Marvel Teams Up with American Cancer Society

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Marvel Comics and the American Cancer Society are teaming up!  In September five Marvel titles will have variant covers to commemorate National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.  The five titles that will have the variant covers are: All-New, All-Different Avengers #14; Captain America: Steve Rogers #6; Captain Marvel #9; Invincible Iron Man #13; and Mighty Thor #11.  So if you are a comic collector and like variant covers you might want to visit you local comic book store to see if you can get the covers.  Thanks to ICv2’s Nicole Bunge for the update.

Wonder Woman’s 75!

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DC has released the image for Wonder Woman’s 75 Anniversary!  I love it very nice and sleek.  Can’t wait to see what DC Comics will have in store for us this year which will come to a head with the Wonder Woman feature film starring Gal Godot.

Moana Trailer

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Disney has released the first teaser trailer for their new animated feature Moana.  So all you Disney and animation fans get ready for November!  Thanks to Walt Disney Animation Studio’s YouTube channel for the trailer:

Doc Savage Feature Names Lead

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I can see this.  Doc Savage has always been a pulp hero that doesn’t take itself to seriously and with Dwayne Johnson as Doc, to me is a nice piece of casting.  Johnson can be serious, but he can also be fun so I think this could work and don’t make it to cheesy of a movie in general.  Thanks to Nicole Bunge over at ICv2 for this info.

Independence Day: Resurgence New Trailer

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Here is the latest trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence.  This is about a 5 minute trailer that some might want to skip because of some of the scenes that you might want to be a surprise for you while watching the movie.  If you don’t worry about spoilers then here you go for this extend trailer from 20th Century Fox’s UK YouTube channel:

Pokemon Gearing up for more TCG Releases

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Start saving your money if you are a TCG collector and specifically a Pokemon TCG collector.  Pokemon USA has announced 4 additional releases for August and September.  We will hit the first three first and then the pictured set above last.  Three of the sets will be: 1) Pokemon: Shiny Mega Gardevoir and Mythical Pokemon Volcanion 3-pack Pin Blister, which will contain 3 booster packs and 1 or 2 collector pins – the release date is August 24 with a MSRP of $14.99; 2) Mythical Pokemon Collection – Victini, which will contain 2 Pokemon Generations booster packs, a collector pin, and a promo foil card of Victini – the release date is September 1 with a MSRP of $12.99; and 3) Pokemon Red & Blue Collection – Pikachu-EX, which will contain 4 Pokemon Generations booster packs, a sculpted Pikachu figure and a promo foil card of Pikachu-EX – the release date is September 14 with a MSRP of $24.99.

The big daddy is pictured above and will be released on September 14 and it is the Pokemon 20th Anniversary Elite Trainer Box.  It will contain 10 Pokemon Generations booster packs, 65 black and gold card sleeves with 20th Anniversary logo, 45 Energy cards with a new look, a players guide, 6 damage counter dice, 1 coin-flip die, 2 acrylic condition markders, a collectors box, and a foil promo card of Shaymin-EX.  This set will have a MSRP of 49.99.

Two Graphic Novels on ALA’s Most Banned List

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The two graphic novels above, Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Habibi by Craig Thompson has made the American Library Association’s “Most Banned Books” list of 2015.  Remember these are the opinions of individuals that some would agree with and some would not, you would have to read each graphic novel yourself to see what you think.  For Fun Home was challenged for the following reasons “violence and other graphic images” and with Habibi for nudity, sexually explicit and unsuited for age group. Thanks to Nicole Bunge and ICv2 for the information.

Cloak and Dagger Coming to the Small Screen

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ICv2 is reporting, from an article in Variety, that ABC’s Freeform has greenlit a Cloak & Dagger series.  Being on Freeform you can expect the traditional young adult love story type of series, which in essence Cloak & Dagger is wrapped up in an adventure setting.  No set date for a series debut has been given yet.

New From Weiss Schwarz – Disgaea Expansion

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Bushiroad is releasing a new Disgaea expansion set for the Weiss Schwarz TCG on June 10.  The English version will include Trial Decks, Booster Packs and a Meister Set.  The Trial Deck will have 50 cards, of which 18 will be exclusive cards to the Trial Decks.  Also if you are lucky enough you might get a Trial Deck that has a signed gold foil card by voice actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki.  The Booster Packs will have 165 different cards.  In random packs you have a chance of getting a signed gold foil/hot stamped signed card by one of these voice actors: Kaori Mizuhashi; Tomoe Hanba; Yuuko Sasamoto; Kaori Ishihara; Wataru Hatano; Suzuko Mimori; or Manabi Mizuno.  In the Meister Set there will be an exclusive rubber playmat, a 700 card storage box and a PR card.  So if you are like Logan you might want to mark you calendar and start saving money.

Netflix sets Date for Voltron Series

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Netflix is getting another exclusive animation series.  This time it’s Voltron: Legendary Defender.  DreamWorks is producing the series and they have a debut date of June 10.  So all of you Netflix subscribers mark your calendars.  Thanks to moviemanicsDE for the following trailer that was shown at WonderCon: