Read the First Issue of 44

Seems like the net is going crazy over Letter 44, a new comic book Sci-Fi series.  The number refers to a letter that an outgoing president writes to his replacement.   But the letter to 44 has some very disturbing information in it.  

I wont give away anything else, but if you are into comics and enjoy sf than this series is looking good.  So good in fact, the publishers are going to let you read the first issue for free. Click the url below and enjoy. 

http://io9.com/read-the-first-issue-of-letter-44-the-comic-everyones-1472795323

Nuclear Sub, For Sale 6,98!

Wow, talk about a flash from the past!!!  Do I REMEMBER this sub.  I couldn't remember what comix I saw it in, but the 6.95 was such an astronomical amount back then, but I wanted one SO bad!  So bad in fact that I asked my dad if I could buy one.  Needless to say the late 60s saw me sans sub.  Now I might have been a little old by the time I saw this, but it flared my imagination so much!  I don't know what the equivalent exchange would be, but I hazard a guess that you would still be out the cost of a big cardboard box and some stickers....  But think about it!  Man that would have been sweet!

Thanks to Cory and Boing Boing for a walk down memory lane

RIP: Joe Simon, Creator of Captain America Has Died at 98

Joe Simon with fan @ NY comic con

 

 

Airlock Alpha reports that Joe Simon has passed at 98. Along with Jack Kirby, Simon created, during the years leading up to WW2, one of the most iconic comic book heroes to date, Captain America.

Joe Simon was born in 1913 in Rochester, N.Y under the name Hymie Simon.

His partner Kirby, who died in 94, interestingly enough often partnered with Stan Lee at Timely comics, the forerunner to today's Marvel to create such characters as, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the Hulk. Simon however moved to the company that would later become DC comics, for the balance of his prewar years.

Captain America was the first comic book hero to move to other medias with a film serial created in 1944.

Simon's last public appearance was in October at New York Comic-Con.

A Look at the new Wonder Woman

OH come on! IT IS TOO SCI FI! sheeeeeesh... what am I getting all worked up over? Well lets just say that I have a uh...renewed interest in classic science fiction ala comic book origins. My "research" has uncov....expos.... Oh to hell with it... here is Adriane Palicki in full (Linda Carter approved) Wonder Woman regalia

Palicki is no stranger to the tv sci-fi scene. Click here for a photo gallery of her other posi.....(damn it...tell me to stop!) sci-fi / fantasy television jobs.

Gene Roddenberry's Secret Agent Saves Earth, Forty Years Later

Do you remember the Star Trek episode which had the Enterprise travel back in time to the Earth of the 60s. Kirk and crew discover that a mysterious person seems bent on sabotaging a certain rocket launch. The episode was a little on the strange side even for Trek. It seems the mystery man is in fact a time traveling alien and his cat his shape shifting partner. Their efforts are aimed at protecting earth by delaying the rockets launch. The strange back story to this episode is the fact that this show was supposed to be a "trailer" of sorts for a program that Gene Roddenbery wanted to produce. As intriguing as the concept was, nothing was ever to come of the idea. (sigh) This year, however, all that will change with the first issue of Assignment: Earth, a series based on Roddenberry's concept for the unmade TV show. Written and drawn by long-time Trek fan Byrne. The five part series, which advances the story one year with each new issue, launches in May.

Image from IDW Chief Chris Ryall's blog. Star Trek: Assignment Earth

Marvel bringing Moon Knight to TV

Marvel is partnering with No Equal Entertainment, a Canadian production company, a television show based on the comics character Moon Knight. For those of you unfamiliar with the Moon Knight, his real name is Marc Spector. Spector is chosen by an ancient Egyptian god named Khonshu to be its vessel in the modern world. Spector adopts a number of identities, from a playboy millionaire to a New York cabbie, in order to infiltrate the underworld and dons the Moon Knight garb when kicking butt is needed. There's no timeline for when the series will hit TV but this is fertile ground for a dark series dealing with a number of issues.

Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman Go Postal

According to Fox News, the United States Postal Service will begin selling stamps with your favorite comic book hero printed on them. The new 39-cent stamps and 24-cent postal cards will be made public at a comic book show in San Diego, and will go on sale nationwide Friday. Characters featured in the stamps are:

Batman: Young Bruce Wayne He made his debut in 1939 and was joined by Robin a year later.
Wonder Woman: first appearance in 1941.

Plastic Man: debuted in 1941.
Superman: The Man of Steel first appeared in 1938
Green Lantern: First appeared in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940).
The Flash: transformed into the fastest man alive in 1956
Aquaman: first appeared in More Fun Comics # 73 (November 1941).
Hawkman: originally first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940)
Supergirl: first appeared in Superman #123 (1958)
Green Arrow: First appearing in 1941,

Painkiller Jane coming in 2007

In November, production will begin on a new hour-long drama for the SciFi Channel titled Painkiller Jane, based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic book of the same name. The new series will feature Kristanna Loken of Terminator 3 as Jane, a woman who can instantly heal and regenerate from any injury. She works for a covert agency and hunts "Neuros," powerful humans with super mental powers. The series is set to premiere next Spring. Twenty-two episodes of the series have been ordered.