IDW Games is on the case! Get ready to hunt down the city’s super-powered serial killers in a new line of tabletop games based off the Powers graphic novels. Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, is an Eisner Award winning super hero noir series that was recently adapted for television by PlayStation network. The Powers game line will include card, board, and dice games each focusing on different situations and characters from the series.
When 2011 came rolling around, the only show DC Entertainment had on the small screen was Smallville, and as that show was winding down, people were wondering what would be the next superhero to enter the world of comic books on TV. A year later we had Arrow, which followed the exploits of Oliver Queen as DC Comics mainstay Green Arrow. The show has introduced a variety of characters good and bad, including Black Canary, Red Arrow and The Flash. Now here we are 2015 and The Flash is currently the best comic book TV series on the air.
Last year, when the new television season was upon us, many in the geek/comic book community were excited with several DC Entertainment entries on several different networks ready to premiere. We had The Flash, with the entire spotlight on the “scarlet speedster”, this show, spawned from the current hit “Arrow” was expected to be a runaway hit. Then we had Gotham, the dark and gritty retelling of the Batman mythos without Batman. This one features most of the Dark Knight’s rogues gallery of villains including Catwoman, The Riddler and an up and coming crime boss known as the Penguin who played by Robin Lord Taylor has become the breakout star of Gotham and has already become a seminal hit.
If you know the band KISS, then you know the history of the band and what seems like the endless line of merchandising, from their comic book and action figures from the 70’s, to more comic books and more action figures in the 90’s, to a KISS Coffin that doubled as a cooler. Most of these are the brainchild of KISS bassist Gens Simmons. It has been said Gene has never seen a buck he didn’t like! But now comes…via Youtube a long lost commercial from 2000 featuring KISS lead singer Paul Stanley for Folgers Coffee. After some test study, the commercial never aired…we wonder why. Take a look and judge for yourself!
This January, ESPN will host the first ever College Football Playoff – and your favorite Marvel Super Heroes are getting in on the excitement! Only one team can be crowned champion, but which teams will make the playoff? Ultimately, a twelve-person selection committee will decide. But until then, there will be lots of campaigning from the schools and teams still in the hunt.
