DVD new releases Aug. 30, 2011

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Sons of Anarchy: Season Three


The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season


House, M.D.: Season Seven


Coen Brothers Collection (Blood Simple/Fargo/Miller's Crossing/Raising Arizona) [Blu-ray]


Nikita: The Complete First Season


Scooby Doo & The Pirates


Scooby Doo & The Robots


Scooby Doo & The Zombies


Scooby Doo & The Ghosts



The Incredible Shrinking Man

Herculoids: The Complete Series


American Family: Anniversary Edition

Yvonne Craig/Batgirl photos

Alex Toth Johnny Thunder comic book covers

Alex Toth Big Town comic book covers

1970s Shadow merchandise

Here's something you don't see much of (and I don't recall seeing any of it at the time): 1970s toys and other merchandise based on the pulp character The Shadow. But, evidently, it existed and some of the items were made cheaply using molds and designs for Batman toys. See more here.





Weird.

CW planning Deadman TV series

Such a cool concept and character. Hard to believe nobody's been able to develop a Deadman movie or series up until now:

C Comics' Deadman is heading to TV, with the CW network grooming the supernatural superhero as a potential replacement for the just-ended Smallville. Arnold Drake and Carmine Infanto created the comics series in 1967. It's centred on Boston Brand, a former trapeze artist murdered mid-act who, as a ghost, is given the power to possess people for crime-fighting purposes by a made-up Hindu goddess called Rama Kushna.

"Supernatural" producer Eric Kripke is overseeing the project.