Marvel Secret Wars Celebrated its 40 Year Anniversary in Full Hasbro Pulse Style

Marvel Secret Wars comic book and action figures

It’s no secret that Hasbro Pulse puts out some of the coolest action figures around for serious comic collectors. But when they recently announced a second wave of Marvel Legends Series Secret Wars action figures, I just had to have them. Constrictor! Falcon! Daredevil! These figures looked just like they stepped out of the 1984 comic book series that pretty much kickstarted the whole annual comic event crossover trend. The thing is… I didn’t even …

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Tim Burton’s Batman 1989 Movie Scores at the NJPAC

Batman 1989 in Concert logo

It was 1989. I was sitting in a theater in Nanuet, NY with my buddy Ethan ready to watch I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. No, I wasn’t really a fan of the Wayans Brothers. Nor did I have any desire to see this comedy. Like at all. So why did my best friend and I shell out a few bucks for a movie we didn’t even want to see? It sure wasn’t for the popcorn …

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I Can’t Stop Playing Marvel Snap

Marvel Snap downloadable game

I don’t play a lot of apps on my phone. I usually find something I like (Clash of Clans for example) and just play that one for months until I’m ready for a new game. I’ve played a few of Marvel’s apps before and nothing really clicked with me. That is, until the recent Marvel Snap appeared. What hooked me on this game is not the usual “gems” to unlock different levels and whatnot (though …

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All I Wanted for My 50th Birthday was a Galactus Cake

Galactus cake

For the past decade, my wife has been preparing for my 50th birthday. No, not in regards to a big present. Uh uh. She wanted to know what special kind of birthday cake I wanted to celebrate half a century. For years, I’ve told her: a Galactus Cake. In the comics, Galactus is a massive, planet-eating (no, really!) being who’s tried to munch on the Earth countless times, only to be thwarted by the Fantastic …

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The Pat McCallum You Never Knew

I wrote the following on Facebook today and thought I’d share it here for a wider audience. And also, because I want to use this space to share the amazing and ridiculous memories we all have of him. (Jump to the end for those…) I just found out that an old friend of mine, Pat McCallum, took his own life. He was an unbelievably big part of my life for more than 15 years right …

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