We posted up the latest entries to Hasbro’s Marvel Universe line of toys. Here’s what you might of missed.
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Iron Fist and Black Costume Spider-Man
Marvel Universe
Iron Patriot * Iron Spider-Man * Mary Jane Watson
Skrull Soldier * Spider-Man * Winter Soldier
Iron Man 2 Iron Assault Truck * Spider-Man Triple Battle Truck
Marvel Universe Comic Packs
Cyclops and Dark Phoenix * Dark Wolverine and Dark Spider-Man
Official Press Release
BERONA’S WAR PREVIEW BOOK
Retail Price: $3.95 U.S.
Page Count: 48 pages
Format: perfect bound, 5.5” x 8.5”, full color
Written and illustrated by Anthony Coffey and Jesse Labbé
Cute and cuddly on the outside, but malevolent to the core, the Ele-Alta and Cropones will continue to battle even at the risk of extinction! After two races claim the same piece of land, words turn to rage, rage turns to battle and a battle turns to war. The island of Berona will claim countless lives and lay witness to the horrors that greed has to offer!
The BERONA’S WAR PREVIEW BOOK serves as an introduction to the upcoming hardcover releases BERONA’S WAR: FIELD GUIDE (July) and BERONA’S WAR: FIGHT FOR AMITY (Winter), a pair of books introducing some of the wackiest, most violence-prone characters since “Spy Vs. Spy” and classic Looney Tunes! The PREVIEW features descriptions of each book, a rundown of key players in the war, three short stores and several pages of concept sketches and ideas.
Teen 13+ (This series contains content suitable for Teen Readers 13 and above.)
Official Press Release
An action-packed suspenseful graphic novel on the hot topic of privacy in a world dominated by the internet and mobile connection by Mark Badger and Gerard Jones is NBM ’s star graphic novel in July being solicited in comics stores now:
NETWORKED: CARABELLA ON THE RUN
Mark BADGER, Gerard JONES
Some alien invasions are loud and bloody…some are quiet and friendly. The blue-skinned girl named Carabella thinks she’s escaping the oppression of her own world, but instead she’s exposing the earth to an invasion so soft and friendly that everyone welcomes it—until Carabella herself sees what’s happening and tries to make someone, anyone see that our websites, our cell phones, and even our shoes (yes, shoes) are being used to steal first the privacy and then the freedom of everyone on earth.
6×9, 128pp., full color trade paperback: $12.99, ISBN 978-1-56163-586-3
See previews but also you can read the whole thing online at Privacy Activism with whom we’re working on this hotly topical story. Need we introduce the famous duo of Mark Badger and Gerard Jones?
Also in July from the mad mind of Greg (Vatican Hustle) Houston:
ELEPHANT MAN
Greg HOUSTON
Baltimore has a great hero. He’s always there just when he’s needed to thwart crime! This marvel is Elephant Man. Yes, none other than the deformed and hideous man himself! But such power and the adulation that follows it begets much jealousy. Before you know it, one of the city’s best known TV anchors, ‘handsome’ Dick Denton and another hideous being fused by some radioactive accident: the Priest, The Rabbi and The Duck, come together to seek his demise and ridicule him in public! Will Elephant Man overcome this new challenge? Another hilariously silly exercise in grotesquery, spoofing superheroes, from the acclaimed brilliant artist of Vatican Hustle.
6×9, 80pp, B&W trade pb., $9.99, ISBN 978-1-56163-588-X
See previews
From Eurotica that month, the next Noe:
PIN-UP ARTIST
Noe
The best-selling author of Convent of Hell and the Piano Tuner brings us to an exhibition of the great pin-up artist Gil Spam. He’s now a very old man in a wheelchair who can’t even speak, taken care of by his lovely niece. Chapter by chapter we get to discover the real dirty story behind each wonderful slightly naughty famous piece being exhibited. How could such charmingly risqué paintings have been inspired by such utter lechery and sexual abandon? Noe delivers another raunchy, funny and beautifully painted story.
81/2 x 11, 64 pp., full color trade pb., $13.99, ISN 978-1-56163-587-1
Pre-order all these at your comic bookstore now or online right here.
Official Press Release
Marvel Debuts Two New Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 Variants
As Steve Rogers takes control of the Marvel Universe and ushers in the Heroic Age, the former Captain America faces deadly threats from his past in Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 (of 4)! Beginning in July, Eisner Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Dale Eaglesham team up to bring fans the sequel to the chart-topping Captain America: Reborn. In commemoration of this event, Marvel is proud to reveal two stunning variant covers featuring an iconic image of Steve Rogers and the Invaders from artist David Finch. What does the Heroic Age hold for one of its greatest heroes? Find out in Steve Rogers Super Soldier #1 (of 4)!
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) (MAY100612)
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) FINCH VARIANT (MAR10829)
STEVE ROGERS: SUPER SOLDIER #1 (of 4) SKETCH VARIANT (MAR10830)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by DALE EAGLESHAM
Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
Sketch Variant by DAVID FINCH
Rated T …$3.99
FOC – 6/17/10, On Sale – 7/8/10
Official Press Release
Marvel® Universe Mary Jane Watson™
Every guy remembers the girl who got away. For Spider-Man®, that girl is Mary Jane Watson. For reasons neither of them can quite put their finger on, a relationship that should have been a love for the ages just never worked out. After the break-up, MJ headed west to pursue her acting career, while the wall-crawler stayed in New York to defend the city he loves. They still share fond feeling for each other, but whenever they try to get together something seems to get in the way.
Intricately detailed, this articulated Mary Jane Watson action figure always plays an important part in the Spider-Man character’s story! (Additional action figures sold separately) Craft stories around her character or add her and her pet accessory into your favorite dramatic scenes. Will the good guys or the bad guys triumph? The battle is just beginning and the power is in your palm of your hands!
Figure comes with pet accessory and a classified file with a secret code.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
SUMMARY:
Articulated action figure comes with a pet accessory and a stand for display! Figure comes with a classified file with a secret code. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL, all related characters: TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
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Marvel® Universe Iron Spider-Man®
Iron Man™ created this new costume for Spider-Man as a way of welcoming him to the Avengers™. It packs much of the same technology Tony Stark’s own armor does, as well as specialized cybernetics that enhance the web-slinger’s abilities. Spider-Man wore the armor with pride until the Super Hero Civil War drove him underground, forcing him to abandon it.
Intricately detailed down to the last muscle, this articulated Iron Spider-Man action figure is ready to fight! Send him into combat with his talon accessories to fight for the fate of the world or leave him posed for action on his stand as a warning against evil-doers everywhere. The battle is just beginning and the power is in your palm of your hands!
SUMMARY:
Articulated action figure comes with a stand for display after you’re done enacting all of your fiercest good-versus-evil battles! Figure comes with a classified file with a secret code. Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL, all related characters: TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Official Press Release
Marvel® Universe Iron Patriot™
When Spider-Man® warned the Avengers™ about how dangerous Norman Osborn was, no one listened. He was a has-been bad guy, living under the thumb of Tony Stark, locked up in Thunderbolts Mountain. Now, of course, he’s on top of the world, living the life of a beloved hero while lining his pockets and spreading his evil. He’s got the real heroes on the run, and he’s traded up his old Green Goblin™ costume for a suit of powerful, high-tech armor of his own design.
Intricately detailed down to the last muscle, this articulated Iron Patriot action figure is ready to fight! Send him into combat with his energy burst accessory to fight for the fate of the world or leave him posed for action on his stand as a warning against evil-doers everywhere. The battle is just beginning and the power is in your palm of your hands!
Figure comes with an energy burst accessory and a classified file with a secret code.
SUMMARY:
Articulated action figure comes with an energy burst accessory and a stand for display after you’re done enacting all of your fiercest good-versus-evil battles! Figure comes with a classified file with a secret code. Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL, all related characters: TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Official Press Release
Marvel® Universe Winter Soldier™
Few covert operatives had as much effect on the world as did the Winter Soldier. His name was only spoken in whispers by those few who had heard of him and lived. Brainwashed and used by his Soviet masters, he was the USSR’s secret weapon against its enemies. It was only after he was defeated and his memories restored by Captain America™ that he turned his considerable skills to heroism.
Intricately detailed down to the last muscle, this articulated Winter Soldier action figure is ready to fight! Send him into combat with his weapon accessories to fight for the fate of the world or leave him posed for action on his stand as a warning against evil-doers everywhere. The battle is just beginning and the power is in your palm of your hands!
Figure comes with weapon accessories and classified file with secret code.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
SUMMARY:
Articulated action figure comes with weapon accessories and a stand for display after you’re done enacting all of your fiercest good-versus-evil battles! Figure comes with a classified file with a secret code. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL, all related characters: TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Official Press Release
Marvel® Universe Comic Packs: Cyclops™ and Dark Phoenix™
A seemingly quiet moment for the X-Men™ is interrupted by chaos as the Dark Phoenix returns. Little do they know, but her appearance is a mere illusion created by an enemy to cut Cyclops off from his team, and destroy them all. The illusion collapses before the combined might of the X-Men, and the group subdues and captures the revenge-crazed villain.
Get in on fast-paced action and excitement as you stage battles between your Cyclops and Dark Phoenix action figures! Recreate your favorite scenes from the included comic book or create your own super-powered showdowns. With these mighty articulated action figures, the fate of the world is in your hands!
Includes Uncanny X-Men #175 comic book.
SUMMARY:
Vividly colored comic pack includes Uncanny X-Men #175 comic book and Cyclops and Dark Phoenix action figures. Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL, all related character names and the distinctive likenesses thereof: TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
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Marvel® Universe: Spider-Man™
When he was 14 years old, Peter Parker was bitten by a spider that had been irradiated in a nuclear experiment. Something in the spider’s venom changed him, over night, from the nerdy kid he’d been to something else entirely. Given incredible strength, speed and stamina, he reveled in his power. The tragic death of his uncle threw Peter’s good fortune into fierce perspective, giving him direction. From that day on, he vowed to battle evil wherever he could find it as The Amazing Spider-Man.
Detailed with defined “muscles”, pose this Spider-Man action figure in a battle-ready pose with his “spinning” web accessory aimed at the enemy! Fully articulated, he’s ready to make a stand in your collection.
Action figure comes with a “spinning” web accessory and a S.H.I.E.L.D. file with a secret code.
SUMMARY:
Articulated action hero figure comes with a “spinning” web accessory. Figure comes with a S.H.I.E.L.D. file with secret code! Ages 4 and up.
MARVEL and all related character names and the distinctive likenesses thereof: TM & © 2008 Marvel Characters, B.V. All rights reserved. This action figure is produced under license from Marvel Characters, B.V. Marvel, Spider-Man: TM & © 2008 Marvel Characters, B.V. All rights reserved.
®* and/or ™* & © 2008 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
