New Spidey 3 Picture

Sony's released a new picture for Spider-Man 3: a black-costumed Spider-Man. Comics Continuum reports that this is not a black and white picture but the real deal. The question is: Is Spidey in mourning?

"Ultimate" Avengers DVD

Marvel's released an animated adaptation to "The Ultimates" (Ulitmatized Avengers, hence the title) I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds like how you'd expect it to turn out: an all-ages version of Mark Millar's story. The animation looks promising: clean, smooth, but nowhere near Hitch's detailed artwork.

Cap's Cap. Iron Man looks more Iron Manish. And Thor's looks more like He-Man without his beard. I was surprised to see one of my favs, Black Widow, to get to appear in the movie. I guess it's to smooth out that man to woman ratio on the team.

When I get to see the whole thing, I'll try to post a review.

Ultraman Jazz Review

I recently wrote a review of Ultraman Jazz album for Godzilla Monster Music. Click on the picture to see the review.

Latest Ultraman Immortalized in Die Cast

One of the strangest Ultramen ever created, Ultraman Taro, will be the newest addition to Bandai's Ultra Chogokin series. Chogokin Ultraman Taro will be joining the five previous releases: the original Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Ace, and Ultraman Nexus. The figure, like its predecessors, comes with a multitude of joints, a dozen alternate hands, and some extra goodies. (See photo.) The figure is expected to be released at the end of February in Japan.

And yes, he comes with a large bucket.

Another Glimpse at the 40th Anniversary Ultraman

Comic Review: All-Stars Superman #2 (of 12)

Superman revealed his secret identity to Lois at the end of the last issue, and now we find Lois and Superman arriving at his Fortress of Solitude. Lois is still not convinced that Superman is Clark Kent and is suspicious as to why he's telling her now. Lois's tour through Grant Morrison's version of the Fortress is beautifully alien and throughly imaginitive. Baby sun-eaters and the Unknown Superman of 4500 A.D. are just a few of the things Morrison has cooked up for his readers.

But what drives the issue is the focus on the relationship between Superman and Lois Lane. Lois remains perfectly skeptical of Superman the minute she arrives at the Fortress of Solitude and throughout her stay. But that skepticism keeps growing throughout the issue, becoming closer to paranoia, especially since Superman seems to be hiding something from her in a locked room in the Fortress.

It's through this bizarre maniac state of mind that we learn Lois's true fear: "What if there really was some part of him that was bumbling, oafish Clark Kent?" All food for thought as another amazing and throughly entertaining issue by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely concludes. B+