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COMMENT: Upper Deck’s X-Men Blunder

By On March 3, 2006 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

The latest expansion for the Upper Deck Vs. TCG, X-Men, has been out for about a week now. I’ve been on the fence about putting any money down for it since day one, mainly due to the fact that I’m not a huge fan of X-Men. I have to admit, though, I could have been [...]

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Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Lady Vic (DOR-134)

By On February 12, 2006 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized

Take two friends who love comics. Add a superhero-themed collectible card game. Sprinkle a dash of competitiveness, and a lump of testosterone. The result? Weekly matches that turn friends into nemeses.

This is not your typical “card of the week” column. Every web site dedicated to CCGs has been there and done that. This column [...]

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On the Shelves: 12/7/05

By On December 6, 2005 · 2 Comments · In Pop Culture

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!

It’s the home stretch for 2005! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 12/7/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be [...]

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COMMENT: Cosmic Spider-Man is Broken!

By On November 24, 2005 · 4 Comments · In Pop Culture

This past March, my sporadic co-blogger Dan did a write-up on the [new at the time] Marvel Knights expansion set to Upper Deck’s Vs. System, the trading card game that lets you pit superheroes and supervillians against each other, Magic-style. I’d never played, but owned a few of the random cards that had been [...]

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Retailer Spotlight: Richmond Comix

By On April 16, 2005 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

A few weeks back, we took a trip south to visit my mother in Virginia, and I decided to hit Diamond’s Comic Shop Locator to see what the four-color world was like outside of New York City. Punching in the zip code of her suburban Richmond town, I was surprised to see [...]

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