Let’s see those Marvel-ous costumes folks!

| October 31, 2007

SHAZAM! That’s my little Mary Marvel in her first Halloween costume. Send us pictures of your cool comic or pop culture Halloween costumes from this year. And I know there are a bunch of proud Blue Hen parents who are busting a seam to share pictures of their little trick-or-treater. Let’s see ‘em folks. -Joe

Classic Star Trek at the Movie Theater November 13

| October 31, 2007

Continuing the celebration of Star Trek’s 40th anniversary, on Tuesday, November 13, a remastered version of the original series’ two-part episode “The Menagerie” will be shown on nearly 300 movie screens nationwide. Boasting beefed-up special effects and a remixed soundtrack, the remastered “Menagerie” marks the first time an episode of the original Star Trek series [...]

Picks of the Week (10/31-11/6): Buffy Season 8 trade paperback, Nascar comic book, Alex Ross Kingdom Come sequel, X-Men Messiah Complex

| October 30, 2007

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LONG WAY HOME TPB – The first five issue of Joss Whedon’s Buffy Season 8 are collected here. DYNAMO 5 #8 – The new issue of Joe’s favorite superhero comic book! JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #10 – Geoff Johns and Alex Ross collaborate to write a follow-up to Kingdom Come. Will [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, October 31

| October 26, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT TPB MOVIE PTG (MR) – $17.99 BACK IN STOCK 52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #3 – $2.99 ACTION COMICS #858 – $3.50 ACTION COMICS VAR ED #858 ALIENS STEEL EGG NOVEL – $6.99 AMERICAN VIRGIN #20 (MR) – $2.99 ANITA BLAKE VH FIRST DEATH #2 – $3.99 ANNIHILATION BOOK 2 TPB [...]

We Have A Winner to Puzzle # 3! Jeff Hiles!!!

| October 25, 2007

Jeff had the most matching answers, made difficult due to my misspelling of the Beaver’s name, Jerry Mathers (not Matthew – I knew that, just didn’t proof-read). Anyway, here are the answers I was looking for (in alphabetical order) Auberjonois, Bonzo, Cubane, Dow, Ethel, Factorial, Geek (as in Brother Power), Highway, Iron, Joint, Kirby, Logan, [...]

Classic DC Cartoons on DVD

| October 23, 2007

A pair of classic cartoons featuring DC Comics characters get their DVD debuted Oct. 23. Warner Home Video releases The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians the final series in Hanna-Barbera’s Super Friends run. Also, today Warner will release The Adventures of Aquaman, collecting the cartoon shorts. Galactic Guardians will include eight 22-minute episodes from the [...]

Picks of the Week (10/24-10/30): 30 Days of Night, Joss Whedon – Serenity, Sinestro Corps War, Planet Hulk, and more

| October 22, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #3 – Did the movie turn you on to these concepts and characters? Here’s more to sink your teeth into… GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17 – Continuing the harrowing “Sinestro Corps War”. JACK OF FABLES VOL 2 JACK OF HEARTS TPB (MR) – For Fables fans and for readers who [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, October 24

| October 19, 2007

30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #3 – $3.99 52 VOL 2 TPB – $19.99 BACK IN STOCK 52 VOL 3 TPB – $19.99 BACK IN STOCK ACTION COMICS #857 – $2.99 ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA VOL 3 TPB – $19.99 ALL NEW OFF HB MARVEL UNIV A TO Z UPDATE #4 – $3.99 ALTER [...]

Hint to Paul’s Puzzle Page # 3

| October 19, 2007

Scroll down this blog page and you will see the third installment of Paul’s Puzzle Page. Remember, you do NOT have to get all 26 answers to match to possibly win! Here’s a hint to one of the clues: Yes, the Our Gang Kids loved their Ms. Crabtree, but she had to win them over [...]

30 Days of Night: See the Movie, Read the Comics

| October 18, 2007

Sony Pictures’ 30 Days of Night movie premieres October 19 in theaters. The comics and trade paperbacks are at Captain Blue Hen now! That’s right, before it was a feature film, 30 Days of Night was a horror comic from writer Steve Niles and artist Ben Templesmith–a vampire tale unlike any other. Every year the [...]

Top 100 Comics in September

| October 15, 2007

The top comics based on retailer orders to Diamond Comics Distributors: 1 WORLD WAR HULK #4 2 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544 3 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 4 NEW AVENGERS #34 5 THOR #3 6 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN BOY WONDER #7 7 INCREDIBLE HULK #110 8 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 9 JLA WEDDING [...]

‘Hot Fuzz’ Star Simon Pegg to Play ‘Scotty’ in New ‘Trek’ Film

| October 14, 2007

Variety reports that Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) will be part of the Enterprise crew in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie. Pegg is a former stand-up comedian and co-writer of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, as well as the BBC sit-com, Spaced. will take over the role of Mr. Scott/Scotty, the ship’s [...]

Eric Bana to Play J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Villain

| October 14, 2007

Eric Bana, star of Munich and Black Hawk Down, has signed on to portray “Nero,” the villain in the new J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek film. Bana will join Leonard Nimoy (elder Spock), Zachary Quinto (younger Spock), Anton Yelchin (Chekov), and Zoe Saldana (Uhuru) in the new Star Trek film, which is set for a Christmas [...]

‘Land of the Lost’ Movie With Will Ferrell

| October 13, 2007

According to Variety Universal Pictures is going ahead with plans for a feature film version of Sid and Marty Kroft’s Saturday morning TV series Land of the Lost. Will Ferrell is starring in what will be an action/comedy. The screenplay for Land of the Lost involves a paleontologist, his assistant and a macho tour guide [...]

Captain America Returns With A New Costume By Alex Ross

| October 12, 2007

Nine months after the death of Steve Rogers, a new Captain America returns in Captain America #34, due on January 16th. The new Cap is not Steve Rogers, and he will have a new look as designed by Alex Ross. At series writer Ed Brubaker’s suggestion Ross redesigned the character along with Brubaker, Captain America [...]

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