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Periodic Table of SciFi

March 18, 2010   || Category: Collectibles, Cool Stuff | 6 Comments

Looking for something different?

Artist Kris Staub has created the Periodic Table of SciFi.

Can’t get enough of “The Guild?”

You may want to make plans to head to a comic-store near you, then.

If you’re looking for a good investment in the current recession, you may want to consider comic books.

The Trader’s Guild Association has issued this comprehensive guide to the New Canaan run: The Atlas of The Verse, Volume One.

Firefly Executive Producer Tim Minear wrote an intro, and Serenity graphic designer Geoffrey Mandel acted as design consultant. It’s a large-format 26-page atlas that’s sure to please fans and collectors alike!

If you need a gift for the “Firefly” fan who has everything, you might be interested in the Catching Serenity t-shirt.

Ever gone scuba diving and wondered if the sharks might be more intimidates if you looked more like Captain Kirk?

Now you can find out with a new line of wet suits designed to look like the classic “Star Trek” uniforms. Fans can order yellow for command, blue for sciences or red for engineering and security. However, for scuba diving, it may not be a good idea to go down as a red shirt, since most security red shirts rarely made it back to the ship in one piece.

The Last Remaining Items From Syfy’s Hit Show Will Go On The Auction Block December 8, 2009 Through March 5, 2010
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - December 3, 2009 - The dates are set for the final online auctions of props and costumes from Syfy’s acclaimed drama “Battlestar Galactica.” The last three auctions will take place on [...]

“Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” will have a ninth season–in comic books.
Following the success of the popular “Buffy, Season Eight” comics, creatoer Joss Whedon assures fans that the Slayer’s adventures will continue for a ninth season in comic-book form.
“Well, 40 issues was always the goal, and that’s how we’re playing it,” he said of the current [...]

The latest issue of “Amazing Spider-Man” seems to be raising a few eyebrows s and has created some controversy within the fan community.
In the current issue (#603), super villain the Chameleon disguises himself to look like Peter Parker and tries to take over his life.  The Chameleon is clueless about Peter’s dual identity but does [...]

Collectors and fans alike have a chance to own one-of-a-kind “Star Wars” art pieces while giving to a good cause with The Empire Muggs Back. Lucasfilm asked artists, comic book creators, toy designers, and celebrity fans to get out their markers, paint brushes and glue guns and transform blank Mighty Muggs (donated by Hasbro) [...]

Los Angeles, CA - The world renowned star of Star Trek television, Leonard Nimoy, has has donated Spock ears from Star Trek IV (with authentication) valued at about $10,000 to be auctioned at the highly anticipated Company of Angeles’ Charity Awards Gala, along with additional one-of-a-kind Star Trek Memorabilia.
Co-founded in 1959 by actor Leonard Nimoy, [...]

They’re cute, they’re cuddly and they love quadrotritecale.  And you can pick up your very own Tribble from the Paramount booth at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con.
The tribbles are being distributed to promote the upcomign release of “Star Trek: The Complete Second Season” on Blu-Ray.  Those who drop by Paramount’s booth can adopt [...]

DC’s latest 12-part miniseries isn’t one going to have a huge, universe changing impact on the entire product line.  Instead, the new “Wednesday Comics” will seek to take readers back to a time when newspapers boasted colorful comics sections using tabloid-sized paper and 16 colors.
The new series debuts in comic stores today and feature stories [...]

WILLIAM SHATNER’S TEK WAR CHRONICLES COMIC DEBUTS THIS WEEK

The TekWar Chronicles, a new comic book series based on the best selling TekWar novels by television and movie icon William Shatner is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 24th.

It is the first title to be released under the creative partnership between Shatner and [...]

IDW corrects a grave injustice this week with the debut of the comic-book version of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”
Released in 1982, “Khan” was the only classic “Trek” movie to not get a comic book adaptation.  When “Khan” hit theaters, neither Marvel nor DC pursued adapting the movie as a comic-book.  It did [...]

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Spider-Man Gets Reboot

May 26, 2009   || Category: Collectibles | 1 Comment

The reboot of the Spider-Man universe has been given a reset…at least in the daily comic-strip adventures of Peter Parker and his alter-ego.
The daily comic-strip version, which runs in syndicated newspapers acorss the nation and world, recently followed the official canon reboot of the character.  The reboot found Peter and Mary Jane Parker making a [...]

If you’re attending one of the Disney theme parks “Star Wars” themed weekends this summer, you’ll have the chance to pick up one or all of the figures below.  The figures have Disney characters as characters from the original “Star Wars” trilogy including Mickey as Luke Skywalker, Minnie as Princess Leia (gold bikini and all!), [...]

Walk into your local comic book shop* Saturday, May 2 and you could walk out with a free comic book.  That’s right–it’s Free Comic Book Day.
(* provided your local comic book shop is participating in Free Comic Book Day. Find out which retailers near you are participating at Free Comic Book Day).
The selection of comics [...]

Eager to see how Robert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series will come to life in graphic novel form?
If you are, surf over to Tor.com for an exclusive look at the first ten pages of “The Wheel of Time #0: Dragonmount.”
The book features art by Chase Conley and is adapted to comics by Chuck Dixon. Look [...]

“Wonder Twin powers, activate!”
Fans of Zan, Jana and Gleek from the popular 70’s cartoon series “The Superfriends” will soon be able to add the characters to their action-figure collection. Mattel is gearing up to produce action-figure versions of the popular duo and Gleek the monkey as part of the DC Universe Classics line according to [...]

If you could invest under a dollar and make a little over $300,000 in return, you’d do it, right?
That’s what happened to a collector who purchased a copy of “Action Comics #1″ for less thirty-five cents in a second-hand store in the 50s. The unidentified person auctioned the comic off on-line for $317,200 last [...]

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Rare Superman Comic Goes Up For Auction

February 27, 2009   || Category: Collectibles | 1 Comment

If you’ve got a couple of hundred thousand dollars to spare, you could own a piece of comic-book history.
A rare copy of “Action Comics #1″ was put up for auction today.  The comic is one of the most valued in the world with copies valued at $126,000.  Many experts expect this issue will go for [...]

With the approach of J.J. Abrams’ new “Star Trek” reboot later this year, USA Today has a sneak peak at some of the tie-in toys that will be offered along with the film.
Playmates Toys will begin offering action figures, remote-controlled starships, board games and even a tie-in “Star Trek” Barbies in stores on April 19.   [...]

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Spidey Meets Obama

January 8, 2009   || Category: Collectibles | 1 Comment

During last year’s Presidential campaign, when asked who his favorite comic book character was, President-elect Barak Obama responded that he liked the adventures of Spider-Man and Batman.  Obama went on to admit that he had, at one time, collected Spider-Man comic books.
Those comments caught the attention of Marvel editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada.  When Obama won the [...]

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“Star Wars” Flash Drives

December 3, 2008   || Category: Collectibles | 3 Comments

Looking for the perfect gift for the “Star Wars” fan on your holiday list?  How about a flash drive that looks like their favorite character from the original trilogy?
Mimoco has a series of flashdrives, decorated to look like characters from the “Star Wars” universe, including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and C3-PO.
Quantities are limited, so [...]

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Firefly/Serenity Christmas Ornaments

November 26, 2008   || Category: Collectibles | 2 Comments

Looking for that special holiday gift that returns every year on the Christmas tree? How about a special Firefly ornament. We have them for you.
Firefly Serenity Vehicle Ornament (Only 1 left in stock - order SOON):

Serenity in Disguise ‘Reaver’ Variant Ornament (In Stock):

Joss Whedon’s Serenity Ornament Inara’s Shuttle (In Stock):

Collectors mark your calendars for January 16.  
That’s the weekend NBC/Universal will hold an auction, selling off props, costumes and set pieces from SciFi’s hit series, “Battlestar Galactica.”  The auction is set to take place at the same time the popular sci-fi drama returns to our screens and begins its final run of episodes.
According to the [...]

Since the days of the Vietnam War, Peter Parker’s nemesis and Spider-Man’s biggest fan, Flash Thompson, has served his country.  These days, Thompson is currently deployed to Iraq and “Amazing Spider-Man” writer Marc Guggenheim told the Los Angeles Times that fans can expect “a jolt” when the comic book series offers an issue that shows [...]

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BSG Computer — SWEET!

October 13, 2008   || Category: Collectibles, Technology News | 5 Comments

We’ll be talking a lot more about this baby on our next Slice of SciFi show #183, ready for download on Saturday, October 18 and one week later on the Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Network.
[Image courtesy of Gizmodo]

More than a year in development, QMx’s first limited-edition ship model has arrived — The Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider Artisan Replica.

Limited to just 500 scale replicas, QMx is doing these a little different that other high-end collectible ships you may have seen in the past: Each ship is built by hand in the U.S. by [...]

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