Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Invisible Woman by Rockin' JellyBean

You've never seen Susan Storm Richards like this!
An artist named Rockin' JellyBean, noted for his cheesecake / pin-up style art (a unique fusion of Joe Chiodo and Dave Stevens), designed a statuette of the Fantastic Four's disstaff member quite unlike anything on US store shelves like this or this!
 The statuette was produced exclusively for the Japanese market, and only available as an import, but better anime or comics shops can order it, or you order it on-line!
(And yes, I ordered one!)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Dart & Ace: Time Lost Hero and Present-Day Partner

2200 years ago, Caius Martius was an ancient Roman superhero known as The Dart, using his cape as a glider to swoop down, or "dart", at his opponents.
Unfortunately, one of them, Marius, was a sorcerer who managed to entomb the hero in a boulder for over 2,000 years.
Managing to finally extricate himself from the boulder, which had been transported to an American museum, Caius entered the then-present day world of 1940, where the first thing he saw upon leaving the museum was a drive-by shooting of a teen boy's parents!
"Darting" down, Caius transported the traumatized boy to safety, then struck a bargain with him.
The kid, Ace Barlow, would teach him of the amazing world of the "future", and Caius would train the kid in use of ancient weapons, martial arts, and how to "dart", in order to track down the killers of the lad's parents!
Three months of training (and one page) later, the newly-outfitted team of The Dart and Ace, the Amazing Boy found and captured the gang who had done the heinous deed!
Caius, now much more familiar with the "future" of 1940, took the name Caius Wheeler, and became an antiques dealer to make money for the duo's living and operating expenses as they battled present-day evil with ancient weapons.

All this in one eight-page story in Weird Comics #5!
From that appearance to #20 (the final issue of the title in 1942), The Dart was the book's lead feature, usually taking the cover slot as well.


But since then, nothing...until 2008, when Alex Ross included the duo among the plethora of Golden Age superheroes revived in Project SuperPowers! (In fact, Ace is now one of the teen-hero group known as The Inheritors!)

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ also revived the Daring Duo in a line of kool kollectibles including t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs, and other goodies featuring the cover from Weird Comics #10!

"Dart" on over to The Dart and Ace, the Amazing Boy now, before they "dart" away!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Preview: "Green Hornet: Year One" #3 Cover

A preview of the cover for Green Hornet: Year One #3 from pencils to inks to color concept to final piece by artist Francesco Francavilla.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Who should play Captain America in the new movie?

Who can fill these boots convincingly?
How about...
Currently Christopher Chance on the Human Target.
(BTW: Human Target marathon on FX TODAY!
All six episodes aired so far
from 2pm-8pm ET!
TIVO or DVR it!
[Personally, I DVD it!])
Was on Fringe, Boston Legal, ER, and starred in the cult classic Keen Eddie!
 Picture him in the suit!
Picture him as Steve Rogers!
Works for me...
(But then, I was hoping for Clive Owen as James Bond in Casino Royale!)