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Entries from May 2008

Free Stuff Mondays: Just a reminder

May 12th, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

I know y’all have subscribed to the proper feed for this blog at http://feeds.feedburner.com/popgoestheicon, but if not, be sure you have http://www.popgoestheicon.com bookmarked, because no matter where our server moves, that will take you there. And “there,” right now, is at http://popgoestheicon.blogspot.com, where we just announced the latest prize and contest for Free Stuff Mondays! […]

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Tags: Comic Books

Free Comic Mondays: Non-reviews of ‘X-Men: Legacy,’ ‘New Avengers’ and more

May 5th, 2008 by Pj Perez · 4 Comments

Welcome to the first installment of Free Comic Mondays! Yes, all three of our regular readers might recall that waaaay back in February, I announced a forthcoming regular contest to WIN FREE STUFF. Well, it took a while (I’ve been busy, sheesh!), but here we are at the dawn of what is sure to become […]

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Tags: Free Comic Mondays · Non-Reviews

Friday Night Fights: Autobots, punch out!

May 2nd, 2008 by Pj Perez · 1 Comment

Oh, sure, the Decepticons might have powerful abilities such as flight, shock waves and sonic blasts …

… but the noble Autobots have … um … power-packed punches:

(Of course, we’ll ignore the next panel where Rumble gets avenged by his brother Frenzy and Brawn can do nothing but writhe on the ground moaning, “The pain — […]

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Tags: Comic Books