Back to school time: Pop culture lunch box gallery

Remember when the first day of school meant a peanut butter sandwich in a brand new lunch box?

Here's a selection of groovy superhero and TV show lunch boxes from the past.

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5-page preview of Fringe comic online

MTV has posted a five-page preview of the comic book tie-in to J.J. Abrams' upcoming TV series, "Fringe." Check it out here. The first issue is in shops today. The series debuts on Fox on Sept. 9.

Read more about the show here.

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Dutch comics magazine named after Will Eisner to launch

Eisner, a Dutch magazine about comics and comics artists is set to launch in November, the official Will Eisner site reports. Here's a look at the cover.

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Comics shipping Sept. 4, 2008

Click highlighed items to order discounted books from Amazon.

DARK HORSE COMICS

JUL080041 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #18 $2.99

1595822259 Buffy Omnibus Volume 5
Author: Christopher Golden, Jane Espensen, T...; Buy New: $16.47

APR080048 END LEAGUE #4 $2.99
MAY080072 KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE TP VOL 07 $10.95
APR080141 UMBRELLA ACADEMY MAGNET $4.99

DC COMICS

JUL088006 ACTION COMICS #866 2ND PTG $2.99
JUL080116 ADAM STRANGE SPECIAL #1 $3.50
JUL080187 AUTHORITY #2 $2.99
APR080307 BATMAN GOTHAM UNDERGROUND POSTER $7.99
JUL080177 BATMAN STRIKES #49 $2.25

1401218393 Death of the New Gods
Author: Jim Starlin; Buy New: $19.79

JUL080129 DETECTIVE COMICS #848 RIP $2.99
MAY080216 DR FATE COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY TP $17.99
JUL080113 EL DIABLO #1 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL080196 FRINGE #1 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080221 GREEN LANTERN #34 $2.99
JAN080289 GREEN LANTERN VS SINESTRO BOOKENDS $295.00
MAY080221 INVASION TP $24.99
JUL080146 JONAH HEX #35 $2.99
MAY080278 KING OF CARDS VOL 05 $9.99
JUL080183 LOONEY TUNES #166 $2.25
JUL080151 MANHUNTER #34 $2.99
JUL080130 NIGHTWING #148 RIP $2.99
JUL080112 SECRET SIX #1 $2.99
MAY080222 SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN TP VOL 04 $16.99
JUL080200 STORMING PARADISE #3 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL080134 SUPERGIRL #33 $2.99
JUN080315 TERU TERU X SHONEN VOL 03 $9.99
MAY080155 TITANS #4 $2.99
JUL080121 TOR #5 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL080101 TRINITY #14 $2.99
JUL080122 WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #5 (OF 12) $2.99
APR080309 WONDER WOMAN #13 POSTER $7.99

IMAGE COMICS

APR088314 DARKNESS #1-3 READER ED (PP #821) $3.99
JUL082182 MIXTAPE HC VOL 02 JIM MAHFOOD ART $24.99
MAY082209 NOBLE CAUSES #36 $3.50
DEC072099 SAVAGE DRAGON #137 $2.99
MAR082109 SPAWN #182 $2.95
JUN082290 WITCHBLADE #120 HALEY & NOWLAN CVR B $2.99
JUN082289 WITCHBLADE #120 SEJIC CVR A $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

JUL082262 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570 NWD $2.99
JUN082424 CLANDESTINE PREM HC BLOOD RELATIVE $19.99
JUL082408 COUNTER X TP VOL 02 $19.99
JUL082368 DEAD OF NIGHT DEVIL SLAYER #1 (OF 4) $3.99

078513381X Essential Thor Volume 2 TPB
Author: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; Buy New: $11.55

JUL082277 ETERNALS #4 $2.99

0785125353 Immortal Iron Fist Volume 2
Author: Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aj...; Buy New: $12.23

JUL082288 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 $2.99
JUL082287 IRON MAN GOLDEN AVENGER $2.99

0785134271 Iron Manual TPB
Author: Eliot R. Brown, Michael Hoskin, Stua...; Buy New: $13.59

MAY088375 MARVEL 1985 MUST HAVE EDWARDS COVER $5.99
MAY088376 MARVEL 1985 MUST HAVE WRAPAROUND CHEUNG COVER $5.99
JUL082397 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 10 CRISIS DIGEST $7.99
JUL082298 MARVEL APES #1 (OF 4) $3.99
JUL082294 MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #15 $4.99
JUL082333 MS MARVEL ANNUAL #1 $3.99
JUL082335 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #23 $2.99
JUL082312 SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #3 (OF 5) SI $2.99
JUL082416 SECRET WARS ALEX ROSS POSTER $7.99
MAY088371 SHE-HULK 2 #31 2ND PTG CUCCA VAR $2.99
JUL082267 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE SEASON 2 #2 (OF 5) $2.99
JUL082343 SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
JUL082346 TWELVE 1/2 $3.99
JUN082421 TWELVE PREM HC VOL 01 $24.99
JUL082380 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR HC VOL 5 $34.99
JUL082266 VENOM DARK ORIGIN #2 (OF 5) $2.99
MAY088372 X-FACTOR #33 2ND PTG STROMAN VAR $2.99
MAY088374 X-FORCE #5 2ND PTG CRAIN WRAPAROUND VAR $2.99
JUL082355 X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #1 (OF 4) MD $3.99
JUL082359 X-MEN ORIGIN BEAST $3.99
JUL082363 X-MEN RETURN OF MAGIK $3.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

JUL083583 ASTONISHING X-MEN #25 SDCC BIANCHI VAR CVR CGC 9.8 PI

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COMICS

MAY084091 2000 AD #1597 $4.50
JUN084174 2000 AD #1598 $4.50
JUN084175 2000 AD #1599 $4.50
JUN084176 2000 AD #1600 $4.50
JUL084066 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #12 $3.99
JUN083641 AP ACTION GN 5-PACK 2008 $34.95
JUN083642 AP SCI-FI GN 5-PACK 2008 $34.95
JUN083659 ARCHIE DIGEST #247 $2.49
MAY083749 ARMY OF DARKNESS #12 LONG ROAD HOME $3.50
APR083842 BAOBAB #3 (RES) $7.95
JUL083749 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #10 (O/A) $4.99
JUL083750 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #11 (O/A) $4.99
JUL083751 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #12 (O/A) $4.99
JUL083752 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #13 (O/A) $4.99

1933160713 Beetle Bailey "The First Years
Author: Mort Walker;

APR083522 BEST OF VAMPIRELLA LOST TALES ARTHUR SUYDAM S&N TP $39.95
JUN084314 BLACK CAT TP VOL 16 $7.99
JUN084315 BLEACH TP VOL 24 $7.95
JUN083597 BOY WHO MADE SILENCE #6 $3.50
MAY084094 BUTTON MAN TP CONFESSION OF HARRY EXTON $30.99
MAY083676 CHALLENGER DEEP #1 (OF 4) $3.99
JUL084103 COMPLETE BADGER TP VOL 04 $19.99
MAY083876 COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS SC VOL 11 NEW PTG $19.99
MAY083864 DEITCHS PICTORAMA SC $18.99
FEB084276 DILBERT TP PRETEND TO ADD VALUE $12.99
JUN084282 DOPPLE GANGER CHRONICLES HC VOL 01 FIRST ESCAPE $19.99
JUN084319 DR SLUMP TP VOL 16 $7.99
JUL084090 DREAMLAND CHRONICLES IDW #3 $3.99
JUL084072 GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #2 $3.99
JUN084334 GENTLEMENS ALLIANCE TP VOL 07 $8.99
JUN084330 GIN TAMA TP VOL 08 $7.99
MAY083682 HIGH ROLLERS #2 (OF 4) $3.99
JUN084335 HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT GN VOL 05 $8.99
JUN084336 HONEY & CLOVER GN VOL 03 $8.99
JUN084331 HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 22 $7.99
JUL084094 IGOR MOVIE ADAPTATION #3 (OF 4) $3.99
APR084082 JUDGE ANDERSON TP SHAMBALLA $34.00
JUN084095 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #142 $4.99
JUL083995 KRAZY & IGNATZ TP 1925 1926 A HAPPY LEND FUR AWAY NEW PTG $19.95
JUN084332 KUROHIME TP VOL 07 $7.99
JUL084003 LIFE SUCKS COLL ED HC $29.95

1560979518 Love and Rockets
Author: Jaime Hernandez; Buy New: $10.19

JUN084337 LOVE COM TP VOL 08 $8.99
JUN083838 MAMOTTE LOLLIPOP GN VOL 07 $10.95
JUN083817 MAN WITH NO NAME #1 WANTED POSTER BLANK CVR $10.00
MAY083907 MARTIAN CONFEDERACY GN VOL 1 REDNECKS RED PLANET $15.00
JUL084148 MICHELANGELO THIRD KIND #1 (OF 4) $3.25
JUN084340 MIXED VEGETABLES GN VOL 01 $8.99

184576420X Modesty Blaise
Author: Peter O'Donnell, John Burns, Pat Wri...; Buy New: $13.57

JUN084338 MONKEY HIGH GN VOL 03 $8.99
JUN084318 NARUTO TP VOL 31 $7.95
JUN083748 NECRONOMICON #1 (OF 4) $3.99
MAY083751 NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO #12 $2.99
JUN083599 N-GUARD #2 $3.50
MAY084095 NIKOLAI DANTE SWORD OF THE TSAR TP $30.50
MAY084225 O PARTS HUNTER TP VOL 11 $9.99
JUN084092 PHONICS COMICS LEVEL 1 SUGAR AND SPICE BEST FRIENDS FOREVER $3.99
JUN084093 PHONICS COMICS LEVEL 2 HIRO DRAGON WARRIOR BATTLE MT KAMADO $3.99
MAY084161 PINKY & STINKY GN NEW PRINTING $15.00
JUN084349 POKEMON DIAMOND & PEARL ADVENTURE GN VOL 02 $7.99
JUN083954 PORTABLE FRANK SC $16.99
JUN084324 PRINCE OF TENNIS GN VOL 27 $7.95
JUN083842 PRINCESS RESURRECTION GN VOL 04 $10.95
JUL083736 RAPUNZELS REVENGE SC $14.99
JUL084392 RETURN TO WONDERLAND COMPLETE SGN SET $25.00
JUL084100 ROGUE ANGEL TELLER OF TALES TP $19.99
JUN084341 SA GN VOL 06 $8.99
JUN084342 SAND CHRONICLES GN VOL 03 $8.99
JUN084325 SHAMAN KING TP VOL 18 $7.95
JUN084313 SHONEN JUMP OCT 08 $4.99
JUL084031 SHOOTING WAR TP $13.99
JUN084344 SKIP BEAT TP VOL 14 $8.99
JUN084326 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 01 $7.99
JUL084002 SLOW STORM GN $17.95
JUL083846 SPOOKS OMEGA TEAM #1 ARCHER CVR B $3.50
JUL083845 SPOOKS OMEGA TEAM #1 SEELEY CVR A $3.50
JUN084180 STICKLEBACK GN $21.00
JUN084287 STREET FIGHTER REMIX #0 $3.95
JUN084057 TANK GIRL VISIONS OF BOOGA #4 $3.99
JUN084292 TEZUKA DORORO GN VOL 03 $13.95
JUL084062 TRANSFORMERS BEST O/T UK TIME WARS #2 $3.99
JUL084061 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL SAGA O/T ALLSPARK #3 $3.99
JUN084343 VAMPIRE KNIGHT TP VOL 05 $8.99
MAY083561 VAMPIRELLA QUARTERLY SUMMER 2008 JUSKO REG ED $4.99
MAY083562 VAMPIRELLA QUARTERLY SUMMER 2008 SEGOVIA REG ED $4.99
JUN083670 VERONICA #190 $2.25
JUN084346 WANTED SHOJO BEAT GN $8.99
JUN084327 WHISTLE TP VOL 20 $7.99
JUN084347 WILD ONES GN VOL 04 $8.99

MAGAZINES

MAY083874 COMICS JOURNAL #292 $11.99
JUN084408 DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 20 $12.95
JUN084422 DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #20 SERIES 4 COMPANION $13.99
JUL084430 DR WHO MAGAZINE #399 $7.99
JUN084399 FORTEAN TIMES #240 $11.99
MAY084270 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #23 $15.00
JUN084178 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #275 $7.50
JUN084429 RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #82 $8.95
JUN084419 SCRYE #125 OCT 2008 $5.99
JUN084430 SFX #173 (NOTE PRICE) $9.99
JUN084413 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 21 $12.95
JUN084435 STARLOG #369 SEP 2008 $7.99

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Read the first, and only, appearance of Will Eisner's Wonder Man.

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Stan Lee and Stan Goldberg appear in a Chili #3, 1969.

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Deal alert: Beatles Help! DVD Deluxe Edition for cheap!

Normally $134.99, you can get the Beatles Help! DVD Deluxe Edition DVD set for $29.99 now from Amazon. Just click here. This is one of those short-time deals and a real steal.

Along with the remastered movie, the set comes with a copy of Richard Lester's annotated script, eight lobby cards, the film poster and 60-page book featuring rare photos.

Just bought mine!

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Star Wars: Clone Wars series debuts Oct. 3

The Cartoon Network will start airing "The Clone Wars" Oct. 3. Here are details on the initial eps:

Friday, October 3

9:00 p.m. Star Wars: The Clone Wars “AMBUSH” Jedi Master Yoda is on a secret mission to forge a treaty with the King of the strategic system of Toydaria when his ship is ambushed by Count Dooku. Yoda and three clone troopers must face off against Count Dooku’s dreaded assassin Ventress and her massive droid army to prove the Jedi are strong enough to protect the king and his people from the forces of the war.

9:30 p.m. Star Wars: The Clone Wars “RISING MALEVOLENCE” Creating panic throughout the galaxy, a devastating Separatist mystery weapon terrorizes the clone Starfleet. Anakin and Ahsoka race to save Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone troopers in time.

CD new releases Sept. 2, 2008

B001BN732I That Lucky Old Sun - Brian Wilson
Buy New: $8.99

B001BN7328 That Lucky Old Sun CD/DVD - Brian Wilson
Buy New: $17.99

B001CW7MAQ B-Sides the Beatles - The Smithereens
Buy New: $13.99

B001E9EU5M Time Life Oldies But Goodies 10 CD Set
Buy New: $134.99

B001AX69DS Collectors Box - Pink Floyd
Buy New: $25.99

DVD new releases Sept. 2, 2008

Click links to order titles from Amazon.

B001AGXEBK Doctor Who - The Invasion of Time
Buy New: $23.99

B001AGXEBU Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy / K9 and Company
Buy New: $23.99

B001B1878E The Next Avengers
Buy New: $14.99

B001AZIRV8 Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre Complete Collection
Buy New: $89.99

Download a free Doctor Who audio adventure

Big Finish is offering a new Doctor Who-spinoff adventure, "UNIT: The Coup," for free download here.

The program features the voice of Nicholas Courtney, who starred as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart on "Doctor Who" back in the 1970s and 80s.

New James Bond Quantum of Solace pics

Here are some new images from the upcoming James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace."

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Brian Wilson chats with USA Today about his new album, That Lucky Old Sun.

The song recalls boyhood days harmonizing with his brothers. "I think about them every time I'm on stage singing our songs. When I sing God Only Knows, I think of Carl. When I sing Do You Wanna Dance? I think of Dennis. It's not a good feeling. I miss them a lot. Every now and then, I miss the Beach Boys a little bit."

He sees no chance for a truce with Mike Love, however, whose 2005 lawsuit argued that the band's future sales were threatened by a Smile-related promotional CD of Wilson's re-recorded Beach Boys hits, issued free in the U.K. The suit, dismissed last year as meritless, "made me not like him," says Wilson, who lavishes praise on his current 10-member band. "I trust my band. They're better than any band I've ever worked with. I pick up energy from them. And love."


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Robby over at Dial B for Blog has outdone himself with a series of posts documenting the history of the great DC Comics letterer/logo designer Gaspar Saladino.

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Google has hired cartoonist Scott McCloud to do a comic book explaining the origins of its new browser, Chrome.

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A South Korean artist has created a "skeleton" of Donald Duck, now on display in a Swiss art exhibit.

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See illustrator Mary Blair's illustrations for a Disney "Alice in Wonderland" book, now finally being released.

Blair is the designer of the beloved "It's a Small World" attraction at Disneyland.

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Warner Home Video has apologized for a goof it made on the menu for its "DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures" DVD.

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Heroes season 2 DVD promo pics

Here are some promo pictures for the season 2 DVD of "Heroes."

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