Uncle Scrooge statue popular, sells out in advance

Dark Horse Comics announced the early orders for its Uncle Scrooge statue caused the limited edition collectible to sell out before its August 2009 release date.

Modeled after products that were popular in the 1930s and 1940s, these statuettes have been designed and manufactured to be consistent with earlier Syroco-style figures. These latest pieces, sculpted by Yoe! Studio, join the ever-growing collection of the world’s most famous characters from comic strips, books and, cartoons presented by Dark Horse in this unique style.

I like that this statue and the five others (Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose, Magica De Spell, Gladstone Gander, and the Beagle Boys, were created to look like they originally appeared in the comic books, and that each has a distressed look to make them look like they were built in the ’30′s and’40′s.

via Dark Horse Comics

DC Sneak Peek: Wednesday Comics

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DC Comics has released a couple of pages from the upcoming Wednesday Comics series, and it looks pretty schweeeeet!

The brainchild of DC Comics Art Director Mark Chiarello, WEDNESDAY COMICS is a unique and groundbreaking storytelling method — 16 pages, printed on broadsheet-size newsprint, featuring weekly stories by the best and brightest creators out there. It’s gotta look great, right?

Take the jump and take a gander!

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Amanda Waller Comes to JLU Toy Line in 2009

Wow!  Just saw this come up on the Mattel Matty Collector website.  Amanda Waller gets her own figure in 2009!.

We already revealed quite a lot at SDCC 2008 of our 2009 line up, but wanted to give everyone a little holiday treat before the New Year. Take a gander at the image below! We are not revealing where this figure fits into the line-up quite yet, but you will see her in the first half of 2009!

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via Matty Collector

Review: Superman & Batman vs. Vampires & Werewolves

vs. The Horror From Beyond, or “oh no he didn’t”…

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After reviewing the most awful Superman & Batman vs. Vampires & Werewolves #1, I said I would probably not review issue two.  When I wrote that, little did I remember that I had already pre-ordered the second and third issues.  And since I’m pressed for time, I took a gander at the issue and found it not as bad as the last.

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