[New post] This week at your comic shop – 1/23/13

dailypop posted: "For the complete list of this week's comics, click here. Not sure where your local comic shop is? Try comicshoplocator.com! (note: all information including ad copy is from the publisher) If you can't make it to the shop, just click on any of the i" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Daily P.O.P. This week at your comic shop – 1/23/13 by dailypop For the complete list of this week's comics, click here. Not sure where your local comic shop is? Try comicshoplocator.com! (note: all information including ad copy is from the publisher) If you can't make it to the shop, just click on any of the images below to be taken to an online retailer. I don't get any referrals for these sales, I'm just doing my bit to spread the word on some neat products. Uncanny X-Force #1 By: Sam Humphries, Ron Garney, Olivier Coipel THE DARKEST CORNERS OF THE MUTANT UNIVERSE: EXPOSED! The X-Men: sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them. UNCANNY X-FORCE: charged to deal with situations the X-Men fear and hate! Psylocke and Storm lead a new team of outcasts and scoundrels, including fan-favorite Puck, the villainous Spiral, and the mysterious Cluster. The first adversary to strike out from the darkness? X-legend BISHOP! __________________________________________________________ Steed And Mrs Peel Ongoing #4 By: Caleb Monroe, Will Sliney, Mike Perkins After the events of their last adventure, John Steed & Emma Peel definitely deserve a night out. But there's something sinister afoot amongst all the champagne & caviar. Murder is the main course at 'The Black & White Ball'! __________________________________________________________ He-Man Castle Grayskull Business Card Holder Display your business cards in this highly detailed replica of the Castle Grayskull entrance complete with movable Jawbridge! No detail was overlooked from the beautiful Coat of Arms crest on the Jawbridge to the menacing skull facade. Lower the Jawbridge to display business cards on the lower teeth. The Castle Grayskull Business Card Holder also stores the He-Man Power Sword Letter Opener through the top of the dome. __________________________________________________________ Hot Wheels Heritage A-Team 1/18 Van Die-Cast Make way for the A-Team and their universally recognized battle van! Hot Wheels recreates the A-Team's mobile headquarters with their Hot Wheels Heritage A-Team Van Die-Cast Replica. At 1/18-scale, this is one collectible that no fan will want to miss! __________________________________________________________ Star Trek Enterprise B Ship A Diamond Select Release! Designed by Art Asylum! The long wait is over! The Enterprise B is finally ready to leave drydock! One of the most fan-requested Star Trek ships, the Excelsior-class starship is finally on its way as an electronic ship replica from Diamond Select! Packaged in a 'Try Me' window box so customers can test its movie-accurate lights and sounds, the Enterprise B measures 16 inches long and comes with a display stand. __________________________________________________________ The Answer! #1 (of 4) By: Dennis Hopeless, Mike Norton, Mark Englert Devin McKenzie is an insomniac librarian with a knack for solving puzzles. The Answer! is a masked crime fighter with a giant exclamation point on his face. Aside from a penchant for late nights, they share nothing in common . . . until both become embroiled in a deadly mystery surrounding a sinister motivational speaker! * Eisner Award-winning creator of Battlepug! * Superhero mystery with explosive action! * Written by Dennis Hopeless (Cable and X-Force, Avengers Arena)! __________________________________________________________ Mind MGMT #7 By: Matt Kindt We've learned some of the secrets of Henry Lyme; now get ready to meet the rest of MIND MGMT, beginning with the Ad Man! With the remains of MIND MGMT on Lyme's tail, the former spy is forced to seek help from other defectors. * Great jumping-on point! * One of 2012's most acclaimed debuts! * Don't miss MIND MGMT in Dark Horse Presents #19! __________________________________________________________ Batwoman #16 By: J. H. Williams This issue guest-stars everybody! In this penultimate chapter, everything that's been happening in BATWOMAN comes to a head! Plus, a new hero is introduced, and Wonder Woman fights monsters! __________________________________________________________ Star Wars Boba Fett Helmet Keychain The helmets worn by the characters of George Lucas' Star Wars are known the world over, and now they can dangle from your keychain with these new Star Wars: Helmet Keychains! Choose from Darth Vader, Boba Fett, or the Imperial Stormtrooper. __________________________________________________________ Killer Klowns From Outer Space Shorty Deluxe Action Figure Alien bozos with an appetite for close encounters! Meet the latest addition in Amok Time Toys' Monstarz collection, the Killer Klowns from Outer Space! These horrific harlequins will feature multiple points of articulation, 2 sets of interchangeable hands, and 2 accessories. Choose from Shorty or Tiny. __________________________________________________________ Avengers #3 By: Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opena, Dustin Weaver 'THE GARDEN' The birth of the New Adam. On Mars, the Battle between The Avengers and the Garden comes to a dramatic conclusion. 'If you want LIFE and all the good things living entails, then you'll have to earn it.' --Ex Nihilo __________________________________________________________ Green Lantern #16 By: Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke 'RISE OF THE ARMY' marches toward its conclusion as Simon Baz meets his fellow Green Lantern for the first time, just as the Corps teeters on absolute destruction! The Guardians of the Universe make their next move exploiting the power of the First Lantern. Plus: What's happened to Hal Jordan and Sinestro since they've been sucked into the Dead Zone? The end of the Guardians' control over the Corps is near as we prepare for the next big epic! __________________________________________________________ Hanna Barbera History Collection Tundro 8 1/4in Figure Imported from Japan! X-Plus USA kicks off the second wave of Hanna-Barbera History Collection Action Figures with this impressive Tundro figure! Tundro, the ten-legged creature from The Herculoids, measures a full 8 1/4" long from his horn to his rump and matches to the Zandor figure from the first wave of Hanna-Barbera History Collection Figures (offered in the July PREVIEWS). Zandor figure sold separately. Window box packaging. __________________________________________________________ Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Costume T-Shirt Become the bohemian fourth Doctor with this costume print t-shirt! __________________________________________________________ Home > Profile: Mst3k Xxv DVD Since the dawn of recorded history, sacred texts have inspired intellectuals to enlighten the rest of us through their commentaries. To a certain special kind of person - and if you're buying this 25th collection of MST3K pal, you're one of them! - cheesy movies are sacred texts. And who better to help us navigate the occult meanings of B-movies' holiest scriptures than space captives Joel and Mike and their robot companions Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot? Their running commentaries allow us to laugh at inscrutable plots, painful performances, and felonious filmmaking. Here for the funniest study session you'll ever have are four more movies - Robot Holocaust, Operation Kid Brother, Kitten With A Whip, and Revenge of the Creature - unearthed from the ancient caves of Hollywood as interpreted by the long-suffering scholars aboard the Satellite of Love. __________________________________________________________ Hellblazer #299 By: Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Simon Bisley In part 2 of 'Death and Cigarettes,' it's the funeral to end all funerals! Epiphany finds herself alone, in basic black, mourning the loss of her husband, urban occultist John Constantine. __________________________________________________________ Buck Rogers In The 25th Century DVD Sea 02 Rocket to adventure with Captain William 'Buck' Rogers (Gil Gerard) and Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) aboard the starship Searcher in the Emmy Award-winning second season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! Risking their lives to find lost colonies of Earthlings scattered across the galaxy after a massive nuclear disaster, Rogers and Deering encounter strange alien worlds, thrilling mysteries, and untold danger. Re-live the action and excitement of this iconic intergalactic series with every action-packed episode from Season Two in this 4-disc set! __________________________________________________________ Kolchak Papers Grave Secrets Novel By: Mark Dawidziak A rare warehouse find, long thought of as out-of-print! Grave Secrets, the first post-TV show novel ever written about Kolchak, was published by Cinemaker Press. This is a first printing: 1994. The novel: Kolchak is on the trail of whatever killed land baron Glen Gilmore. The answers are buried 2,000 miles away and more than 150 years ago! __________________________________________________________ JSA Liberty Files The Whistling Skull #2 (of 6) By: B. Clay Moore, Tony Harris The previous Whistling Skull vanished in Japan, but where is his body? Back in Nazi-occupied Europe, the mystery of the missing villagers deepens. And Nigel and William encounter an eerie sideshow at Der Karneval. __________________________________________________________ Home > Comics > Profile: Young Avengers #1 By: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie Legacy isn't a dirty word... but it's an irrelevant one. It's not important what our parents did. It matters what WE do. Someone has to save the world. You're someone. Do the math. The critically acclaimed team of Gillen/McKelvie/Wilson (with added Norton Sauce) decide to reinvent the teen superhero comic for the 21st century, uniting Wiccan, Hulkling and Hawkeye with Loki, Marvel Boy and Ms. America. No pressure. Young Avengers is as NOW! as the air in your lungs, and twice as vital. It's the book that knows Hyperbole is the BEST! THING! EVER! __________________________________________________________ Justice League #16 By: Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis 'THRONE OF ATLANTIS' continues! Aquaman can barely hold on against Ocean Master even with the League by his side! The United States loses faith in the Justice League and enters the battle against Atlantis, setting in motion the creation of the Justice League of America! More on the Superman/Wonder Woman alliance! Plus: In the backup story, the origin of SHAZAM! continues! __________________________________________________________ Wolverine and the X-Men #24 By: Jason Aaron, TBD, Ramon K. Perez DATE NIGHT! Kitty and Iceman! Storm and Wolverine? __________________________________________________________ Legion Of Super Heroes #16 By: Paul Levitz, Scott Kolins, Steve Lightle Political tension builds as the next Legion Election is on the horizon! The Legion is about to have a new leader and the Fatal Five is about to return! Validus escapes from his inescapable prison! __________________________________________________________ Masks #3 By: Chris Roberson, Dennis Calero, Alex Ross With criminals and corrupt politicians in power, the masked vigilantes are on the run. The Spider ventures to Albany to investigate the newly elected governor who has signed all of the unjust measures into law, while Green Hornet seeks to find the secret masters of the Justice Party. The Shadow encounters other heroes who have run afoul of the Black Legions, and still more individuals are inspired to don masks and take to the streets in the name of justice. __________________________________________________________ The Lone Ranger #12 By: Ande Parks, Esteve Polls, Francesco Francavilla The epic conclusion of the Native Ground arc. The Lone Ranger has traveled through Indian lands in search of a healer for his friend Tonto. Now, the healer has been found, and she is not at all what the Ranger expected. Has the Ranger come all this way just to watch his friend die? The battle for Tonto's life and soul will be resolved. __________________________________________________________ The Spider #8 By: David Liss, Ivan Rodriguez, Francesco Francavilla Richard Wentworth never wanted anything to do with his father's arms-dealing corporation, but control of it has landed in his hands - along with a whole lot of trouble. When weapons go missing from within the company, Wentworth begins an investigation that leads him to a dangerous terrorist plot that threatens to destroy the company, and much more! Meanwhile, Nita Van Sloan begins an investigation of her own - one that leads her into the hands of a master hypnotist with a grudge against Nita's husband. Mayhem and mind-control clash, pulp style, as one of the original Spider supporting characters makes his first appearance in the new series. __________________________________________________________ Winter Soldier #14 By: Ed Brubaker, Butch Guice, Daniel Acuna The grand finale of the BLACK WIDOW HUNT Will Bucky sacrifice everything to save his love? Can Black Widow even be saved? Ed Brubaker finishes his critically-acclaimed run and no one escapes unscathed! __________________________________________________________ Prince Valiant HC Vol. 06 1947-1948 By: Hal Foster As Hal Foster's masterpiece enters its second decade, Valiant and Aleta journey to the 'New World.' Also included are essays and Foster's map of Val's voyage to/from the New World. As always, this volume is shot directly from Foster's personal collection of syndicate proofs, their glorious colors restored to create a sumptuous reading experience. __________________________________________________________ Uncanny Avengers #3 By: Rick Remender, John Cassaday Red Skull is using his new powers to incite violence against mutants across the globe! Scarlet Witch and Rogue make a terrible discovery that will haunt them forever! The UNCANNY AVENGERS feel the full might of Red Skull's S-Men. __________________________________________________________ Mars Attacks Transformers (One Shot) By: Shane McCarthy, Matt Frank, Ray Dillon The weekly invasion continues: AUTOBOTS vs. DECEPTICONS vs. MARTIANS?! The invaders from Mars take advantage of the colossal Cybertronian's conflict and begin their assault on Earth in full force. It's Martian vs. Machine as the audacious Autobots and the devilish Decepticons begrudgingly join forces to repel the inhuman invaders and save the planet! __________________________________________________________ FF #3 By: Matt Fraction, Mike Allred The new FF take to the streets to celebrate 2013! How does the world respond? How do the kids of the Future Foundation feel about these new grown-ups running the show? And what does Scott Lang have in store for Doom? The war begins... __________________________________________________________ Star Trek Countdown To Darkness #1 (of 4) By: Mike Johnson, David Messina The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK 2013 PREQUEL is the can't-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew! __________________________________________________________ Deadpool #4 By: Gerry Duggan, Tony Moore, Geof Darrow The grudge match you've been waiting for: DEADPOOL VS. LINCOLN! Deadpool de-undead-ifies AT LEAST twelve Presidents, easy. Guaranteed to make you better looking to potential mates! __________________________________________________________ dailypop | January 22, 2013 at 12:31 am | Categories: comic books | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-4nw Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://dailypop.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/this-week-at-your-comic-shop-12313/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Cult film review: Dragonslayer (1981)

dailypop posted: " The cult film that is often forgotten by fans, Dragonslayer was a unique experiment from Disney to tap into an older, more sophisticated audience. Featuring special effects from ILM (the first time they worked on a non-Lucas movie), the dragon Vermithra" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Daily P.O.P. Cult film review: Dragonslayer (1981) by dailypop The cult film that is often forgotten by fans, Dragonslayer was a unique experiment from Disney to tap into an older, more sophisticated audience. Featuring special effects from ILM (the first time they worked on a non-Lucas movie), the dragon Vermithrax is still regarded by many as definitive and unsurpassed. Sir Ralph Richardson stars as the aged wizard Ulrich whose assistance is sought by the people who tire of chaffing under the rule of King Casiodorus who sacrifices young virgins chosen by lottery to appease the dragon. After years of denying his responsibility as a wizrd, Ulrich finally decides to prove himself and is killed by a brutish centurion. This leaves Ulrich's young charge Galen (played by Peter MacNicol) to defend Urland from the creature. With hardly any teachings and only a basic understanding of magic, Galen insists on challenging Vermithrax, but the real threat could come from not from the fire-breathing creature, but rather the impact of the dragon's death has on the society. Dragonslayer explores the social workings of a medieval culture controlled by fear. The young Galen is so eager to prove himself that he fails to realize that all of Urland is steered by the dragon and the terror that it instills. When the dragon is apparently killed, far more complicated problems arise and Galen is not regaled as the hero that he hoped to be. After it becomes apparent that the dragon survived Galen's attack after all, things get dangerous and the young apprentice must come out from his master's shadow and become his own man. Dragonslayer is a great film and re-watching it, I was partly surprised by how much I remembered from my many viewings on cable from the music to the script and visuals. I was also happy to see a young Ian McDiarmid before he made his mark as the Emperor in Return of the Jedi. It's the kind of movie that sticks with you. Sadly, it failed to make a profit on its 18 million dollar budget. Nominated for several awards, it lost out to many others such as Raiders of the Lost Ark which eclipsed Dragonslayer that year. If you have never seen this rare gem, give it a try. dailypop | January 20, 2013 at 10:15 pm | Tags: Dragonslayer, science fiction and fantasy | Categories: cult movies | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-4ns Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://dailypop.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/cult-film-review-dragonslayer-1981/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com