Sneak preview of AMC's Prisoner remake

Here's a look at the new "Prisoner" series set to air on AMC later this year:



Disneyland Steam Boat Mark Twain ticket

Two more pics from Sherlock Holmes

Here are a couple of new pics from "Sherlock Holmes" with Robert Downey Jr. and Rachel McAdams.



Images from Disney's Rapunzel

Here are a couple of images from Disney's upcoming "Rapunzel," due out next year.



Deal alert: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea seasons 1-3 plus season 4 pt. 1 DVDs for $83

Today only on Amazon you can buy the season 1-3 plus season 4 pt. 1 of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" for $82.99, a savings of $126.87 over the regular price of $209.86.

Action figures: DC Universe Classics series 11 lineup

Here's the lineup for wave 11 of Mattel's DC Universe Classics action figure line:

Cyborg Superman
Deadman
John Stewart
Katma Tui
Question
Shark
Steppenwolf (Green)
Steppenwolf (Red)

Pop links: Caprica air date! Dollhouse details! Time Tunnel comics! Batman TV mags! Jimmy Olsen on dating! Jack Cole's Fuzzy! Toy Robot Museum!

"Caprica," Syfy's new "Battlestar Galactica" prequel series, will debut Jan. 22, the network says.

"Caprica" storyline predates "Battlestar" by 58 years and stars Esai Morales, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker.

The pilot -- written by Ronald Moore and Remi Aubuchon, helmed by "Friday Night Lights" house director Jeffrey Reiner and completed last year -- is two hours. Syfy has ordered an additional 20 hours and it's unknown whether they'll be split into two seasons.




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Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku discuss season 2 of "Dollhouse." Sorry guys, I just don't dig it and likely won't be watching.



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Check out some stories from Charlton Comics' Time Tunnel series, based on the Irwin Allen TV show.





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See a whole slew of "Batman" TV show-related magazine covers.



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Jimmy Olsen's dating dos and don'ts.



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See some of Jack Cole's one-page gag strips featuring the happy hobo, Fuzzy.



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Pay a visit to the Toy Robot Museum.

CD new releases July 28, 2009: Elvis! Stones! Blur! Iggy and Ziggy! More!

New CDs of interest this week. Click the links to order discounted titles from Amazon.



Battlestar Galactica: Season 4


From Elvis in Memphis


The Rolling Stones Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive]


The Stripped Mixes by Michael Jackson


O'o by John Zorn


Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur by Blur


Castles In The Sand by Quicksilver Messenger Service


Iggy & Ziggy: Cleveland '77 by Iggy Pop


The Very Best of the Coasters by Coasters


We're Gonna Change the World! The 60's Chicago Garage Sound of Quill Productions by Various Artists


Contribution/Second Contribution by Shawn Phillips

DVD new releases July 28, 2009: Battlestar Galactica! Dollhouse! Doctor Who! Torchwood! Green Hornet! Green Lantern! Spider-Man! More!

New releases of note this week. If any of these items are of interest to you, please consider clicking the titles and ordering them from Amazon, as part of the proceeds help support this site!


Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5


Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series


Torchwood: Children of Earth


Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead


Dollhouse: Season One


Green Lantern: First Flight (Single-Disc Edition)


Green Lantern: First Flight (Two-Disc Special Edition)


Repulsion- Criterion Collection


Spectacular Spider-Man: Complete First Season


Life On Mars: Series 1 (U.K. version)


The Green Hornet (serial)


The Green Hornet Strikes Again (serial)


Island of the Fishmen


The 10th Victim

Disneyland complimentary main gate admission

Creators dish on Lost season 6 at ComiCon

From San Diego, Lost producers and cast hint about the upcoming season. Spoilers may apply so watch at your own risk:









More on Lost at the Lost Season 6 blog.

Sherlock Holmes character posters

Here are pics of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams from the upcoming from the upcoming Sherlock Holes film.

Definitely the best-looking people ever cast to play Holmes and co. Here's hoping it isn't a complete travesty.





New Alice in Wonderland movie stills

Here are a couple of pics from Tim Burton's upcoming "Alice" adaptation:



Pop links: Kirby monsters and interview! Frazetta!

Check out two Jack Kirby-illustrated monster tales, including this gem:



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Speaking of Kirby, here's Kirby speaking in a 1993 children's TV program:







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Also from Pappy (who presented the Kirby monster comics mentioned above) an early work by Frank Frazetta:

Vintage DC Comics house ad

Disney Peter Pan button

Huge Simon-Kirby omnibus on the way

Titan Books, publisher of the recent "Best of Simon and Kirby," has announced an upcoming 480-page volume that will reprint the duo's complete superhero comic output--minus comics they did for DC and Marvel.

That means a huge batch of stories featuring Fighting American, Lancelot Strong, The Fly The Stuntman and more.

Details:

The Simon and Kirby Superheroes will be released in summer 2010 in the special 11″ x 7-1/2″ oversized format, making it possible to reproduce the comic book pages in their original printed size. “Comics were larger in the Golden Age of the medium,” explained series editor Steve Saffel, “and we wanted to be able to give readers the full experience of these brilliant stories.” As with The Best of Simon and Kirby, the stories will be fully restored by Kirby historian Harry Mendryk, presented on quality matte stock paper in vivid color.

The edition will begin with the mysterious costumed hero The Black Owl from Prize Comics in 1940–the year Simon and Kirby first joined forces. It will include the big-top swashbuckler known as Stuntman, the Runyonesque adventurer The Vagabond Prince, the entire run of the cold-war patriot The Fighting American, and The Fly and Private Strong—the final Simon and Kirby collaborations before Jack Kirby moved over to help launch the Marvel Universe.

“What’s more, we’ve got some amazing surprises in store,” Saffel added. Restoration wizard Harry Mendryk will take the groundbreaking 1953 adventures of Captain 3-D and convert them to their original line art. These classic stories also feature artwork by Mort Meskin and a young Steve Ditko–who went on to co-create The Amazing Spider-Man at Marvel–and will be published in full color for the first time.

“Plus, with a little help from our friends, we’ve located a bunch of never-before-published pages starring Stuntman,” Saffel revealed. “Many of the pages are in the hands of private collectors, with others coming directly from the Joe Simon archives. As a result, we’ll be able to pull together nearly the entire story, ‘Stuntman Crowns a Jungle Lord,” and offer up other exciting features for the readers.”


Future volumes collecting Simon and Kirby's detective, horror and romance tales are also on the horizon.

You can learn more about Titan's ongoing Simon and Kirby projects here.