Comic urban legends. OooOOooo

i stumbled across cbr's (yes, THE CBR! not thy cbr) comic book legends section. sort of like, believe it: fact or fiction. kinda cool eh. well, i checked out this article while i was googling but you can also check out the entire list here.

its chocked filled with goodies,
Neil Gaiman's original plans for the phantom stranger which wasnt given the green light, was recycled to the sandman.


the shehulk nipple slip


Stan Lee's trademark on Excelsior


Constantine was created, not only to look like Sting, but because of Sting.

sting's cameo


john constantine's appearance with swamp thing

the shulk nipple slip was done by the inker, Kim DeMulder after artist John Byrne had done no detail in the cleavage department. i bet i would get several more hits on this page after posting this article which contains "naked she hulk revealing her nipples". not forgetting, those guys googling "nude+hulk".

and sting was thrown in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run. like a cameo of sorts. but Alan Moore decided to create a character on his persona. i enjoyed AM's ST immensely and constantine was just one of the great things that came out of that run.

well, shall check out the rest of the urban legends if theres time to waste. i suggest you waste time too.

Monthly Damages: March 09

these are the Bestselling Comics at Kino for Mar 09
which i lifted from Singapore Comix. what an original name.

1. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS

2. JACK OF FABLES VOLUME 5 (TURNING PAGES)
by BILL WILLINGHAM

3. NARUTO VOLUME 41
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

4. NARUTO VOLUME 40
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

5. NARUTO VOLUME 38
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

6. BATMAN: R.I.P .
by GRANT MORRISON, TONY DANIEL

7. FULL METAL ALCHEMIST VOLUME 18
by HIROMU ARAKAWA

8. NARUTO VOLUME 39
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

9. OSHINBO VOLUME 1
by KARIYA TETSU, HANASAKI AKIRA

10. WARCRAFT LEGENDS VOLUME 3
by CARLOS OLIVARES, CHRISTIE GOLDEN

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Watchmen, no surprise there. but i expect the sales to drop from this point on now that the buzz around zack snyder's masterworks is almost gone (i m still awaiting to catch my black freighter).

Jack of Fables is no2. havent had time to catch this little bugger. but i havent been impressed with the series since book1 (i have nt read book2 yet too so i dunno if that ones any good) and i m just gonna read it cos it might one day tie in to whatever's thats going on in Fables.

And Batman RIP is a messy pile of crap. the only great thing that came out of it was the batman of zur-en-arrh! was anyone else getting aroused everytime batman came out dressed like that? well, goodbye morrison and hello gaiman!

and now, just for fun, heres the original zur-en-rah!


and now, we have grant morrison's zur-en-rah and our been-long-time-coming-bat-pal, batmite


well, stay tuned next month as i ramble on regarding books that you already know.