Ahhh, Ireland. Birthplace of my ancestors! How I long to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to visit the green isle with its beautiful landscape, fascinating history and above all the Irish people. Few lands are steeped in magic, myth and lore more than Ireland. Lost kingdoms, heroics of royalty and common folks, witchcraft mystical beings and mysterious and haunted places permeate the legends of Ireland. Author E.T. Weaver and West Agora Int. present Vol. 1 Folk Tale World Series Folk Tales From Ireland-a fascinating book all about the legends, the ancient people and the history of the lush gr ..read more

It’s the 100 Page Monster Avengers #27 issue by writer Kurt Busiek and artist George Perez! The Avengers series produced by the two men occurred when Marvel Comics was just starting to get its head above water after the comic book speculator fiasco. Marvel Comics suffered a bankruptcy and for a while it looked as if the company would go out of business.  Fortunately it was able to keep its head just barely above water. In Avengers #27 a number of stories are presented: two new, two reprints, In the main story writer Kurt Busiek and artist George Perez present a very different type of Ave ..read more

Protect and Play! Ask any Shonen Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game player and they are sure to tell you that protecting their Cards from damage and dirt is top priority. That’s why Konami has created its Grandopolis The Eternal Golden City 2013 World Championship Commemorative Card Sleeves. One hundred Sleeves come in a sealed plastic bag and are guaranteed to keep your YGO Cards safe, dirt-free and perfect! Celebrate YGO’s 25th Anniversary by also purchasing Konami’s Grandopolis The Eternal Golden City Commemorative Game Mat that measures 24 inches by 14 inches. A beautiful Grandopolis The Ete ..read more

 October will be a great month for collectors! 2 Timothy 1:7 - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind ..read more

Martians invade the earth!   Released in the 1953 The War Of The Worlds film starring Gene Barry, adapted the H.G. Well novel to a movie set in then modern times. I still remember the sight of the floating Martian war machines and the chilling visage of an actual Martian.  Scary stuff for a kid. It’s the early 1950s.  One evening a large light flashes across the horizon.  When it lands all he power in a nearby small town ceases. A young scientist is vesting the town and goes to investigate.  A horrified crowd gathers the ground shakes around the mysterious meta ..read more

Jim Hendrick’s epic puppet movie The Dark Crystal was a groundbreaking film. The Sideshow Collectibles' Jen figure comes packaged in a beautiful flip lid box with The Dark Crystal movie poster decorating the front and similarly themed borders and decorations on both the inside and outside of the box. Inside the flip lid is a cast listing from the movie while on the main body of the box a clear plastic panel allows collectors to view the 12-inch, fully articulated Jen figure. The figure, along with its accessories and held in place by a clear plastic form fitted cocoon and plastic straps. Acce ..read more

Where and how did Disco start? Unofficially Disco started with the general public when the movie Saturday Night Fever premiered starring actor John Travolta with a soundtrack by the Bee Gees and other singers and musicians. It actually started much earlier in 1970 with the gay community and a certain notorious Studio. I was attending The University Of Miami during 1975 to 1977: the height of the Disco craze. It seemed like everyone was grooving to the music of the Bee Gees, Casey And The Sunshine Band, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, (whom I went to school with) and other hot Latin influe ..read more

What was Disney's first science fiction movie? The movie 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was Walt Disney’s first foray into the world of live cinema science fiction.  With the film Disney put his whole studio in jeopardy.  At that time Disneyland was in its infancy, Disney and films were popular but the prospect of spending an enormous amount of money on a live action film seems foolhardy. Still Walt Disney had faith in his creative staff.  Placing his reputation on the line Disney proceeded with the film. The entire film had to be produced from scratch including the se ..read more

In Marvel Studios’ Thor The Dark World film more time was spent examining the unique personalities of the main and supporting characters, especially Thor, Loki and their parents. A new sinister menace is introduced and the mythology and mystical elements of the Norse Gods is explained and portrayed with amazing locations, character costumes, special practical visual effects and spectacular computer-generated special effects. In Titan Books’ The Art Of Thor The Dark World The Marvel Studios Infinity Saga, by authors Marie Javins and Stuart Moore, with book design by Jeff Powell, th ..read more

Small, but powerful! Sometime in the future.  Man has devastated the Earth and only a few survivors manage to hold on to life in an underground cave bunker. After several years a few of the survivors attempt to leave the cave and start a new life.  A scientist and his young son decide to stay behind and enter two experimental suspended animation cells. As the world changes around them the two sleep only to be awakened millennia later by a young primitive boy out exploring. He takes them to his people's camp and the village is attacked by a mutated monster.  In the carnage the ..read more