Lone Ranger Magazine Pulp Vol. 2 #1 Sold for $796.89 - Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive!

Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - Lone Ranger Magazine Pulp Vol. 2 #1 Sold for $796.89

Lone Ranger Magazine Pulp Vol. 2 #1 Sold for $796.89

A copy of the Lone Ranger Vol. 2 #1 magazine pulp recently sold on eBay fro $796.89 after nine bids. Published in 1937, the monthly pulp displays a cover with Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver, by H.J. Ward. This issue features stories and articles about facts of the west, the Pony Express days, The Lone Ranger Magazine Club Contest, and more. It is in very good condition with a few creases and chips, and some small tears.

The Lone Ranger was created by George W. Trendel and developed by Fran Striker, making his radio debut in the early 1930s. The masked Texas Ranger of the American Old West has been featured in radio shows, on TV, in films, magazines, and comics. He works with his clever American Indian friend Tonto to protect the innocent and stop outlaws of the West.

Superboy #1 CGC 8.0 Sold for $6,000 - Scoop

Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - Superboy #1 CGC 8.0 Sold for $6,000

Superboy #1 CGC 8.0 Sold for $6,000

A copy of Superboy #1 CGC-certified 8.0 sold for $6,000 on eBay. Published by DC Comics in 1949, it is in Very Fine condition with off-white pages.

Superboy depicts the youthful adventures of Superman while he was a boy in Smallville living with Martha and Jonathan Kent, in the days before Lois Lane when Clark only had an eye for Lana Lang. He was featured in various series from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real? - Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive!

Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real?

Long-Rumored Green Hornet Movie Gets Real?

The Green Hornet, seen here in the form of Jim Steranko’s cover for Now Comics’ Green Hornet #1, is set to hit the silver screen in June 2010.

The Wall Street Journal and multiple other sources have said that Hong Kong action star and director Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) will direct the new Green Hornet movie and star as Kato, the Green Hornet’s partner.

For years rumors of a new incarnation of the venerable crime fighter have swirled around Hollywood, but Sony’s Columbia Pictures unit has actually given this version a target date for being in theaters: June 25, 2010.

Chow will join Seth Rogen, who will play newspaper publisher Britt Reid, who fights crime as the masked figure known as the Green Hornet. Unlike many of the other names who have been batted about, Rogen has been associated with the project for more than a year now.

In addition to appearing on radio, in comic books, and in movie serials, the Green Hornet and Kato appeared in a 1966-1967 TV series that introduced action star Bruce Lee (as Kato) to American audiences.

The Green Hornet was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created The Lone Ranger. Little observed these days, the Hornet was supposed to be the grand nephew of the western hero.

Neal Adams, Working to Return Artwork to Holocaust Survivor - Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! -

Scoop - Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! - Neal Adams, Working to Return Artwork to Holocaust Survivor

Neal Adams, Working to Return Artwork to Holocaust Survivor

As the comic industry continues to grow and thrive, members within the community find more and more ways to help the people around them. Earlier this week it was announced that legendary comic book artist Neal Adams is working to have artwork returned to Dina Babbit, a Holocaust survivor who was forced to paint while she was held in Auschwitz. Below are two letters, the first from J. David Spurlock of Vanguard Productions and the second from Adams, regarding ways to help Dina Babbit’s cause.

“Dear comics pros and fans:

450 comic book creators and cartoonists around the world have signed an extraordinary petition urging the Auschwitz State Museum, in Poland, to return to Dina Babbitt the seven portraits that she was forced to paint in the Auschwitz death camp in 1944. The petition, was spearheaded by our friend Joe Kubert, and The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, whose Arts & Letters Council, I am a member of.

Now, legendary comic book artist, Neal Adams and the Wyman Institute have launched a major new initiative on behalf of Mrs. Babbitt, an original comic strip about Mrs. Babbitt’s plight, drawn by Neal (and inked partly by Joe). Below is a special message from Neal concerning this important project, which we strongly endorse.

Sincerely,

J. David Spurlock
Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies Arts & Letters Council Vanguard Productions vanguardpub@att.net
www.vanguardproductions.net”

“Dear friend:

By now I hope you have seen the recent feature story in the New York Times about the comic strip that I’ve drawn concerning Dina Babbitt, the Holocaust survivor who has been struggling to regain paintings she did in Auschwitz, paintings which are being held by the Auschwitz State Museum, in Poland.

If you haven’t seen the Times article, just follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/65vhbx

You can view all six pages of the strip by following the link in the “Multimedia” box in the left hand column of the Times site.

The reason I drew the strip, and the reason Joe Kubert collaborated with me on the inks, and Stan Lee wrote the Foreword, is simple: to put pressure on the Auschwitz Museum to return Dina’s paintings to her.

There are two things that you can do right now to help Dina in this battle.

First, send an email to the Museum director personally, expressing your outrage in your own words.

Mr. Piotr Cywinski, Director
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oswiecim, Poland
muzeum@auschwitz.org.pl

Second, contribute a piece of artwork, either a new drawing or a previously published original, to the charity auction being organized by The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. The Institute is leading the public campaign in support of Dina (and the Institute’s director, Dr. Rafael Medoff, collaborated with me on the strip). The funds they are raising will be used to intensify the Institute’s activities in support of Dina.

We have already received artwork from Jim Amash, Sal Amendola, Ralph Bakshi, David Baron, Jack and Carol Bender, Jon Bogdanove, John Cassady, Hy Eisman, Ron Ferdinand, Drew Geraci, Michael T. Gilbert, Guy Gilchrist, Jackson “Butch” Guice, Paul Gulacy, Lynn Johnston, Jim Keefe, Joe Kubert, James E. Lyle, Bill Morrison, Don Perlin, John Romita, Sr. and John Romita, Jr., Dave Simons, Walter Simonson, and Mike Vosburg. Art dealer Kasra Ghanbari has contributed a number of pieces, as has art collector Rob Stolzer.

That’s a good start. But we can do better.

Would you please send something nifty? All artwork should be sent to the Wyman Institute at 11738 Lovejoy Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902.

Sincerely,

Neal Adams
www.NealAdams.com”

Star Trek Online Official Site - The Path to 2049 - 2379 to 2380

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EARTHDATE 2008.08.29
2379-2380
Posted by Kestrel

Following the death of Praetor Shinzon at the Battle of Bassen Rift, the Romulan government fell into disarray. Tal’aura, one of the few remaining members of the Romulan Senate and a former ally of Shinzon, declares herself the new Praetor, supported by Fleet Commander Tomalak as the new leader of the Imperial Defense Force.

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Why should we believe Bush now?

Its obvious someone doesn’t know what they are doing, so why should we give them $700 billion??

Commentary: White House caught napping on financial crisis - CNN.com

NEW YORK (CNN) — “I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They’re efficient. They’re flexible.”

– Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, March 16, 2008

“Our policy in this administration — laws shouldn’t bail out lenders, laws shouldn’t help speculators.”

– President Bush, May 19, 2008

“Our economy has continued growing, consumers are spending, business are investing, exports continue increasing and American productivity remains strong. We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy…I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.”

– President Bush, July 15, 2008

Those were the words of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and President George W. Bush just a few months ago.

Today, of course, they have been proven completely wrong.

They are now telling us we are in a dire crisis, and that we must hand over hundreds of billions of dollars so they can lead us out of this mess.

What’s amazing to me is that the administration seems a little surprised that Congress and the American people are not marching in lockstep with them on this and not fully appreciating the urgency.

Well here’s why, in one word: accountability.

Do they think we are stupid??

The more I hear about the bailout plan, the more pissed off I get.  Below, is yet another reason I am against it.

Bad News For The Bailout - Forbes.com

In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.

“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury
spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really
large number.”

Avast, me hearties! Its Talk Like a Pirate Day!!

Arrrrrr

Saving the house where Superman was born - Ordinary People Change the World

Saving the house where Superman was born - Ordinary People Change the World

Saving the house where Superman was born
By Brad Meltzer

For the past two years, while researching Jerry Siegel’s life for my new novel, I asked my friend Mike San Giacomo to take me to the actual house in Cleveland where Superman was created. I wanted to see the exact spot where young Jerry Siegel sat in his bed on that rainy summer night…where a seventeen(!) year old kid stared at his bedroom ceiling and gave birth to the idea of Superman.

And so we went. (You can read that whole adventure here and watch the video here).

But the one thing I quickly realized was that this house was in…well…it was in bad shape.

The house where Google was created is saved. The farm where Hewlett Packard was founded is preserved. And Richard Nixon’s house is a museum. But the house where Superman — one of the world’s most recognized heroes — was created? It’s a wreck. It’s actually a great old house — painted bright red and blue (really) — and owned by one of the kindest elderly couples in the world. But as the neighborhood sank, so did the house. When you walk inside, you feel like your foot might go through the floor. The roof is flawed. The paint is a mess. When you look up at the ceiling, you see the exposed rafters overhead. It’s a mess. Worst of all, the city of Cleveland let it happen. As the owner told me, “They won’t even give us a plaque. Not even a plaque to say, ‘This is where Superman was created.’”

Exactly.

Just heartbreaking.

And that’s why Mike and I started calling our friends. He called the city of Glenville. I called my fellow comic book writers and artists. Then I called Jerry Siegel’s wife and daughter, Joanne and Laura, who came on as our honorary chairpeople. One thing became clear: if we don’t save this place soon, the house will soon go the way of Superman artist Joe Shuster’s, which was torn down.

Soon after, thanks to the hard work of many, The Siegel & Shuster Society was born.

With a name like that, peole keep asking me, “Is that the secret superhero clubhouse?” You better believe it’s the secret superhero clubhouse.

And this charitable 501(c)(3) is dedicated to making sure the Siegel House will be saved, and restored, and there so you can take your kids one day.

Will we succeed? That depends on you. Really. You. If we want to repair the exterior, and fix the roof, and clear out the rotted wood, we have to raise the cash. Cleveland won’t pay. The big corporations won’t pay. They’re the ones who ignored it. But like the site says, I believe ordinary people change the world. I believe that we — the true fans — can do what Cleveland and everyone else couldn’t

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What the Republicans really think about Palin

Here is a video of a couple of Republican pundits said when they thought that no one was listening

Here is the transcript:

TRANSCRIPT:

Mike Murphy, former McCain advisor: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor work. Engler, Whitman, Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush. And these guys, this is all like how you want to (inaudible) this race. You know, just run it up. And it’s not gonna work.

Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter: It’s over.

Murphy: Still, McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.

NBC’s Chuck Todd: Don’t you think the Palin pick was insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too (inaudible)

Noonan: I saw Kay this morning.

Murphy: They’re all bummed out.

Todd: I mean, is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?

Noonan: The most qualified? No. I think they went for this, excuse me, political [B.S.] about narratives and (inaudible) the picture.

Murphy: I totally agree.

Noonan: Every time the Republicans do that because that’s not where they live and it’s not what they’re good at and they blow it.

Murphy: You know what’s really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism and this is cynical.

Todd: And as you called it, gimmicky.

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