From the New York Comic Con, these beautiful little dolls are available for pre-order now! You can also upgrade for $2 to get it at “Collector’s Grade” (which means its carefully chosen and verified to be 90% mint or better and wrapped in a clear poly-bag for protection during shipping. Must have for the Harley Quinn fan.
For years we have been making seven layer density columns. We challenged our team to not only add two more liquids, but add seven objects that would float at different levels. The outcome… the Amazing 9 Layer Density Tower!
It’s been a long time since I have enjoyed a Batman title. One of the few series from DC Comics that I would consistantly throw money at every month, it about stopped during Batman’s RIP and subsequent resurrection arc, where we learn he was his own great-great-great grand father and possibly the first human to evolve from a Neanderthal. After that, I just gave up. This week, when picking up my horde of post-AvX tie-ins, I looked over and saw the cover of Catwoman #13. An eerie half-mask of Joker’s face, complete with eye cut out and a twisted smile on his face. Okay DC, I thought, you got my interest.
I grabbed Catwoman, and the Batman issue that came out the week before, picked up more Marvel titles than I should have, and went on my way.
That was the best purchase I have made in months. Batman: Death of the Family begins a twisted new tale for my favorite Clown Prince of Crime. He’s been oddly absent from the reboot, but DC couldn’t have picked a better time to launch this story. Marvel is gaining a lot of attention for their NOW not-reboot, but DC has returned to what makes them a company that can tell a great story over many different titles.
Joker is back. His face, more twisted and his mind further gone than ever before. We see him revisit crimes of his past with a gut wrenching new way that goes from slapstick to just pure terror. Harley even makes a cameo, in a scene that nearly broke my heart. She’s been a favorite of mine since I watched the Batman Animated Series as a child, and to see her brought out and used in the manner which the Joker does, and to finally see her start to crack under his madness, is some of the best writing I’ve ever seen with her character. In fact, a lot of Death of the Family reminds me of Dini’s run on Detective Comics, but more gritty, dark and a sense of madness in all of it.
Without giving away too much, Joker visits Jim Gordon and we are treated to some of the best (worst) moments from their shared history. Batman’s desire to save his family from being shattered by the madman may come too late, as the last panel revealed what could be the greatest blow to the Caped Crusader.
If you’ve been shying away from DC since their relaunch, this is the time to come back into the fold. Even the tie-ins, which I’m never keen on having mulch-reaching arcs, are solid and worth the $2.99. I can’t wait to get my hands on the Batgirl title now. If anyone, Babs deserves a reckoning with good ol’ Mistah J.
According to outdoor outfitters REI, all Rick & Co. need on ‘The Walking Dead’ is some of their versatile equipment to weather the zombies…and weather the weather.
(Maybe if they had spent more time shopping and less time talking last season…)
No, this isn’t some modern piano — this is how it ACTUALLY looked waaaaay back in 1931!
It was designed by Poul Henningsen, after Danish jazz pianist Leo Mathiesen complained he could not see his some of his band members during performances, due to the open lid of his piano.
Henningsen also made the legs curved “to provide more room for percussion instruments.”
