A few weeks ago I reviewed Blade: House of Chthon on DVD, which is the first episode of Blade: The Series. My big gripe with this release was that it would have been nice to get a complete set. Well the wait is now over! DVD Times reports that on February 12th 2008, Blade: The Series – The Complete Season, will be release in a 4 DVD set.

Check out the cover art:

Special features appear to be the same ones that were included in the single disc DVD.

In an email sent to all members of the Transformers Collectors’ Club, it was announced that Botcon 2008 will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 28th.

Here is the full text of the email:

Here is the start of the information you have all been waiting for:

BotCon 2008 will be held in Cincinnati, OH at the Duke Energy Center.

Convention dates are: April 24-28, 2008

The hotel is across the street and is the Hyatt Regency.
You can make your reservations online by using the link at BotCon.com or call:

888.421.1442

Note: There will be tours and classes offered on Wednesday April 23 and
Thursday April 24. Currently Shawn will be teaching his class on Wednesday and again on Thursday so we will have 50 slots. We are also working on potential classes in sculpting and or molding as well. We can’t answer any specific questions currently but we wanted to give you a heads up for your hotel reservations needs.

Convention registration and details to follow….

Don’t delay as last year’s rooms went in less than a day….

Thanks for your support!

Brian

PS. The con set is really going to shatter your world….

Here is the direct link to the hotel. Be sure to reserve your room quickly! They go very fast. I already booked mine!

More information will be forthcoming. Keep an on Botcon.com until then.

Empire Magazine was teasing for a few days that “He is coming” and I was looking forward to posting the final image when it was revealed. Well now the full cover to the next issue is online and we have our first proper look at the man.

This is Heath Ledger as The Joker for The Dark Knight, the highly anticipated continuation of Batman Begins.

“Nice outfit.”

After I finished the last of the stuffing and made myself a turkey sandwich, I decided to also finish opening all the Halo stuff I got back in September when Halo 3 came out.

Products reviewed in this episode include
Xbox 360 Wireless Halo 3 Spartan Controller, Halo 3 Topps Trading Cards Pack, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Today only get Halo 3 Legendary Edition for only $59.99!

So its seems there was some truth to those rumors after all.

Action-Figure.com brings us a look at the forthcoming Spiral figure. Hailing from X-Men lore, this six armed beauty is Mojo’s personal assassin/messenger. She will have a removeable helmet and shield, sword accessories and what appears to be six double jointed elbows. If only her knees were so lucky.

Thanks to Icarus of the FANtastic Forums for linking to the article and indirectly bringing it to my attention.

This past week was Thanksgiving, and we have a lot to be thankful for. Friends and family for being in your corner, Butterball and a bunch of dead turkeys for supplying dinner, and the staff at Powet for giving you the latest news, insights, and info. Castlevania fans have Konami to thank for finally releasing Dracula X over here, and they also have Sindra to thank for letting us know how awesome it was as seen below. Gamers on a budget have me to thank for giving them the lowdown on cheap games. Most importantly, the citizens of Metro City have Mike Haggar and his friends to thank for keeping the peace, and beat-em-up fans have Capcom to thank for allowing them to witness his adventures first hand, by way of the Final Fight series.
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A bit delayed, but we’ve finally got a video review for Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles all set up and ready to view. Take a look if you’re interested.

You may remember us reporting about an announcement at the 2006 SDCC. Basically, issue 102 of the Fantastic Four had a script re-write which forced Jack Kirby to shelve his already completed art for the book and redraw all the page. This shelved art recently surfaced and Marvel was going to have Stan Lee write a story and dialogue to go with the art and release it to the public. After that announcement, we never really heard anything more about it.

It turns out that the comic appears to have already been released, but not in the way we all expected. Here is the posting from the Blogs@Newsarama:

The story we first heard about a year ago, the lost FF #102 has finally been published. But not as Marvel announced but rather as a digital comic on a DVD as a Best Buy exclusive that comes with a Silver Surfer figurine for $14.99. I picked mine up last night but have not yet watched/read it… Here’s the info on the DVD.

“FANTASTIC 4 — THE LOST JACK KIRBY STORY (digital comic)
The Story Behind The Lost Story:
In 1970, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby talked ove the plot that was going to become FANTASTIC FOUR #102. Jack drew the pencils, but when Stan got them, he didn’t feel that they matched what he had discussed with Jack, so he put them aside. Parts of that story later appeared as flashback scenes in FANTASTIC FOUR issue #108, but the rest remained unpublished, and the pages have neve been put together to appear as a single, complete story in their own right — until now! With the help of Jack Kirby’s estate, Marvel has reassembled most of that story. Stan Lee has rescripted it, and Joe Sinnott has inked the pages that weren’t inked before. Ron Frenz has filled in on pencils for any gaps in the existing material, and worked in Jack’s classic style. Chris Sotomayor colored the story in classic comics style. Now for the first time, experience this Golden Age Fantastic Four story that has never been publiehsed — on your TV using your DVD player!”

I’m pretty disappointed that Marvel chose this as the format for its release. It seems like a bit of a slap in the face to have to pay $14.99 for the digital book. I’m still holding out hope that it will be released in hard copy format at my local comic shop.