Marvel 75 Years

Last night's Marvel special titled Marvel: 75 Years From Pulp to Pop! didn't offer any new information regarding any upcoming Marvel projects. It was mainly a history lesson detailing Marvel's beginnings as a small time comic book company all the way to today's media powerhouse. You can find the majority of this information online on the Marvel Comics Wikipedia page, but it was presented in a very entertaining way with the likes of Kevin Smith & Seth Green offering commentary along with Stan Lee and other writers at Marvel.

We DID get a first look at some blink-or-you'll-miss-it shots from Ant-Man.

Here's Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man

Batman Eternal for Free

Credit: amazon.com

DC Entertainment has declared today Batman Day to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dark Knight. So to celebrate, Amazon is offering the Kindle version of Batman Eternal #1, a new limited series which started in April 2014 for free. Just follow this link and use the code BATMAN75 to get your digital copy. You have until August 3, 2014 when this deal expires.

I haven't read this comic, nor have I read a Batman comic in years, so I can't comment on whether the story is good or not. But this one has 9 reviews of 4 stars or higher on Amazon. Plus, it's free so what have you got to lose?!?

Ghostbusters/Ninja Turtle Crossover

 

I haven't regularly collected comics in about 20 years, and the last time I actually bought one was about 15 years ago- it was the Death of Superman trade paperback. But coming this October, thanks to IDW, two of my favorite franchises, Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be crossing over in a four issue series, and I may buy my first comics in over 15 years. ;)

From the IDW press release:

"Transported to a different universe by a faulty invention, the TMNT find themselves in a New York City much like their own, but with one major exception: a rampant ghost problem! If that weren’t enough, the Turtles and their reluctant new hosts, the Ghostbusters, soon find that the Turtles didn’t come alone…"

If you're a Ghostbusters and/or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, this crossover which is incidentally also the 30th anniversary for both franchises, is something to keep your eye on. And I'll definitely keep you up to date as more information comes out.