The cameraman aims at the cheerful blonde reporter, and the red light is on. "Charles," says the reporter on cue, "I'm here at the Moscone Convention Center, once again the site of the annual Tomorrow's Heroes auction. This year the children's charity theme is San Francisco's resident heroes of today, the Titans ( Read more... )

In one corner of the dealer's room is the Bat-Booth, dedicated to the urban legend himself, the Batman, overseen by an older man with long straight greasy hair.

Dozens of books about the Batman and related theories are gilded by plush dolls, sketches, and action figures of Batman in a wide range of colors, including a rainbow-striped figure, Bat- ( Read more... )

The Hermes Ballroom is packed with congoers, some in street clothes, but most in spandex, silk, leather, or the more humble cotton, plastic, and vinyl, in a riot of colors. There are Supermen, Wonder Women, Wonder Girls, Superboys, but the predominant colors are red and yellow, for Flash and Kid Flash.

The lobby is now very full: con attendees, con staff snacking on their latest energy bars as they rush around with their walkie-talkies and clipboards, hotel staff circulating with drinks or snacks. The Sundollars coffee shop across from the elevators is doing a brisk business in iced coffees and pastries. The bell captain's desk is another ( Read more... )

All Hell has broken loose as the greatest heroes of World War II, The All-Star-Squadron, battle side by side with their greatest enemies, The Injustice Society, against the menace of Wotan and his mind-controlled lackey, Captain Nazi!

Travelling from mere weeks into the future, an injured Per Degaton has bade the Injustice Society to interfere ( Read more... )

Their power levels sorely reduced, a plan is quickly hatched. The dungeon halls are built in a circular pattern, with several of the passageways leading to Wotan's throne room. There are possibly as many as fifty of Wotan's priests along the way, and if they're armed, not one of the Injustice Society has seen. But then, they're not the most ( Read more... )

The Gentleman Ghost and the Shade interrupt the battling All-Star Squadron and Injustice Society with a combination of amusement and deadly seriousness ( Read more... )

After being zapped away from the action in the South Pacific, the heroes awake to discover that they're bound somewhere in iron chains. The walls and floors are cold stone, and the air is chill ( Read more... )

It's blue skies and cool winds in the South Pacific today, hours after the All-Star Squadron meeting, and the Blackhawks are flying high, searching for a Japanese squad that's supposed to be nearby. But there's been no sign of them ( Read more... )

As the chatter dies down, Liberty Belle takes the podium. Even after a couple years of doing this, her breath always catches when she looks out at this assemblage ( Read more... )