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If Comic Book Covers Were Honest

Every week, literally a bajillion comics are published, and that’s a lot. Often the cover is all you have to base your decision on when it comes to buying a comic, especially if it’s one you don’t normally collect. Unless, you kn…

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25 Awkward Holiday-Themed Comic Books

posted 12/22/2011
by Ian Fortey

Comic book publishers have a penchant for making Christmas issues, whether or not their subject matter lends itself to the Christmas spirit. Here’s 25 to make you wish the Hulk was coming down your chimney these year with brightly colored pa…

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5 Underrated Superhero Teams That Need Movies

posted 11/10/2011
by Ian Fortey

Avengers hype is heating up as the big day for the movie’s release draws near. It will undoubtedly be huge, just as the X-Men was before it, and the Fantastic Four was for about 10 minutes before people realized it sucked super hard. People like …

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Comic Books, KISS, and More Comic Books: Holy Taco Interviews Alex Segura, Executive Director of Publicity and Marketing at Archie Comics

posted 09/08/2011
by Luis Prada

It may just be the rabid comic book fan in me talking but I firmly believe comic books are America’s version of mythology. That, and anything involving the Wild West. Comics are a medium that allow us to tell important stories about our national mi…

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Why People Shouldn’t Give A Damn About The New Half-Black, Half-Hispanic Spider-Man

posted 08/05/2011
by Luis Prada

If you were on the internet at all this week, or watched any topical television shows, you may have heard that Marvel Comics has killed off one of their flagship characters, Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man. But, never fear, for there will be a new Spi…

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The 13 Hottest Wonder Woman Costumes in Pop Culture History

posted 02/18/2011
by Ian Fortey

The 13 Hottest Wonder Woman Costumes in Pop Culture History

In honor of Wonder Woman officially being cast as Adrianne Palicki, here are the thirteen hottest actresses who have ever worn the Wonder Woman costume. Be it in film, television, or just as a Halloween costume, these famous hot chicks dressed i…

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5 Comic Book Movies We’d Like to See

posted 01/13/2011
by Ian Fortey

So there’s a Green Lantern movie on the way. Thor, a Spiderman reboot, Batman, Captain America, Superman, Deadpool, Magneto, Wolverine and who knows what else. That’s a lot of ground to cover and a lot of potential stories. And, if history is any…

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The 8 Most Bad Ass Real Life Super Heroes (We Assume)

posted 01/06/2011
by Ian Fortey

If you’re the type of shut in who scans the news frequently fearing the encroaching apocalypse heralded by the recent spike in apparently mysterious animal deaths, or the apocalypse heralded by CBS sitcoms you may have heard the recent story of a …

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Why Don’t You Just Shoot the Joker In the Face?

posted 09/29/2010
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James W. Gordon Hey, Batman. How’s it going? Nice of you to show up unannounced on my back porch again. That’s not creepy at all. Anywhooo, I did have something I wanted to discuss, so if you can avoid disappearing into thin air for abo…

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The 6 Most Potentially Filthy Super Heroes

posted 06/14/2010
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Many super heroes were created in a golden age of innocence and fancy ideals that said a person who screamed “flame on!” only did so towards the end of helping those in need and not to let others in the men’s room know it was ther…

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