Legendary comic creator Joe Simon has passed away at the age of 98, according to a post by his son on facebook.

Simon is most famous for creating Captain America with his frequent collaborator Jack Kirby. Working with Kirby he revolutionized superhero, horror, and romance comics, and his influence on comics as a whole is undeniable.

Our condolences to his friends and family. Let us know your favorite work or memories of Simon in the comments.

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A reminder to all collectors, today is MattyCollector Day for December 2011.

The following items will be on sale on MattyCollector.com at Noon Eastern Standard Time:
MOTUC Demo-Man
MOTUC Wind Raider
MOTUC Battleground Evil-Lyn
DCU Legion of Super Heroes 12 Pack (reissue with burst*)
DCUC Wave 19 Sandman I
DCUC Wave 19 The Atom I
DCUC Wave 19 Modern Kobra
DCUC Wave 19 Hawkman Classic
DCUC Wave 19 Magog
DCUC Wave 19 Star Girl
JLU 3-Pack: Goldface / Evil Star / Kyle Rayner
JLU 3-Pack: Angleman / Firestorm / Killer Frost
JLU 3-Pack: Heatwave / The Flash / Mirror Master
Ghostbusters™ 6″ Vigo with painting (included with 2011 Club Ecto-1 subscriptions)
Ghostbusters™ II 12″ Winston Zeddemore and Peter Venkman Set
Ghostbusters™ II 12″ Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler Set
8″ Guy Gardner
8″ John Stewart
8″ Kyle Rayner
8″ Sinestro

Only 350 days overdue! Enjoy.

It has been brought to our attention that Amazon.com will be running video game related sales on their Gold Box deals page all day long today. Make sure to check out what they have for sale by going through this link. It will help us out, while we help you out.
Happy shopping, Poweteers!

Thanks to board member Rabban for the tip!

In the waning months of 1994, fans were packed in at theaters across North America waiting to see the Live Action adaptation of Capcom’s Street Fighter. Me, my mom, and my 9-year old brother were just three of these fans that were packed in at one theater ready to see what was sure to be a silver-screen celebration of the arcade fighting action that we enjoyed for years. What we got instead was a cinematic clusterfuck featuring Jean-Claude Van Damne, Kylie Minogue (before she was hot), and Ming Na (before anyone knew who she was), along with a host of no-names helping the directors obviously cash-in on the host of Street Fighter fans. Although Raul Julia’s performance helped to redeem the film. I’m not saying this out of respect for the deceased mind you (Street Fighter was Raul Julia’s last role as he died before it’s release), but out of all the actors on the screen, his was the most enjoyable to watch. That, and the awesome MC Hammer/Deion Sanders collaboration “Straight to My Feet” helped keep the film from being a total failure. Enough about that however. A few months earlier, on the other side of the Pacific ocean, our Japanese cousins were also gearing up for their own Street Fighter movie. Unlike us, the Japanese were treated to a cinematic masterpiece that bought the characters that we loved into a whole new light, and gave them voices and personalities in a way no other video game adapted work has done before and few have done since.
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Powet.tv is no stranger to the endless war between fans of Star Wars and Star Trek, as you can see from our podcast dedicated to the topic. Recently the Internet lit up as superstars William Shatner and Carrie Fisher engaged in an epic and kind of silly flame war. It looks like the war may be over, as George Takei, Star Trek’s Sulu, reminds us of a greater threat we should all oppose…

Learn more about George Takei at his official web site.

Sony has released the first trailer for Men In Black 3, which comes out 5/25/2012.