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Friday, May 30, 2008
The Hulk Movie Doesn't Look Incredible for Women
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Book Movies

 

The Hulk  Movie

 Doesn't Look Incredible for Women

Unlike Marvel's popular film Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk movie which opens June 13th doesn't look like it will be a hit with the female movie audience -- if this female's reaction is any indication.

After suffering through Ang Lee's version - Michael and I were still practically newlyweds so I agreed to see it - my interest in seeing another on-screen Hulk  was pretty slim.  In fact, I'd already told Michael, "No way!"  After seeing the trailer I've become even more adamant.

Granted Bruce Banner isn't Tony Stark; he doesn't have the looks, the charm or the dough - but The Hulk?  Nerdy scientist turns into enormous raging green monster - I don't think so.  The only reason why the character lasted on television was the casting of Bill Bixby plain and simple. 

When I saw Edward Norton was cast in this remake, I thought very interesting...very good actor.  But, frankly I've been fooled before (Ang Lee, very interesting...very good director - and we all know how that turned out.)  While I think it's fantastic that such incredible talent is coming to "Comic Book" movies (Norton, Lee, Downey, Terrence Howard, I could go on and on) it only amplifies the true nature of the comic character.  Example: Ioan Gruffud as Reed Richards - man that guy bugs me!

I wondered about the casting of Tim Roth, which pretty much telegraphs to the audience: "Villian - sick and twisted version."  After seeing the clips featuring The Abomination, I sure don't want to be subjected to extended scenes featuring that monstrosity. (I'm still having flashbacks of those disgusting dogs from the first movie.)

So, I think it's a fair bet the ladies are going to stay away. 

Note to guys: take your lady to see Iron Man.  If you don't know it, women have a thing for Robert Downey, Jr. and they'll love that Gwyneth Paltrow's in it.  Iron Man is your super hero date movie of the summer.  You can check out Hulk  with your buddies.  And in the meantime, we just listed a bunch of Hulk  in our store.  Oh, and some of the She-Hulk - now that's a gal who could handle watching a Hulk movie.  Check 'em out here!

Tina!

 

We have an ongoing Comic Con  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 Tina's post today and please join us again for more!

Michael

 

Click here to see our current HULK COMICS and MAGAZINES listings! 

Edward Norton may be interesting casting, but Tina doubts he can save The Incredible Hulk movie for female fans!

For all of our current Hulk Comics / Magazine listings, just click on the Poster above! 

For all of our currently listed Book, manga, Graphic Novels,  Comics and Magazine listings just click on the  book cover above!
If we don't currrently show an item you are looking for, just e-mail us and we'll check our backstock and if available we'll list it for you in our eBay Featured Store!  

 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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 conventions and Comic Cons 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!
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:57 PM PDT
Updated: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:03 PM PDT
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The Upcoming X-Files Movie Spawns....
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Book History

 

The Upcoming

 X-Files 

Film Spawns

A Comic Book Series!

 

There is a lot of action in the long dormant X-Files   Franchise right now.

Creator Chris Carter has  announced that WildStorm, (a DC Comics imprint) has acquired the X-Files Comics license.

Back in 1995 Topps Comics had come out with a series of comics with painted comics that really caught the X-Files  experience on paper IMHO.

With the very first teaser trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe Film now showing, the buzz on all things X-Files is starting to pick up!

I have kept mum on this upcoming film for the most part, as very little has come out as to what the film is about... who stars, the storyline, and if we should even care it's coming!

After the X-Files had its' Series Finale several years ago... I found myself missing the show for several years... especially as Topps Comics also stopped publishing their take on the TV Show in printed format.

Then, its' fondness in my viewing habits subsided as other new shows made impact with Tina and I at the SDCCs where those new TV Shows were previewed, (Lost, Invasion, Heroes, Jericho, etc.)

The X-Files trailer makes me miss the old X-Files TV Show, but not enough is shown to get me to put its' release date on my calendar yet....

Will I put the new WildStorm published Comics on my reading queque? Not yet, as I haven't seen any teasers on the artwork or story. WildStorm is known for its' art, not story, so I'll be waiting this out a bit...  

We have an ongoing Comic Con 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 please come back to visit us again!

Michael (and Tina)

 

Click here to see our current listed X-FILES Comics and Magazines for sale! 

Topps Comics had the X-Files Comic Book Franchise when the X-Files  were first shown on TV. I enjoyed those painted covers and usually done-in-one comic stories.

For all of our currently listed Book, manga, Graphic Novels,  Comics and Magazine listings just click on the  book cover above!
If we don't currrently show an item you are looking for, just e-mail us and we'll check our backstock and if available we'll list it for you in our eBay Featured Store!
Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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)!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 5:39 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:49 AM PDT
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
So Who's HOT In Our Archived Blog Posts Right Now? 05-29-08
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Book Movies

 

So Who's

'Hot'

 In Our Archived Blog Posts

Right Now?

 

None Other Than...

 

'The 4400' TV Show

Bettie Page

 Samuel L Jackson

& Carolyn Jones In Batman TV Show!

These are the Big Four Of Our Top 10!

As of 05-29-08 08:55 AM PST

 

Regular Readers of our Blog know that I check our Blog Stats at least daily to see what topics bloggers are looking at!

Currently we have Four Standouts in our Top 10 Most Viewed!

The following topics are 'Hot' right now per our last 4,000 archived blog post views in less than the last 24 hours!

#1 is STILL amazing to me, as the news that 'The 4400' won't be back for a Season 5 is old news, but more bloggers are giving this show a try. And they Should! Billy Campbell pictured at the top right was just on the Season Finale of 'Shark'. He is one cool but scary character! 

#2 is our Bettie Page - Jenny in The Rocketeer Film connection. That topic seems to always be in our Top 10 because of the timeless cross-over of Bettie Page Fans and Rocketeer Fans.

#3 is Samuel L Jackson and the Nick Fury  connection at the end of the Iron Man Film that is out right now.

#4 is not a newcomer to our Top 10 List, but she has edged out Laura Vandervoort once again! That would be Carolyn Jones who besides playing Morticia in the Adams Family, also portrayed Marsha Queen of Diamonds in the Batman TV Show of the 1960's!

The above round out our most viewed topics right now as of the past 4,000 page views...

Tina and I are pleased to say that this blog is averaging over 1,000 visitors a day right now!  

Welcome aboard to all those new readers! We're glad you found us!

You are welcome to subscribe right now by clicking on the RSS Feed at the top of this blog!

For those new to us... we have an ongoing Pop Culture Convention - Comic Con here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Come back anytime! 

Michael

Click here to see our TV Comics and Magazines for sale! Click here to see our currently listed Books, Manga, Graphic Novels, Comics and Magazines for sale!
Click here to see our MARVEL Comics and Magazines for sale! Click here to see our  DC Comics and Magazines for sale!

Above are photos from the Big Four Of Our Top 10 Most Viewed Archived Blog Posts!

Top Row: 'The 4400 TV Show - this photo featuring only Billy Campbell, Bettie / Betty Page.

Bottom Row: Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury,  Carolyn Jones as Marsha Queen of Diamonds on the Batman TV Show. 

For our current listings of Graphic Novels, manga, books, comics and magazines, just click the photos above to view!

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book, Graphic Novels, manga 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 Conventions and Comic Con 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!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 

Thank YOU for being one of our

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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.

 

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

 


Posted by makeitsomarketing at 9:08 AM PDT
Updated: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:11 AM PDT
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They Were The Eternals!
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Book History

 

They Were The Eternals

Another Jack Kirby Series!

Over the weekend we picked up another collection of Jack Kirby  Comics including his early 1970's series of Kamandi for DC Comics and his mid 1970's The Eternals for Marvel Comics.

To set the stage for the Eternals we would have to go back to 1970, when Jack Kirby left Marvel Comics to work on several projects for DC Comics.

Those projects included the saga of the 'New Gods' which was a separate Comic Book Series.

The New Gods was an epic story that involved both mythological and science fiction concepts. Jack had planned to have a definite ending to this epic.

However, this saga and his other 'Fourth World' titles were left incomplete after their early cancellation.

Jack Kirby, with his recent work for DC still in mind, began T'he Eternals' when he returned to Marvel Comics.

The Eternals' saga was truly thematically similar to the New Gods' work, but once again early cancellation this time by Marvel Comics left the series hanging without resolving many of its continuing sub-plots, in particular The Celestials' judgment over humanity.

However, Marvel just like DC in the years that followed both cancellations re-thought their viewpoints on the cancelled series.

So it was writers Roy Thomas and Mark Gruenwald who brought the Eternals into the 'official' Marvel Universe continuity. It was in a then very long storyline in the Mighty Thor comic book series that resolved the earlier cancelled sub plots and plot lines. The Big Finale climaxed in Thor #300!

So to you bloggers just reading about this series for the first time.... Who Were The Eternals? 

They are a fictional race of 'superhumans' in the Marvel Comics Universe. They were an off-shoot of humanity that were created on the Earth by the alien Celestials. Of course in fiction there would have to be a race of counterparts, who are called the Deviants, and the two sides have waged war for centuries...

The Eternals made their first comic book appearance in The Eternals #1  published by Marvel Comics in July 1976. This is a small comic book series to collect. The original series numbered only 19 issues in the set.

We have an ongoing Comic Con  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 post today and please join us again!

Michael (and Tina)

 

Click here to see our current JACK KIRBY ETERNALS COMICS listings! 

Above is the First Comic Book Cover from the Eternals series by Jack Kirby!

For all of our current Eternals Comics / Magazine listings, just click on the cover above! 

We also have listed other genres of Books, manga, Graphic Novels,  Comics and Magazines. We usually stock around 2,500 different listings at one time.
If we don't currrently show an item you are looking for, just e-mail us and we'll check our backstoc, and if available we'll list it for you in our eBay Featured Store!  

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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 conventions and Comic Cons 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!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 

Thank YOU for being one of our

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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.

 

 

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 7:24 AM PDT
Updated: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:36 AM PDT
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
More On The Last Boy On Earth!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Book History

 

More

On The Last Boy On Earth!

Over the weekend we picked up another collection of Jack Kirby Comics including his 1970's series of Kamandi for DC Comics and The Eternals for Marvel Comics.

Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, was published from 1972 to 1978 by DC.

Kamandi himself was portayed as a young 'hero' in a Post-Apocalyptic future, which was set in a parallel Earth of the DC Universe's future.

It was set in a period after an event called "The Great Disaster". In that period humans are a persecuted minority in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.

If that sounds familiar to you, then remember that an earlier 1968 movie 'Planet of the Apes'  also portrayed an animal-ruled world!

Indeed, the cover of Kamandi #1, showing a demolished Statue of Liberty, was posibly inspired by a similar scene in the 'Planet of the Apes' movie just before it ended!

However, if you were to think that Jack Kirby was 'aping' the movie, he actually had drawn a similiar theme in a comic book story in 'Alarming Tales' #1 back in September 1957.

In that comic book Jack drew a story entitled "The Last Enemy."

In that story, he has a man traveling in time to the year 2514, where he finds that humans are extinct! That time traveler finds that the world is ruled by tribes of intelligent tigers, dogs, and rats!

Jack's drawings of these intelligent animals are very much similar to his later drawings in Kamandi 15 years later!

This series was one of the last that Jack Kirby wrote and drew for DC Comics before returning to Marvel Comics. Some of my favorite artists of the Silver Age took over the book after Jack left to go back to Marvel Comics. Those included Chic Stone and Dick Ayers!

We have an ongoing Comic Con  and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Just click on the cover at the top right to see our current listings!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again!

Michael

 

Click here to see our current Kamandi COMICS / MAGAZINES listings! 

Above is an exciting comic book cover from the Kamandi series by Jack Kirby!

For all of our current Kamandi Comics / Magazine listings, just click on the  Photo above! 

For all of our currently listed Book, manga, Graphic Novels,  Comics and Magazine listings just click on the  book cover above!
If we don't currrently show an item you are looking for, just e-mail us and we'll check our backstock and if available we'll list it for you in our eBay Featured Store!  

 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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 conventions and Comic Cons 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!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 

Thank YOU for being one of our

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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.

 

 

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 5:10 PM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:20 PM PDT
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