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Silver Surfer’s longest run began in comics collected in “Essential Silver Surfer Vol. 2″

Essential Silver Surfer vol 2

Essential Silver Surfer vol 2

The second “Essential Silver Surfer” volume from Marvel Comics covers the first time in which the character’s co-creator, Stan Lee, began to step away from the Sentinel of the Spaceways, eventually leading to the character’s greatest success.

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Work in NYC? “Super” star Rainn Wilson could come to your office

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Rainn Wilson (AP)

 

Rainn Wilson has teamed up with Charitybuzz to benefit the Children’s Theater Company with an office visit in New York City in April.

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X-Men face Doctor Doom, Dracula in Essential X-Men vol. 3

The third volume of “Essential X-Men” picks up right after what many consider the title’s “glory days,” following the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run.   The third “essential” volume contains most of the second Dave Cockrum run on “Uncanny X-Men.”

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New Essential X-Men vol 4 printing features Brood, Rogue, “God Loves, Man Kills”

The updated edition of “Essential X-Men vol. 4″ adds “Marvel Graphic Novel No. 5 – X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills” to the black-and-white reprint volume, which also includes “Uncanny X-Men” 162-179 and annual #7.

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2,011 in 2011 comic-book challenge: Week 10 and 11 recap

Here’s a recap on how the comic-book reading challenge has been going for the past 2 weeks.

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Essential Captain America vol. 6 features shift in direction

The sixth volume in “Essential Captain America” contains one of the biggest shifts in tone in the history of the series, as Jack Kirby’s breakneck, action-packed, often off-kilter adventures, co-featuring the Falcon, give way to an introspective series where Cap ponders his origins, mostly without the help of his longtime partner.

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Is the username dying? Guest post by Josh Mackey

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The following guest post by Josh Mackey of PeekYou takes a look at the growth of the internet and his theory that it’s time to leave usernames behind.  What do you think?

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Monday movie quote challenge #123

“The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?”

Identify who said the above quote in what film in the comments!


Amy Adams is Lois Lane: What do you think?

Cast member Amy Adams arrives at the premiere of "The Fighter" in Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

As reported in the Los Angeles Times, Amy Adams (“Enchanted,” “The Fighter”) has been named as Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s upcoming “Superman” movie reboot.

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“Firebreather” features teen issues, larger-than-life family problems in fantasy adventure

A lot of teenage boys have issues with their fathers. Duncan Rosenblatt’s issues go a little farther.

Duncan’s a half-human, half-dragon hybrid, and if being the new kid in school is tough with a bad complexion, imagine how hard it is when you have Duncan’s craggy half-dragon exterior.

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