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The Best Just Got Better! Best of Marvel Minimates Series 2 Coming Soon!

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Collecting Marvel Minimates can be daunting — after all, they’re celebrating their tenth year in 2013, and releasing their 50th consecutive series of mini-figures. So where does a new collector start? Which are the “best” Marvel Minimates? Diamond Select Toys answered that last year with the first Best of Marvel Minimates assortment, which featured the best-ever versions of some of Marvel’s top heroes and villains. Now DST is bringing you more of the Best in Series 2!

This time, eight more of Marvel’s most famous heroes and villains get the ultimate Minimate treatment: Mr. Fantastic and Doctor Doom, Daredevil and Venom, the Punisher and Deadpool, and the Hulk and Loki! They’re the best versions of Marvel’s best characters, and each 2-inch mini-figure comes with additional parts and accessories — the Hulk can actually transform into Bruce Banner! This series will only be available at comic shops and specialty stores starting in Spring 2013, but Series 1 is available now, with Wolverine and Sabretooth, Captain America and Thor, Iron Man and the Thing, and Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.

Pick up Series 1 today, and pre-order Series 2 though your local comic shop or favorite online retailer!

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New Hulk-Themed Marvel Minimates Box Set is Strongest Box Set There Is!

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Only a select few Marvel characters have been given “Through the Ages” box sets entirely dedicated to them: Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine and soon Venom will make the cut. Well, the next “Through the Ages” set has been announced by Diamond Select Toys, and it features Marvel’s heaviest hitter, the Hulk! Hulk up your Minimates collection with these four legendary and exciting new Hulks!

Four figures representing different eras in Hulk’s life are included in the set:

  • Joe Fixit, his grey-skinned enforcer persona from his time in Las Vegas; his Minimate will have a removable jacket, hat and tommy gun;
  • Maestro, his evil future self who has defeated all of Earth’s heroes; he will include a removable cape, crown and a trophy display;
  • Barbarian Hulk, from his time living in Subterranea among the Moloids;
  • Composite Hulk, when he was briefly merged with his red counterpart.

This set will be released in spring 2013 to comic shops and specialty stores only, and will be available for pre-order starting this Friday, so reserve a set with your local shop or your favorite online retailer!

SDCC 2012 – Dark Horse Deluxe Announces San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Exclusives

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Dark Horse has released their exclusive products for San Diego Comic-Con 2012.  Below you can check out what they have in store for the show.

2″ Pirate Domo Qee (Limited Edition of 1,500)

These popular 2“ Qee figures have continually sold out, appearing in stores and galleries worldwide. Who wouldn’t want a Pirate Domo Qee? Get one while they last!

Marvel Classic Character: Iron Man Gold Variant (Limited Edition of 200)

Iron Man was originally portrayed in a silvery iron suit when he was introduced to the world by Marvel. Very shortly thereafter he transitioned into this gold-colored iron suit. This Comic-Con exclusive limited-edition Syroco-style statuette stands 4 3/4″ tall and comes in a litho-printed tin box, with a pin-back button and a booklet.

Marvel Classic Character: The Hulk Green Variant (Limited Edition of 200)

We’ve turned the original short-lived gray Hulk to his familiar green just for Comic-Con in this very limited-edition Syroco-style statuette. Hulk stands 4 3/4″ tall, and comes in a litho-printed tin box, with a pin-back button and a booklet.

2.5″ Good Luck Troll: Black-Light Green (Limited Edition of 1,500)

Trolls became one of America’s biggest toy fads in the early 1960s, and again over the years in various revivals from many toy manufacturers. They’ve been off the market for nearly a decade; now Dark Horse is bringing them back with a mystery-box program. However, our San Diego Comic-Con exclusive is no mystery. This green Good Luck Troll with white hair glows under black light and is limited to 1,500 pieces!

Make sure to stop by booth #2615 to check out all this awesome stuff, only available at San Diego Comic-Con 2012!

Ultimate Spider-Man Gets More Smashy With the Hulk

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Can’t get enough of the Hulk?! This Sunday on Ultimate Spider-Man, catch more HULK SMASH action as he teams up with Spidey to take down an invisible villain who’s destroying Manhattan!  In this behind-the-scenes interview, the big voice behind the big guy, Fred Tatasciore, gives an inside look into the mind of this week’s breakout Avenger.

Don’t miss Fred as The Hulk in Ultimate Spider-Man and in a new The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (featuring The Guardians of the Galaxy!), this Sunday inside Marvel Universe at 11a/10c, only on Disney XD.

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New York Comic Con has come and gone.  We’ll have lots of posts, reviews, photos and some video.  But for now, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Fox News – Islam-Based Superheroes: Here to Save the Day or Villains in Disguise? – Fox takes on The 99 (ignores Newscorps’ bashing of it).

The Daily Star – Muslim comic series seeks breakthrough in U.S. – And another take on The 99.

Kotaku – Sunday Comics: Upright and Locked – Each week Kotaku brings some of the best web comics out there.

Con Coverage:

Kotaku – New York Comic-Con 2011 Day Four Cosplay with Dead Space Kid and Super Friends

Kotaku – NYCC 2011 Day Two in Pictures

Kotaku – The DC Superhero Statues of New York Comic-Con

The Beat – NYCC 2011: Days Three and Four

Bleeding Cool – The Cosplay Gallery Of New York Comic Con, Courtesy Of Marnie Ann Joyce

IGN – NYCC: Brian Wood’s Wolverine Emerges

IGN – NYCC: Rogue’s Legacy Continues

IGN – NYCC: Hulk Smashes the Avengers

Bleeding Cool – Luke Cage, Movie-Calibre Hulking And More In Marvel’s TV Future

The Beat – NYCC Announcements: Dexter, Marvel and Mystery Writers

Bleeding Cool – Recovering From A Hangover With The Women Of Marvel

Comics Alliance – Brian Wood’s Environmental Apocalypse Comic ‘The Massive’ Gets Ongoing Series

CBR – NYCC: Gale Anne Hurd on “Dead Man’s Run,” “Walking Dead”

New York Post – Girls gone geek

CBR – NYCC: Gage Offers the Runaways Shelter at “Avengers Academy”

CBR – NYCC: Geof Darrow’s “Shaolin Cowboy” Returns in 2012

IGN – NYCC: Shazam is Back!

IGN – NYCC: DC All Access: Superman Panel

IGN – NYCC: Avengers: Shattered Heroes Panel

IGN – NYCC: The Avengers Assemble Again

Comics Alliance – The Image Comics Show [NYCC 2011]

MTV Geek – J. Michael Straczynski Announces New MTV Comic At NYCC

IGN – NYCC: War of the Thunderbolts

IGN – NYCC: Remender’s Secret Avengers

Around the Tubes Reviews:

The Atlantic – Feynman

CBR – Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E #2

The Herts Advertiser – Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man

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It’s the weekend, which I’m spending catching up on three weeks worth of reviews (and attempting to fit in other things).  What’s everyone else up to?

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The Beat – The Flaws of Kickstarter, part 1 – Absolutely disagree with this post and I’ll have my reasons next week.

Spinoff Online – The Hulk TV Series Won’t Tie Into Marvel Films, Del Toro Says – Not sure my thoughts about this.

Mashable – 14 Million U.S. Adults Used QR Codes in June [STUDY] – We’re seeing more and more QR codes in comics and at conventions.

GamePolitics – Swiss Police Association Calls for Ban of The Darkness II – Sigh….

Kotaku – Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Pokémons – I picked up on this during the debate.  He had another quote too from the movie.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – Batman and Robin #26

Info Press – The Never Weres

Giant Fire Breathing Robot – Phonogram, Rue Britannnica

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I’m still trying to recover from Gen Con and a lack of sleep sure isn’t helping.  But, while I attempt to figure out up from down, here’s the news you might have missed.

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ICv2 – Disney Reserves Slots for Marvel Mystery Movies – So, that’s three movies based on Marvel properties for 2014.

ICv2 – ABC Planning ‘Hulk’ & ‘Jessica Jones’ Pilots – How soon before we have an over saturation on television like we’re approaching in movies?

ICv2 – Kirkman Considering a ‘Walking Dead Volume Zero’ – Please no.

Bleeding Cool – DC Relaunch: Astro City #1 – A Monthly Title – So, guess it’s more than 52.  I wonder what else is coming down the pipeline.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – The Punisher #1

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