
like Deadpool? Are you a fan of gigantic robot...
battle suits? If you answered yes to all three, then prepare to freak the frak out. The remarkably talented John "Jin-Saotome" Mallamas has crafted one of ... Read more Permalink | ...
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Custom Deadpool Mech Is More Or Less Every Collector's ...
spidermanstuff.blogspot.com - 24 hours ago
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Free in specially marked packages of the Spider-Man
costume and mask for Captain Action!...
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Captain Action Flicker Ring!
captainameriblog.blogspot.com - 24 hours ago
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For a while, the hot toy seemed to
be hand-held movie viewers... not the ones that were...
cheaply made by Chemtoy and the like, with one strip of film you'd manually advance from picture to picture, but actual motorized movie viewers that used cassettes with film loops (similar to Kenner's ...
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Movie Viewer!
4thletter.net - 25 hours ago
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Tekken 6 came out on PS3 and 360
a while back (and is forty-four bucks on Amazon...
right now and totally worth the purchase ) and captivated my attention, just like the five prior games did. The fighting, the Barbie to the nth level dress-up/customization stuff… half of the games I ...
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Tekken 6: King of Iron Fists, Online Manga, and Paper ...
4thletter.net - 27 hours ago
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I guess this was a surprise to exactly
no one. A few months ago I would have...
been ranting and raving at the news. It seemed to me that the show was just beginning to hit its stride at the end of season one. Epitaph One and the first episode of season two were fantastic, both mixing ...
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Dollhouse Cancelled
weeklycrisis.com - 28 hours ago
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It's the end of the month, so that
means Marvel and DC have overloaded this Wednesday, and...
this editon of the Post-Crisis Previews , with a billion books in some convuluted plot to garner more sales. All I know is I'll be taking home a child crushing sized bag of comics, including the likes of ...
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Post-Crisis Comic Book Previews for 11/25/09
funnybookbabylon.com - 31 hours ago
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This episode, we discuss changes over at the
Comics Journal and what that means for the blogosphere,...
plus answer your questions about love, shame, professional wrestling and enabling habits! If you have questions or topics you’d like to see ...
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FBBP #120 - Love & Shame
comicbookresources.com - 32 hours ago
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The Fantastic Four are some of Marvel's most
popular and enduring characters due to their adventures and...
family dynamic. CBR News spoke with Hickman about his plans to ensure that both elements are part of his run on the title.
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Jonathan Hickman Feels "Fantastic"
thedanofsteel.blogspot.com - 32 hours ago
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Four shots of news to round out the
week that was, assembled right here when it comes...
to THE CRUNCH. It's the comic pop-band reunion; Image Comics founders Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino, Erik Larsen, Marc Silvestri, Todd McFarlane, and Whilce Portacio – along with new Image partner Robert ...
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IT'S TUESDAYS - IT'S THE CRUNCH
theothermurdockpapers.com - 33 hours ago
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Remember Matt Murdock? The nice guy? Well, wouldn’t
you know, he’s got some skeletons in his closet....
Something along the lines of murder of a poor defenseless child… From Daredevil #209, by Arthur Byron Cover and David Mazzucchelli Well, in his defense, this ...
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Keep the kids away from Matt Murdock!
mania.com - 33 hours ago
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Idris Elba guards ' Thor ''s Asgard as
Heimdall. Plus: ' Kull ' movie in the works......
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Idris Elba Guards THOR's Asgard
weeklycrisis.com - 34 hours ago
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I've been falling short on the reviews lately
with real life and work related nonsense eating up...
a lot of my free time. Not wanting to skip out on all the reviews I failed to get out last week (and one or two from the week before), I've opted to throw them together in this mash-up review ...
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Last Week's Reviews...Today!
weeklycrisis.com - 36 hours ago
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The above panel is from the first issue
of S.W.O.R.D. , the new ongoing series from Marvel...
by Kieron Gillen and Steve Sanders . As you can see, that character there is called Death's Head , probably one of the silliest names ever. Now I haven't read many comics in which he appeared, and I ...
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The Curious Case of Death's Head
comicbycomic.com - 36 hours ago
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I'm a big fan of big dumb action
movies of the '80s and '90s - you know...
the kind; they starred Arnie, Stallone, JCVD or Lundgren (hey, remember Dark Angel ? That was great!) - and if you got two of them together, even better. Which was why Universal Soldier was so awesome - Van Damme and ...
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration
fourcolormedmon.blogspot.com - 37 hours ago
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An article on Japan Today about the manga
series about wine production called Kami no Shizuku (Drops...
of God), which is still quite successful after 5 years.
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Manga series on wine continues to make waves
fourcolormedmon.blogspot.com - 37 hours ago
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An article in the English section of the
Asahi Shimbun about the British Museum's premiere of a...
special manga exhibit, topped by a series called Professor Munakata.
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British Museum debuts special manga exhibition
warren-peace.blogspot.com - 38 hours ago
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Elsewhere: I'm late linking to these, but I
reviewed the latest episodes of Fringe and The Venture...
Brothers for The Factual Opinion , and Days Missin g #2 and 3 for Comics Bulletin. Links: Speaking of TFO, Tucker's latest episode of Advanced Common Sense is up, and it's as hilarious as ...
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This week, I'm thankful for Ennis, Powell, BruPhil, ...
occasionalsuperheroine.blogspot.com - 38 hours ago
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Speaking of powerful blue women, I keep seeing
this image from Tim Burton's current MOMA show everywhere:...
This is apparently an iconic image he uses a lot. With the red hair, I couldn't help think of another character: And with her skull-accessory ...
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Blue Women: Tim Burton, Mystique, Avatar, more
splashpage.mtv.com - 40 hours ago
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Natalie Portman has a lot to look forward
to in Kenneth Branaugh's "Thor" film, which she's scheduled...
to begin production on soon as Jane Foster. Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba and Chris Hemsworth are all confirmed to be starring at her side, but Portman ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Kat Dennings Joins 'Thor' Cast, Reveals ...
online.wsj.com - 41 hours ago
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Getty Images An 18-meter robot hero from the
popular animation series "Gundam" was installed in Tokyo in...
July.
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Japanese Anime Studios Feel Pressure From Unhappy ...
slovobooks.blogspot.com - 41 hours ago
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I've been spending quite a bit of time
this year in finally getting down to writing an...
article about the history of Marvelman, something I've been threatening to do for at least the past six years. I say article, but it's much more likely to be a book ...
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Marvelman Copyright: I Found My Smoking Gun
comicsreporter.com - 41 hours ago
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I'm still in the process of building my
Best Of lists for the decade we are currently...
exiting. I realized that I was close on superhero comics to having a representative list, or at least a first good shot at one, so I thought I'd post that stage here ...
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CR Sunday Feature: Building A List -- The 83 Best ...
everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com - 41 hours ago
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The Anchor #2 (Boom Studios) I was pretty
impressed with the first issue of this new series...
by writer Phil Hester and artist Brian Churilla, and remained so with the second issue. Hester teases out Clem/The Anchor’s origin a bit, sends the big, ...
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In which I check back in with a couple of series I ...
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everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com - 41 hours ago
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There's a pretty good chance that the existence
of, and quality of, Lora Innes' The Dreamer is...
something you're already aware of, and have been for quite some time. If that's the case, feel free to skip this post, as it likely won't contain ...
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All-American Shojo: The Dreamer
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comicbycomic.com - 42 hours ago
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Assuming I don't get a sprog dropped on
me this week, here's what I'll be getting (although...
having a root canal on Wednesday may mean I don't make it to the comic store, sadly...) - it's a pretty big week but at least there are some last issues in there for me. Blackest Night #5 - Well, yes, ...
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Rich's Pull List - 25th November 2009
4thletter.net - 42 hours ago
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-Wait, who is that? Who let Gavin on
the podcast? Did he hack my computer? -Theme music:...
6th Sense’s 4a.m. Instrumental -I Made Esther Read: Street Angel, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca. Check out this clip. -Deadpool. What’s the deal with that guy? And Agent X, remember ...
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Fourcast! 26: Welcome to the Deadpool, Street Angel!
io9.com - 43 hours ago
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When it comes to superhero fiction, there are
certain iconic archetypes; Superman is the iconic whitebread hero,...
Batman the iconic OCD loner. But did you realize that Iron Man 's James Rhodes is the accidental iconic black superhero? We'll explain. ...
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Why James Rhodes Is Comics' Ideal Black Hero
randomlongbox.com - 44 hours ago
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It's Monday, and what better way is there
to celebrate the dawn of a new week with...
all of the challenges and opportunities it'll present than with some comic book talk. I'll start things off with some random thoughts that have been kicking around my brain over the last week. Stargirl needs a ...
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Odds and sods
wolverinefiles.com - 46 hours ago
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Hey, everyone, jrpbsp here… Next up is 'X-Men:
Legacy'. Hope you enjoy it. X-Men: Legacy #229 (preview)...
Writer: Mike Carey Art: Daniel Acuna NOTE: Wolverine only appears in the background in this issue. SPOILERS BELOW… RECAP: The issue opens with Rogue trying to contact the Cuckoos to give ...
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X-Men: Legacy #229 Review: Stinging Attack
thedanofsteel.blogspot.com - 47 hours ago
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While for me the idea of Spider-Man vs.
Wolverine is followed by the phrase 'what happens in...
panel two?' for many it seems to be the ultimate match-up. Bringing the conflict to a head; the team at Lucid Arts Face Painting, who created this piece based on a famous image of the two heroes, for ...
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FACE TO FACEPAINT: Spider-Man vs. Wolverine
spidermanstuff.blogspot.com - 48 hours ago
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As I've noted before, when toy manufacturers licensed
super-heroes, apparently there was nothing in the contracts specifying...
that the toys the heroes would appear on should have anything to do with the characters themselves. Take this repeating cap gun... both Spidey and Captain America are ...
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Cap Gun?????
waffyjon.blogspot.com - 48 hours ago
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It's... Scars of Dracula! Mexican lobby card! Son
of Dracula Mexican lobby card! Son of Frankenstein Italian...
photobusta! Son of Godzilla Italian poster! Son of Godzilla Japanese poster! Son of Godzilla Mexican lobby cards! Son of Kong Mexican lobby cards! ...
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Monster Monday!
waffyjon.blogspot.com - 48 hours ago
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Probably don't have enough Trek merch left to
do a full installment of just Trek, but let's...
see how far we get before I have to go to non-Trek items! I'm pretty sure the company who made this also made the Spidey mug I showed an installment or two back... as well as a Planet of the Apes ...
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