As I mentioned a couple months back, Scott Snyder had announced that a young Harvey Dent would be featured in the upcoming new Bat-origin, Batman: The Zero Year. At the same time, DC's solicit for Batman #22 said (and still says), "The second chapter of “Zero Year” delves into Bruce Wayne’s past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring ( Read more... )

Hey folks, time for another round-up of announcements, news, meandering thoughts, and other odds 'n ends!


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So here's something that I forgot actually existed until I found it hidden in a comic box. The first issue of Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's Shadow of the Bat was released in the full 90's "ZOMG COLLECTORS ITEM BUY TWELVE" treatment, sealed in a polybag along with other assorted goodies. These included two mini-posters, full blueprints to the then ( Read more... )

A couple of you may remember the Two-Face Christmas tree that Henchgirl made for me a couple of years ago. Since then, she's tried to outdo herself by finding me unique Two-Face-related items for Christmas, any of our various anniversaries (it was a... complicated courtship), or just for whatever. The following is most--but I don't think all--of ( Read more... )

This list of 54 discontinued old breakfast cereals is fascinating and often disturbing. I can actually recall how some of these tasted, in all their soggy glory. How many do you folks remember? How many did you actually eat? I feel like I missed out on something essential by not having Urkel-O's or Mr. T.

Then, of course, I saw this:


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Blogger TheNerdyBird recently posted several mock-ups of superheroes reimagined as Mr. Men books drawn by graphic Designer Steven Anderson (aka SevenHundred). They're all varying degrees of delightful, and while some were certainly better than the following, I'd be remiss in not posting this one here:


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Note: This is the first in a series of posts dedicated to a character who, as you might quickly deduce, is not Harvey Dent ( Read more... )

My counterpart for all things Catwoman, dr_von_fangirl, is a big fan of the VlogBrothers, and thought that this video would be relevant to my (and--in this case--therefore your) interests:

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