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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

GI JOE Dog Tag - Promotional Item Now Listed!
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d'oh
Topic: Comic Cons

GI JOE

Dog Tag - Promotional Item Now Listed!

Recently I posted that July 26th thru July 29th 2008 will be the time of the next JoeCon.

The JoeCon2008 will be held at the Frisco Embassy Suites in Dallas, Texas.

Today I was going through our many boxes of items to grade and list in the eBay Store when I came across the promotional item pictured to the top right of this blog post.

Back at the SDCC 1995 San Diego Comic Con International, Dark Horse Comics distributed a few G.I. Joe Dog Tags in commemoration of their special GI Joe publication that was being printed.

I was one of a very few that obtained one of these, and have decided to list it for sale here: GI JOE DOG TAG!

I don't see any others listed on eBay or any photo of one listed via Google at this time. Must be a HTF (Hard To Find) item now?!

For those new to this blog, we also have an ongoing comics and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post and check out our blog again real soon!

Michael (and Tina)

Click here to see our currently listed WAR Comics and Magazines for sale!

That's a photo of the GI Joe Promotional Dog Tag Issued by Dark Horse Comics at the 1995 SDCC! The imprint says 'GI Joe Dark Horse San Diego CA Comic Con July 25 30 1995!

To view our currently listed War comics and magazines, just click on the photo of GI Joe 'dog tag' above! To see the Dog Tag listing just click here: GI JOE DOG TAG!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale! If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you and email you with the listing number(s)!

Thank YOU for being one of our

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All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 5:04 PM PDT

Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:31 AM PDT

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Ready For This Upcoming Film ?
Mood:

quizzical
Topic: Comic Book History

Ready For This "Upcoming" Film?

" Thor "

If Not...

Then Check Out The 'Essential Thor' Book!

As we blogged about earlier this week... Marvel Entertainment has updated its feature film slate strategy and plans for the next three years, locking in key release windows for its character franchises!

However, the launch of the 'Thor' Film won't be until in the summer of 2010 because Marvel believes that the summer is the optimal time to launch a new property!

So Marvel Entertainment plans to launch its 2010 film slate with the release of the sequel, 'Iron Man 2', on April 30, 2010, followed by the launch of 'Thor' on June 4, 2010.

So, you have plenty of time to read about the history of the Mighty Thor!

The comic book feature Thor started as a strip in the Marvel Comic Book titled 'Journey Into Mystery' in issue #83 of that title.

However as Thor became the only feature in the comic book, it soon took over the title as well!

Today, you as a reader, not collector, have the opportunity to read the early stories in a black and white format. This inexpensive format is printed in what is called 'The Essential Thor' book, as shown at the top right.

If you don't want to buy collector copies or 'reader copies' of the actual comics, then the 'Essential' format could be the way to inexpensively read these early stories and get a 'feel' as to how Thor was a founding member of the 'Marvel Universe'!

We don't have copies of that book for sale here at Make It So Marketing, as well sell the actual comic books, but here is the link to find copies of the 'Essential Thor' for you to buy: Thor Essential Book!

For those of you that are new to our blog, we have an ongoing comics and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Thanks for joining us today at this pop culture - comic books - comics blog post!

Michael

Click here to see our currently listed Marvel Superheroes Comics and Magazines for sale!

To view our own listings of earlier Thor appearances in comic books, graphic novels and other items, just click the book cover above! To check the listing for the 'Essential Thor Book' just click this Thor link!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

Thank YOU for being one of our

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

This story from the issue of Journey Into Mystery #112 is included in the Essential Thor book! With the Incredible Hulk vs Thor

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 1:52 PM PDT

Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:35 AM PDT

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The 4400 TV Show - 4th Season DVD !
Mood:

a-ok
Topic: TV Shows

'The 4400' TV Show - 4th Season DVD!

As I have blogged about before, we first caught this show at the July 2007 San Diego Comic Con International, (SDCC), as we kept running into programs / panels that producer Ira Steven Behr was sitting on.

Suffice to say that after seeing and hearing him so many times we decided to give this show a try...

We rented the DVDs to catch up on the previous seasons and found that we enjoyed them.

So we watched the then current 4th season and awaited the following 5th Season.

However we soon blogged about 'The 4400' TV Show being cancelled for the next season...

Then it was on 03-10-08 that we blogged about the show again because for weeks we had seen our archived 4400 blog posts being viewed repeatedly and wondered if there was a change at USA about the show's status...

Well... in that previous weekend's USA Today Newspaper there was a question asked in Robert Bianco's column 'News And Views'. It was asked if the write-in campaign to save 'The 4400' was working... Answer was ... "There's always a chance. Not a good one, but if you send a letter, you're only wagering 41 cents."

For those that haven't see those efforts, look at SaveThe4400.com, and also check out the YouTube Video to the middle section of the right column of this blog post!

It did seem strange to us when the Season Finale of Season 4 ended. Everything was wrapping up quickly. It almost seemed like a series finale, but nothing was announced as to that being the case.

There was a lot of closure to sub plots which made seeing the Finale a must watch episode for those that had been following the series!

Unfortunately the TV Guide then reported that this show was definitely cancelled.

That was a shame in my opinion, as 'The 4400' was a very good sci-fi show....

For those of you that have not seen the show, you can now give it a try via all 4 Seasons on the DVD collections, which IMHO is the best way to view this series! Just click this 'The 4400' link to see several copies of it listed for sale. We do not sell DVDs of this show, but feel it is worth recommending to our blog readers!

Our thanks to Ira Behr for turning us on to this series. And our thanks to the cast and crew for making this a fun series to watch! This is the main reason that Tina goes to Pop Culture / Comic Book Conventions, so she can hear and see about new shows or films!

Michael (and Tina)

The above photo is the cover to the 4th Season DVD of this TV Series 'The 4400'.

For those interested in TV Show and Movie adaptations that were printed in comics format ... we have several comic books and graphic novels in our eBay Featured Comic Book Store . Just click on the DVD photo or the Store link provided!

The above is the video mentioned in our blog post to the left column.

Note From Make It So Marketing:
Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!
We attend several pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale! If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you and email you with the listing number(s)!

Thank YOU for being one of our
NOTE: This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future! Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.
All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 11:01 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:42 AM PDT

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American Idol - The Final Four - Our Take - 05-06-08
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caffeinated
Topic: TV Shows

The American Idol

Fox TV Show

Season 7

The Final 4 Show!

05-06-08 Our Take

Song Theme For The Night Was:

"Music From The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame

In Cleveland, Ohio"!

Last Night it was the 'Final 4' who performed! Here are our AVERAGED 'scores' of BOTH songs performed by each 'idol', (based on 1-10, 10 being highest), with the 4th column showing the difference between Michael's score and Tina's score. The 'contestants' are listed in order of performance appearance during the night, NOT by numerical score:

The 'Final 4' - The American Idol

(No #)	Name of Contestant / Songs Perfomed	Michael's Take	Average Score Difference	Tina's Take
1	David Cook / Hungry Like A Wolf / Teenage Wasteland	7.0 on both so Averaged 7.0	1.25	8.25
2	Syesha Mercado / Proud Mary / A Change Has Got To Come (Pictured above top right from last week)	8.75	0.25	9.0
3	Jason Castro / I Shot The Sherriff / Mr Tambourine Man	5.0	0.5	5.5
4	David Archuletta / Stand By Me / Love Me Tender	7.0	0.75	7.75

General Show Notes:

Ryan opened with a comment that Three Of The Final Four have been #1 in votes this season.... without mentioning who hadn't made that...

Just two more show weeks to go... which is good because Michael is getting a little perturbed about the 'Popularity Contest' that this Season has turned into...

Tina's comments:

on David Cook - Hates the first song, but David gave it a better vocal than it ever deserved. Bad choice on his second song...

on Sysesha - She's Got The Wiggle!

on Jason - Totally wrong song for his voting bloc (Shot the Sheriff)

on David A - Horrible arrangement on first song choice

on Randy - He's drinking Paula's soda tonight! (her reaction to his comments)

Michael's comments:

on David C - What Happened Tonight??????

on Syesha - (Before she performed) She Looks HOT Tonight. (As Proud Mary was performed) WHOA Momma!!

on Jason - Agree with Simon "Totally Atrocious!". BTW, did he try to throw this competition tonight with his song choices??? Forgot the words!

on David A - Ruined one of my Favorite ELVIS Songs, and ELVIS is MY Personal Idol!

on Paula - She's gotta go!! (Re: her comments to Jason, and YTD comments to just about everyone!)

on Randy - A little too 'overboard' on David A for me!

on Simon - Agreed 75% with him on Round One and his comment on Round Two to Jason ' Jason pack your suitcase!'... If ONLY..

Our Take:

What we normally do this far into the process is to vote for each of our top performers for the night per the score we gave them.

HOWEVER, Due to the way that Ryan showcased the numbers and made it more for 'popularity' voting, AND the way some of the judges showed overboard partiality tonight IOHOs, Michael and Tina both voted for Syesha for the best performance of the night AND for David Cook for their 'popularity vote' although David C didn't do well in performances. Actually several votes were called in for both contestants as we were sick of the 'popularity contest' and afraid that not enough rocker fans would vote for David C to keep him in!

So who's going home?? Michael and Tina both feel that Jason's gotta go and should go... but it could be David C or Syesha tonight due to the 'popularity contest' this Season has ended up being!

In conclusion, both Michael and Tina believe that the judges are partial to David A because he'll sell more records. However Tina does say the judges are entitled to their opinion, and for the producers it would be 'best' for a 'pop singer' to win the 'pop' American Idol Show Title...

Due to space limitations on the eBay Blog format that we first post in, we only have so much room to blog here...

For those that missed our previous blog posts on this TV Show.... Please see the following link for our previous blog post. We have been blogging about Season 7 since the first week when the auditions were shown:

04-30-08 CLICK HERE For: American Idol Results Show 04-30-08 Our Take!

For those that are wondering what the 'tie-in' is for us... we have Rock n' Roll Comic Books and Magazines for sale in our eBay Featured Store... just click on the American Idol mike or the contesant's pic to view! Oh... and as we are running out of those items as the Season draws to a close, here's another place you can view American Idol items for purchase at: American Idol listings for sale!

Michael (and Tina)

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

Thank YOU for being one of our

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 8:25 AM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 9:02 AM PDT

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Whom To Portray Thor In His Upcoming Film?
Mood:

quizzical
Topic: Comic Book Movies

Whom To Portray

" Thor "

In His Upcoming Film?

Why Not Josh Holloway?!

Marvel Entertainment has updated its feature film slate strategy and plans for the next three years, locking in key release windows for its character franchises!

So as blogged about yesterday... the launch of the 'Thor' Film won't be until in the summer of 2010 because Marvel believes that the summer is the optimal time to launch a new property!

So Marvel Entertainment plans to launch its 2010 film slate with the release of the sequel, 'Iron Man 2', on April 30, 2010, followed by the launch of 'Thor' on June 4, 2010.

So, I still haven't heard who is to play Thor in the film.

Scanning through blog posts and other sources, I saw that someone else had thought of Josh Holloway to be a good choice to play Thor.

I know that Tina would agree, as she like his acting on the TV Show 'Lost', and when you look at him, facially he does resemble the Thor personification that Marvel has used in the earlier years!

So why not Josh Holloway as Thor?

I do realize that his years on 'Lost' have been seen by quite a few viewers, so the thought of being seen by millions of movie goers wouldn't seem so exciting to him, but to play a Superhero... Well that would be something that not many have done so far!

For those of you that are new to our blog, we have an ongoing comics and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post and come back again!

Michael

Actually in this photo, Josh Holloway does look a lot like Thor looked below via the Jack Kirby artwork of the early years...

To produce the Thor Film will cost a lot of money for the CGI effects!

To view our currently listed Marvel Superheroes Comics, magazines and other pop culture items, just click on the photo or artwork above!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

Thank YOU for being one of our

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 2:17 PM PDT

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