Blog Archives: December 2007

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What Would You Do?

Spoilcity: This is the first issue of Hero by Night and it is a good one. It also was the 2006 Comic Book Challenge winner. A guy who is a landlord finds a secret lair in his building. It belonged to a real superhero and in it he finds all this cool stuff. So his fiancée tries to sell it on eBay

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The Stack Exclusive: Matt Fraction Audio Interview

Here's another one of those exclusive interviews for you guys, in audio form. I had the chance to chat with Matt Fraction, author of Casanova, Iron Fist, and The Order about those titles and much more. Let me know what you guys think, and if you want more of these: Matt Fraction audio interview You

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Word From the Summit

    Sometime comic writer Allen Heinberg took some time to chat with Marvel about the Young Avengers and his current role in the Marvel Universe. However, his current role is almost non-existent...perhaps something larger is coming his way... -Justin

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"Coraline"

 Mr. Gaiman is quite the movie machine these days, and here's his next project: "Coraline."   Based on his popular book, the movie won't be released for another year but this little nugget oughta tide you over. -Justin

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Today's Most Alternate Video

Check out this alternate ending to Superman 2:

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"Bone" for the Holidays

There's a little holiday treat over at boneville.com: a 1993 story that appeared in Hero Illustrated back in the day. If you haven't read it before it's a great little story. -justin

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X-Mas Pull

So I hope everyone has had a happy Holiday!!!! I also hope people got some great presents. What did you get? Me I got socks and lame stuff like that, but I also got gift cards to comic shops! There is a lot coming out this week. I am going to get Spider-man One More Day. What do you think? I would

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Today's Most Christmas-y Video

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Tip of the Hat to You, Max

Spoiling Fools The Max Comics line has really put out some good comics. Alex has really been enjoying the Terror Inc comics. About the only thing I don't like about FoolKiller is the name. It is a fun graphically violent comic. I keep wanting Mr. T to pop out and say he Pitty's the fool. Because Na

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Hey, "Wolverine Origins," Sop Sucking!

Like you care if I spoil this. OK so Wolverine has been drinking at the Captain America statue remembering the good old days. For a bunch of issues now? At first we were made to belive that Wolverine wanted to kill Captain America? Well, not really it turns out they are friends. (ohhhh) Yeah, we kn

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Pact is back

Spoil time cheer. When Bill Willingham left Shadowpact there was some drop off in the comic. Now it is really starting to pick back up again. Jim is starting to learn more about his sword which was cool. I don't know about Jim, but I hate it when my Dad shows up in the middle of a big fight an

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Yuriko!!!!!

Spoil Time Man New X-Men #45 was a ton-o-fun. That was some great fight sequences. It was so great to see Lady Deathstrike and it was even better seeing her go. I thought it was an interesting choice to have X-23 fight her instead of Wolverine. This was an action packed issue, except for Predator

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...But I've Seen Everything

We'll still be posting throughout the holidays, but since most of you will be heading off from work around now, I wanted to leave you with what is one of the funniest scenes ever committed to film (or video).Just to give you the set-up, if you've never watched Extras, Ricky Gervais is an extra (surp

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There Can Only Be One

Marvel has posted up a teaser image for Captain America #34, the debut of the "new" Captain America. It's definitely Red Skull, right*? *Actually, that would be an awesome twist, but given the advance solicitations for the next few issues, I don't think that's what's gonna happen.

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Daily Cross-Hatch Best o' 2007

The Daily Cross-Hatch, a comics blog from our good friend Brian Heater, has done a great wrap-up of the Best in Comics for 2007 by going to the source... The people who made 'em. And some other guys. If you're interested to find out what Kyle Baker, Dean Haspiel, Jeffrey Brown, and more thought wer

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2 Hellboy 2 Trailer

I feel like I've used that joke before, but we'll all deal:

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Alex Robinson, aka A-Rob

The Daily Cross Hatch has a great interview with writer Alex Robinson, writer of Box Office Poison, Tricked, (the gonad punning) Lower Regions and the upcoming 2 Cool 2 B Forgotten. He's a hell of a writer, if you haven't read Box Office Poison it's a great look at a group of young people struggli

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Season Threeroes

Dear Heroes fans, If the writers finish their strike at some point in our generation then you may be able to see more than just this Heroes Season III teaser trailer: Tim Kring debuted it at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival in LA. It doesn't whet a lot of your appetite but we can be sure

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Hellboy 2 Trailer 2morrow

Want to watch the second most anticipated trailer of the year? No, not Mamma Mia. It's the trailer for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, and those scamps over at IGN will have it up on Thursday. As part of the tease for tomorrow's trailer, they've also thrown up two pics, including your first glimpse of

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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Monday - Tuesday Movie Updates

Hey, here's some stuff I missed yesterday! I didn't even notice that Dollar Bill's costume was in the background of the Dave Gibbons pic! Oops! (Via Watchmen)I completely forgot Warren Ellis was writing a three part Castlevania movie, and now he's almost done with the script! Sorry! (Via Castlevania

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Hometown Boys Make Good

Hey, what has two thumbs, and was in the New York Times this morning?

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Now that's a Blankie I Can get Behind

  Yes, indeed, that's a thread painting by artist Alice Woodside. Just imagine cozying up by the fire to read the latest issue of the trials and travails of Matt Murdock tugging lighly on your Daredevil themed blanket. There are many more photos here. I forwarded one along to my grandmother as

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Hancock Trailer

File this under "Rapidly disappearing bootleg trailers on YouTube that won't still by online by the time you check this post." Hancock features Will Smith as an alcoholic, homeless super hero who does more damage than good. I assume he eventually pulls himself together by facing a real menace, and f

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Pull Time!

Yeah -- new comic day!!!!! So I am going to pick up: Grendel behold the Devil, Detectives comics please stop sucking, Shadowpact, Ex Machina, Exiles, Immortal Iron Fist, Incredible Hulk, New X-Men so far Messiah has delivered, Wolverine Firebreak One Shot, Wolverines Origins please get it together,

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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Lego Iron Man

Nope, not a video game. Not an actual toy. Not an imaginary story*! Somebody actually made their own, home-made, awesome looking Lego Iron Man: Via Brickshelf. *I'm a nerd!

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Remember Online Comics?

  You know, those days when we'd all dance the Charleston, sip mint juleps, watch videos on our beta vcr's and talk about the bold future of online comics? Well, Zuda has a whole bunch of new shorts online, check them out here. Just like anything, some are good and some are not so good. But t

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Loving Jeff Smith

  Jeff Smith fans: There is an awesome interview over at QuickStopEntertainment about his whole canon: Bone, Shazam! and the upcoming RASL: QS: And speaking of that something else, where did the initial conceptualization of RASL originate? How far back does that go? SMITH: Around 2000 I started

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Monday Movie Update

Okay, so technically The Dark Knight trailer should have been in the post you're reading right now. Instead, check out a few links, and then my reaction to the trailer below! Go Speed Racer Poster! Btw, it's in 3-D in the theaters. (Via Slashfilm) First two Whiteout pics hit the net, with Kate

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"Dark Knight" Goes Live

Watch it, download it, live it: You can post your impressions below, or here on the forum. And I'll give you my impressions shortly, but first, I'm curious to know what you all think...

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What kind of Lawless criminal are you?

This was a really good read. I could not stop reading this graphic novel. It is a dark, well-written, well-drawn, and one hell of an action-packed, messed-up story. I am not that huge of a fan of Graphic Novels, but this one really was worth the money. There is a lot of OH #*!^ moments. The story u

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It's Dark in Here

Spoil Well the new Darkness #1 is definitely well drawn. So what is the Darkness up to? Selling drugs? That is right, the new evil plan by Darkness is to take over the drug market. This new drug, which is just breaking off a piece of the Darkness, is better than getting drunk with Jessica Alba!

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Want To Watch "The Dark Knight" Trailer Online?

Then check this link on Sunday. And if you've already seen it in the theater, post your reactions here, or on this thread in the forum. And as soon as it's available to embed, you better believe it'll be up on the blog*. *No, I'm not going to post any of the quickly disappearing bootlegged versio

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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"Simon Dark"

Possible Spoil: Well this comic is getting better. We start finding out more about Simon. At first I thought the pace was really slow, but is really paying off. Plus, they acknowledged they are in Batman’s back yard. Not only that but they did it in a very well written way. The art has a great

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"Dark" Friday, Part 3

Hilarious: Click the pic for the full comic. Via PvP

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"Dark Friday" Part 2

You guys know what comes out today, right? It's the trailer for The Dark Knight, attached to prints of I Am Legend. In addition, if you shell out the extra bucks to go see I Am Legend in IMAX, you'll get to see a six minute prologue to The Dark Knight, featuring the origin of The Joker. Now, don't

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"Dark" Friday, Part 1

It's Dark Friday here at Pulp Secret, meaning a bunch of posts about The Dark Knight. Deal with it! Okay, so yesterday we were sent this international teaser poster for The Dark Knight, which is nicely lit, well colored, but doesn't really say much to me except "Batman isn't allowed to go outside a

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Shooting Spree

Spoiltown USA: I was so shocked when Mr. Fantastic shot Namor. Namor talked some trash about hooking up with Reed’s woman and he shot his head off. Did not see that coming. I couldn’t wait for the next comic. I excitedly read it, and on the second page…He shoots Black Panther’s head off!

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An Early Christmas Present for Alex

 Kristen Bell + Princess Leia = A Perfect Storm of mid 20's Male Nerd Fantasy

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Dangerous to Wear During Hunting Season

 How awesome is this Dave Gibbons alternate cover for Brian Wood's Northlanders #3. Northlanders #1 came out last week and was a great read that promies to become a great series. Also, there is an ad in the book for ANOTHER Brian Wood series about Kung Fu. Add DMZ into that pile of awesome and

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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Today's Most Kick-Ass Video

Check out the video that's been circulating around the Tubes the past week or so, depicting a real-life super hero, and then scroll down for a little commentary: So pretty great, right? A regular person defending someone else, with no regards to their own life? Except... It's probably actu

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Comic Book Club w/Ron Marz & Ethan Van Sciver

Check it out, gang... Tonight we have two great guests on our show, Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade), and a phone call from Ethan Van Sciver (Green Lantern). So we might be talking about Green Lantern. See you tonight... COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books Host

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Tuesday Game Updates

Not quite as catchy as "Monday Movie Madness," but we'll all deal until I figure out if there's a day of the week that starts with the letter "G". Taking a page from movie development, Marvel has decided to also take control of their video game development. Well, probably. (Via Develop) Okay,

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New Title for JLA Movie?

 Hot off the presses from over at Ain't It Cool News:Last week at the AFI's George Miller mentioned that JUSTICE LEAGUE will have a new title soon. We may have it already. Christian Bale was on Nova (FM) today in an interview (pre-recorded I assume) for "Yuma" and said he has "nothing to do wit

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Getting the Batman Vote

   Libertarian presidential candidate and Internet man-about-town Ron Paul has got a lot on his mind right now, what with running for president and all. But he still has time to answer an e-mail from Comicmix wondering who his favorite comic book superhero is. Check out his answer:"My favo

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Pull on Wednesday

Man I want to buy some comics! I can't wait to get: The next Green Arrow Black Canary, Superman Confidential, Tales of Sinestro Corps Ion #1, Wonder Woman, DMZ, Astounding Wolfman, Walking Dead!, Darkness, New Avengers, Punisher War Journal, Wolverine, and X-Factor (Please kill someone Lady Deaths

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Jughead's New Look!

Following last year's revision of Betty and Veronica, Jughead now goes under the knife, pen and the results are pretty rad. Archie fans last year were up in arms when they saw the new Betty and Veronica, but once they read the storyline they fully embraced the new Riverdale girls (at least for a co

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CBLDF Party Tonight in NYC!

Check it out, our friends at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund have a killer line-up for their first holiday party: The first party will be in the CBLDF's home base of New York City on December 10 at the Village Pourhouse , co-hosted by JahFurry . Confirmed guests include: Kyle Baker, Douglas Rus

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Short Round included?

 Awesome. Just awesome. -Justin

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"Batman Forever" Car Sells for 7,000

Wow, that's probably more than they spent on that whole movie. But seriously, folks. The car, sold through auction, actually cost .8 million to make, so technically, the guy who bought the car is getting a bargain. Except, here are the caveats that come with it: 1.The Batmobile may only be exhibi

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Now EVERYONE has a Grammy

 Craig Thompson, author of the well-honored graphic novel Blankets, has just been nominated for a Grammy. Apparently he's a friend of a friend of Britney Spears and does some backing vocals on her recent album Blackout...alright that's a lie. In truth, he is being nominated for the fantastic record

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Monday Movie Madness

Uruloki is in another language, but we all know what these new stills from The Dark Knight are saying: "I'm awesome." (Via uruloki) They've also got a killer international poster for Iron Man... Lexi Alexander is "Max"-ing out on the Punisher. Get it? GET IT? Anyway, there's a nice little interview

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Jonah Hates Everyone

Spoiling possibilities Jonah Hex is just a flat out solid comic book. They have Jonah as a character so well written, that you know what is going to happen before hand, and yet it doesn’t get old. When you pick up a Jonah Hex comic you are getting a well-written comic, every time! I think i

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Nice title

Spoil! This comic continues to be strong. It has a nice enjoyable pace. The title of Unknown seems very appropriate since it is the 3rd issue and we still have no idea what is happening. Don’t get me wrong that is also one of the things I enjoy about this comic. It has built this unknown realit

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If They Mated...

 Playing today we have Owly:    And, MODOK,    Wait for it....   OWLDOC, the Overt Worm Lover Designed Only for Cuddling!  Special thanks to Rich Vining for the tip! -Justin

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It's Not MY Fault, Readers

 Here's a little blog post that's been heating up the internet: J.M. Straczynski, the long running Spoder-Man scribe, let's us peek behind the curtain at the writer-editor relationship. And the view ain't pretty. JMS has taken a lot of flack for a few of his storylines, "The Other," which kill

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Invincible

Spoiler Alert! Well this issue was funny, but I feel like they aren’t dealing with what they have established. They started to deal with him having a super hero girlfriend. We haven’t heard anything about that. Then his brother gets powers and just jumps right into fighting crime. Then are bo

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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Holy Bathroom Break, Bat-Man!!!

Pulp Secret Observer Todd observed this humorous Super Hero Potty related pic in the restroom of the Acme bar in NYC! Thanks for making us chuckle this Friday buddy! -Jeaux Janovsky, Pulp Secret Keeper

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Task Force X, Right?

So Deadpool is probably in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, at least according to a source at CHUD: Now a trusted informant has told me that another familiar character will be showing up in the movie - none other than the merc with a mouth, Deadpool. In the comics Deadpool got his start in Weapon X, so it

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Spider-Blog

Marvel has added a new blog for the Spider-Office, headed by everybody's favorite editor, Steve Wacker. Mr. Wacker has also been nice enough to kick it off with the very meta first page of Brand New Day: Check out the blog as it develops here.

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Joker: Fearsome Criminal, Baker

The viral marketing campaign is starting to get intense, to the point where maybe, just maybe, the characters in the movie are now real. Check out this link where the latest cake inspired quest by the joker have hooked a few lucky people up with a direct line to crazytown. What do you guys think out

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"Speed Racer" Trailer!

Welcome to the candy-colored wonderland, my friends:

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BUFFY

Damn you Alex! I didn’t want to like this comic, but it just keeps being great, even when Joss Whedon isn’t writing it. I guess it is that time of the month. That is right super villain plan revealing time. We get the big reveal of who the puppet master is, creepy mask guy. No it is Twilight

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The Worst Moments in Comic Book Movie History

 Cracked has just released their picks for the 8 Worst Comic Book Movie Moments, and I have to say that I agree with all of them. What I love is that every pick has a YouTube clip attached with it, and the Comic Book Guy giving his rating on how bad the moment is. Check out the list here.

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Speed Racer on Rainbow Road?

 Speed Racer spoiler: In the breathtaking finale, Speed races against Bowser for the Special Cup and honor of Princess Peach.  The Wachowski brothers have done it again! Mario Kart makes for some excellent source material. I can barely tell the difference.  For more info, check out th

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Neil Gaiman News

Fresh from Neil's Journal, here is a bunch of news about all things Gaiman: - The rumors flying around about a trailer for the upcoming Coraline showing before some performances of Beowulf are indeed true and Mr. Gaiman states that the trailer is in 3D, which explains the limited showings, and he is

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What the Devil is this?

Lindsay Lohan playing it cool with a guy in a poorly-constructed Hulk costume?! I'd like to officially start the rumor that this is a production still from the new Hulk movie.-Justin 

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The Dark Poster

Well, it's finally here, and it's awesome. Check out first official The Dark Knight poster below:

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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Comic Book Club Tonight w/Alex Robinson & Rick Spears

Just a friendly reminder that tonight is an all-new Comic Book Club, the show where you can come hang out with me, Pete, Justin, and our comic book friends! And, tonight only, with every purchase of a five dollar ticket, you'll get a free gift worth seven dollars. That's TWO FREE DOLLARS! See you

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Avengers Starting to Assemble?

This is clearly a waaaaay out there rumor that probably could be filed under fan-boy wishful thinking. Except... It also feels like there's no reason it couldn't be true. As we now know, Sam Jackson is doing a cameo as Nick Fury in Iron Man... But is he also making a cameo in The Incredible Hulk?

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First Ten Minutes of The Simpsons Video

Missed The Simpson's comic book themed episode? No worries, we've got the first ten minutes (i.e., the funny part) right here: Thanks to reader Weker1 for the tip!

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December Pull

So a lot of good stuff coming out: The new Buffy, Jonah Hex, JLA, JSA, Robin Vol 4 #169 (Resurrection Of Ras Al Ghul Ghul Part 5) Hopefully it gets better, Midnighter, Black Summer! Avengers The Initiative Annual #1 (Secret Invasion Infiltration Tie-In), Omega the Unknown, Uncanny X-Men #492 2nd Pt

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The Letters Page

As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video respo

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"Watchmen" Compared

Maxim* has a feature online comparing how the recently released stills from the Watchmen movie compare to similar frames in the comic. So how do they compare? Um, really well. My favorite thing I totally didn't notice at all the first time around is the kid reading the Tales of the Black Freighter

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G4's "Fresh Ink" Reviews

This week, G4's Blair Butler gives her take on a handful of comic books from the past week, including "All Star Batman and Robin" by Jim Lee and Frank Miller. I have to agree that I'm not even sure where this title is really going. It seems like each issue never relates or ties in with one another

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Too Cool To Be A Cover

Top Shelf has just posted the cover to Alex Robinson's long awaited third graphic novel, "Too Cool To Be Forgotten": Hey, what's it about, Alex? Well, reader, from the Top Shelf website: Andy Wicks is a forty-something father of two who's making one final attempt to quit smoking: hypnosis. He's s

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Monday Movie ("Dark Knight") Updates

Check out six new promo pics for Dark Knight, including some much clearer looks at Heath Ledger as the Joker. I'm kind of starting to love his make-up. (Via SlashFilm) Kevin Smith wants Michael Keaton to play Batman in JLA. Okay. (Via MTV) Al Roker talks Dark Knight on the Today Show, video below:

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"Titans" Together?

Possible Spoilage It is raining Starro! This was a fun comic. The ladies were taking care of business. Supergirl got to do the always popular throwing the bad guy into space. Plus there was a girl fight. When are people going to learn if someone has green skin don’t piss them off. It is alwa

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"Proof" is Fun

(Spoiler) So I picked up "Proof" #2. I have always felt that if we could just get the FBI and all the creatures in fairytales to work together. Then, we could really do some good. Enter Big foot and FBI Agent Ginger Brown. They are the unlikely team up (How often has that been said) that will m

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All Dark "Batman and Robin"

Spoil nation I just read the new All Star Batman and Robin Boy Wonder. Jim Lee’s art is amazing, but man it is a little too creepy. Ok Joker can be creepy, but that was still a little much. Also Batman is a little too mean for my taste lately. He trashed Green Lantern, and what is with the Edito