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Jack Kirby and Stan Lee both say Black Panther was their idea and it was time to do a black superhero. Back in 1965 the character was prototyped as ‘Coal Tiger’ and wore yellow. 37 years later Kasper Cole became the White Tiger and ‘Cole and Tiger’ was born. No surprise that HalloweenCostumes is talking […]
Brunel University finds that superheroes keep us sane
Research from Dr James Carney of Brunel University London has shown that modern superheroes have become a mental defence against the scale of modern living. They keep us sane. Carney’s research is published in the Journal of Cognition and Culture. If you’re curious you can take a look at Comic-Book Superheroes and Prosocial Agency: A […]
$10,000 in prizes from Sideshow Toys this Halloween
Sideshow Toys are having a very big Halloween sale and competition over. They’re calling it Spooktacular and the page coordinating all the competitions and offers is right here. If discounts and news aren’t your thing, you prefer the chance to win free collectibles without distractions then pop straight over to the competitions page. They already […]
The 10 most popular pictures on Geek Native
Geek Native’s Pinterest profile is used to share images from the blog grouped by themes. It’s a handy way to check out content if you don’t have time to sort through all the posts. The largest board, at the time of writing, is Fantasy Finds with over 1,750 pins followed by Sci-Fi flare with over […]
Tin Hat’s Urban Heroes RPG
At the time of writing Tin Hat Games’ core rulebook #UrbanHeroes is discounted to $9.99 from $25.00. Urban Heroes is the result of a $16,000 Kickstarter campaign from the Italian company. The fundraising effort went to printing and the manual translation into English and the game clearly has fans as two people pledged over $500 […]
Superman all over the WB Justice League merch
Does this count as spoilers? I don’t know since the movie isn’t out yet… Call it speculation. I think a very likely ‘twist’ is that Superman features. Heck! The most recent trailer all but said as much. The latest merch update from WB Shop makes things pretty clear. Supes is all over the merch. In […]
Superhero Week: A review of Masked – Rise of the Rocket
Masked: Rise of the Rocket is available in the UK from today. The graphic novel is the return of the widely praised French comic book series from Serge Lehman. This series, in English, from Titan Comics looks spectacular. In Masked: Rise of the Rocket we follow the origins of two characters. The first is Sergeant […]
Superhero Week: Dude! Check out this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle desk!
The genius that is Tom Spina Designs keep on impressing. We’ve had some Star Wars love from them already and this new desk takes us in the opposite direction. We’re not going into space but deep in the sewers among the rats and the mutants! The lucky geek who commissioned this desk wanted a sit-or-stand […]
Superhero Week: Spider-Gwen statue from Mondo
Spider-Gwen is an alternative reality Spider-Man… except it’s Gwen and not Peter Parker who gets the power. The result is a cool looking, cheeky, superhero who is as likely to climb on top of a mast and take a selfie as she is to web-sling her way off somewhere else. In fact, the statue from […]
Superhero Week: Did they get the Marvel movies costumes right?
Instagram account Accurate MCU does a great job at looking at the Marvel Cinematic Universe and comparing it to the Marvel comic book universe. Just how similar are the costumes? You might be surprised. Here’s just a few. • ANT-MAN – COMIC COMPARISON • I decided to make a Pym ant-man comic comparison. What do […]
