A Ninja Gaiden Game that never happened

 I was browsing YouTube the other day and found this. Apparently there were plans to revive the classic franchise on the Game Boy Advance. Sadly it never saw the light of day but it looks really impressive. Luckily Ninja Gaiden received a revival on the original XBox some 10 years ago.

Convergence: Speed Force #1

 Classic Wally West is back, and he brought his kids for his latest (hopefully not last) adventure in this Convergence tie-in issue. In the story, Wally and the kids go to Gotham to investigate a strange energy signature. Suddenly, they are trapped in a dome and loose their powers. One year passes and Wally keeps trying to free the people trapped and return to his wife Linda when the events of Convergence begin.

Fun with Photoshop: La Force laundry detergent

Fun with Photoshop is back! This time with a fake magazine ad inspired by the cover of the second issue of the current Darth Vader comic book series published by Marvel. The illustration features the Dark Lord of the Sith striking a pose I have never imagine he would do while walking in front of his subordinates. Using a few Pantene ads as reference and we have the best detergent republic credits can buy!

Epic Batman figure!

DC, make a Digital First comic series featuring this guy!

Square Enix made one Hell of a Batman figure! Wild West Batman is part of a the Timeless Batman series of action figures featuring versions of the Dark Knight Detective from different eras. DC has released various stories featuring a cowboy Batman but this design is the best, by far! If you have the space and $120 you can preorder this baby.

For more info and picture, visit comicbookresources.com.

Post-Convergence Thoughts

DC released their June solicits and lots of things are changing. We have new titles (Dr. Fate), returning on-goings (Grayson doesn’t seem to change much), “missing” characters or worse (Kyle Rayner!) and redesigned costumes for most of the iconic heroes (but they appear in their New52 costumes in the JL titles for some reason):

Clark, it's like you're not even trying.

Superman: Don’t like it. He looks more like Pre-52 Superboy than Superman (plus he got a new costume like five minutes ago). The New 52 Action Comics design was good because it was he starting out as a hero, he didn’t have the uniform yet but at least he looked like Supes. While I like the new S shield, the rest is weak (seriously, not even the red cape!).

Super Robot Wars here I come!

Batman (or BatLabor): Seriously, it looks like one of the mechs from the Patlabor anime series from the 80’s. This All New Batman may not be Bruce Wayne since it appears to be a cop or at least working closely with the police. It would be extra awesome if it were Alfred or Jean-Paul Valley. Looks like a good design for a one time Bat-Suit.

For Themyscira bub!

Wonder Woman: I like it! Could loose the Azrael-like blades but never the less it’s an awesome suit.

Pre-52 Wally would be proud!

Flash and Green Arrow: They seem to resemble their TV versions. Flash suit, while it looks a little busy, it's the best of the bunch. Green Arrow could change the gloves, baggy pants and boots.

The Emerald Lantern

Green Lantern: Hal goes renegade and wearing a cloak or a hoodie (Scarlet-Spider anyone?). I’m interested in the new direction for the character, but if he really wears a hoodie in space, then that would be laughable.









Not very interested in these changes and with the current economy, this will be a relief to my pocket since April and May will leave me broke with so many Convergence tie-ins (Speed-Force, New Teen Titans, Parallax and Shadow of the Bat!). Will pick up Grayson on print, while I might pick up others like Dr. Fate and Earth 2 Society (New Batman over there, might be Dick Grayson) on digital format once the price drops, to give them a chance.

The "New X-Men"return

As part of Marvel's Secret Wars event, Morrison era X-Men return in E is for Extinction book.  It seems to feature Xorn's (actually Magneto, but not really...?)Special Class. Sadly, Grant Morrison won't write it but we get his frequent collaborator Chris Burnham. Looks interesting, might pick it up (between this and DC's Convergence I'll be broke by the summer).

Fun with Photoshop: The New Teen Titans for the NES

It's been a while since the last Fun with Photoshop entry. I would have loved a "beat em' up"Teen Titans game and Konami always did one hell of a job with that genre (Simpsons, TMNT and X-Men). Here is what the cover would have looked like.

From now on, this section will change a bit. Since it's been a lot of 8th bit NES game boxes, I think it's time to add a bit of blast processing. Take care.