trading cards

Surprising no one, I'm always on the lookout for strange and awesome pieces of Batman history, and rarely have they been better than in a set of trading cards from 1966 painted by Norman Saunders. While he might be best known for painting the infamously banned Mars Attacks cards, his work with Batman brings a level of shark-fighting, acid-throwing, sidekick-endangering action -- and a slightly of

There are a number of outlets to support the comic book community's first line of defense against censorship, but at $3.50 a pack, Cryptozoic Entertainment's Liberty trading cards might be one of the easiest ways to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund...

Gaming: Dorkly discovers the real makers of pokeballs. Silph Co. is a lie! Humor: Everything is Terrible ran its Mondo Superhero series last week. It's completely and utterly NSFW. Movies: CA's David Brothers takes a look at five manga Hollywood should turn their attention to following this past weekend's release of Priest, which was based on a manhwa...

Awesome: Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman's next project, Mark Twain's Autobiography, 1910-2010, will be out from Fantagraphics soon. Manga: Japanese fans who attend Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi on July 2 will get an exclusive copy of Fullmetal Alchemist vol...

In a move seemingly timed to appeal to the Wednesday comic store crowd, the Stussy x Marvel collaboration is set to launch on April 27. What's it all about? $36 dollar t-shirts packed with collector-centric trading cards sporting a mix of classic and indie art, from the look of it...

In Memory: The BBC reports that Elisabeth Sladen, known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith on Doctor Who and its spinoff The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures has died at the age of 63. Trading Cards: When assembled properly, this July's The Avengers: Kree-Skrull War trading card set from Upper Deck will tell five new comic stories stemming from The Avengers #89-97...

Katie Cook's Marvel cards didn't stop with Rittenhouse's Marvel 70th Anniversary set. In fact, her artwork had to pair up characters for their Heroes vs. Villains series, and she's assembled sketches featuring confrontations ranging from Wolverine and the Hulk to M...

Do you remember the '90s? It was a glorious time in history when comic book print runs exceeded a million copies, the first appearance of Cable was still making an impact, Dennis Miller interviewed Rob Liefeld and Marvel made memorable swimsuit specials...

It's one thing to talk about Galactus devouring planets like so many ice cream cones - it's another thing entirely to see it. And yes, I'm talking about actual ice cream cones, thanks to the artistic endeavors of one Katie Cook! Super Punch points to Cook's blog, where the artist has posted the entirety of her trading cards drawn for the Marvel 70th Anniversary Trading Cards set from Rittenhouse..