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Upcoming Marvel Comics collected editions - lots of Avengers

Some upcoming releases from Marvel. You'd almost think there's an Avengers movie on the way:


Essential Avengers - Volume 8
By Jim Shooter, Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber and others. The space opera era of the Avengers hits its stride in the stories presented within this collection of cosmic chronicles! Among the highlights of this tantalizing tome: nothing less than the fate of every living thing is at stake when Thanos, the nastiest nihilist this side of the nearest nebula, wages interstellar war against the Mighty Avengers and their allies Captain Marvel, Warlock, and a host of other galactic gladiators. Featuring Korvak, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Absorbing Man, the Squadron Sinister and more!

Marvel Masterworks: Captain America Volume 6

It doesn't come much more classic than a collaboration by Stan "the Man" Lee and John Romita, and that's just what we have in store for you. The pair that made the amazing Spider-Man comics' #1 seller are here to bring that incomparable magic to the star-spangled Avenger - Captain America! And just to sweeten the pot, they're kicking it off by teaming Captain America and the Falcon with Spider-Man himself! Then, Cap takes a gig as a New York policeman in an ongoing effort to unravel the disappearance of the city's boys in blue. It's like World War II all over again for Steve Rogers when Sgt. Muldoonhas it out for the rookie cop. And lest we forget,there's no shortage of larger-than-life villains and action galore! From the Grey Gargoyle to Hydra to the Red Skull, there's plenty of opportunity for Cap to swing that shield! And speaking of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury's spy shop is here in full force, along with the beautiful Agent-13, a.k.a. Sharon Carter, and Femme Force! Before it's all over you'll also see the debut of the Falcon's new duds, witness the first Cap story by longtime artist Sal Buscema, and know just why we call them Marvel Masterworks! 
COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA 137-148


Avengers: Legion Of The Unliving
By Steve Endlehart, Roy Thomas and others. It's been said that when there's no more room left in hell, the dead will walk the Earth! And that's just what happens when the Earth's Mightiest Heroes come face to face with various hordes of dearly departed heroes and villains! Can even the Mighty Avengers face their former comrades in such unsettling battle? Featuring the original Human Torch, the Swordsman, the Monster of Frankenstein and Count Nefaria, plus more cantankerous cadavers than you can shake an Uru hammer at!


Avengers: The Serpent Crown
By Steve Englhart, George Perez and others. It's twin threats to time and space as campaigns by Kang and the Crown coincide! The Avengers fight the Set-serving Squadron Supreme in a clash between Earths and head for the nineteenth century to keep the West from getting wilder! Continuity questions continue as Kang and Immortus mix it up! plus: the menace of...President Nelson Rockefeller?!


Avengers: West Coast Avengers Assemble
By Roger Stern, Roy Thomas, Bob Hall and others. Earth's Mightiest Heroes head west! The bigger they are, the harder they hit - and the threats come big, bigger and biggest in this collection of the West Coast Avengers' early victories against Graviton, Goliath and Maelstrom! Featuring multiple Avengers from multiple rosters! And who was the West coast Avengers' real first recruit? Find out here!


Video find: Toys of the 70s

Vintage 1979 Saturday morning cartoon ad

New Batman series for 2013: Beware the Batman

Warner Bros. is developing a new CGI- animated Batman series for 2013. Here's the skinny:

The next Batman animated series, debuting in 2013, is titled Beware the Batman. According to Register, the CGI animated series will spotlight a classic-looking Batman teaming up with a gun-toting Alfred Pennyworth and a female ninja sidekick. Beware the Batman is executive-produced by Glen Murakami, and will also explore the mythology’s more obscure villains, such as Professor Pyg, but will also feature mainstays such as The Joker and The Penguin. In the series, Batman will team up with a younger female sidekick named Katana. During the keynote, Register added that Katana will fill the sidekick role, but won't be a replacement for Robin.

New Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn trailer

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Video find: George Harrison watches the Beatles


Guitarist Bert Jansch dies

Influential British folk/rock guitarist Bert Jansch, famed for his stint in the Pentangle, has passed away at age 67, NME reports.

A virtuoso acoustic guitar player, the 67-year-old is widely considered to have influenced the likes of Jimmy Page, Johnny Marr, Graham Coxon and Pete Doherty, with whom he has collaborated live. Jansch also appeared on Babyshambles' 2007 album 'Shotter's Nation', playing guitar on closing track 'The Lost Art Of Murder'.