Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents to return from DC. yay.

I missed it at San Diego (as did most everyone else, based on the covergae) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS are returning to print integrated into the DCU. In much the same way the Milestone and Red Circle characters have been integrated into regular DCU continuity, so will the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS. That’s pretty much the worst thing that could've happened to these great characters.

The recently deceased owner of the THUNDER Agents, John Carbonarro, had previously set up a deal for the property at DC, but after creative conflicts the project was abandoned. The designs by artist J.G. Jones you see here are from that attempt, of which two issues were reportedly in process or maybe even finished before the project was bagged. It seems likely that DC has cut a deal with the heirs to publish the previously done work, which will no doubt crash and burn just like DC's horriffic re-launch of the Red Circle properties.

No news as to how the "creative team" at DC plans to roll the characters out, except that they'll appear in a flagship DC book before their own book launches. It might not be as bad as Rob Liefield's planned launch in the 90's, but considering the state of DC's current editorial, I can't say that with any certainty....

Pathetic DVD & Blue Ray New Releases for August 4th, 2009

Yikes! This pathetic mish-mosh of weak titles is only a preview of weeks to come, I'm afraid as the studio gear up their onslaught of last season's TV show releases. This week the unfunny and gawd awful "Flight Of The Conchords" will sadly be one of the better sellers, followed by "Race From, oops, I mean To Witch Mountain". It's too hot or rainy to go outside and there is NOTHING at the theaters, and this is all the Home Video boys can deliver. This week's schedule makes the home video release of Heroes Season 3 look appetizing. Hold on till September, everybody.

CRAVINGS
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS-Season 2 (2 DVD)
FRAGMENTS
HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29
HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29 (Blu-ray)
MACHINE GIRL 1.5
MUTANT CHRONICLES (2 DVD)
OBSESSED
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN-(2 DVD)
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN-(Blu-ray)
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN-(1 DVD)
SOLOIST
TIGGER MOVIE-10th Anniversary
TIM & ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB!-3rd Season
WOLFHOUND

PLEASE DEFINE “HERE”

Nice ad from the latest issue of Diamond Previews seems to indicate that the next wave of Marvel Legends 2-packs are out or at least “here”. Where is here? Because these things are never coming out. Is this a Jesse Falcon quote?

More likely this is wishful thinking on the part of Diamond who were supposed to have these as a co-exclusive with TRU, until a recent Hasbro “interview/PR exercise in saying nothing in as many words possible while still trying to maintain an air of caring about the suckers, oops, I mean FANS who are baffled by our insistence on destroying a once mighty brand” revealed that they were searching for another retail partner.

Which means that TRU has abandoned these.

TRU.

They brought in the pewter Wolverine figure.

That’s how badly Hasbro has clusterfucked this line.

I could sell TRU all my memories of banging Phoebe Cates in her heyday on the back of a unicorn flying through Asgard and they’d be happy to pay, but Hasbro can’t sell ‘em Marvel Legends.

Well done, Pawtucket!

OMIGAWD OMIGAWD.. false alarm

The cover is real, but before you get your hopes up, Olivia is not appearing naked. Looks like a pictorial, but in a swimsuit and probably with an article where she talks about what a nerd she is and how much she knows about gadgets and stuff and talks about things I don't understand like blogs and phones and how you should keep milk in the fridge or it'll smell bad sooner.