I think we’ve proven in the past that superheroes shouldn’t have social media accounts. This is especially true for Batman and Superman. The following video is yet another example of why you should unfriend those dickholes right this instant.
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If you’ve ever wanted to see a film version of death and resurrection of Superman as told by the 1992 DC Comic, this may be the closest you’ll ever get.
Max Landis, son of famed Animal House director John Landis, has created this live-action, drunken short film entitled “The Death and Return of Superman”, which mocks the concept of the story and stars Mandy Moore as Lois Lane, Elijah Wood as Hank Henshaw and Simon Pegg as John Landis (among other surprises).
Check out the profanity-laden video after the break.
Mimoco has announced a new line of MIMOMICRO flash drives with Star Wars and DC Character themes. Unlike their previous MIMOBOT collection, these new drives are smaller and feature a microSD card reader.
The first two MIMOMICRO collections include a crop of designs from Star Wars, including Darth Vader, Yoda, C-3PO, Chewbacca, and the Millennium Falcon along with characters from DC Comics including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.The drives are expected to launch in March.
Check out the DC Comics series after the break.
This Superman-themed retro LEGO TV build is impressive, but creator Rod Gillies went the extra mile and built a scrolling LEGO background mounted on a loop of bulldozer treads.
See it in action after the break.
Back in 1997, Nicolas Cage spent $150,000 for a copy of the June, 1938 issue of Action Comics #1, containing the first appearance of Superman. That same issue was stolen from him in 2000 before mysteriously turning up in a San Fernando Valley storage locker in April. The comic was taken as evidence by the police and since then the actual owner of the artifact has been shrouded in mystery.
Despite this fact, the incredibly rare comic, which is in pristine condition, went under the gavel on Wednesday and sold for a record $2.16 million. The Hollywood Reporter’s Andy Lewis stated that the history of the collectible is exactly the same as the comic purchased by Cage, and believes that he was owner at the time of the recent sale. Whatever the case, that’s a hell of a lot of money for a comic.
Mr. Xenomurphy (which sounds like a villain’s name) invested two months in this magnificent Daily Planet LEGO build complete with a battle between good and bad. Young Justice fights off Brainiac’s robots and presumably saves the day. Somehow I don’t think LEGO bricks would hold up like real ones though.
View more photos of the completed LEGO masterpiece after the break.
The rights to Superman were sold for a mere $130. Sure, in 1938 that was a small fortune, but still. Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold their rights to their creation with this piece of paper, and it was recently located. An image of the check was tweeted on October 23 and it’s possible the check comes from a Comics Connect auction tied to Siegel’s estate, but it’s not certain.
It’s a critical piece of not just comic book history but pop culture and even U.S. history. Superman is a widely beloved character, and this check helped push the superhero to what he is today. Additionally, legal battles over this check and rights time may have helped shape current U.S. copyright laws. Comic Connect presented a timeline of the check’s whereabouts, and you can view it after the break:
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As we previously reported, Mike Meyer, a 48-year old mentally disabled man from Illinois, recently had his vast collection of Superman comics and memorabilia returned to him after it was allegedly stolen by this guy. Being a whole new breed of awesome, the comics community rallied in support of Meyer after the theft was reported and went out of their way to help him replace the stolen items, eventually doubling the size of his original collection.
“I have never felt so much love in my life; I no longer feel like the Frankenstein monster. I feel that people understand me now, for the first time in my life.”
Now that an arrest has been made and the items recovered, Meyer is paying the kindness forward by donating the excess items to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, saying: “I’ve been blessed with a lot of things, so I wanted to share them.” The large donation reportedly provided six boxes of Superman items which were made available to the hospital’s sick and injured kids in the form of bingo prizes.
“When you make somebody happy, it does something for you, too,” Meyer said.
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Skeleanimals characters take on superhero personas in this new line of 10-inch DC plushes. Choose from Batman, The Flash, The Green Lantern and Superman. Also available in smaller clip-on versions.
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For some reason, artist Alexandre Nicolas has taken it upon himself to create a series of superheros, including Batman, Superman and Spider Man as costumed fetuses floating in tanks. The weirdness was recently displayed at the “HEY!” WTF is That? exhibit in Paris.
Check out some additional photos after the break.
