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Marvel Studios has acquired rights to use Stan Lee’s name, voice, likeness and signature in movies and television projects for 20 years

As every comic fan knows, characters never die in comics. Now that has extended into reality. Marvel Studios has purchased the Stan Lee name and likeness to their brand for 20 years. Does this mean we will be getting more Stan Lee cameos in future movies? He was always a larger-than-life character.

Taschen To Release Marvel Comics Library Avengers Volume One (1963–1965)

I love Taschen books, anytime I get a chance to buy them at second-hand bookstores, I will not hesitate to buy them. However, when big volumes such as Marvel Comics Library Avengers Vol. 1 come into circulation, I will fork out the big bucks. The Avengers is another book that will not disappoint. Taschen does it better than the original comic book publishing houses. This volume collects the first 20 issues of the Avengers. Better get some Charles Atlas muscles to read this big volume.

Spider-Man: A History and Celebration of the Web-Slinger, Decade by Decade

My Spidey senses are tingling with anticipation. Spider-Man is celebrating 60 years since he was created by Stan Lee and Steve Diko in 1961. Look out for A History and Celebration of the Web-Slinger, Decade by Decade by Matthew K. Manning, Robert Greenberger, Peter A. David. This promises to be one great book about your favorite friendly neighborhood web-slinger.

Marvel Comics: The Variant Covers

Real comic book collectors are always after the variant cover of fan-favorite comic books. The marketing ploy for both retailer and collector to buy more comics has been around since 1986. The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of The Man of Steel, which featured two different covers by writer/artist John Byrne.

Marvel Reboot

Marvel is taking a page from DC’s 52 by rebooting the whole Marvel line. New characters and all issues starting from scratch. This is basically…

Darth Vader Versus Doctor Doom

Comic book artist painter extraordinaire Alex Ross pits Doctor Doom versus Darth Vader. Why not? Walt Disney owns both properties. Mr. Disney please make this…

Ultron Meets Bender

Forget Terminator! Ultron and Bender team up to take over the world.  Or do they? Nuff said!

Dancing Groot Bobblehead

Guardians of the Galaxy might by a surprise hit for non comic related fans.  Groot, the discarded  hero from the 50’s is very popular with…

Manatee Superheroes

I know you have been waiting for this for many years. Both Marvel and DC did ape superheroes. Now DC and Marvel superheroes as manatees.…

The Avengers

I don’t know about the Avengers movie. I have my reservations about the plot. Hawkeye and Black Widow pretty much do not do a thing…