December 24th, and the toy store is packed. Red-vested Toysaurus managers, cashiers and stock-boys swarm the floor, dash between the...
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Jason R Mink is a sandwich-powered writing machine for easy 1000 dollar loan. His debut novel of transformational horror, THE CULT, is available now:
Oh, Tony. The perils of naming your latest suit the "Modern Armor" should have been obvious. You're so fixated you upgrade between panels --...
It was after midnight when Frank Castle returned to the subway station safe-house. The plan had gone off perfectly: Gallano and his...
Rubbers, wheat-cakes, and guilt. No, I'm not free-forming lyrics for a Tom Waits pastiche; I'm talking about May Parker! She was Ben's...
The story goes something like this: In 1976, a young junior executive from 20th Century Fox pays a visit to Mego...
Crimson Dynamo appeared in the ambitiously named Iron Man: The Armored Avenger Legends Series. Hasbro followed the time-tested "Batman" approach to...
I dig Batman. Always have. There's just something about the character that clicked with me (and about a billion other people)....
This figure reminds me of bad relationship choices I've made in my life. I see Ultron and I think, "Oh,...
In a way, Marvel Legends came along at the perfect time. By 2003, Toy Biz had made significant inroads into...
It always starts innocently enough. Let's say you like Batman. Wearing the t-shirts and debating the ideal length of his ears on the...
Cyclops led the mutant-heavy Marvel Legends Sentinel series. The assortment consisted of Angel, Mister Sinister, Mystique, Omega Red, plus non-mutants...
All the griping and complaining has finally paid off. After decades of being saddled with them, "action features" have pretty...
For being a multi-tentacled cyclopean terror from another dimension, Shuma-Gorath has done all right for himself. He's battled and nearly bested...
Toy collectors have never had it so good. Not only is the hobby booming, but options for feeding the plastic...
The Target-exclusive Red Hulk wave looked good on paper: it offered the retail chain unique versions of evergreen Marvel properties like Wolverine, Hulk,...
