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Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be worth noting. Quite frankly, these are items you may just need to know about to have a productive day. Take a look at today's hand-picked links after the jump.

Animation: Director Alex Zamm has posted footage from a canned Marvin the Martian CG/live action short, along with a Hong Kong Phooey CG demo on his Vimeo site. Upcoming: Fantagraphics has posted an online preview of the upcoming Messages in a Bottle, which will collect the best comics by Bernard Krigstein...

Toys: It appears Loki will join the heroes of The Avengers movie in Hot Toys' 1/6 scale figure line. Postage: Soon Japanese One Piece fans will be able to send mail via Tony Tony Chopper stamps. Donations: The Hero Initiative has received about $1,100 in donations related to The Avengers movie so far, though more fans may be donating an amount to match the cost of their movie tickets this week..

Amazing: Tumblr user Transie's Poké ball rose by any other evolution would look as awesome. Crime: A copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 worth an estimated $15,000 has reportedly gone missing from a comic collector's home in Lincoln, Nebraska. Ind...