Spiderman has friends in high places...

After the British Telegraph printed a list of 50 facts you may not know about Barack Obama -- which included the tidbit that he collects Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian comic books -- the folks at Marvel Comics were prompted to act.

"When we heard that President-Elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew that these two historic figures had to meet in our comics' Marvel Universe," said Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. "A Spider-Man fan moving into the Oval Office is an event that must be commemorated in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man."

And next week, a short comic adventure featuring both icons will hit comic book stands.


I can't wait for the Captain Canuck comic with Stephan Harper in it.....HAHAHAH!!!

Runaway Success for The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight soared away with every trophy it was nominated for Wednesday at the 35th annual fan-favourite People's Choice Awards.

The caped crusader flick won five awards, including favourite cast, superhero, action movie and on-screen matchup for Christian Bale's Batman and the late Heath Ledger's Joker.

"On behalf of all of the cast from the movie, thank you very much to the fans," Bale said. "Here's to Heath."
Read more here.

For a complete list of the winners, go here.

The Dark Knight is still in the running.....

ComingSoon.net reports that both The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army are two of the seven films remaining in competition in the Makeup category for the 81st Academy Awards®. On Saturday, January 17, all members of the Academy's Makeup Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

You can view all seven films here!

Check out this mash up of the Hellboy movies and The Dark Knight...

Times are tuff...even for The Batman

The king of customization...George Barris has made another Batmobile! George, of course, is responsible for the 1960's Batmobile...possibly the most recognizable custom of all time. Now he's done it again, with a SmartCar!!! Check out this gallery for other views and info

The Commissioner passes...

Pat Hingle, a veteran actor whose career included a recurring role as Commissioner James Gordon in Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, has died after battling blood cancer. He was 84.
According to IMDB he has appeared in more than 190 film and TV roles. That's pretty amazing, concidering that Tom Cruise has only done slighty more than 30 and we are sick of him already (well I am)

Super movie round up!!

Our pals over at Crave have the scope on what have been and what will come in the superhero, comic movie department.
Check it out!!!! NOW! whoa, go! JOE

It was a DC Christmas

Well except for Hellboy 2 but that's OK!!
Wishing all the fanboys out there a very happy new year.



The Dark Knight 2 disk with nifty cowl case.
Batmobile/Joker slot car set ( that I have to share with my son)
Hellboy 2 and the Golden Army...gotta love Ron and Doug!!!
Joker Graphic novel...frickin amazing!!!!
Very geeked out book by DC covering the history of the superhero genera.