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“The Force Awakens” Cast and Crew Talk About Using IMAX in the New Star Wars Movie

“The Force Awakens” Cast and Crew Talk About Using IMAX in the New Star Wars Movie

Now playing on the IMAX official YouTube channel the Star Wars The Force Awakens IMAX Featurette. Several scenes of the new Star Wars sequel were shot using IMAX technology and everyone in this video seems really excited about it. Comicbook.com rightly points out that you’ll be able to see the film in IMAX or 3-D, but probably not both.

Which will you choose?

While you’re contemplating that, stop by the eBay store for our entire line of Star Wars books and toys, including the Jabba the Hutt / Slave Leia / Salacious Crumb Funko Pop 3-pack

 

Supergirl: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You

​You’ve probably already heard that TV network CBS will debut a new series on Monday to chronicle the adventures of a modern-day Supergirl. It’s the latest in a flurry of moves by various American networks to jump on the superhero bandwagon, with varying degrees of success – depending on what you mean by “success.” 

(See last week’s geek-out entry on the Easter Eggs in the Flash and Arrow TV series for more on this phenomenon.)

Supergirl is a great choice of hero for a TV adaptation, though – superheroines are too few and far between to begin with, never mind those who headline their own TV shows. As an added bonus, the Girl of Steel is a lasting character with six volumes of her own ongoing comic book series. Most of those ongoing runs were short-lived, but the character is popular enough to justify hundreds of guest appearances in other comics and various media (TV’s Smallville, various DC animated series, and even her own misguided feature film back in 1984). 

Supergirl’s death during the Crisis on Infinite Earths provided one of the most memorable images in DC Universe history. Issue 7’s cover depicts a weeping Superman holding his cousin’s lifeless body – serving as the DCU’s biggest spoiler ever on a DC comic book cover … that is, until issue 8 came out and spoiled the fact that the Flash dies in the pages of that book. 

If you’re looking to catch up on the history of Supergirl or get a preview of what’s to come in the CBS series, we’ve got a quick list of links for your reading pleasure, and of course you can check out our current eBay inventory of Supergirl books if you’d rather read those adventures for yourself.

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(Christopher Holland)

I AM GROOT!

Greetings True Believers,

For our initial post, I wanted to share a "holy grail" book that I was able to buy yesterday. It is none other than Tales To Astonish # 13, the 1st Appearance of everyone's favorite tree guardian, GROOT! This issue is considered the true first appearance of Groot, of the Guardians of the Galaxy. This beauty came from a relatively small collection that also had Journey Into Mystery # 82, Tales Of Suspense # 40, Amazing Adventures # 2 and a few other pre-Marvel, pre-hero, Atlas comic books. All the rest of the books are for sale now on the ebay page, in box J28. 

Until next time, 

-Jeff

Tales To Astonish # 13

Tales To Astonish # 13

Amazing Adventures # 2

Amazing Adventures # 2

Journey Into Mystery # 82

Journey Into Mystery # 82

Tales Of Suspense # 40

Tales Of Suspense # 40